Ouray in Ouray County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
True Grit Landmark #11
The Outlaw Restaurant
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 15, 2025
1. True Grit Landmark #11 Marker
Restaurant owner Addie Bonatti was mortified to discover it was John Wayne calling after telling him she was too busy serving customers to put a crew member on the phone. Later when he met this saucy woman, Wayne gave her his hat, and returned often to play pool and have a libation. The hat is on display at the restaurant today.
Ridgway Sites:
1 Railroad Depot 2 Gallows 3 Livery Stable 4/5 Undertaker & Chen Lee's Place
6 Courthouse Facade 7 True Grit Cafe 8/9 Saloon & Grocery, Jail Wagon
Ouray Sites:
10 Ouray County Courthouse 11 Outlaw Restaurant
Order sites appear in movie: 8, 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 9, 5, 3
Erected by Ridgway Chamber of Commerce, Ouray County Ranch History Museum & Colorado Tourism Office. (Marker Number 11.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.
Location. 38° 1.383′ N, 107° 40.301′ W. Marker is in Ouray, Colorado, in Ouray County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 550) just north of 6th Avenue, on the left when traveling north. The marker is mounted at eye-level,
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Regionally, this marker is in the Western Slope. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Block 18: 601-647 Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); The Walsh Bell (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Block 19: 501-545 Main Street (about 300 feet away); Block 11: 500-548 Main Street (about 300 feet away); Beaumont (about 500 feet away); Beaumont Restoration (about 500 feet away); Block 9: 700-746 Main Street (about 600 feet away); True Grit Landmark #10 (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ouray.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. True Grit Filming Landmarks
Also see . . . True Grit (Wikipedia).
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 15, 2025
2. True Grit Landmark #11 Marker
The marker is mounted on the left side of the Outlaw Restaurant front facade.
Excerpt: True Grit is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Hal B. Wallis. Starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, the story follows Marshal Cogburn and Texas Ranger La Boeuf (Glen Campbell) as they are hired by a young girl, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), to apprehend the outlaw who killed her father.(Submitted on August 25, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Filming took place mainly in Ouray County, Colorado, in the vicinity of Ridgway, around the town of Montrose, and the town of Ouray. (The script maintains the novel's references to place names in Arkansas and Oklahoma, in dramatic contrast to the Colorado topography.)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 15, 2025
3. The Outlaw Restaurant
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 115 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 24, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
