Sweet smell of pork hits the Gulch

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It's hard to figure out just who the place is named after, but it's not hard to find downtown's newest eatery -- just follow your nose toward the smell of smoked pork.

Joan More and Sid Godolphin, longtime friends and more recently colleagues in a downtown real estate office, recently opened Murry's, on the 400 block of North Last Chance Gulch in space formerly occupied by Nancy's Chair.

The take-out spot for breakfast and lunch features pork, roast beef and chicken sandwiches, with all the meat roasted on the premises.

"We're looking to provide a good sandwich quickly. Since the Real Food Store moved out of downtown, there's been a need for it," Godolphin said. "And we also want to make stuff that we like and have fun. Anyone can slice premade roast beef. We're trying to make something that appeals to people."

The modest menu also includes some homemade salads and soups. Coffee cake, scones and fruit parfaits are on the breakfast menu, and More said that by sometime next month customers will have an oatmeal bar with a variety of toppings to choose from.

Just don't expect a decent answer when you ask about the business's namesake.

"The name came from Murry," Godolphin told me.

OK. Joan, who's Murry?

"Murry is ... Murry."

So there you have it. I guess.

New Enterprise: After around 15 years on North Montana Avenue near the railroad tracks, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has a new home. The business moved this week to a spot off Highway 12 East.

The address is 3015 Prospect, but the business is actually on the Frontage Road south of the highway, a few buildings east of Pizza Hut.

Branch manager Shane Waddell said the new location offers better parking, better access and a nicer building.

"We looked at our customer needs in trying to find a new location, and we do a lot of dealership business too," Waddell said. "It wasn't easy finding a new location in Helena."

The rental office employs four full-time employees and a number of part-timers, Waddell said. Helena is also home to Enterprise's regional headquarters, overseeing a six-state region.

Fundraising Follow-Up: A quick note after a story a couple of weeks ago about the marketing classes at Helena High competing in an "Apprentice" marketing project to raise money for local nonprofits.

The 10 teams of students combined to raise more than $6,000, with three nonprofits each receiving more than $1,000 from the classes' efforts: The Friendship Center, Lewis and Clark Humane Society and Intermountain.

E-mail your Open for Business ideas to john.harrington@helenair.com.

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