FLAIR & FLAVOR cuisine, spirits, markets & more
Breweries, distilleries, corner coffee huts, specialty food trucks and loads of dine-in, drivethru and take-out eateries and restaurants assure no one goes hungry in Fairbanks. When available, restaurants often utilize local produce, meat and seafood in their recipes. Savor Alaskan comfort foods like grilled salmon, king crab and reindeer sausage alongside local-grown Yukon gold potatoes and sweet garden-fresh baby carrots. Fairbanks’ eclectic palate has also given rise to cosmopolitan cafés including sushi, Vietnamese, Indian, vegan, award winning BBQ and Thai food, just to name a few. With beers named after quintessential Alaskan items like ptarmigan, the northern lights and brown bears, the brewery scene in Fairbanks is hopping. The small-batch, small town focused HooDoo Brewing Company, named after the Alaskan Mountains bearing the same name, takes the phrase “the ART of brewing” totally seriously. Latitude 65 Brewing Company converted an old athletic club into an inviting space serving up delicious beers and tasty ciders. Housed in an attractive, renovated historic roadhouse, Silver Gulch Brewing & Bottling Company is home to original, great tasting brews. In Fairbanks, you’ll also find Midnight Mine Brewing Company and Black Spruce Brewing Company. While traveling the highways to and from Fairbanks, check out 49th State Brewery in Healy along the Parks or Big Delta Brewing Company along the Richardson. You can also sample creations from many of these local breweries at restaurants, bars and tap houses in the area. Summon the spirits with a visit to one (or more) of four amazing distilleries in the Fairbanks area. Ursa Major, whose name means “great bear,” uses barley from Delta Junction to craft exceptionally smooth spirits including Fairbanks
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