Photos: Dianne's Restaurant closing

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Assistant chef Carrie Dosch uses four-foot wooden soup paddles to stir farmer's vegetable soup in a 20-gallon kettle, left, and northern chili in an adjacent 40-gallon kettle on Thursday morning, February 12, 2015, at Dianne's Restaurant in the Atwood Building downtown. Soups and baked goods highlight the menu while also sending enticing aromas up the stairwells of the 20-story building. Owners Dianne and Dave Tydings were unable to vent the space for grilling or frying when they moved in 25 years ago, and designed their menu accordingly.

Dianne and Dave Tydings have operated Dianne's Restaurant on the first floor of what is now the Atwood Building for 25 years. They are closing at the end of the month, but will continue preparing food while operating Dianne's Wild Fork Catering out of another location.

Soups and daily-baked goods have highlighted the offerings since the Tydings were unable to vent the space for grilling or frying when they moved in 25 years ago. They served corporate tenants for about eight years before the State of Alaska took ownership of the building in 1997. Neighboring businesses and downtown residents have also kept the restaurant and catering operation busy.

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