I've only ever come here for the Sweet Cheeks cabaret and would never come here otherwise. I miss when they used to perform at 49th State Brewing as it was better in every aspect. Last time I visited I ordered the "spicy" chicken tenders which were just cooked frozen tenders soaked in buffalo sauce which made the soggy. The fries were okay. The cocktails were some of the worst I've ever had. I ordered a double blueberry spritz which just tasted like watered down blueberry lemonade. Not worth the $18 at all. Better to stick to beer here. The server was fine but when I paid the default tip was 30% which is outrageous and the highest default tip I've seen anywhere. I'm all for tipping generously but the service and ambiance are not at all worth that high of a percentage. read more

We were here a year ago, and loved it, and here we are again. And, we're here for a similar reason: other places were absurdly busy. And, again, we're happy we ended up here. There was only 1 person tending bar and waiting on tables when we sat down, but a second person arrived, and things picked up. Again, the service was decent once the order was placed. They forgot my son's fries until the end of the order, but they comped us. But, no tater tots this time, damn it. But, the fries were crispy and tasty. We opened with soft pretzel rods, which were served hot with a cheese sauce. Good stuff. I decided to deviate from my "always order fish" rule for Alaska, so I opted for the chimichuri steak bowl. The beef was nicely seasoned, but over cooked. The mango chunks are a nice touch, and I did eat the whole thing, but it was less amazing than the comparable salmon bowl. There was a trivia contest going on, which added to the fun. And, the Broken Blender is all about fun. read more

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I really enjoyed my social time here at a bar I just happened to passed by. The bartender "Brittney" was very attentive and friendly. I had the Elvis Shot! I will return and have their menu items. I will definitely return since I liv read more

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One of my favorites. Probably "qualifies" as a dive bar, but that may send an incorrect image of this gem. The staff is awesome, twenty four "on Tap" selections. A lot of hard liquor choices, but if it requires a blender--refer to its name--if it requires a blender... "they're out of that." Salmon/steak bowls, burgers and wings, etc. My first choice when dining out. Love this place! read more

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Rude bar staff. I loved the show I watched but had nothing but rude and aggressive interaction with bar staff. Food was not good enough to forget how i was treated inside read more

Walking around on a quiet Sunday morning we decided to dip into The Broken Blender-WOW Whet a nice treat. We were pleasantly pleased while we walked in & met one of the owners with a wealth of knowledge about his history in Anchorage. While talking to this man he promotes concerts in Anchorage & to find out he puts on the Back Yard BBQ Events that we just went to last week which I might say was Fricken Fabulous!! To get back to The Broken Blender this place is clean & friendly in saying that we will be coming back for some appetizers. They have 24 beers on tap & if you can't find something to make you happy I don't know what will... Give this place a try, maybe I'll see you here! read more

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Great place for a drink, nothing fancy, simple. We had some wings too, they were average but good. Titus, the bartender is a great addition, which elevated our rfrom 3/5 go 4/5. He's personable and easy to chat with. We had a couple of beers then finished with his Old Fashioned, very good. So stop by and have a drink. We will be back. read more

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Local dive bar with weekly events! Check them out for one or their poker or trivia nights. Sunday afternoon trivia as well! Loved the loaded tots. Had that as a hearty meal on a rainy day and it really did the trick. Staff was busy but very attentive and friendly. Start a conversation and they will really open up! read more

The Broken Blender - Loaded Tots - Cocktail Bars Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

We went here on a Wednesday night. We both had kind of mixed feelings. The ambiance is almost exactly the same as the Matanuska Brewing location it has replaced. The main thing you'll notice is that it is very, VERY loud. There were not many people when we were hear, and we were at the verge of shouting to understand each other. Not necessarily a bad thing if you're looking for somewhere rowdy, but just something to note. The main selling point of this spot is that they have affordable cocktails, and I can happily report that they definitely do! We both got different margaritas, and we both thought they were decent. However, we both realized we weren't really margarita people and aren't really fare judges of quality. I just saw "mezcal" (a smoky favorite) and immediately ordered. They were definitely on the sweet side, and the price was definitely right! While the cocktails don't have the double-digit sticket-shock, they were also pretty common cocktails. Again, not saying it's good or bad, just don't expect anything too weird or out-of-the-ordinary! The taps: that is an aspect I am very disappointed in. I wish they had more from our smaller, craftier breweries: Turnagain Arm, Girdwood, Anchorage Brewing Company, Cynosure and less from our massive ho-hum breweries: Alaskan Brewing, King Street, Denali. Most of what is on tap here is what you could get at a mediocre Oakenkeg or Brown Jug location. For food, I got the blender burger and it was amazing! A fantastic melding of flavors, one of the better burgers I've had. However, unlike the cocktails, the price was quite high at $14...and it was ala carte. We did get an order of tater tots to share and to The Broken Blender's (TBB) credit, the portion was great for 2-people and these were also the best tots I've ever had in Anchorage. They had a made-from-scratch feel that no other tots in town have! TBB is definitely worth trying if anything above sounds appealing. If they get some more local-focused taps, I will definitely return for a beer and a burger! read more

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So fun!! This rebranded and new ownership of a bar is up and running and killing it. We had Caroline as our waitress and I would recommend you asking for her. The tomato bisque soup was fire ! The burgers and sliders were great with a nice blend of flavors and the charcuterie board were awesome as well. The loaded tots did not disappoint. Drinks were a great pour also. Killer staff and vibes and the outside deck is super vibes. They show the ufc fights too read more

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Amazing little place. It reminded me of our local VFW and Legion post. Down home good people and very reasonable place to drink. I found it to be the cheapest place to drink in Alaska with the best atmosphere. If you like down home bars with great service and good people this is for you. read more

My daughter took me here for Mothers Day brunch for the Sweet Cheeks Cabaret. It was down stairs of the bar and it was perfect to me the food was okay nothing home to write about, but who was there for the food??? The show started and i was hooked. This was something I have wanted to do for a long time and my daughter knew that. Everyone in the show was amazing! The talent the music and the company made it the best Mother's Day I've ever had. Proof is in the pudding when you wake up horse the next day. I can't wait to see another show hopefully... soon. Until then my lovelies. read more

Great locals dive bar with a large selection of beer. It has indoor and outdoor seating, and is a nice alternative to the swanky restaurants and tourist bars downtown. read more

While downtown we stopped in here to try something new. Around noon-ish on Saturday. There was 2 other people in the building and us. After a few moments the bartender dropped us off two menus and let us know the drinks are listed on the tv. Having looked at the menu online I was looking forward to the pork belly sliders. They no longer serve those. After about ten minutes of no one acknowledging us we decided to try somewhere else downtown. read more

The service here is great, Caroline was our server on both visits and did an awesome job. The drinks are made well. The food was a little underwhelming. They started strong with some great fried cheese sticks. Those were delicious. The burger was a little lacking. The toppings and bun were good, but the meat patty was small and tasted like it had been in the freezer a little too long. I'd gladly pay a little extra for better beef. The patio outside is great for soaking up some of the great Alaska sunshine. The Broken Blender is a fun place worth checking out! read more

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Had 2 local beers here, both delicious. Bartender was lovely to chat with for a bit. Place was a bit divey and could use a bit of a scrub down, but overall cool vibe. It was across from our hotel, so easily accessible. read more

Service was great! Live music provided by a young man. Not too loud. We really enjoyed the spicy aioli. Were not expecting the raw salmon. Would have preferred it cooked. read more

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We came here since there was no wait compared to nearby places and it had nice outdoor patio seating! sports bar, lowkey vibes, pretty good foods. 30 something beers on tap brewed from around Alaska. I really enjoyed my chimichurri salmon burger and the loaded tots. As we were leaving trivia was starting, which would've been fun. I believe it was 8:30 on Wednesdays, but look ahead on website. My mom didn't love the atmosphere, but we all thought our waitress was great and super sweet. None of us really liked the bacon wrapped wings, and the carrots were stale. read more

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The only redeeming qualities: actually a decent liquor selection if you order off menu and the aviation was pretty good. Top shelf margarita: one of the worst that I can remember eating. Had to brace myself every time I took a sip. Food............avoid the tacos at all cost. Packaged crispy shells with tuna poke......for example. read more

This place became a home away from home during a long work trip. I was in charge of about 25 ppl and we regularly went over to have some drinks and food. We hit all the attractions. Trivia, poker, burlesque, and karaoke. The bartender Jo was always welcoming and took care of all of us like family. My company regularly come to Anchorage, and The Broken Blender is our new hot spot. You've got our business as long as Jo is there. Al was pretty cool too. Always a homie. Highly recommend the cheese sticks too, and the garlic aioli sauce. read more

This location is definitely trying their hardest amidst having a lack of staffing, but does have some things that could up the game. The events they host are great, but getting service is difficult at times and slow. The individuals are definitely trying their hardest to attend everyone but naturally with large events and activities it's easier said than done. As a patron I'd recommend ordering all at once and closing out early when an option presents itself. Know what you want and order quickly to help staffing and your experience. Overall the things they put on are fun and worthwhile even with slow service read more

went to trivia night with some friends and they charged my friend a 25% "large party" auto gratuity on 2 drinks. There were three of us at the table. when the bar tender was confronted and the manager was asked for the bar tender was the manager and she said she did that on purpose. She purposefully made a friend charge on her card. we will NEVER go back there. read more

This is my Cheers. They are so kind and refreshing. I'm thrilled to be there any time and for any of their special events. Their selection of beers and beverages is wonderful and I love grabbing their amazing food. Join them on your next time downtown. Their service team is amazing. You will be lucky to join them. read more

Sitting at the Bar and ordered a popular draft beer on July 3rd (Holiday weekend) and they ran out literally half way through my glass. Rather than saying "drink on this until we get the keg changed out" (no more beer) , it literally just sat there under the tap. I also asked 4 "FOUR" times for a menu and never got that either. CRAP service and this restaurant won't last long just like everyone else that been there with the staff that they have. . Go to F street and deal with the snobby bartenders and at least get service and beer. read more

We came here for their first ever Monday poker tournament. The service was quick even though they seemed to be a tad understaffed at first and the waitress did an amazing job. First time back to this location since it was The woodshed. I had the bacon Mac and cheese and it was very good. Thank you again for allowing us access to your establishment for some good old fashion Texas holdem. read more

Great location, I love that dogs are allowed on the patio! Great drink selection, the Sumer salad was amazing! We will definitely be back Here too try more. :) read more

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Wow ! Amazing. Had the blender burger and it had so much flavor, sweet from the blueberry bacon jam, hearty with the burger and earthy with the arugula and onions and the garlic buttered toasted brioche bun. read more

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BLT.. burnt bacon on a hamburger bun. Yuck.. just inedible. .............. lots of burnt bacon thou if that's what you like

Great bar, great live music and great bartender. Hockey bar and great beers on tap. Would come back again.

Ordered a large order for a wedding party while getting ready. The food was fantastic and the staff was very professional and haled a lot when picking items for a group! read more

Terrible service. So we accidentally spilled a drink at our table on the patio. When a bartender came to clean it up, she decided to tip our table over so the drink dripped off onto the floor. We mentioned we didn't really want liquid at our feet, but the damage was already done. She rudely responded by saying she only had one rag so she had to pour some on the floor, and that we could go somewhere else if we didn't like that. Well, we should've taken her advice and gone somewhere else, but we specifically came here to play trivia. Well too bad! Trivia was "full". How does trivia even get full? Apparently they only allow 20 teams. And we got there early. Oh well. We stayed despite both of these things (our fault) and we were disappointed in the food, too. The bartender was a brunette girl with gauges and white tattoo lines on her cheek. Stay away! The only good thing about this place is the location. read more

Upstairs it's OK foods greasy but you know it's a little dive bar..It's not like it used to be back in the day when it was named something else. Kind of smells like cat pee in there specially down in the basement where we went to go see sweet cheeks. We didn't stay that long it was pretty sad & degrading watching women on their knees pick up dollar bills That the audience was throwing From a bucket that they give you that you can buy. The people that did the show have no talent whatsoever they just do a lot of grinding and humping not dancing or singing. There's no performance here it's pretty pretty sad. read more

Had a great time here, good burgers, good live music when it's going on and a really cool bartender. Who made a awesome black and blue for me. Believe her name was Jo and she'll be more than happy to see you I'm sure!! read more

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Arrived three hours after opening, all "open" lights flashing, people inside, but doors were locked and no staff came out to assist.

The food here is amazing! And the service is fantastic. We had the salmon bowl, such amazing flavors!! Quinn the bartender is fantastic! You have to try this place! Good place to watch sports or just hang out, everyone very friendly. read more

My family and I stopped in to have our family dinner - it was our first time there and in AK .... The place was nice and our waitress was sweet and it was her first night - we ordered the following Mac and cheese Soup - tomato with fried cheese A plain cheese burger with bacon and only lettuce Chicken sandwich Plus each of my kids ( 2) and myself Ordered tots and one order of fries What do you think we got - One tot The hamburger had onions tomatoes and Mayo The chicken was cold and tasted frozen My soup tasted burnt I am assuming it was the cheese called fried - it was I tried to eat it My son asked for nothing on his burger!!!! He received everything including mayo as I said - I got our waitress and requested for a nee burger. She went to the window and told the cook - he totally had an attitude as I watched him! He made a new one and again- Mayo on the damn burger again!!!! Plus we did not get our fries till my son dissected his over cooked burger that he could not even eat. We thru it out To say this was a disappointment is an understatement. The only positive was our waitress and her kindness. To end our night she defended the cook - she should not have done that- he did not read her notes twice! $72 bill was not worth it at all. I would not recommend this to anyone staying in Anchorage - get a new cook and maybe take the "burnt cheese" off the soup! 7/9/2021 was our date of service. We will not be back read more

We stopped here about 5:45pm on a Saturday to get a snack before heading to the park strip for the Craft Beer Festival Summer Edition. Before reaching the entrance we could see their outdoor seating was completely full. I figured there should be no reason we wouldn't be in and out just quickly grabbing a few things from the bar. Boy was I wrong. This place is definitely divey. Upon entering they had a sign that said they were having problems with their CC machine so you had to pay cash or use their ATM. You were asked to seat yourself. They have lots of cocktails and they are very reasonably priced at $7. I ordered their drunken ocean water cocktail and my spouse had a panty peeler off tap. We also ordered a single order of appetizer wings. We immediately noticed the star of the Broken Blender team was their one and only bartender who seemed to be doing a ton of multi-tasking in addition to trying to motivate team members. He was doing his best to be professional but anyone able to read between the lines could tell he was overworked and over it. He was accommodating but his tone was one of irritation. Many workers came behind the bar discussing personal matters, interactions with other customers, and wiping off their dripping sweat in plain view. It wasn't a professional environment. At one point a customer who sat towards the back came to the bar to let them know she had been there awhile and hadn't been served yet. Very awkward and cringe during some moments. The place had a weird smell and wasn't the cleanest. I wanted our wings so we could leave. After being done with our drinks for 5ish or so minutes I ask the overwhelmed bartender if someone could check on them. They came out shortly after that completely over salted. We had to order more drinks just to take them down. Skipped the cocktail this time and tried a pineapple cider on tap made by a local brewery. It was light and perfect. We quickly paid cash and left. My spouse and I had a mini argument over the $20 tip I left. I honestly just felt bad for the bartender. I don't plan to return here. read more

What's broken here isn't the blender. Showed up at 8:15 pm and after ordering wings, tots, and a burger, we didn't get our food until 9:15. My food was not quite warm, as well. Our waitress wasn't on top of our order-she had to be reminded. Instead, she was socializing with certain patrons and neglecting her customers. Not only did we see customers leaving, one made a comment that they've waited for 40 min for their food, and given my husbands wings which were sitting on their table for 10 minutes. The only good thing out of it was our food and a drink were given free/ discounted. I only see this place as a drinking spot- not for dining. I would've rather waited an hour or more to eat at State 49. read more

This place could be really cool but seems to be struggling with covid issues and understaffed. One hour and 30 min wait for food. Went a few times to watch the burlesque show. It's nice that they have a good venue, but the food was horrid, bland, untimely, and plated awfully. I'm sorry but hard pass. read more

I ordered the rocket fellow oysters was extremely great almost hade a pizza taste i would recommend them to anyone goes great with bar drinks. read more