Elevation 92 – closed

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What a cool name. No idea when it disappeared.

What I found: Chef Guy Conley references Elevation 92 as a higher end place in the downtown area, but in the last 20 years, the atmosphere got a bit more casual.

From a New York Times article on what to do in Anchorage in 1979: Elevation 92 is a seafood restaurant on the ground floor of the Third and K Building. Its windows command a view of Cook Inlet and the mountains to the west. Among luncheon choices are Alaskan seafoods, which range from $5.75 to $6.75. Dinners of broiled or poached salmon are $13.25, halibut $12.75, and abalone, $17.50.

The restaurant makes a cameo in the book Dead Man’s Dancer. And again in An Alaskan Woman Writes Again. And in Seduced by Evil.

The place is mentioned in the obituary of a schoolteacher who also worked as a server at the restaurant. He died too young and sounded like the kind of person you wanted to be around.

From the scant pieces I have found on the internet, Elevation 92 deserves better.

Bubble Gum

• 1/2 oz. blackberry brandy
• 3 oz. OJ
• 1 oz. whipping cream
• 1/2 oz. grenadine
• 1 gum ball or jawbreaker [edit: some recipes also include a blow pop]

Pour all but the candy into a cocktail shaker, and shake well. Strain into glass. Drop candy in the drink.