This thread has SO MANY opportunities to comment for a Los Anchorage boy:
- Gwennies is a bit of a local landmark; they have a good BLT, good home fries, generally good menu; don't waste your time looking for high-fiber/healthy entrees ...or a good steak for that matter...but for a comfort food breakfast/lunch/dinner place, hard to beat Gwennies;
- Peggy's: Started going there as young lad many decades ago. It was a bit nicer/newer/cleaner then, but was still notable for pies. I wanted to grow up to be just like my uncle who had chicken fried steak and chocolate cream pie EVERY Tuesday night at Peggy's
- An old gathering spot in Anchorage that often gets lost in these sort of discussions is the Traveler's Inn: it was THE place for the 1960's and early '70's construction movers and shakers to gather for a cocktail after work
- Mush-Inn: How hot those sheets have become.
- 'Koots or other lack of taste spots. I'm bothered by the lack of taste assertions: when I had beer at 'Koots, it was always the King of Beers. I thought I had arrived back in the day when the bouncer told some poor guy to move because he was on my stool at K****s bar station. K*** was real cute.
- Simons is nice for the other end of the spectrum: for a better steak, Club Paris used to be hard to beat, but it's sort of running downhill now. If I have my 'druthers, time, and its the right time of year, I usually go to Seven Glaciers at Alyeska for high-end dining. Otherwise Kinleys or the Crows Nest, although the Crows Nest is beginning to ride a bit on reputation and views rather than food and service.
- Of course, hard to avoid mentioning F Street. It really ain't the same as it used to be but still a great place for a burger and a cold one.
