Food From Around SE Alaska

We enjoyed the Skagway Brewing Company for a midday lunch, after doing some touring around the downtown area.  The upstairs restaurant had an hour wait (at 1pm) so we opted to dine in the bar area.  It was comfortable and also very busy.  I enjoyed my bloody mary while David had a local dark stout.  We snacked on a large German style pretzel until we decided about lunch.  Still waiting for a call to go upstairs, we opted for bar food which for me was a bowl of chili and for David was fish & chips. 

Olivia's Bistro's version of a reuben sandwich

Rather than tell a bunch of stories about food, I think I'll let the photos tell the stories (with captions).  I will say the food was mostly excellent, especially the seafood. I'm generally not very adventurous, but I did get out of my comfort zone on a couple of meals.  David, on the other hand, no worries.  I sorta cringed at the thought of the reindeer meat reuben, but he loved it!

Halibut Fish & Chips - The Sand Bar in Juneau ($20)

I was also surprised at how relatively reasonable prices were.  Before the trip, I budgeted $100/day for food.  The time on the ferry and food there was very reasonable, no more than what we typically pay at our favorite local family diner for breakfast or burgers.  We did have a couple of expensive dinners out, as a splurge and I will say Glacier Bay Lodge was on the pricey side, but not offensively high.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was what was seemingly "the memo price" on "fish & chips" just about anywhere we went.  Admittedly spoiled by Wisconsin's outstanding Friday fish frys at around $12-$14 . . . the Alaskan version was running $19 to $25.  OK to be fair, it was mostly fresh halibut or rock fish, versus (probably) frozen cod.  So all in all, we were alright with paying a premium price for a premium meal.

Anyway . . . onto the food porn!

So many ways to eat seafood . . .

Olivia's Halibut Pastry Puff (Skagway)

Longliner's Seafood Pappardelle (Sitka)

Longliner's Ceviche (Sitka)

Sitka Hotel & Restaurant Calamari

Sitka Westmark Hotel & Restaurant Crab Cakes

Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.  Arriving into Petersburg around 4pm on Fourth of July, there wasn't much open.  So we opted for pizza delivery.  We were surprised at just how good this pizza from Papa Bear's was!  And not any more expensive than our favorite pizza place here in Milwaukee.  The leftovers the next day were excellent as well.

The Historic Skagway Inn was a lovely B&B.  They offered a hot entree each morning.

And when in the wilds of Alaska, berries are always an option too!  These are yummy salmon berries.