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In downtown Anchorage, a longtime family restaurant clings to hope Club Paris survived two major earthquakes and economic recessions. But the family that has owned the restaurant for 45 years has never before experienced a hardship like the pandemic.
Print article Scott Selman, left, Cheyenne Selman, center, and Stan Selman, right, at Club Paris in downtown Anchorage on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Emily Mesner / ADN) Brothers Scott and Stan Selman can point out exactly where Scott’s daughter, Cheyenne, 4 or 5 at the time, tripped over a stair and split open her head on the corner of the 1950s-era wood and Formica-top bar that curves through Club Paris.