on I 80, exit 107, in Big Springs, NE, for heavier dinner - Sam BassSaloon. That is just west of ogalalla. For lunch, Grandma Max's, same exit. East of Ogalalla, in Paxton, NE, Ole's Big game steakhouse. If you are going to stay one night short of Dismal, in North Platte, I never had a bad piece of meat at the Depot Restaurant, at hwy 83 and hywy 30, downtown. If you arecoming from east, Lincoln or Omaha, and sleeping short of Dismal, try Bella Italia in Cozad.