Triangle Club

What Triangle Club does

Triangle Club Bar is a single-location neighborhood bar operating at 251 Front Street in downtown Juneau, Alaska, in the city's Historic District across from the old steam clock. The site has housed a bar since 1934 (originally Burford's Corner Bar, renamed Triangle Inn in 1935); Joe Thomas Sr. purchased and rebranded it the Triangle Club with a grand opening on St. Patrick's Day 1947, and the Thomas family has owned and operated it continuously since. The current proprietor is Leeann Thomas, who became the third-generation owner in 2000 after her father Joe Thomas Jr. ran the business for 35 years.

The business serves a mixed walk-in clientele of Juneau residents, Alaska State Legislature staff, and seasonal tourists through traditional on-premises retail only — there is no online ordering, no delivery channel, and no proprietary technology platform. Revenue is generated through two streams: beverage sales (80+ spirits, 25+ beers, liqueurs, wine, coffee, and mock-tails) and light food sales centered on a signature Coney Island hotdog made from Joe Thomas Sr.'s 1940s chili recipe, plus popcorn, peanuts, pretzels, chips, and hotlinks. The bar operates 7 days a week on extended hours (11:00am-1:00am in winter, 10:00am-1:00am in summer), is closed only on Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and employs approximately 6 staff. Marketing is limited to word-of-mouth and a single Facebook community page; the establishment relies on its 70+ year heritage, prime Front Street location, in-house collection of 50+ historic Juneau photographs, and native carvings as its primary differentiation.

Name

Triangle Club

Legal name

Triangle Club Bar

Website

https://triangleclubbar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Triangle Club Bar is a family-owned corner bar in downtown Juneau, Alaska, operating continuously since 1947. It serves locals, tourists, and state legislators with 80+ spirits, 25+ beers, and signature Coney Island hotdogs made from a 1940s chili recipe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neighborhood Bar Services

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRANACAA

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns

Consumer Products & Retail/Tobacco, Alcohol & Cannabis Retail/On-Premise Alcohol Retail (Bars, Pubs & Taprooms)

SECONDARYTHAFAEAA

Neighborhood & Sports Bars

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bars, Pubs & Nightlife Venues

Keywords

• Neighborhood bar
• Alcoholic beverages
• Bar food service
• Casual entertainment
• Historic hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Juneau

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Beverage Sales: Sale of spirits (80+ varieties), over 25 beers, liqueurs, wine, coffee, and mock-tails directly to walk-in customers at the bar.
2. Food Sales: Sale of light food items including popcorn, peanuts, pretzels, chips, Coney Island Hotdogs (serving since 1940s with original Joe's chili recipe), and hotlinks.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Triangle Club operates a single-location neighborhood bar and food service in downtown Juneau, Alaska, selling alcoholic beverages (over 80 spirits, more than 25 beers, liqueurs, wine), non-alcoholic drinks (coffee, mocktails), and a limited food menu headlined by Coney Island Hotdogs made from the original 1940s chili recipe of Joe Thomas Sr., along with standard bar snacks and hotlinks. The bar is a traditional walk-in establishment with on-premises consumption only, providing amenities such as WiFi, televisions, pull tabs, music, an ATM, and a curated display of more than 50 historic Juneau photographs.

Product overview

Triangle Club is a single-location corner bar and restaurant in Juneau, Alaska, operated by the Thomas family since 1947. The establishment offers two core product lines: bar services featuring an extensive selection of spirits, beers, liqueurs, wine, coffee, and mock-tails; and food services centered on their signature Coney Island Hotdogs made from a secret chili recipe dating to the 1940s. The bar operates with extended hours year-round and provides amenities including WiFi, pull tabs, televisions, and views of Front and Franklin Streets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Triangle Club Bar Services Full-service on-premises bar offering over 80 spirits, more than 25 beers, a variety of liqueurs and wine, plus coffee and mocktails, served to walk-in adult patrons in downtown Juneau, Alaska, with amenities including WiFi, televisions, music, pull tabs, an ATM, and a display of more than 50 historic photographs.
• Coney Island Hotdogs (and Bar Food) Signature hotdog menu built around a chili recipe from Grandpa Joe dating to the 1940s, including Coney Island Hotdogs and hotlinks, accompanied by standard bar snacks (popcorn, peanuts, pretzels, chips) sold to on-premises patrons of Triangle Club Bar.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Forbidden Peak Brewery: Small-batch Juneau brewery with taproom. Comparable as a locally-rooted, single-location on-premise alcohol operator competing for similar local and tourist trade, though smaller-scale and brewpub-positioned.
• Devil's Club Brewing Company: Independent craft brewery and taproom in Juneau. Comparable as a small, locally-owned on-premise alcohol venue serving Juneau's local and tourist segments, though differentiated by brewpub vs corner-bar format.

Broad incumbents

• Buffalo Wild Wings: National sports-bar chain serving a similar casual alcohol-and-light-food proposition. Comparable in product category and target demographic but operates at scale across hundreds of locations and lacks Triangle Club's heritage/locals positioning.

Regional players

• McSorley's Old Ale House: Historic New York City tavern operating continuously since 1854. Conceptually comparable as a multi-generational, independent, heritage corner-bar with light food, strong word-of-mouth, and a tourist appeal driven by its history rather than menu innovation.
• Anchor Bar: Independently-operated historic Buffalo, NY bar credited as birthplace of the Buffalo wing. Comparable as a heritage single-location bar whose fame rests on a signature food recipe (chili at Triangle Club vs Buffalo sauce), strong tourist draw, and multi-generational ownership.

Direct peers

• Alaskan Hotel & Bar: One of Juneau's oldest continuously operating hotels with an on-site bar. Comparable as a single-location, historic Juneau hospitality venue serving a mixed local/tourist clientele with alcohol-led revenue.
• The Hangar on the Wharf: Waterfront bar and grill in downtown Juneau serving cruise passengers and locals. Comparable on-premise alcohol venue in the same tourist corridor, with similar casual-historic positioning.
• Red Dog Saloon: Historic frontier-style saloon located on the same Front Street corridor in downtown Juneau. Directly comparable: independent, locally-owned bar serving the same tourist-and-local mix with Alaska heritage positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Triangle-Club-Bar-195184830508515
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/triangle-club

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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