229 Parks Restaurant and Tavern

Frommer's Review

The name comes from the milepost, which puts the restaurant in a quiet area about 8 miles south of the park entrance, where it occupies a beautiful post-and-beam building. Year-round residents Laura and Land Cole own the restaurant -- Laura is a professionally trained chef and veteran of the Marx Brothers Cafe, one of Alaska's best restaurants, and cooked for 12 years at Camp Denali, the park's most famous lodge, which is also owned by family. Whenever possible, she uses organic ingredients and local produce -- eggs are naturally nested by free-range chickens. The menu changes daily and has included main course items such as tenderloin filet, lemon pasta with asparagus, venison chops, and, of course, salmon. A sweet potato soup with king crab meat was fabulous. The appetizer list is long and interesting, including spring rolls second to none. Breakfast is coffeehouse fare, such as quiche, granola, and fruit. Locals keep the place busy even winter weekends, but they close at 1pm on winter Sundays so everyone in the community can go play hockey on Deneki Lakes.

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