Guidebook for Anchorage

Alison
Guidebook for Anchorage

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent live music, local beer and spirits, great owner and staff. Pub quiz night, poetry slams, lots of fun events.
29 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
TapRoot in Spenard
3300 Spenard Rd
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Excellent live music, local beer and spirits, great owner and staff. Pub quiz night, poetry slams, lots of fun events.
Good drinks, great bartenders, decent food, 30 minutes walk away.
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Spenard Roadhouse
1049 W Northern Lights Blvd
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Good drinks, great bartenders, decent food, 30 minutes walk away.

Essentials

Grocery store within 15 minutes walking distance.
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Carrs
1650 W Northern Lights Blvd
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Grocery store within 15 minutes walking distance.

Food Scene

Excellent sushi, friendly staff, within 15 minutes walking distance.
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Peter's Sushi Spot
3020 Minnesota Dr
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Excellent sushi, friendly staff, within 15 minutes walking distance.
Great coffee, famously roasted by Michael in Homer, Alaska. Good, healthy food, but be prepared to wait and look for seating. Their south-facing outdoor patio cooks in summer.
111 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Middle Way Cafe
1200 W Northern Lights Blvd
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Great coffee, famously roasted by Michael in Homer, Alaska. Good, healthy food, but be prepared to wait and look for seating. Their south-facing outdoor patio cooks in summer.
This is actually a bakery, and about an hour's walk from my house, or 20-minute bike ride, or 10-minute drive. It's the best thing to happen to bread in Alaska.
189 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop
718 K St
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This is actually a bakery, and about an hour's walk from my house, or 20-minute bike ride, or 10-minute drive. It's the best thing to happen to bread in Alaska.
Great bowl of noodles, stir fry, etc. affordably priced. Within a 20-30 minute walk.
45 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Phở Lena
3311 Spenard Rd
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Great bowl of noodles, stir fry, etc. affordably priced. Within a 20-30 minute walk.
Pretty decent Greek food owned and operated by a lovely family, been in biz for years. Within a 20-30 minute walk.
Pizza Olympia
2809 Spenard Rd
Pretty decent Greek food owned and operated by a lovely family, been in biz for years. Within a 20-30 minute walk.
Good north Vietnamese cuisine, within a 20-30 minute walk.
30 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Ray's Place
2412 Spenard Rd
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Good north Vietnamese cuisine, within a 20-30 minute walk.

Shopping

The box store for outdoor gear.
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REI
500 E Northern Lights Blvd
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The box store for outdoor gear.
Local outdoor gear source with knowledgable personnel.
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Alaska Mountaineering & Hiking
2633 Spenard Rd
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Local outdoor gear source with knowledgable personnel.
$3 movies in a pizza/pub movie house, live music, and the adjacent grill has good food & drink. It's always packed, though.
315 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Bear Tooth Theatrepub
1230 W 27th Ave
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$3 movies in a pizza/pub movie house, live music, and the adjacent grill has good food & drink. It's always packed, though.
Wonderful cheese shop and bomber mac and cheese.
10 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Fromagio's Artisan Cheese
3555 Arctic Blvd
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Wonderful cheese shop and bomber mac and cheese.
Independent used books tore, lots of great finds here.
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Title Wave Books
1360 W Northern Lights Blvd
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Independent used books tore, lots of great finds here.
Need an outfit? Go here first for goods deals on nice used clothing for women.
The Clothesline Consignment
1441 W Northern Lights Blvd
Need an outfit? Go here first for goods deals on nice used clothing for women.
Did you get skunked while fishing? They have a great selection of fresh and frozen local fish here every day.
10 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
10th & M Seafoods
1020 M St
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Did you get skunked while fishing? They have a great selection of fresh and frozen local fish here every day.

Everything Else

Good yoga classes.
Anchorage Yoga
2610 Spenard Road
Good yoga classes.
This is the main airport in and out of Anchorage.
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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
5000 W International Airport Rd
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This is the main airport in and out of Anchorage.

Sightseeing

You can walk downtown from my house, via the RR tracks and the coastal trail in about an hour, and view Sleeping Lady and - often - Denali while you're on the trail.
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Tony Knowles Coastal Bicycle Trails
Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
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You can walk downtown from my house, via the RR tracks and the coastal trail in about an hour, and view Sleeping Lady and - often - Denali while you're on the trail.
Lots of things to see and taste, every Saturday during the summer.
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Spenard Farmers' Market
2555 Spenard Rd
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Lots of things to see and taste, every Saturday during the summer.