Polar Bar Inc

$4.25 for a pint of Alaska Amber, pool tables, and Meatloaf belting out "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" on the jukebox.  Need I say more?  This is your basic tavern.  Okay, okay ... it's a dive bar, but it's loveable.  It's across from the Sheraton Hotel so you get a good mix of visitors and regulars.  Don't go to the lounge in the Sheraton.  It's a total rip and besides, the waitress I had at the Sheraton my first night there was here at the Polar Bar, sucking them down, three nights later.  On the nights I was there the woman bartender got punched in the face, a man was thrown out for trying to sell his Doritos, and there was a fight on the curb in front.  I personally was verbally assaulted by a visiting Texan who decided that since I don't like Bush I must love Obama,  (I don't).  He just couldn't let it go.

Be back?  I've been back many times during my stay in Anchorage.  If I get back up to ANC again, I'll most certainly drop in.  

The bartenders are "entertaining," to say the least.

If you are in Anchorage during the summer when the sun never sets it might be okay to go here.  I wouldn't do it during the midnight winter though.  Very much a dive bar with a colorful, aggressive local crowd.  If you are a woman they'll (local women) probably even call you a whore and tell you to go home.  

While we were there, a local drunk was asked no less than three times to cool it or he was out, then another guy was actually kicked out for knocking his bar stool over and breaking a glass.  Top that off with the guy who parked his bumper at the curb by the open door and did a breakstand.  Yes, he filled the entire place with stinky oily fumes.

The bartender charged me for my drink, which I paid for, and then promptly charged my friend for my drink along with his.  Shady. We didn't bother calling her on it though as she probably needs the money.  We asked for an extra bowl of popcorn and she brought two pitchers of beer instead.  

Stay Classy Polar Bar!

My friends and I had a great time here the other night. We were just looking for a place to have some drinks for a bit and we ended up having so much fun we stayed later than we meant to.

The bartender was very nice. No food but we were told we could order out. It's pretty dive-y but that's the kind of bar I like. There's pool and darts and lots of drunk mouthy locals.