After School Special!

Today we released the After School Special and Late Nite Special Menu! I have such fond memories of many an early evening spent enjoying happy hour when living out of state, and I have been missing some good odd hour cheap eats here in Anchorage! We'll have the menu up on the website soon.





We had a close call late last night just as we were getting ready to leave the restaurant: Mt. Redoubt erupted! We pulled out the tarps that I bought a couple months ago when the mountain was bubbling, and we tromped up onto the roof and covered all the vents and fans. Of course the duct tape I had purchased with this in mind had vanished somehow, so we were out there on the cold, dark roof in 4" of snow trying to get masking tape to stick to the metal vents - it was comical. Luckily, our work was not necessary, and today all was ash-free and business as usual!





We have some excitement coming up on April 4th. At 9:30pm, Duff from Ace of Cakes and his band ...Soihadto... are playing here at the Roadhouse! It should be a super fun show. You can buy tickets any time we're open at the bar... might as well try a flight of single barrel bourbons while you're at it!.

The Cubano – love it!

At least, most of the time… According to Wikipedia (a dubious source to be sure), or in the immigrant community of a Cuban sandwich is a variation of a ham and cheese originally created by Cuban workers, either in Cuba, Ybor City in Tampa Florida. Later, Cubans brought it to other communities in southern Florida, particularly Key West and Miami where it is very popular. The sandwich is made with ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, and sometimes salami on Cuban bread.

Our Cubano, which I am actually eating in between typing sentences, is BBQ pulled pork, black forest ham, swiss, pickles, pickled onions, and housemade mayo, on a ciabatta roll. We think it’s totally delicious and is one of our most popular menu items. However, we have heard complaints from some purists, because it’s not pressed, there’s no mustard, or they don’t like that it has BBQ sauce.

Having not been to Cuba, we don’t know how it stacks up against a real Cubano. But the vast majority of the customers who order it love, love it. We’ve considered changing the name but for now, we’re going to rebel a little against the purists and do it our way.