When Kathi and Jerry Lapp took over 33 Mile Roadhouse in 1977, the place was lit with propane lights, the gasoline pump out front was operated by a hand crank and customers were served water from a spring on the property.
“It was pretty self-sufficient,” Jerry, 62, said this week.
The owner of a bar and restaurant in Juneau’s Mendenhall Mall has bought the picturesque, log-cabin café and associated properties. He took over operation Tuesday.
