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Friday 2 September – part five: a very risqué lunch
Shortly after that, we were back in Skagway proper and blocking up one of the town’s few roads with lots of people waiting to cross. It was a bit surreal.
Finally, we moved forward enough to alight and set off for the Red Onion Saloon for lunch.
As many of you may already know, this place is quite famous because of its history as a brothel, where the gold panners would pay a measly $5 for the services of the ladies here. Now I will warn you that, because of this history, some of the images they have on the wall are pretty explicit, surprisingly so actually. There was a warning up in there about bringing in people under the age of 21. I believe it could result in a fine of £1,500, so that gives you an idea. Anyway, you have been warned... feel free to skip over the next few photos to the next chunk of text if you think you may be offended, as that’s the last thing I want to do, but equally I do want to share everything we saw with you...
Even outside, there’s a bit of a warning about what you can expect!
In this section, I will also include photos of the various ladies who act as servers, as some of their costumes were risqué..
Ok, now on to other things.... the food. I wasn’t expecting much here, as I assumed it was one of those places where you come more for the atmosphere, but actually there wasn’t a bad selection of food on the menu when we looked.
We just had an entree each, although there were plenty of choices for appetisers. I went for the Madam Jan (yes, all the items had funny names! ), which was a three cheese pesto pizza with mozzarella, parmesan, goat cheese and roasted garlic. It was very nice, but the roasted garlic wasn’t that great, mainly because it was burnt in places.
Mark had the Sloppy Joe’s, ground beef in a sweet rich tomato sauce with onions and peppers. Neither of us had heard of this before, so he was intrigued by it and seemed to enjoy it.
The bill came to $86 for the four of us, including four drinks between myself and Steve, which I thought was pretty good. We topped it up to $100 for tip and I still thought we got good value. All in all, it was a very fun lunch and something I’m very glad we got to do in Skagway, as this is something of a fun traditional out here and I can see why.
Red Onion Saloon:
Entree 8 8 ½
Service 8½ 8
Atmosphere 9 9
Value for money 9 9
Average score: 8.63
We set off for a walking tour around Skagway next, heading first for the Klondike National Historic Park Visitor Centre. I was able to get some National Parks stamps for my passport, but that was about it, as there really wasn’t that much to see here, which was a shame.
We wandered along and headed for the Caboose that we’d seen at the railroad depot as we’d driven it, but we hadn’t been able to get good shots of it then. We got some, as well as some fun ones of Sue and Steve.
Our next stop was the small Centennial Park next door, which was neat.
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All in all, it was a very fun lunch and something I’m very glad we got to do in Skagway, as this is something of a fun traditional out here and I can see why. 
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