Chilkoot Charlie's

Normally I avoid Koots like the plague, but I have been going occasionally this winter for trivia on Thursday nights.  The atmosphere of Koots sucks terribly, but trivia is actually quite fun, and the prizes are pretty awesome compared to Humpy's, its always way less crowded than Humpy's trivia nights, and the quiz set up is more fun I think.

That being said, I will only go to Koots on trivia night, and I'll be sure to be at another bar by 10pm, so I avoid the typical scum and skeezys that frequent this particular establishment.

You have to go through a metal detector and have your picture taken just to get in the place if that gives you any indication.

This place is hilarious.  I visited Anchorage and was told I gotta check out Koot's.  So glad we made a happy hour stop here!  This place is massive and has lots of fun decor...including the saw dust flooring, lol.

$2.50 for a pint of Newcastle, score.  The room with the underwears and bras was outstanding.  Multiple stages, must be a bumping place at night!  Such a funny bar, glad we stopped in!

It can be cool because they have a bunch of weird rooms/smaller bars. Lots of stuff on tap, lots of drinks, relatively decent prices.

But bartenders can be kind of rude or bitchy. That's not cool to assume ALL of your patrons are the typical "wassup brah" lunkheads. And, anyone who passes through the front door (and metal detectors) is treated to be a potential criminal. That's really the vibe I get from this place -- it is not welcoming and it is not friendly. You are just there to give them money.

Oh yeah, and remember that people have died here..

I think what makes Koot's so wildly successful is this: it is the perfect place to go to if you want to see all of the freshest meat that Anchorage has to offer (though one might want to keep in mind some of it is quite spoiled and not very palatable). It's like everybody is for sale. This is where the greatest displays of desperation and drunkenness come to a head.

I don't ever really come here voluntarily, unless someone is visiting from out of town, and the general group consensus are sighs, eye rolls and stipulations of "Okay, but only for one drink." I like to say that the best part of Chilkoot Charlie's is leaving Chilkoot Charlie's..