Need Restaurant suggestions for Alaska trip
 

Can anyone give us some suggestions on Restaurants in Anchorage (have Glacier Brew hous), Seward (Ray's) and Homer (Cafe Cups)?

Please let me know your recommendations.

Thanks. You help is appreciated. (Leaving on June 11th for a first time Alaska trip. Can not wait.)

KarenL,

We are leaving on our first cruise also to Alaska on June 16th and will have 2 full days in Anchorage before the cruise starts.

I am also looking for Anchorage restaurant recommendations. Also, try chowhounds.com. (Not sure if it is plural or not.) But scroll down to find the link to go the food forums. You can search for Anchorage also. The site is a little cumbersome to use but is loaded with restaurant advice for just about everywhere!


What cruise line are you on?

Ginny

A few in Anchorage to start, all downtown unless noted...

Simon & Seafort - good food, great bar, excellent view. Steaks, seafood, etc.

Marx Brothers - still one of the best, http://www.marxcafe.com/

Club Paris downtown - always reminded me of a line by Jason Robards from a great flick called "A Thousand Clowns" - "I'll have a steak and a flashlight." Great place, and is that your boss with his "secretary" over there?

Kumagoro - excellent Japanese downtown; Tempura Kitchen (a personal fave) on Spenard Road. Anchorage as the former "crossroads of the world" has an excellent Japanese restaurant selection.

For burgers, a local favorite is the Arctic Roadrunner, creekside on Old Seward Hwy (south of downtown) - great greasy onion "rings". Across the street is the Moose's Tooth Pizza. Good, but they're not worried in Philly.

Gwennie's - on Spenard Rd near Lake Hood - ultimate Alaska Kitsch and then some. Food more plentiful than good, but ya gotta see it.

Mexico in Alaska, on Old Seward Hwy past the Roadrunner - remarkably good, long-standing place.

Downtown Deli - part owned by the former Governor, still the place for lox and bagels and generally good breakfasts.

Best lattes and morning pastries are at the New Sagaya Market, on W. 13th near the Inlet Towers hotel. Ideal place to put together a gourmet picnic to take (in your rental car) out into the boonies on day trips. Or sit in their cafe and observe the Alaska liberal literati reading their papers and talking about the evils of development - almost in the shadow of oil company towers.

A real secret (oops - secret's out) is Aladdin's, in a strip mall off - you got it - the Old Seward Hwy. Middle Eastern in Alaska? You better believe it - scary good.

The Double Musky in Girdwood has changed somewhat over the years but it's still really, really good - Cajun, sort of. Try the Blackened Redfish (salmon).

Over at the main lodge at Alyeska (not the Alyeska Prince) the bakery/cafe has cinnamon rolls famous the world over, at least among suger-engorged waistline-challenged lovers of gooeyness. O-my-Gawd. Other food, too.

The Crow's Nest, at the top of the Captain Cook, is a fine power lunch/dinner place. The Cook was owned by ex-Gov. (and ex-Sec. of the Interior under Milhous) Wally Hickel. Good place to meet lots of nice Republicans dreaming their dreams of pipelines.

Thanks guys for your responses.

Ginny - we are not crusing. This time we are self directed for 9 days of land travel. Really looking forward to it. Maybe crusing will be are next trip.

Gardyloo any suggestions for Seward or Homer? Thanks for your Anchorage input.

I can second Simon and Seafort's and The Crow's Nest. Both are fairly expensive.

For a good breakfast, try Snow City Cafe on 4th Ave at L St.

Author: Floridafran ([email protected])
Date: 05/18/2004, 09:01 pm
Message: Karen,

My husband and I were in Alaska the summer of 2000, no cruise, just a "road trip." We ate at a wonderful restaurant about 4.5 miles outside of Seward (on the way into town) called the Resurrection Roadhouse. It's on the road to Exit Glacier. (Turn at mile 3.5 on the Seward Highway.) We stayed in Seward for 4 days and like R.R. so much we ate there 3 times. I'm assuming it's still there as they were quite busy most of the time.

By the way, Exit Glacier is nice side trip. You can actually take a short walk, about half a mile, and be close enough to touch the glacier. I recall it being referrred to as one of the most accessible glaciers in Alaska.

I don't know if you have time to get a copy of Bell's Guide to Alaska. We found it very useful. They break the state into sections and list things to see/do using the highway mileage markers. They also tell you where to find service stations, and more importantly, where you won't.

We loved Alaska and plan to go back some day but there are tons of National Parks in the Lower 48 we have to see first. Although we do miss that fresh halibut and wild salmon.

I'm sure you'll have a great time. It is an awesome place. I hope you get to fly over some of the huge glacier fields. Post when you get back.

KarenL,

Dug through my Alaska file and found the website for Bell's. www.bellsalaska.com. I checked it, it's current. They are on the 43rd edition of their guide. Mine is the 2000 Guide and was the 40th edition.

Another thing we did in Seward was go to the Alaska SeaLife Center. It was worth the admission price to watch the puffins "flying" underwater. Amazing little funny birds. Also the Seward Library has a slide/movie presentation about the earthquake/tidal wave/fire in Seward resulting from the 1964 earthquake. Unbelievable documentation of the destruction. I think it was free. If not, it wasn't much.

Hope this helps some. If I can help in any other way, ask.

Thanks guys for the additional comments.

Floridian thanks for the tips. We plan on going to Exit glacier when in Seward and we will definately try the RR since we have a car.

TTTT

Anyone else

We were there in '99. Here's my best from our trip:

Anchorage: Simon and Seaforts.
Seward: Apollo - good Greek food. Really.
Homer: Two Sisters Bakery - good breakfast/coffees/lunches.