anchorage is eating good

Here’s some recently new spots in town to enjoy.

Suka's Polynesian Cuisine is the real deal. The owners started selling Spam musubi and katsu chicken from a food truck during the pandemic, kept showing up, and finally opened a brick-and-mortar spot. It's the kind of origin story that makes a restaurant worth rooting for.

The Side Quest opened in January with 306 board games on the menu. No screens, just tables and choices. Monopoly is the crowd favorite, which says a lot about how Anchorage plays. Downtown near Sixth Avenue, a new cannabis shop called High Country is also open for business.

There are also new Mexican and globally-inspired American spots that are part of this same wave of openings. None of these are chains. They're all local operators who took a bet on this city. New independent businesses are one of the clearest signs a neighborhood is alive and growing.

Go try something new this weekend.