Crossroads Lounge

There’s definitely a family feel between patrons and the staff that you can see the moment you step in the door and walk up the stairs. Not the prettiest place in town, but it’s comfortable. I like seeing the same faces anytime I go.

Best bar in anchorage. Always have free soup and hot dogs. Reasonable drink prices. If the crowd/​location wasn’t so sketchy, this place would be really popular.

Let’s get something out of the way, right away: yes, this isn’t located in the best area.
Yes, it’s right across the street from the infamous «ghetto Carrs».
However, I found this place to be pretty damn fun!
Beer prices are very good, some of the best in Alaska.
Bartender is friendly, seems like someone you’d like even if he was not slinging drinks for you.
Seems like most of the crowd are regs. I wasn’t, but they treated me like one anyway. In fact, a fellow Unilocaler recognized me, and paid for my next drink!
If that weren’t cool enough, when someone buys you a drink here, the bartender hands you a «free drink token»! How neat is that?
Definitely worth a stop if you’re in the area and you’re thirsty. If you already live in the area, you probably come here anyway.

Two things you need to know about me to decide if this review is for you:
1. I don’t drink beer, only cocktails and wine and the occasional shot
2. I don’t like to watch games at bars, so I don’t consider that in my rating.
Now, I’ve been to Crossroads a few times – some of my beer-​drinking friends like to hit it after work. If I stick to shots, everything is fine. I tried ordering their lemondrop martini… once. Normally, I would have known better, but they had a cocktail menu, and it was listed as a one of their specialties, so I thought, what the hell.
By far the worst lemondrop of my life. Tasted like lemon pledge mixed with draino. It became the table taster, with every new friend who came to join the group asking why my drink was in the middle. I would say, «it’s terrible, the worst. Seriously.» They would immediately try it and agree.
Luckily, I listened to my gut and have never tried the food, which I have been told by others is standard greasy bar fare.
I do also feel the smoking room seeps into the main room, which I’m not into.
That being said, when I want shots, some pool (though it’s hard to get access to the table), and some laid back time with friends at a dive bar, I would still consider going there from time to time.

Easily the best football bar downtown. Every game, every time, no exceptions, and more than enough TVs. If you’re a football fan and not coming here, you’re settling for second best. Ask for Fabi, she’s great.

If you like to be ignored and rude service this is the place for you. Ordered fish and chips. Awful. They said they had free hot dogs and chili, but i couldn’t find it. Once and only time i will come here

Near the, ahem, ghetto Carr’s grocery store on Gambell, the Crossroads is still where friends go to meet. The drinks are poured strong, and the jukebox plays the hits (or whatever the hell you pay it to play). Although dated and in dire need of a damp dish cloth, the foos ball is free, which is a fair price. The pool is inexpensive and the darts are free, leaving you plenty of quarters to slowly and slurredly count out on the bar before sliding them over for one last shot to drown your sorrows – though, you might find in a place with such a surprising amount of smiling people, your cares and concerns might disappear faster than a free hotdog in front of a hungry heehaw. Pour me another!

Decently priced beer and cocktails, a fine assortment of fried foods to order, and friendly and attentive staff. And, they’ve got free soup and hot dogs every day. What else needs to be said? This is a great neighborhood bar. Throw some free veggie dogs into the mix and i’ll give that 5^th star. ;)

This is probably my favorite bar in Anchorage. True it’s in a dumpy part of town but I’m willing to risk the walk to drink here.
It has a smoking deck which I love. It always has free food like hot dogs and a different kind of soup everyday. And since where my job puts me up all I get is 4 tv channels, Crossroads has all the sports channels so it’s a great place to park an ass while you watch baseball or football all day.
The service is good and the servers have always been friendly and when I got pushed into by someone who was getting ejected from the bar, my friends and I got free drinks.
Lucky for me this place is so close.

Located in ghetto part of Gambell this neighborhood bar is full of older Alaskans and town drunks. I like the easy going attitude and general laziness of the bartenders. Draft beers range from 4.50 to 5.25 along with the options of a full bar. This place has food for sale along with free eats such as hot dogs, chili, stew, etc… Great place to chill and chat with friends.
One downside is the smoking room that is connected to the bar and allows stale cigarette smoke to drift into the bar. This is when the bar turns into barf…

For a little neighborhood bar (in a, shall we say interesting neighborhood) this place rocks. The first time my husband and I decided to check it out, we were given a straight up tour. They have a Wii, wi-​fi, pool and foozball… as well as free hotdogs and soup every night. Fridays? Free burgers. They also have a menu of fun bar type foods to order from if you’re feeling peckish — and not overly priced ($ 4 and $ 5 fried snacks? Yes please.)
The beer is cheap and the service is great. But true, it would be classified perhaps as a «dive.» A friend of ours was disappointed in a lemon drop martini she ordered, but I can’t fault the bar for that — it is obvious that foof and frills aren’t their thing. Whiskey sour or an awesome beer on tap? They can hook you up.