Someone wrote: : Backpacking group which travels on its stomach : would appreciate restaurant recommendations for : Fairbanks, Alaska, for the time before, after : the actual backpacking. What's good and why? Well, my favorite has to be the Thai House on 5th Avenue. If you like good oriental food, then here it is. Sourdough Sam's has a great (and voluminous) Sunday brunch for cheap if you're just getting off the trip. Similarly, Two River's Lodge ( a ways outside of Fairbanks off of Chena Hotsprings Road) has a great 'all you can eat' smoked ribs special for $13.99. For a good lunch, 'Souvlaki' has some pretty good sandwiches (Greek style). Maybe a better 'before' place since the food doesn't come in large amounts. ;-) Of course, all of the above is highly dependant on my taste in food, so your favorites may vary. We do have all the regular joints as well, BK, McD, Wendy, Subway, Little Caesar, etc......
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Jay B. wrote: >Someone wrote: > >: Backpacking group which travels on its stomach >: would appreciate restaurant recommendations for >: Fairbanks, Alaska, for the time before, after >: the actual backpacking. What's good and why? > >Well, my favorite has to be the Thai House on 5th Avenue. If you like >good oriental food, then here it is. > >Sourdough Sam's has a great (and voluminous) Sunday brunch for cheap if you're >just getting off the trip. Similarly, Two River's Lodge ( a ways outside of >Fairbanks off of Chena Hotsprings Road) has a great 'all you can eat' smoked >ribs special for $13.99. > >For a good lunch, 'Souvlaki' has some pretty good sandwiches (Greek style). >Maybe a better 'before' place since the food doesn't come in large amounts. ;-) > >Of course, all of the above is highly dependant on my taste in food, so your >favorites may vary. We do have all the regular joints as well, BK, McD, Wendy, >Subway, Little Caesar, etc...... > >-- >Jay C. Beavers >[email removed] I vote for the Thai House as well. There are two korean eateries that are quite good. The Bakery is also one of my favorites, and if you are up during the warm months, there is a trailer off of College Rd. with a sign in front saying "Buns on the Run." Great breakfast food and coffee. Also don't forget the Pump House. The food is ok, but the massive stuffed grizz in the enterance makes the dinner worth it.
If it's still around, the Cheena Pump House just outside of Fairbanks was the best steakhouse I've ever been to. I was up on a raft trip on the Noatak River (north from Bettles), and we were in Fairbanks for a couple of days both before and after the trip. The Pump House sure filled our stomachs after two weeks of trip food! As I recall (this was six years go), this place was slightly on the expensive side, but not too bad considering the price of food in Alaska in general. Fairbanks also has a McDonalds with a rather amazing conveyor-belt system for delivering the food to the drive-thru. If you're sitting in the restaurant, you can watch the food being transported on this belt to the people in their cars outside.
-Dan([email removed])
From Fri Feb 26 13:00:00 EST 1993
Article: 4573 of rec.food.restaurantsGretchen H. wrote: >Backpacking group which travels on its stomach >would appreciate restaurant recommendations for >Fairbanks, Alaska, for the time before, after >the actual backpacking. What's good and why? >email to [email removed] >Thx. gh Ok...breakfast at Sourdough Sams is OK, but Sam's is always crowded and full of smoke. For a great breakfast, one should go to Ethel's Cafe on South Cushman, in the old Box Boy by Cheap Charlie's. Jeffery's and Denny's are not particularly recommended unless you just need something in your belly. For dinner, the out of town a ways selections are the Pumphouse (good), Two Rivers out on Chena Hot Springs Road (CHSR) (awesome! try the filet mignon!), the Turtle Club and Fox Roadhouse in Fox (very good), and Hilltop (a truckstop on the Elliot Highway past Fox). Downtown fare includes the previously mentioned Thai restraunts and Gambardella's Pasta Bella (super, but the service is usually quite slow, so don't try to catch a bite before the movie!) Paul From Tue Mar 2 09:42:19 EST 1993 Article: 4606 of rec.food.restaurants
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC Sender: [email removed] (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: acad3.alaska.edu Organization: University of Fairbanks, Alaska...no wait, that's not right... References: Distribution: na Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1993 08:28:00 GMT Lines: 40 Xref: usenet.ins.cwru.edu alt.culture.alaska:397 rec.food.restaurants:4606 First of all, allow me to state that I'm *still* bummed about the Blue Marlin having closed. Wade K. wrote: >Jay B. wrote: >>Someone wrote: >> >>: Backpacking group which travels on its stomach >>: would appreciate restaurant recommendations for >>: Fairbanks, Alaska, for the time before, after >>: the actual backpacking. What's good and why? See notes below. In addition, Pizza Plus (3rd St. across from the Royal Fork), Ruby's Cafe (Van Horn Rd.), Gordo's (N. Turner St. across from the News-Minus), Rustina's (in the old Co-Op building downtown) and El Sombrero (S. Cushman St. at Airport Way) aren't bad at all. Not to mention some of the ones that have already been suggested. >>Similarly, Two River's Lodge ( a ways outside of Fairbanks off of Chena >>Hotsprings Road) has a great 'all you can eat' smoked ribs special for $13.99. Two Rivers Lodge (as well as the Turtle Club, already mentioned) are great as a combination of food and a scenic drive out of town. Actualy, my favorite out of the way place was Club 11, but I believe they burned down recently. >and if you are up >during the warm months, there is a trailer off of College Rd. with a sign >in front saying "Buns on the Run." Great breakfast food and coffee. This establishment is run by the Herreid sisters, whose family runs the Pearl Creek Farm off of Ballaine Rd. (a definite "must" stop for any summer visitor). Last I recall Buns on the Run baked their stuff from scratch, a plus. But it's not a real restaurant, per se. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean Patrick Ryan****[email removed] or [email removed] 3215 Oregon Dr. #2, Anchorage, AK 99517-2048****907-272-9184****fnord A Usenet reminder - Friends don't let friends use .QWK****or kill me Abortion stops a beating heart****Disclaimer: I didn't inhale, either From X Wed Mar 16 21:10:48 EST 1994 Article: 7715 of rec.food.restaurants