Two restaurants champion the Sitka community in USA Today's best restaurants in Alaska list

Two restaurants champion the Sitka community in USA Today's best restaurants in Alaska list

Chef Renee Jakaitis Trafton stands in front of her restaurant “Beak”, holding a plate carrying her staple black cod tips dish. (KCAW/Cotter) Chef Renee Jakaitis Trafton stands at the ready in the kitchen of her restaurant, Beak. Warm afternoon sunshine spills through a window onto the counter of neatly organized ingredients and cooking supplies. Bite-sized pieces of raw fish are on a cutting board, which Jakaitis Trafton will soon prepare into o…