Arctic Bar — Home of the Happy Bears seal

Arctic Bar

Home of the Happy Bears

Ketchikan's oldest bar, since 1937 — and the only one in town with a deck right out over the water. Cold beer, good burgers, and the best seat on the Narrows.

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Est. 1937 17 Beers on Tap 509 Water St · Off Berth 3
1937
Oldest Bar in Ketchikan
17
Ice-Cold Beers on Tap
1
Deck on the Water in Town
2am
Open Late, Every Night
Since 1937

The Oldest Bar
on the Narrows

The Arctic Bar has been pouring on Ketchikan's waterfront since 1937 — long enough to have a few stories. Back in the '40s a storm washed the original building clean out to sea, so they hauled it back up the hill and rebuilt. It's been the town's home base ever since.

We're a real Alaska bar: locals on every stool, deckhands and fishermen off the boats, and travelers who wandered up from the docks. No frills, no cover — just 17 cold ones on tap, burgers off the grill, a pool table, and the famous Happy Bears watching the door.

Stop in, grab a stool, and stay a while. First round's on you.

The Arctic Bar's carved Happy Bears entrance in Ketchikan, Alaska ★ Home of the Happy Bears
Cold & Honest

On Tap & Off the Grill

17 on Tap

Seventeen handles of ice-cold beer, from cheap-and-cheerful domestics to Alaska craft. Whatever you're after, it's pouring.

The Happy Bears

Our namesake house pour and the most photographed bears in Ketchikan. Order one, take the picture, you've officially been to the Arctic.

Burgers & Pool

Griddle burgers when you're hungry and a pool table when you're not. Simple, good, and exactly what a bar should be.

The Only One in Town

A Deck Right
Over the Water

Off Berth 3, our deck hangs right out over the Tongass Narrows — the only waterfront deck of any bar in Ketchikan. Watch the floatplanes land, the boats roll in, and the cruise ships slide by with a cold one in your hand. Step off the ship, walk up Water Street, and you're here.

Berth 3 Steps from the dock ★ Best view on the water 10–2 Open all day
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Hours

Open Daily · 10am – 2am
Monday10:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Tuesday10:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Wednesday10:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Thursday10:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Friday10:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Saturday10:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Sunday10:00 AM – 2:00 AM

21 & over. Cash & cards welcome. Cruise-ship crowd — we're your first stop off the dock.