Kenai Joe's

Kenai Joe's is a bar in Kenai, AK, located at 801 Cook Drive. The business holds a rating of 4.6 based on customer reviews.

The surrounding source material describes the city of Kenai itself rather than the bar directly. Kenai sits on the Kenai Peninsula where the Kenai River meets Cook Inlet, an area known for its King Salmon fishing and a history shaped by Native and Russian settlement. The city's economy is built on oil, natural gas, commercial fishing, and tourism, and Kenai was incorporated as a first-class city in May 1960 before becoming a home-rule municipality in 1963. Local governance operates under a Council-Manager structure, with one mayor and six council members elected at large, and a City Manager appointed by the Council to handle day-to-day operations. According to 2019 figures, the city had a population of 7,742, covers 29 square miles of land within a total area of 35.5 square miles, and carries a 3.0 percent city sales tax alongside a 3.0 percent borough sales tax and a 4.35 mill rate. Kenai is accessible from Anchorage by a roughly 30-minute flight or a 3-hour, 150-mile drive, and is situated near Soldotna, Seward, and Homer. Visitors and locals can fly into the Kenai airport, use the floatplane basin, or arrive by boat at the public dock.