Open & Shut: Patio dining revs up at Hilltop Ski Area, a pop-up Vietnamese eatery opens downtown, an Anchorage pet store adds another location and a winery shuts down
Anchorage-area adventurers now have access to mountain bike trails with berms, jumps and wood features coupled with burgers, sandwiches, local brews and wine that they can have on a dog-friendly patio with live music on Friday nights.
The cafe, which opened in late January, is a departure from the previously offered powdered hot cocoa and hot dog fare during the ski season at Hilltop. Finn’s offers a full menu of sandwiches, burgers and several local beers and cider on tap. Its namesake is a friendly red-haired dog seen bounding around the park year-round and greeting newcomers, tongue lolling.
Almost everyone who grows up in Anchorage has a story about learning to ski or snowboard at Hilltop, Bird said. Guarco began Phan Le with the help of his mother, Jaclyn Jackson. The two co-own the business. They intend to find their own kitchen space soon, he said. Guarco’s grandmother and mother had fled from Vietnam during the war and came to the U.S., eventually landing in Alaska.When naming his new venture, Guarco and his mother picked Phan Le without realizing that flipped, the words are the name of his great-grandmother, Le Phan.Marketing itself as “intensely Alaskan,” this locally owned pet supply store opened its first spot six years ago in South Anchorage.
AK Bark offers standard pet store merchandise, but it stands out from national brands in part because it sells hard-to-find gear for the north, Robokoff said. There are snowsuits for pets, lots of booties and skijoring gear. The store even sells a spiked Kevlar predator vest for small dogs, to protect against potential attacks from eagles, wolverines and other wildlife, he said.
It’s located at Tikahtnu Commons, at 1118 N. Muldoon Road, Unit 145, where the Denali Federal Credit Union had been located.This casual Tex-Mex establishment will make its Alaska debut in mid-June. The now spacious Cubby at the downtown Anchorage hotel is about four times its former size. It’s now more of a place to linger with tableside windows along K Street, said Raquel Edelen, vice president of operations at the hotel.
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