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Greater Anchorage
Great Harvest Bread Co. $
Café Map F1
570 E Benson Blvd, 99503
Tel 907-274-3331 Closed Sun
Different fresh-baked breads
including wonderful pesto
bread, cookies, scones and
pound cakes daily. Treats
include choco late chip oatmeal
cookies, blueberry scones, and
tasty ham and cheese rolls.
Taco King $
Mexican Map F1
113 W Northern Lights, 99503
Tel 907-276-7387
This is a simple restaurant
serving food as authentic as Distinctive graffiti at Gwennie’s Old Alaska Restaurant in Great Anchorage
the one served in the street
cafés of Mexico. Open for lunch bringing the best of Bangkok to Kinley’s Restaurant & Bar $$$
and dinner. Anchorage. The home-cooked Seafood Map F1
Thai cuisine is delicious and the 3230 Seward Hwy, 99503
Gwennie’s Old Alaska atmosphere friendly. Tel 907-644-8953 Closed Sun
Restaurant $$ Varied menu featuring fresh
Roadhouse Map E2 DK Choice seafood, pastas, salads, home-
4333 Spenard Rd, 99517 made soups, burgers, and steaks.
Tel 907-243-2090 Double Musky Inn $$$ Good vegetarian and gluten-free
This traditional roadhouse-style Cajun/Creole Map E4 options, wide wine list.
place is renowned for its hearty 3 Crow Creek Rd, 99587
breakfasts, big enough to keep Tel 907-783-2822 Closed Mon DK Choice
you going all day. It serves equally An extremely popular and
generous lunches and dinners often cited as Alaska’s finest Villa Nova Restaurant $$$
and is packed with Alaskans. dining, the Double Musky Inn Mediterranean Map E2
has a lively atmosphere. 5121 Arctic Blvd, 99503
Moose’s Tooth Pub & Pizzeria $$ It specializes in gourmet New Tel 907-561-1660 Closed Sun-
Pizzeria Map F1 Orleans-style Cajun cuisine Mon
3300 Old Seward Hwy, 99503 and serves scrumptious dishes Sicilian Chef Georgio makes
Tel 907-258-2537 such as shrimp etouffee, everything from scratch,
Legendary pizza place with a salmon au poivre and sausage and the menu features fresh
huge and inventive selection of jambalaya. Reservations are seafood choices that change
toppings, plus succulent chicken not accepted. daily with the catch. Count
wings, wide choice of in-house on classics such as veal
beers, and brewed root beer. parmigiano, chicken piccata,
Come early or prepare for a wait. Jen’s Restaurant $$$ home-made pastas and sauces,
Seafood Map F1 and tiramisu. Good wine list;
Samurai Sushi Garden $$ 701 W 36th Ave, 99503 quaint Italian décor.
Japanese Map F1 Tel 907-561-5367 Closed Sun
1265 Muldoon Rd, 99504 Jen’s boasts an ever-changing
Tel 907-332-1020 Alaskan/Danish menu, which
Classic, very fresh Japanese sushi features fresh-caught oysters,
rolls, California rolls, bento boxes, salmon, rockfish, and scallops, as The Kenai Peninsula
tempura, and soups. Children’s well as farm-raised duck, pork,
menu. A good selection of sake lamb, and beef specialties. DK Choice
and beer; fast service. House-made pastas and salads
complement the big wine list. COOPER LANDING: Gwin’s
Spenard Roadhouse $$ Paintings by local artists adorn Roadhouse $
Café Map E1 the elegant dining room. Roadhouse Map B3
1049 W Northern Lights Blvd, 99503 14865 Sterling Hwy, 99572
Tel 907-770-7623 Kincaid Grill & Wine Bar $$$ Tel 907-595-1266
A clean, modern dining spot with Seafood Map E2 A rustically atmospheric
a varied menu, including Thai 6700 Jewel Lake Rd, 99502 pub, Gwin’s Roadhouse
curry, jambalaya, flatiron steak, Tel 907-243-0507 Closed Sun & first opened in 1952. This
fish and chips, soups, salads, and Mon quintessentially Alaskan spot
sandwiches. Local beers and Fine dining on Alaskan game is a favorite with anglers, who
small-batch bourbon. and seafood, and steaks. Try the stop by for refills and to swap
roasted beet salad with goat fish stories. Try the superb
Thai Kitchen $$ cheese frittata, salmon with home-made chili, smoked
Thai Map E4 chimichurri, tomato bacon jam salmon chowder and Mexican
3405 E Tudor Rd, 99507 and grilled asparagus, then specialties. Try the famous
Tel 907-561-0082 chocolate bourbon soufflé. Large fruit pies. Pre-packaged
A modest yet always packed, long wine list, boutique coffees, and lunches are also available.
time local-favourite is known for attentive service. Dinner only.
For more information on types of restaurants see pp246–7
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