Mara Severin | Eating out

From beignets and malasadas to traditional favorites, we have you covered (in sugar).

The Spenard restaurant’s menu reads like a Ramen 101 cheat sheet, with slow-cooked broths and flavorful toppings.

The downtown Latin fusion restaurant has a festive new atmosphere and fresh and flavorful dishes like chilaquiles and ceviches.

Maybe you take it black, just black. Or you’re in the mood for a lavender mocha with salted black currant whipped cream. In Alaska’s biggest city, you have options.

From hip breweries to low-key alehouses or even rustic cabins in the woods, make like an Alaskan and try some local brews.

From sweet king crab legs to humble halibut tacos, dining out in Anchorage means eating the way many Alaskans dine in. Which is to say, beautifully.

Restaurant reviewer Mara Severin believes the best way to experience the Spenard Food Truck Carnival is to enjoy a Franken-lunch, sharing a smorgasbord of sweet and savory options with friends.

From a satisfying selection of dim sum to classic Chinese entrees, the Midtown hideaway is gaining plenty of new fans.

With a buffet lunch as well as dinner service, the Midtown restaurant has vegan and vegetarian options as well as classics like tandoori chicken.

Salty, saucy, sticky and/or spicy, a good chicken wing is reason enough for a get-together at any time of year.

While Pel’Meni’s local outpost is the new kid on the block, there are also great pelmeni options at other Anchorage purveyors.

While the side dishes are generally good, the Mountain View restaurant’s flagship offering is a marinated and smoked whole rotisserie chicken.

While a new fine dining restaurant seems like an inevitable casualty of the pandemic’s perfect storm, Altura Bistro in Midtown managed to survive by being nimble and adapting.

From sweet king crab legs to humble halibut tacos, dining out in Anchorage means eating the way many Alaskans dine in. Which is to say, beautifully.

Alaska is home to over 50 breweries, distilleries, meaderies and cideries, and you’ll find them anywhere from urban centers like Anchorage and Juneau to some of the state’s most remote, tiny towns.