Where to Eat in Ketchikan
Ketchikan calls itself the Salmon Capital of the World, and the town eats like it. After a day on the water, you have real options, and if you play it right, the best seafood dinner of your trip is the one you caught yourself.
Where we send our guests
Ketchikan’s food scene is built around the docks. These are the places we actually recommend, and what to order when you get there. Hours move with the season and the cruise schedule, so it is worth checking before you walk over.
- Annabelle’s Famous Keg and Chowder House, on Front Street downtown. Order the clam chowder. The building has been part of Ketchikan since the 1920s and the chowder is what people come back for.
- Alaska Fish House, at Salmon Landing. Fish and chips or the salmon rice bowl. It sits out over the water in a cannery-style building beside the fishing fleet, which is about as Ketchikan as lunch gets.
- Alaska King Crab Co., also on Front Street. If king crab is on your Alaska list, this is where to cross it off.
- Cape Fox Lodge, up the hill on Venetia Avenue. The pick when you want the view with dinner. The dining room looks out over the Tongass Narrows and the harbor.
These are our own picks, not paid arrangements. Ask Captain Jim or Shannon at the dock and you will get the same answers, plus whatever has opened since we last updated this page.
The meal you bring home
The best eating in Ketchikan might be the fish in your own box. Salmon and halibut off our boat get cut, vacuum sealed, and frozen at the dock, and they’ll be feeding your household long after the vacation ends. That story is on the fish processing page, and it starts with booking a day on the water.
