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Is Alaskan Hotel and Bar Still Open? Hotel Impossible Update (Juneau, AK)

Hotel Impossible, Season 4 Juneau, Alaska

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Alaskan Hotel and Bar is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 9, 2026.

What the source shows: The hotel's own website, checked 2026-09-09, showed 2026-dated content and a live booking widget, and Google Places lists the business as operational at the same address. How we decide a status →

What happened after Hotel Impossible?

The Alaskan Hotel and Bar is a historic lodging and bar property at 167 S Franklin St in Juneau, Alaska, that opened in 1913 and is described by Wikipedia (revised 2026-08-31) as the oldest operating hotel in Juneau. According to Wikipedia, the building was briefly condemned in the 1970s before being rehabilitated by new owners, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and became a contributing property to the Juneau Downtown Historic District in 1994. Wikipedia also notes that the Food Network program Food Finds filmed there in 2003, and that Travel Channel's Hotel Impossible filmed the episode 'Alaskan Heavyweights' at the property in September 2013; the specific problems Anthony Melchiorri addressed during that visit are not detailed in the sources reviewed here.

Google Places lists 'The Alaskan Hotel & Bar' as operational at the South Franklin Street address. The hotel's website, thealaskanhotel.com, was checked on 2026-09-09 and returned an HTTP 200 response with a live reservation and events booking system, along with pages for hotel rooms and rates, cancellation policy, transportation, an extended-stay application, and bar and event listings. The site's homepage describes the property as retaining the style and rates of a bygone era. No source reviewed indicated a change in the hotel's name, ownership, or location since the 2013 episode aired.

The episode Hotel Impossible, Season 4

Episode 1
Aired
Title: Alaskan Heavyweights · What was featured: The Alaskan Hotel and Bar's renovation problems on 'Alaskan Heavyweights'

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. thealaskanhotel.com https://www.thealaskanhotel.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Hotel_and_Bar
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