Must-see nightlife in Alaska

  • Village Bar

    Kodiak Island

    Handily located within Kodiak's central bar-and-restaurant block, this windowless den is a cozy spot to warm up with a pint of beer – there's a small…

  • McGinley’s Pub

    Anchorage

    We’re all Irish, at least on St Patrick’s Day, and in Anchorage this is where you come for corned beef and cabbage, bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie, a…

  • Rayme's Bar

    Southeast Alaska

    If you’re on a tour of gritty Alaskan bars that smell of spilt beer and old carpets, pop into Rayme’s, where inhaling deeply is usually enough to make you…

  • Alaskan Hotel & Bar

    Prince William Sound

    This wood-paneled old salt's bar hosted in a former hotel offers unexpected (for Cordova) wine tastings from 5pm to 7pm on Wednesdays, as well as glasses…

  • Anchor Bar

    Prince William Sound

    Across from the small-boat harbor, this is your basic Alaskan watering hole that’s open 'as long as there are fish.' Also serves basic food.

  • Pioneer Bar

    Haines

    The cheapest beer in town, and the place to go to hear live music. It's connected to the Bamboo Room.

  • Potlatch Bar

    Ketchikan

    Dive favored by fishers overlooking Thomas Basin where you can exercise your beer-drinking arm while fine tuning your dart-throwing skills.

  • Glacier Express

    Southeast Alaska

    Petersburg’s ‘other’ coffeehouse is a fairly basic affair with drinkable coffee and substantially sized muffins and cookies.

  • Kharacters

    Homer

    Pure Alaskana, this smoke-filled juke joint has live music and boisterous crowds and is fun as hell.

  • Pit Bar

    Seward

    Just past Exit Glacier Rd, this is where the crowd heads when the bars close in town.

  • Totem Bar

    Southeast Alaska

    Wrangell’s redneck dive bar. Take a deep breath and dive in.