Ketchikan Restaurants

  1. Annabelle's

    This is a chowder house with a 1920s decor. When the cruise-ship passengers arrive, this place packs 'em in tighter than a tin of sardines.

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  2. Bar Harbor Restaurant

    A small cozy place between downtown and the ferry terminal. The menu is intriguingly eclectic - from coconut prawns with a marmalade-cream sauce to home-style pot roast just like Mom used to make it - all enjoyed to superb views of the Narrows. Beer and wine are available, and so is a back deck for outdoor dining when the sun is out.

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  3. Chico's

    From the minute you walk in you know this small downtown cantina serves good burritos and tacos by its colorful Mexican-themed interior. But when you open the menu you discover it also serves a decent pizza. Hey, they're just trying to make a living.

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  4. Good Fortune

    Head upstairs in Ketchikan's best Chinese restaurant to feast on double mushroom pork while watching the cruise-ship crowds on Creek St.

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  5. Heen Kahidi Restaurant

    Generally regarded as Ketchikan's best dining experience, the West Coast Cape Fox Lodge restaurant offers hilltop dining with city views and a menu that is not dominated by seafood.

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  6. Narrows Restaurant

    At the Narrows Inn, a mile northwest of the airport ferry, is this local favorite for upscale dining. There are lots of seafood dishes, but also pasta and steaks.

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  7. Ocean View Restaurant

    Ketchikan's best Mexican restaurant offers 10 types of burritos, seven sizzling fajita dishes and, in that great Alaskan tradition, pasta and pizza. Come early and grab one of the three tables with an unobstructed view of the Narrows.

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  8. Pioneer Café

    One of the few downtown restaurants that was around when the lumber mills were. Its clam chowder is the best in the city.

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  9. Safeway

    A grocery store on the side of Plaza Mall; has a salad bar, Starbucks, deli and ready-to-eat items including Chinese food. An informal inside dining area overlooks the boat traffic on Tongass Narrows.

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  10. SharJo's Sunny Side Up

    A bright and funky eatery in a can't-miss yellow building. Inside three of the tables are lawn furniture complete with umbrellas. This is where you come for a milk shake and a salmon burger.

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  12. Steamers at the Dock

    The view from this waterfront restaurant's 3rd-floor perch is wonderful if there's not a cruise ship docked in front of it, which is usually the case during the summer. The menu features many unusual seafood dishes - crab-stuffed oysters among them - while at the bar they pour an excellent selection of microbrews.

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  13. That One Place

    The owners of Bar Harbor Restaurant have turned the café at the New York Hotel into one of the best places for breakfast or lunch. Practically everything on the lunch menu is seafood related. Let's face it - if you're in Alaska long enough you'll eventually order halibut tacos. You might as well do it here, where the locals rave about them.

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