Soapy Smith's Pioneer Restaurant

It would be easy to dismiss Soapy Smith's as a gold rush-dusted twist on the themed family restaurant. But while there's tons of Alaska kitsch on the walls, there's something that feels sincere about this restaurant's execution – it's as close as Fairbanks gets to a gold-miners' mess hall. Cuisine is burger-style grub, along with some Alaskan reindeer sausage and halibut.