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Alaskan Foods The midtown Sears Mall Equipment Incorporated), a
10th and M Seafoods sells has a large Sears Department membership retailer that mainly
smoked fish and freshly caught Store, which sells clothing and stocks equipment, clothing,
salmon, and will also smoke, appliances, while the downtown and lightweight gear for
freeze, and package visitors’ own 5th Avenue Mall is best known non-motorized sports. Alaska
catch of fish or game for the trip for its Nordstrom store. There Mountaineering and Hiking,
home. Alaska Sausage and are also a large number of box a similar outlet nearby, sells gear
Seafood will turn hunters’ stores, massive outlets that from a range of manufacturers
moose, cari bou, or deer into sell just about everything at and is aimed primarily at rock
sausage pro ducts, and sells discounted prices. The most climbers and mountaineers.
smoked salmon and reindeer pleasant of these are the Fred For keen hunters, anglers, and
sausage. Alaska Wild Berry Meyer stores, which also have cam pers, there are no better
Products (see p80) is the best a grocer, bakery, and deli. outfitters than the mind-
place for Alaskan berries made The cheapest places are the boggling Cabela’s and
into jam and sweets. Exotic membership warehouses Sportsman’s Warehouse, both
seafood is available at the three Costco and Sam’s Club, which of which offer everything from
New Sagaya’s Markets, the city’s sell quality items in bulk. camouflage clothing, winter gear,
prominent Oriental groceries. foot wear, and salmon smokers
to hunting hides, rifles, pontoon
Sporting Goods
Department Stores Due to its outdoor orientation, boats, and skinning knives.
Visitors who are in town in
The main shopping malls in Anchorage is an excellent place the cold season and want to
Anchorage are occupied by to stock up on gear before try out some winter sports can
department stores of varying heading out into the wilderness drop by Play It Again Sports
price and quality. The most on a camping, hiking, back- and pick up warm clothing,
down-to-earth choice is the packing, fishing, hunting, as well as used and new
Dimond Center, which fea tures whitewater rafting, or kayaking skiing, skating, snow shoeing,
Gap and Old Navy for clothing trip. One of the most popular and hockey equip ment at
and Best Buy for electronics. stores in town is REI (Recreational dis counted prices.
DIRECTORY
Markets and Fairs 5th Ave. Map E5. Tel 276- 900 W 13th Ave. Sears Mall
2350. ∑ iditarod.com Map E1. Tel 561-5173. Benson & Seward Hwy.
Anchorage Market 2525 Blueberry Road. Map E1. Tel 264-6695.
and Festival One People Gifts Map E1. Tel 563-0220. ∑ mallatsears.com
3rd Ave & E St. Map D4. 425 D St. Map D4. ∑ newsagaya.com
Tel 272-5634. Tel 274-4063. Sporting Goods
∑ anchoragemarkets. Oomingmak Musk Department
com Ox Producers’ Stores Alaska Mountain-
Co-operative eering and Hiking
The Center Market 604 H St. Map C5. Tel 5th Avenue Mall 2633 Spenard Rd.
The Mall at Sears, 600 N. 272-9225. ∑ qiviut.com 320 W 5th Ave. Map E1. Tel 272-1811.
Lights Blvd. Map E1. ∑ the Map E5. ∑ alaska
centermarket.com Ulu Factory mountaineering.com
211 W Ship Creek Ave. Costco
Wednesday Market Map E3. Tel 276-3119. 330 W Dimond Blvd. Cabela’s
Northway Mall. Map F1. ∑ theulufactory.com Map E2. Tel 344-6436. 155 W 104th Ave. Map F2.
Tel 272-5634. ∑ anchor 4125 Debarr Road. Tel 341-3400.
agemarkets.com Alaskan Foods Map F2. Tel 269-9510.
∑ costco.com Play It Again Sports
Arts, Crafts, and 10th and M Seafoods 2636 Spenard Rd.
Antiques 1020 M St. Map E1. Tel Dimond Center Map E1. Tel 278-7529.
272-3474, 800-770-2722. Dimond Blvd & Old ∑ playitagainsports
Alaska Mint ∑ 10thandmseafoods. Seward. Map F2. anchorage.com
429 W 4th Ave. Map D4. com Tel 344-2581.
Tel 278-8414. ∑ dimondcenter.com REI
1200 W Northern Lights
∑ alaskamint.com Alaska Sausage
and Seafood Fred Meyer Blvd. Map E1.
Alaska Native Medical 2914 Arctic Blvd. Map E1. 7701 Debarr Rd. Tel 272-4565. ∑ rei.com
Center Craft Shop Tel 562-3636. Map F1. Tel 269-1700.
4315 Diplomacy Dr. ∑ alaskasausage.com ∑ fredmeyer.com Sportsman’s
Warehouse
Map F1. Tel 729-1122. New Sagaya’s Sam’s Club 8681 Old Seward Hwy.
∑ anthc.org
Markets 8801 Old Seward Hwy. Map F2. Tel 644-1400.
Iditarod Trail Store 3700 Old Seward Hwy. Map F2. Tel 522-2333. ∑ sportsmans
5th Avenue Mall, 320 W Map F1. Tel 561-5173. ∑ samsclub.com warehouse.com

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