# @kirstenalana on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BKaDYjCjR8L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2430619-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-09-16T06:40:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

I've dined at the 'Best Restaurant in the World' and I've eaten in Michelin-starred establishments on multiple continents but I don't know that I've ever sat down at a table where almost a century of history was holding up the plates of food before me. That's just what happened at @tkaroadhouse in Talkeetna, Alaska. It's a town whose history goes back to the early 1900s when what is now known as The Roadhouse began serving food to miners, trappers and railroad workers around 1918 under the ownership of the Lee brothers. The name wouldn't become official until the 1940s, when climbing took over as the industry which primarily brought outsiders to a town that probably boasts no more than 900 full time residents. Under the ownership of Carroll and Verna Close, the legendary family style breakfasts that are still served today became the daily tradition that brings together locals, visitors and climbers alike, all at communal dining tables, trading adventure stories over stacks of sourdough pancakes with birch syrup, scrambled eggs and reindeer bacon. Current owner Trisha Costello keeps the stories of The Last Frontier, and the tradition of the communal table, alive - while allowing the walls to be covered with the native flags of climbers who come from all corners of the globe attempting to summit Denali. The food she serves is simple yet genuinely amazing but it is her stewardship of tradition and history that truly makes a journey here on the @alaskarailroad from Anchorage worthwhile. A tradition that should be part of the fabric of any well-rounded life, at least once. #ATWS2016 #GoBigAlaska

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