Breakfast/brunch:

Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop

Palmeira tropical fusion

Lunch/dinner

49th state brewery- great views of cook inlet

Beartooth theater pub

Crush Bistro

Spenard Roadhouse (a classic anchorage steakhouse)

Phonatic

Whiskey & Ramen

Simon & Seaforts- great happy hour + great views. Try the halibut cheeks!

Kaladi brothers coffee

Anchorage Distillery

Carousel Lounge

These are our fav breweries but there are tons so explore!

Anchorage Brewing Co

Onsite Brewery

Brewerks

Midnight Sun

King Street

Piper's sports bar or The deck at Lake hood- both have decks to eat and drink while watching sea planes land

Bike/ run or walk along the coastal trail

Bike Kincaid (there are also sand dunes there to check out)

Bike Hilltop

Explore downtown anchorage

Anchorage museum

Fav hikes:

1). Flat Top- about 3 hours roundtrip

Moderate hike- last part is a little steep but overall not too hard

It gives you the whole view of the city

2). Coastal Trail- start at Westchester and walk to downtown for lunch (about 2 hours roundtrip with a stop for lunch) easy and flat along the coast.

3) Rabbit creek, Relatively flat too but long. takes you to a beautiful lake in the mountains in Southside anchorage

Birch and Alder coffee shop (on the way from Anchorage to Girdwood)

Eating in Girdwood:

Jack sprat

Spoonline

Alpen Glow coffee house

Girdwood Brewery

Things to do in Girdwood

Nordic Spa at Alyeska

Alyeska: You can take the tram up and down if you want a scenic views and there is a restaurant and bar called Seven Glaciers

Alyeska: Tram up and bike down

1). Girdwood- Winners Circle

Fun hike right behind Alyeska - about 2 hours round trip depending how far you go- overall pretty easy hike :-)

Kid friendly

2). For the more adventurers

You can hike to the top of Alyeska- enjoy a beer at the top and take the tram down for a fee (think its 20 bucks) It use to be free for hikers but I heard they changed it

3) Challenging but looks pretty fun: Take a tram up, hike up and do some skybridges for some incredible views: www.alyeskaresort.com/veilbreaker

Surrounding areas:

Check out the Eagle river nature reserve very common bear sighting

Eklutna Lake and Tailraces - beautiful hiking

Byron glacier- easy flat hike to the glacier

Portage hike- ditto

Hatcher's pass- beautiful hiking

Whittier- great fishing and a unique town almost entirely in a single building

Take the train to Talketna or Seward

Homer- take a ferry to to Seldovia for the day

Homer- great fishing- usually need to book early

Take a plane to a nearby glacier or a seaplane to a glacial lake

Port of Valdez-Cool fishing town in prince william sound. Paddle or boat around some glaciers and likely whale sightings

McCarthy- Wrangle Mountain town, more remote and gravel roads towards the end. Ice wall and valley glacier, bear sightings, beautiful hiking.

Kenai Peninsula- Hope- cute town with frequent live music. Seward- great fishing and hiking. Cooper landing- Fishing town and great brewery. Then head to Homer.

Denali national park- if you are going there may as well take the ring road to fairbanks and check out Chena Hot Springs.