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    "deck": "Suka's Polynesian Cuisine, started as a Fairbanks food truck in 2021, has opened a full restaurant on Fireweed Lane in Anchorage.",
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    "body_md": "Suka's Polynesian Cuisine has opened its second location at 302 West Fireweed Lane in Midtown Anchorage. Owners Jamie and Jedidiah Stewart started the business in 2021 as a food truck in Fairbanks, selling Spam musubi and katsu chicken, and are now bringing the same menu to Anchorage full time.\n\nThe Fireweed Lane restaurant serves poke bowls, pulled pork plates, garlic shrimp, and seafood platters. The menu also includes smoothies, house made pineapple mango tea, and a pineapple blast dessert made with vanilla ice cream.\n\nSuka's is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. The Stewarts plan to bring their food truck to Anchorage events this summer, including Polynesian community gatherings such as cricket and rugby games.",
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