“To close out our excursion in Ketchikan, we wanted to have dinner but not have to rush to get back to our ship. Bar Harbor Ale House was literally beside our ship so we figured a dinner here would probably not jeapordize our return! We had a rough start to getting a table though to be fair to this restaurant, there was 16 of us ranging from a 1 year old all the way to adults as 3 families and considering the size of this restaurant, they aren't used to accommodating groups of this nature. Thankfully they have a covered patio with some heat lamps which we rearranged (ourselves?) to make enough room for us all. The older kids had their own table around the corner which wasn't ideal, but it worked though management wasn't too thrilled with us initially.Then we started to order food and beverages and I think they realized they were making a killing off of us and suddenly we had all sorts of good attention from any and everyone that worked at this restaurant. Jokes aside, we did have a lovely server who really worked hard to make sure we were well taken care of and we all thought she did an amazing job.The happiest moment was realizing that they had BBQ'd chicken with Alabama White Sauce on the menu. Something I had in Alabama and LOVED. It came paired with mac n' cheese, one of my faves as well. We talked and enjoyed some family time on our last stop before heading back to Vancouver. Overall, the cruise was a lot of fun, but having some food made on land was extremely exciting as cruise food all starts to taste the same after awhile.Our order came and the white sauce did not disappoint! It took me back to my meal in Mobile, AB and I was so happy to have this again. The rest of the diners were happy with their food and although I have a strong aversion to seafood, I at least had to say I tried salmon in Alaska which I did, and didn't enjoy. It really is fishy no matter how much it apparently isn't, haha!We settled the bill and our kids were excited to have a wolf approach us at the table just as we were getting up to leave. He was tame, but we didn't want to take any chances so we left with all kids in tow!Final fun moment was using the restroom. Best sign ever above the toilet. Go and find out. That's all I'm sayin!“
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“To close out our excursion in Ketchikan, we wanted to have dinner but not have to rush to get back to our ship. Bar Harbor Ale House was literally beside our ship so we figured a dinner here would probably not jeapordize our return! We had a rough start to getting a table though to be fair to this restaurant, there was 16 of us ranging from a 1 year old all the way to adults as 3 families and considering the size of this restaurant, they aren't used to accommodating groups of this nature. Thankfully they have a covered patio with some heat lamps which we rearranged (ourselves?) to make enough room for us all. The older kids had their own table around the corner which wasn't ideal, but it worked though management wasn't too thrilled with us initially.Then we started to order food and beverages and I think they realized they were making a killing off of us and suddenly we had all sorts of good attention from any and everyone that worked at this restaurant. Jokes aside, we did have a lovely server who really worked hard to make sure we were well taken care of and we all thought she did an amazing job.The happiest moment was realizing that they had BBQ'd chicken with Alabama White Sauce on the menu. Something I had in Alabama and LOVED. It came paired with mac n' cheese, one of my faves as well. We talked and enjoyed some family time on our last stop before heading back to Vancouver. Overall, the cruise was a lot of fun, but having some food made on land was extremely exciting as cruise food all starts to taste the same after awhile.Our order came and the white sauce did not disappoint! It took me back to my meal in Mobile, AB and I was so happy to have this again. The rest of the diners were happy with their food and although I have a strong aversion to seafood, I at least had to say I tried salmon in Alaska which I did, and didn't enjoy. It really is fishy no matter how much it apparently isn't, haha!We settled the bill and our kids were excited to have a wolf approach us at the table just as we were getting up to leave. He was tame, but we didn't want to take any chances so we left with all kids in tow!Final fun moment was using the restroom. Best sign ever above the toilet. Go and find out. That's all I'm sayin!“