Guidebook for Anchorage

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Guidebook for Anchorage

Food Scene

This place rocks. Super friendly staff, good food, some of the best coffee in the area. (Hint: turn toward Lowe's, this place is in a small strip mall with some cool shops, not quite "on" Old Seward).
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South Restaurant + Coffeehouse
11124 Old Seward Hwy
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This place rocks. Super friendly staff, good food, some of the best coffee in the area. (Hint: turn toward Lowe's, this place is in a small strip mall with some cool shops, not quite "on" Old Seward).
They call it a pizzeria but really this is a full-menu Italian restaurant (they just serve a LOT of pizza). The menu is robust and the pizza options are definitely fantastic. Our usual involves an 18" pie with a 10" cheese for the kid plus a tasty local IPA.
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Uncle Joe's Pizzeria
11700 Old Seward Hwy
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They call it a pizzeria but really this is a full-menu Italian restaurant (they just serve a LOT of pizza). The menu is robust and the pizza options are definitely fantastic. Our usual involves an 18" pie with a 10" cheese for the kid plus a tasty local IPA.
Pretty good food, good prices, and a LOT of beer options.
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FireTap Alehouse
10950 O'Malley Centre Dr
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Pretty good food, good prices, and a LOT of beer options.
Seriously amazing Thai food. We eat here. A lot. Our first visit, one of the other guests told me they drive 20+ minutes to get there and it is the "best Thai in Anchorage"... I agree!
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A Taste of Thai
11109 Old Seward Hwy
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Seriously amazing Thai food. We eat here. A lot. Our first visit, one of the other guests told me they drive 20+ minutes to get there and it is the "best Thai in Anchorage"... I agree!
They have a buffet ... enough said? It is an amazing and robust buffet ... now enough said?
China Lights Oriental Cuisine
9220 Old Seward Hwy
They have a buffet ... enough said? It is an amazing and robust buffet ... now enough said?
This is our back-up coffee shop if we don't go to South. Good coffee with great reviews (but the food isn't as good).
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SteamDot Coffee & Espresso Lab
10950 O'Malley Centre Dr
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This is our back-up coffee shop if we don't go to South. Good coffee with great reviews (but the food isn't as good).
GREAT restaurant. This is one of the few places more than 7 minutes from our house that we will eat out. The building is awesome and food has never let us down.
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Rustic Goat
2800 Turnagain St
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GREAT restaurant. This is one of the few places more than 7 minutes from our house that we will eat out. The building is awesome and food has never let us down.
This is probably the most famous and highly rated restaurant in all of Anchorage (if not Alaska).
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Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria
3300 Old Seward Hwy
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This is probably the most famous and highly rated restaurant in all of Anchorage (if not Alaska).
BREAKFAST! Closes around 3pm daily. Expect a wait of 15-45 minutes unless you can get a reservation. Why the wait? It is wildly popular and very good.
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Snow City Cafe
1034 W 4th Ave
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BREAKFAST! Closes around 3pm daily. Expect a wait of 15-45 minutes unless you can get a reservation. Why the wait? It is wildly popular and very good.
Restaurant/bar with the best halibut menu in the city.
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Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse
610 W 6th Ave
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Restaurant/bar with the best halibut menu in the city.

Drinks & Nightlife

It is the closest brewery to the house, quite accessible, and they did wizardry to make their IPA.
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Anchorage Brewing Company
148 W 91st Ave
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It is the closest brewery to the house, quite accessible, and they did wizardry to make their IPA.
Beer + restaurant + view = sacred Alaska goodness.
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49th State Brewing Co - Anchorage
717 W 3rd Ave
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Beer + restaurant + view = sacred Alaska goodness.

Essentials

Carrs = Safeway = the nearest large grocery store to our house. Use my phone number for the discounts if you do not want to sign up for the club card. They have a café and deli with a nice salad bar as well.
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Carrs
1501 Huffman Rd
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Carrs = Safeway = the nearest large grocery store to our house. Use my phone number for the discounts if you do not want to sign up for the club card. They have a café and deli with a nice salad bar as well.
We mostly go to this Fred Meyer for everything you would need, including groceries and hard goods. Use my phone number for the discounts if you do not want to sign up for the club card.
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Fred Meyer
1000 E Northern Lights Blvd
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We mostly go to this Fred Meyer for everything you would need, including groceries and hard goods. Use my phone number for the discounts if you do not want to sign up for the club card.
Another Carrs = Safeway, but further from the house. This one is a bit newer/nicer. Use our phone number for the discounts if you do not have the club card.
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Carrs
1501 Huffman Rd
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Another Carrs = Safeway, but further from the house. This one is a bit newer/nicer. Use our phone number for the discounts if you do not have the club card.

Shopping

Because you always need to know where the nearest Target is. Stop at Cabela's while you are there and get your fishing license.
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Target
1200 North Muldoon Road
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Because you always need to know where the nearest Target is. Stop at Cabela's while you are there and get your fishing license.
All your outdoor needs from hunting to fishing to camping.
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Cabela's
155 W 104th Ave
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All your outdoor needs from hunting to fishing to camping.
Get yourself a genuine Alaskan Native Ulu straight from the factory.
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The Ulu Factory
211 W Ship Creek Ave
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Get yourself a genuine Alaskan Native Ulu straight from the factory.
A shopping mall with indoor ice skating, bowling, a movie theater, and shops. Plenty to do if the weather is crummy out.
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Dimond Center Mall
800 E Dimond Blvd
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A shopping mall with indoor ice skating, bowling, a movie theater, and shops. Plenty to do if the weather is crummy out.
Great little local bookstore.
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Title Wave Books
1360 W Northern Lights Blvd
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Great little local bookstore.
Great not so little non-local bookstore.
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Barnes & Noble
200 E Northern Lights Blvd
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Great not so little non-local bookstore.

Entertainment & Activities

This is the best (only?) waterpark in Alaska. It is also priced as such and completely indoors. It is good in the winter or colder days but keep yourself outdoors otherwise.
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H2Oasis Indoor Waterpark
1520 O'Malley Rd
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This is the best (only?) waterpark in Alaska. It is also priced as such and completely indoors. It is good in the winter or colder days but keep yourself outdoors otherwise.
If you have ever wanted to see all the arctic wildlife you can imagine (or you just have not spotted a moose or bear yet), go here! We have an annual pass. All of the wildlife have been rescued from poor circumstance and the plaquards tell you the animals' tale (or "tail" seems more fitting).
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阿拉斯加動物園
4731 O'Malley Rd
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If you have ever wanted to see all the arctic wildlife you can imagine (or you just have not spotted a moose or bear yet), go here! We have an annual pass. All of the wildlife have been rescued from poor circumstance and the plaquards tell you the animals' tale (or "tail" seems more fitting).
This is not just a movie theater, this is a movie theater that shows old films, with a bar, and a restaurant. Go here. This is a sister property of the Anchorage-famous Moose's Tooth.
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Bear Tooth Theatrepub
1230 W 27th Ave
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This is not just a movie theater, this is a movie theater that shows old films, with a bar, and a restaurant. Go here. This is a sister property of the Anchorage-famous Moose's Tooth.
This is your nearest current movie theater.
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Regal Dimond Center Cinemas
800 E Dimond Blvd
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This is your nearest current movie theater.

Getting Around

This is the airport and one of the busiest ports in the US! This is also probably your best bet to find a rental car of your choosing.
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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
5000 W International Airport Rd
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This is the airport and one of the busiest ports in the US! This is also probably your best bet to find a rental car of your choosing.

Everything Else

This is the main downtown area with plenty of shops and local things to do. Enjoy the food and local crows. There are often events in the summer to keep you busy. Don't fall for any of those big hotels though =)
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Downtown
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This is the main downtown area with plenty of shops and local things to do. Enjoy the food and local crows. There are often events in the summer to keep you busy. Don't fall for any of those big hotels though =)