Anchorage
The walls are a smoked-salmon color and the wooden floors are covered with Asian rugs, there’s modern art all around and soft jazz floating into both…
Must-see restaurants in Alaska
Ketchikan
Marketing itself as a shoppe as opposed to a shop (think home-baked cakes and staff in flowery aprons) Ketchikan’s prime source of sugar replenishment…
Fairbanks
This spot is fun. Its young workers blast Eastern European and Middle Eastern music out of their sound systems while they prep some pretty fine falafel,…
Alaska
Pizza's just half of it. This Arctic Ocean–abutting restaurant's multifarious menu also includes pasta, Chinese food, burgers, salads, soups, sandwiches…
Reluctant Fisherman Restaurant
Prince William Sound
The only Cordova restaurant worth putting a clean shirt on for, the RF sits next to its affiliated hotel and enjoys excellent harbor views and a decent…
Anchorage Region
Housed in the renovated Palmer Trading Post, this is basically a sports bar in a cool building. If you're not into the game, head for the delightful…
Sitka
In the back of the Raven Radio Building is this hip bistro, recently reincarnated and renamed Beak. It's a great place for a post-kayaking or hiking snack…
Southeast Alaska
Little more than a food truck with an awning glued on the side, Mexican-run Carmen’s Corner satisfies Petersburg’s small contingent of Latino cannery…
Sam & Lee’s Chinese Restaurant
Alaska
Don't be fooled by the name – yes, there's Chinese food dishes like cashew chicken, but this joint also has good American-style breakfasts and a…
Fairbanks
In a city founded by an Italian, one would expect a decent ristorante and Gambardella's does the trick. The stick-to-your-ribs pizza and pasta are a…
South Restaurant & Coffee House
Anchorage
One of Anchorage's newest restaurants has a drinks menu emphasizing creative gin cocktails. Food options run from small plates and salads to butter…
Big Daddy's BBQ & Banquet Hall
Fairbanks
This must be, as the owners claim, the northernmost Southern barbecue in the USA, and if you like slow-smoked ribs, juicy brisket, bowls of baked beans…
Seward
This local favorite is home to pizza, burgers and sweet-potato fries that are well worth traveling for, plus the best deck in town on sunny evenings. It…
Juneau
The top station of the Mt Roberts Tramway supports this large restaurant which, not surprisingly, sports the best views in town. Highlights include the…
Tonsina River Lodge Restaurant
The Interior
Let's hear it for variety! While you can get ribeye steaks and halibut at the Tonsina's restaurant, it also has a Russian menu, which includes shashlyk …
Vardy's Ice Cream & Pizza Parlor
Prince William Sound
Under the same ownership as Swiftwater Seafood Cafe, this newer place is sheltered two doors away in a white clapboard bungalow and serves a casual…
Homer
Come here for your organic, gluten-free goodies. This is the first official ‘green’ restaurant in Alaska, and you can taste it. Almost everything is…
The Interior
Connected to McCarthy Lodge, this is the area’s only true bar, with a good beer selection, pool, frequent live music and an always-intriguing cast of…
Anchorage
This fine restaurant in midtown has dazzled the critics with innovative, Scandinavian-accented cuisine emphasizing fresh ingredients and elaborate…
Fairbanks
Drive about 10 miles out of town to the Turtle Club, which does not serve turtle and is not a club, but does boast a packed parking lot. Folks roll up for…
Valdez
A super-popular burger and breakfast joint with indoor picnic tables, lightning-fast service, free coffee and – often – a line out the door. It does all…
Aleutian Islands
A godsend of a restaurant located at an airport notorious for bad weather. Better than the usual franchise food, it does American staples along with some…
Haines
The center of Haines' unlikely hip and healthy eating scene, Mountain Market stocks health foods, while its deli is loaded with vegetarian options, baked…
Fairbanks
For fine dining riverfront style, head to this restaurant, which has a cozy-cabin main dining room, a huge deck that looks out over the water and solid…
Homer
One of Homer’s oldest and priciest restaurants, with mains such as Szechuan Duck and the Duet de Mar (wild shrimp and Alaskan scallops). Though the…
The Interior
You’ll need a reservation for the lodge's well-regarded family-style dinners, which are set three-course meals of the halibut and steak school of dining…
Ketchikan
Ketchikan’s favorite burger joint is definitely not a chain. Ten varieties, including one with a Polish sausage and a hamburger patty, plus 30 flavors of…
Fairbanks
Though bizarrely situated behind a pair of car dealerships off Danby St, Cookie Jar lives up to its name as a great spot to indulge a sweet tooth. It's…
Fairbanks
This tiny spot, little more than an ordering window and some basic tables, was opened by a Texan who missed the beautiful tacos of his homeland. Here you…
Southeast Alaska
The local hangout has upped the ante of late, morphing from a little nautical-themed cafe into something more substantial. In spring and summer it serves…
Fairbanks
If it's a cold night in Fairbanks, or you're hungover – actually, if you're just hungry – head to this family-friendly spot, which represents the flavors…
Sitka
At the Highliner they like their coffee black and their salmon wild, which explains why the walls are covered with photos of local fishing boats and…
Skagway
Skagway’s best bona fide coffee shop shares space with a gift store and sells some energy-elongating sweet snacks to complement its cups of joe, apple…
Fairbanks
This cavernous, slightly overdone brewpub – the northernmost microbrewery in the US – makes jolly good beer, and plenty of people come just for the pub…
Juneau
If you conducted a local opinion poll, the Sandpiper could well register as Juneau’s best breakfast. Skip the eggs and try one of the Belgian waffles,…
Ketchikan
The size of a small trailer, this seafood shack close to the Water St tunnel does a good rendition of fish and chips: everything down to the tartar sauce…
Denali National Park & Preserve
The better-on-the-inside 'Bake' offers some quirky starters, such as Yak-a-dilla (locally raised yak quesadilla), and a well-regarded halibut and chips…
Alaska
We're partial to any place that has reindeer sausage and a BLT and teriyaki platters, bento boxes and sushi rolls. You can even get Hawaiian loco moco …
Fairbanks
This bustling diner, popular with college students, retirees and folks seeking heavy meals on the relative cheap, serves up sourdough pancakes all day…
Denali National Park & Preserve
This restaurant serves locally sourced breakfasts and dinners – think blueberry sourdough pancakes in the morning, and prosciutto-wrapped halibut in the…
