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"Nicest" Resturants in Fairbanks?
16 February 2007, 23:52
loud-n-boomer"Nicest" Resturants in Fairbanks?
Some friends in Fairbanks are hosting our youngest for a week while she checks out UofA in Fairbanks. We would like to give them a Gift Certificate for a dinner out at a nice resturant there. Can you guys please give me some suggestions on what are the nicest resturants in town?
Thanks,
Dave
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17 February 2007, 00:12
AlaskenThe nicest one I know of is Pike's Landing.
17 February 2007, 00:21
RedlanderOn my trip this past September, my buddy and stayed two nights next door to Pike's Landing
http://www.pikeslanding.net/ at the Pike's Lodge. We ate there one night but we did the patio dining (all under the same roof) since we had not made a "reservation". I seem to remember that we had a halibut buger and some
more Alaskan Amber - very good. The "reservation", or Fine Dining, side of the place seemed very nice. It has a water-front view of the Chena River - though I imagine that it is an "ice-front view" right now.
The hotel was very nice also - we left a tip for the cleaning staff since we dried out our tent in the room after our hunt. It is amazing how many little sticks a tent will pick up - and then leave on the floor after it has dried.
If you are going to carry a big stick, you've got to whack someone with it at least every once in while.
17 February 2007, 01:26
grizz007I agree with Pikes Landing-very fine setting and good service.
17 February 2007, 02:30
akplsPike's Landing......and please leave my wife a large tip!
17 February 2007, 07:58
Omnivorous_BobWithout a doubt, the Turtle Club in Fox!
Bob
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17 February 2007, 09:12
akplsThere's also The Pump House and Two Rivers Lodge. Or the Vallata or Gambardella's for Italian. Suppose to be some good BBQ at Big Daddy's downtown at Wickersham Hall.
17 February 2007, 09:42
AntlersPike's Landing!
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17 February 2007, 11:18
Bear in FairbanksDefinitely NOT Pikes! Ya want Zach's or maybe The Turtle Club. Turtle Club used to be very good & consistant but now, it's kinda "iffy" too. Another to try is Gambardella's - tell 'em you want the shrimp Fra diavolo but it's gotta be on angel hair pasta. And make sure the pasta dosen't come to you "pasty. Pikes is over priced, The Pump House is "so-so".
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17 February 2007, 12:21
gumboot458The Turtle Club in Fox..
.If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined ....
17 February 2007, 20:27
AntlersThe Turtle Club is not what it used to be, but I do agree with Bear that Pikes is overpriced - I just always considered most places overpriced in FAI...and ANC....and JNU.
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17 February 2007, 22:54
ovisI have to agree w/Bear.....Gambardella's has really good food and they're reasonably priced and you don't go away hungry......Pike's and The Pump House are spendy and the food is average......
Now, if you want all of the sushi & Chinese you can eat, it's gotta be the Golden Shanghai on Airport.....great black bear mount in the lobby, too.
Joe
Where there's a hobble, there's hope.
18 February 2007, 00:32
CanuckThis is good stuff. I never thought I'd be all that interested in restaurants in Fairbanks, but my GF's son recently accepted a hockey scholarship at UofA in Fairbanks.
I'll be passin the info on to him and keeping it in my pocket for when we come up to watch him play. The missus is particulary fond of good eats and when her 'buds are happy, everybody's happy.
Cheers and thanks!
Canuck
18 February 2007, 05:43
Moose-HunterReflections.
18 February 2007, 08:07
gumboot458No,,,, Moose Hunter ....
.If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined ....
18 February 2007, 08:17
gumboot458My wife and I are kind of like a kid in a candy store when in Fairbanks.....Food factory and Denny,s are fun too..
.If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined ....
18 February 2007, 08:52
akplsIf you want something that's gonna fill you up get a burrito at Taco Del Mar by the new Fred Meyer store. The Last Roundup on South Cushman has decent cheese steaks and the Asiana at Wilbur and Airport is good for teriyaki stuff too.
18 February 2007, 09:02
NitromanSeoul Gate under the bowling alley. Best Korean food outside of Korea.
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18 February 2007, 09:48
Alex SupertrampNice choices...I really enjoy Pagoda's in North Pole as well. Best Chinese I have eaten.
18 February 2007, 10:03
ovisDitto Alex......Pagoda is a great spot if you're in North Pole.
Joe
Where there's a hobble, there's hope.
18 February 2007, 10:35
Omnivorous_BobPagoda does have great Chinese. I lived in NP 4 years and loved it.
Hijack warning!!!:
Interesting handle Alex, I hope you are wiser/longer lived than the last gent to go by that name!
Bob
DRSS
"If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?"
"PS. To add a bit of Pappasonian philosophy: this single barrel stuff is just a passing fad. Bolt actions and single shots will fade away as did disco, the hula hoop, and bell-bottomed pants. Doubles will rule the world!"