'We're hiring': Food service industry continues to struggle Missoula restaurants like Iron Horse scale back hours Iron Horse spoke with MTN News about how the post-covid season is going. and last updated 2021-07-25 17:28:08-04 MISSOULA â This time last year, Iron Horse Brew Pub scaled back operations due to the pandemic. But even as the world bounces back from shutdowns, General Manager Todd Engel told MTN News that the restaurant continues to face hardships. âWe did anything extra we could. We were making pickles and cookies and selling anything that we could on the side just to make sure that we could get through what was going on and it was difficult, but at times it was easier than what we're dealing with now,â Engel said.