Buckaroo Club

Buckaroo club is just a hair away from being awesome.  They get major points for not attracting too many tourists and also for not charging a cover.   As many reviewers noted, you get a REAL cross section of society at the Buckaroo...  It's everyman's bar.  I love that it's not a meatmarket full of horny teeny boppers.  Yeah there's always a few people trolling to get laid, but not so much that you can't relax.  The bar is roomy and comfortable with an assortment of games.   The bar is also really well stocked and the bartenders are decent by Anchorage standards.  

Parking generally isn't a problem, although it is limited.  If the bar was as popular as it SHOULD be, parking could get to be a problem.  I'm not sure why this place isn't more jammed because it has an awesome relaxed-Alaska vibe.  Love the couches in front of the fire place and the fact that they don't have an obnoxious DJ blaring tech.  I wish that they had either A: more TV's or B: live music once in a while.  The bar is definitely large enough to handle a stage and some dancing.  The juke box and crappy sound system kinda blow...  no one EVER dances at the Buckaroo, which is kind of a bummer because you can barely hear the music.

Especially awesome is Saturday night, the Urban Bamboo food truck parks outside the Buckaroo for late night sober-up munchies.  Coolness.

Overall, Buckaroo is my 2nd favorite bar in town.  Yay.

Cheap local drafts (4.50), plus free homemade soup (?, I know - but awesome), free popcorn, free shuffleboard and darts! I thought the music sucked, but that's my opinion, and it's a big juke box - so the music will vary. Really friendly waitress. I wish I lived around there to go more often!

Just a relaxed place with plenty of space where you can:

sit down and drink beer with friends without being crowded,

play shuffleboard on Anchorage's best table for free, most of the time,

play darts for free, most of the time (if you don't like the darts -- which are just normal bar darts -- get your own!),

play coin-op pool, almost always,

meet actual people instead of the same old bar crowd,

eat free popcorn (and top it with Frank's Red Hot if you are so inclined),

sit outside, but still in the bar, and smoke a cigarette or cigar if that's your thing,

get a coke if you're DDing and have the bartender wave off your attempted payment.  

This is all I can think of right now.  Man, I love this bar.