The Duct Tape Eagle

Our landlord was supposed to come by this evening to fix our leaky sink drain. (He didn't, but that's another story.) We didn't really have any clean dishes or good groceries, so we decided to get some take-out. There aren't a lot of options for take-out in Dillingham.

Obviously, there's the Muddy Rudder. Samara called them to place an order, but they're closed for the season. No more Muddy Rudder until spring. We swung by the N&N Market, which has a hot bar/deli. They didn't have any chicken for chicken sandwiches. That left one option: the Duct Tape Eagle.

Just off Harbor Road, the Duct Tape Eagle is a restaurant that used to serve Chinese food as the Chinese Eagle. Now it's more of a pizza/burger joint, so it's just the Eagle. (I think it may also have changed owners.) But because they just "modified" the old sign, some folks call it the "Duct Tape Eagle."

Samara and I both ordered the chicken sandwich. We'd heard it was good. It comes with onion rings (Samara) or fries (me) for $13.95 a piece. I'll tell you what--it was worth it. It was a good sandwich, and the fries were yummy. Here's Samara waiting on our food.

Since the restaurant is next to the harbor, Samara stepped outside to take some pictures of the dry-docked boats and fascinating aluminum buildings.

Then she even got the proprietor to let her take his picture.

He was a nice guy. Apparently they're going to be open all winter, except when he and his wife take a trip to Korea to see her family.

And here is what your $13.95 buys you.

Those were some good fries, and a pretty good chicken sandwich.

On the way back home with our meal, we got stuck behind a police situation downtown. Yeah, the police chief stopped his cruiser with his lights on in the middle of downtown. It must have been a big emergency. Except that this is small-town, rural Alaska. It was just some plywood in the road that he wanted to pick up.

Hooray Alaska!