Peggy's Restaurant

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1675 E 5th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
+1 (907) 258-7599
http://www.yelp.com

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Founded in 1944 by retired school teacher Peggy Lott (1903 - 2006), Peggy's is one of Anchorage's oldest restaurants. Originally located in the Merrill Field Airport, and named Peggy's Airport cafe, the restaurant catered to Alaska bush pilots coming and going from Merrill Field. Peggy made amazing pies and customers would go miles out of their way just to get a slice. In 1954, Bill Waldron Sr. put up a building on 5th Avenue across from Merrill Field and told Peggy she could run her restaurant there rent free as long as she was alive. In 1988, Peggy's waitress Nancy Burley fulfilled her dream and took over the restaurant. Knowing not to mess with success, she kept the it largely unchanged. The menu still offers diner classics, the decor is

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