EP 078 with Mike Ward

Crude Conversations

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 152 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this episode, Cody has a conversation with Mike Ward, the co-owner of The Pioneer Bar. The Pioneer Bar, better known as Pio, is a classic Alaskan bar located in downtown Anchorage. It’s been around since the 1950s, before Alaska became a state. Back then, it was a working class bar with a regular crowd of blue collar workers and barflies. It eventually began to attract a younger crowd in the late 1990s. That trend has continued to this day, where crusty sourdoughs and weekend warriors drink side-by-side. Mike’s relationship with The Pio goes all the way back to his childhood, when his dad was a regular there and he would bring Mike with him. That was around 1980. Mike and his business partner Dave Croffut bought the bar in 2013, and they quickly learned that the idea of owning a bar is much different than the reality of it. In reality, you have to deal with controlling crowds, local politics, and all the repairs that come with owning a 100-year-old building.

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0:16.5	Welcome to this week's show. In this one, I have a conversation with Mike Ward, the co-owner of The Pioneer Bar.
0:23.4	The Pioneer Bar, better known as PIO, is a classic Alaskan bar located in downtown Anchorage. It's been around since the 1950s before Alaska became a state.
0:27.5	Back then it was a working class bar
0:30.5	with a regular crowd of blue-collar workers and bar flies. It eventually began to attract a younger
0:36.0	crowd in the late 1990s. That trend has continued to this day where crusty sourd and Weaken Warriors drink side by side.
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