Guidebook for Anchorage

Todd And Angela
Todd And Angela
Guidebook for Anchorage

Food Scene

This place has the best fried chicken in town! And is two blocks away from our house! Also a tasty burger, that is the local tastier version of a fast food burger. Yummy shoestring fries and many flavors of malts and shakes!
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Lucky Wishbone
1033 E 5th Ave
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This place has the best fried chicken in town! And is two blocks away from our house! Also a tasty burger, that is the local tastier version of a fast food burger. Yummy shoestring fries and many flavors of malts and shakes!
This place has great breakfast and is super popular. But does often have a long wait. So if you have a leisurely morning, check it out, otherwise something else might be faster. It is one of the most popular breakfast spots in town.
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Snow City Cafe
1034 W 4th Ave
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This place has great breakfast and is super popular. But does often have a long wait. So if you have a leisurely morning, check it out, otherwise something else might be faster. It is one of the most popular breakfast spots in town.
Anchorage's most popular Pizza Joint. They brew their own beer, and root beer. Have super yummy salads and mozzarella cheese sticks with their homemade "house sauce." And Hungarian Mushroom soup. Good lunch menu. If you go at peak hours, it can be a very long wait. Consider ordering and picking up if you want to be faster. A local FAV!
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Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria
3300 Old Seward Hwy
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Anchorage's most popular Pizza Joint. They brew their own beer, and root beer. Have super yummy salads and mozzarella cheese sticks with their homemade "house sauce." And Hungarian Mushroom soup. Good lunch menu. If you go at peak hours, it can be a very long wait. Consider ordering and picking up if you want to be faster. A local FAV!
This is a full bar, but also a very good restaurant. They serve delicious Alaskana type food--Halibut, Salmon, Shrimp. Also they have super good Eggs Benedict on the weekends. It's actually the only thing you can order for breakfast. You can also get a side of Reindeer Sausage or Biscuits and Gravy. Yumm! AND if you want a late night scene, its a popular place for drinks in the evening. Can get pretty full and rowdy late night.
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F Street
F Street
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This is a full bar, but also a very good restaurant. They serve delicious Alaskana type food--Halibut, Salmon, Shrimp. Also they have super good Eggs Benedict on the weekends. It's actually the only thing you can order for breakfast. You can also get a side of Reindeer Sausage or Biscuits and Gravy. Yumm! AND if you want a late night scene, its a popular place for drinks in the evening. Can get pretty full and rowdy late night.
This is known as the nicest restaurant in town. It is at the top of the Captain Cook Hotel. Very spendy, but awesome food, cocktails and a fabulous view! Highly recommended for a romantic evening out. You can also go there just for appetizers and cocktails if you want to save a few bucks.
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Crow's Nest
939 W 5th Ave
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This is known as the nicest restaurant in town. It is at the top of the Captain Cook Hotel. Very spendy, but awesome food, cocktails and a fabulous view! Highly recommended for a romantic evening out. You can also go there just for appetizers and cocktails if you want to save a few bucks.
Our fav Japanese food downtown. Delicious sushi!
Kumagoro
533 W 4th Ave
Our fav Japanese food downtown. Delicious sushi!
This is two restaurants in one AND a Theatrepub that shows discount movies, and documentaries and things. The Theatrepub side has pizza, burritos and tacos, and you can eat in the restaurant or go to a movie and order food to be delivered to your seat! They have beer or wine in the theater, or you can order a cocktail in the grill next door and bring it over to the theater in a plastic cup. The Grill is on the other side and has fabulous brunch everyday and really yummy dinner food too. Kind of fancy Alaskana Mexicana. Great beer and cocktail selection.
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Bear Tooth Theatrepub
1230 W 27th Ave
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This is two restaurants in one AND a Theatrepub that shows discount movies, and documentaries and things. The Theatrepub side has pizza, burritos and tacos, and you can eat in the restaurant or go to a movie and order food to be delivered to your seat! They have beer or wine in the theater, or you can order a cocktail in the grill next door and bring it over to the theater in a plastic cup. The Grill is on the other side and has fabulous brunch everyday and really yummy dinner food too. Kind of fancy Alaskana Mexicana. Great beer and cocktail selection.
This is a great date night spot. Super good apps, dinner food and cocktails. We recently discovered it. Yum!! Downtown.
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Pangea Restaurant And Lounge
508 W 6th Ave
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This is a great date night spot. Super good apps, dinner food and cocktails. We recently discovered it. Yum!! Downtown.
Kaladi Brothers is Alaska's most popular coffee. It is sold in nearly every restaurant. Go check out one of their shops.
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Kaladi Brothers Coffee
1340 W Northern Lights Blvd
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Kaladi Brothers is Alaska's most popular coffee. It is sold in nearly every restaurant. Go check out one of their shops.
A very popular restaurant. One of our favorites. Out in Girdwood about a 45 minute drive. Cajun cooking, emphasizing steak & local seafood, in a roadhouse with Mardi Gras-style decor. Closed on Mondays.
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Double Musky Inn
3 Crow Creek Rd
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A very popular restaurant. One of our favorites. Out in Girdwood about a 45 minute drive. Cajun cooking, emphasizing steak & local seafood, in a roadhouse with Mardi Gras-style decor. Closed on Mondays.
This is an upscale restaurant. Local Alaskan fare served with an Italian flair.
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Orso
737 W 5th Ave
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This is an upscale restaurant. Local Alaskan fare served with an Italian flair.
This is a bar/restaurant at the bottom of the Captain Cook Restaurant. It has good drinks, oysters, steak, seafood and pizzas. And a nice environment.
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Fletcher's
939 W 5th Ave
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This is a bar/restaurant at the bottom of the Captain Cook Restaurant. It has good drinks, oysters, steak, seafood and pizzas. And a nice environment.
This place is a very popular and delicious bakery!! Such good stuff. They have coffee and soup and sandwiches too. Also yummy pastries/scones for breakfast.
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Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop
718 K St
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This place is a very popular and delicious bakery!! Such good stuff. They have coffee and soup and sandwiches too. Also yummy pastries/scones for breakfast.
This is a local Pho chain that everyone loves! They don't deliver, but you can eat in or pick up. We love it for Pho or other Vietnamese/Thai style dishes. Yummy.
Phở Lena
137 West 5th Avenue
This is a local Pho chain that everyone loves! They don't deliver, but you can eat in or pick up. We love it for Pho or other Vietnamese/Thai style dishes. Yummy.

Drinks & Nightlife

This is one of our best music venues. They do shows several nights a week. All kinds of genres of music. Some nights are free, some are not. They also have a dinner menu, and a cool little "secret" speakeasy upstairs where you can get fancy cocktails. Fun.
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Williwaw Social
609 F St
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This is one of our best music venues. They do shows several nights a week. All kinds of genres of music. Some nights are free, some are not. They also have a dinner menu, and a cool little "secret" speakeasy upstairs where you can get fancy cocktails. Fun.
This place is a BAR but they do have live music like 5 nights a week. And they're 2 blocks away from our house! Our friends play there on Tuesdays for Greatful Dead Jam night. They also always have free food like homemade chili (that's actually really good!)
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Van's Dive Bar
1027 E 5th Ave
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This place is a BAR but they do have live music like 5 nights a week. And they're 2 blocks away from our house! Our friends play there on Tuesdays for Greatful Dead Jam night. They also always have free food like homemade chili (that's actually really good!)
This place has the best view in town, with a deck overlooking the inlet. Deck is only open in the summertime. And they have live music on the deck too. They also have fabulous food, pretty good beer, and they have a music venue there that people rent out for all kinds of events and shows. A great music venue option a lot of time. I like the Fish Tacos. Good burgers too. Oh and fancy pretzel with cheese : ) It's also a good family restaurant place during the day.
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49th State Brewing Co - Anchorage
717 W 3rd Ave
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This place has the best view in town, with a deck overlooking the inlet. Deck is only open in the summertime. And they have live music on the deck too. They also have fabulous food, pretty good beer, and they have a music venue there that people rent out for all kinds of events and shows. A great music venue option a lot of time. I like the Fish Tacos. Good burgers too. Oh and fancy pretzel with cheese : ) It's also a good family restaurant place during the day.
This place is a bar/restaurant. They do brunch on the weekends. Lunch/Dinner all week. Live Music on the weekends. Open mic on Sundays. Very popular place.
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Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse
610 W 6th Ave
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This place is a bar/restaurant. They do brunch on the weekends. Lunch/Dinner all week. Live Music on the weekends. Open mic on Sundays. Very popular place.
Our Favorite dive bar. Free popcorn, great jukebox. Good times. And a greasy pizza joint next door : )
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Darwin's Theory
426 G St
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Our Favorite dive bar. Free popcorn, great jukebox. Good times. And a greasy pizza joint next door : )

Parks & Nature

A close by ocean front trail. Right down the road. Great for walking or biking. There are bike rental shops very close to the trail downtown.
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Coastal Trail - Elderberry Park
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A close by ocean front trail. Right down the road. Great for walking or biking. There are bike rental shops very close to the trail downtown.
This is the most popular mountain to hike in Anchorage. There are a couple different routes you can take including a walk through the valley "Powerline Pass" and a short paved jaunt up the other side hill for people who want a nice view but can't do the big 45-90 minute walk up the mountain. Very family friendly.
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플랫탑마운틴트레일
Blueberry Loop Trail
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This is the most popular mountain to hike in Anchorage. There are a couple different routes you can take including a walk through the valley "Powerline Pass" and a short paved jaunt up the other side hill for people who want a nice view but can't do the big 45-90 minute walk up the mountain. Very family friendly.

Essentials

This is where we shop for groceries usually. Just a big old grocery store with everything you would ever need. Usually has pretty good produce and an organic section if you're into that.
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Fred Meyer
1000 E Northern Lights Blvd
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This is where we shop for groceries usually. Just a big old grocery store with everything you would ever need. Usually has pretty good produce and an organic section if you're into that.
This is a smaller local grocery store that has some yummy food options/bakery/cafe/chinese food.
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New Sagaya City Market
900 W 13th Ave
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This is a smaller local grocery store that has some yummy food options/bakery/cafe/chinese food.

Shopping

This is our downtown mall. Just like the other malls you've been to : ) There are also tons of little tourist shops all over downtown near here if you're looking for something touristy to take home.
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Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall
320 W 5th Ave
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This is our downtown mall. Just like the other malls you've been to : ) There are also tons of little tourist shops all over downtown near here if you're looking for something touristy to take home.
My fav consignment shop downtown.
Second Run
720 D St
My fav consignment shop downtown.
Another Mall, down the highway a bit. Has Old Navy, Gap, Target. Lots of little shops. IHOP, Starbucks, and a movie theater. Olive Garden, Red Robbin, Texas Roadhouse.
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Tikahtnu Commons
1142 North Muldoon Road
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Another Mall, down the highway a bit. Has Old Navy, Gap, Target. Lots of little shops. IHOP, Starbucks, and a movie theater. Olive Garden, Red Robbin, Texas Roadhouse.
Our most popular outdoorsy store. They'll have everything you need for your outdoor adventure.
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REI
500 E Northern Lights Blvd
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Our most popular outdoorsy store. They'll have everything you need for your outdoor adventure.
A cool big second hand bookstore. in the REI Mall.
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Title Wave Books
1360 W Northern Lights Blvd
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A cool big second hand bookstore. in the REI Mall.

Arts & Culture

We go here all the time to take our daughter to the science center. So great for kids! And a great place to check out Alaska's history and culture. Also they have the Planetarium which shows little movies about cool Alaska stuff, and they have a nice cafe as well. Oh and a great gift shop.
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앵커리지박물관
625 C St
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We go here all the time to take our daughter to the science center. So great for kids! And a great place to check out Alaska's history and culture. Also they have the Planetarium which shows little movies about cool Alaska stuff, and they have a nice cafe as well. Oh and a great gift shop.
A cool place to check out Alaska Native history and info. Not downtown though.
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알래스카 원주민 유산 센터
8800 Heritage Center Dr
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A cool place to check out Alaska Native history and info. Not downtown though.
Go check out the 1964 Earthquake movie where your seats move! It's pretty fun. They have some other "experiences" as well.
마리아물라타기념물
333 W 4th Ave
Go check out the 1964 Earthquake movie where your seats move! It's pretty fun. They have some other "experiences" as well.
Our local Downtown Performing Arts Center. Big acts from out of town. Orchestra, Opera, Ballet, Theater, Dance. Great for fancy date night.
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알래스카 공연예술센터
621 West 6th Avenue
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Our local Downtown Performing Arts Center. Big acts from out of town. Orchestra, Opera, Ballet, Theater, Dance. Great for fancy date night.

Sightseeing

This place is out in Girdwood like 45 minute drive. My husband used to work here and we know the owners! We also got married here : ) It is one of the most beautiful spots around. It has some of the oldest buildings in the area, and is an historic gold mine. You can learn how to pan for gold, and go down in the river and try to get some yourself! A nice gift shop where you can buy Crow Creek Gold. There are still people gold mining there year round and making a living doing it!! There's also a fabulous hiking trail where you can ride a hand tram across the river, and you can actually walk all the way to the Alyeska Hotel from there and take a bus back in the summertime. Moderate/east terrain
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Crow Creek Mine
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This place is out in Girdwood like 45 minute drive. My husband used to work here and we know the owners! We also got married here : ) It is one of the most beautiful spots around. It has some of the oldest buildings in the area, and is an historic gold mine. You can learn how to pan for gold, and go down in the river and try to get some yourself! A nice gift shop where you can buy Crow Creek Gold. There are still people gold mining there year round and making a living doing it!! There's also a fabulous hiking trail where you can ride a hand tram across the river, and you can actually walk all the way to the Alyeska Hotel from there and take a bus back in the summertime. Moderate/east terrain
-a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, education and quality animal care. AWCC takes in injured and orphaned animals and provides them refuge and spacious enclosures. Animals that cannot be released into the wild are given a permanent home at the Center. The Center plays host to numerous educational and daily guest programs, including the Walk on the Wild Side tour, where you can get a closer look at the Alaska Wildlife that makes its home here. Choose between driving the 1.5 mile loop, or spend your time walking through the 200 acres that make up the AWCC Campus. Orphaned black and brown bears, moose, elk, lynx, caribou, musk ox and more.
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알래스카 야생동물 보호 센터
43520 Seward Hwy
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-a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, education and quality animal care. AWCC takes in injured and orphaned animals and provides them refuge and spacious enclosures. Animals that cannot be released into the wild are given a permanent home at the Center. The Center plays host to numerous educational and daily guest programs, including the Walk on the Wild Side tour, where you can get a closer look at the Alaska Wildlife that makes its home here. Choose between driving the 1.5 mile loop, or spend your time walking through the 200 acres that make up the AWCC Campus. Orphaned black and brown bears, moose, elk, lynx, caribou, musk ox and more.