Gun Barrel Steak and Game House

About Gun Barrel Steak and Game House

Gun Barrel Steak & Game House has operated at 862 West Broadway since 1993, in a building that formerly housed the Wyoming Wildlife Museum & Taxidermy — and the restaurant kept the museum's inventory rather than clearing it out. Full-mount game trophies remain on display with their original painted dioramas, joined by specimens gathered from elsewhere, giving the dining room a hunting-lodge character that's a direct holdover from the building's previous life. The name itself comes from Gun Barrel City, Texas; the original town sign from there hangs in the restaurant, a gift from that town.

The kitchen cooks over an open mesquite grill and centers the menu on 21-day aged beef and wild game. On the game side, that means a mesquite-grilled elk loin with a red wine and huckleberry reduction, a lodge-seasoned, slow-roasted bison prime rib, a mesquite-grilled bison tenderloin with red wine bordelaise, a mixed game grill combining elk steak, bison prime rib, and venison bratwurst, and a filet flight sampling four ounces each of beef, bison, and elk tenderloin. The beef list runs through a 16-ounce ribeye with cajun onion straws, an 8-ounce tenderloin with a choice of béarnaise or blue cheese sauce, and a surf-and-turf pairing sirloin with lobster tail. Starters include steak wonton tacos made with marinated, fried wagyu beef strips in wonton shells, and a bison carpaccio with smoked gouda.

The restaurant is open nightly starting at 5:00 p.m.; the site doesn't publish a closing time, so that wasn't confirmed here. A reservations link is available on the site, though the specific booking policy — how far ahead, whether walk-ins are accepted — isn't spelled out. Prices run high even by steakhouse standards, with individual game entrees between $66 and $92 and the filet flight at $125, reflecting the restaurant's positioning as a destination for aged beef and game rather than a casual stop.