With regards to cafés in Seward, there is an astonishing measure of assortment.
On the off chance that you haven’t been to Alaska previously, you might accept that individuals of Seward fill their midsections with fish they snatch out of the straight and berries they pick from the mountains in their patio.
However much we truly do partake in those two things, we’re fortunate to have an extraordinary choice of cafés too, going from exemplary American food to bona fide Thai curries, and (nearly) in the middle between.
To provide you with a lay of the land, I’ve chosen to share five of the cafés that I most often visit. This is certainly not a thorough rundown using any and all means, so don’t disregard the other awesome eateries that can be found in the Seward city limits!
5 Restaurants in Seward, Alaska You Won’t Want to Miss!
1. Woody’s Thai Kitchen
Situated on Fourth Ave and B Street, Woody’s Thai Kitchen is the spot to be assuming that you’re longing for veritable, ardent Thai food.
Named after a Steller Sea Lion that once lived in the Alaska Sealife Center, Woody’s has been a Seward #1 since its commencement.
They depict themselves as Bangkok-style Thai food made with Alaskan fixings. If you were to ask me, this portrayal ought to be sufficient to top anybody’s advantage.
What sort of food is advertised?
Their menu gives a magnificent choice of curries, noodle dishes, soups, and rice dishes.
Regardless of how experienced or unpracticed you are with Thai food in general, you make certain to find a number one from the different choices accessible.
On the off chance that you have the heart for some flavor, Woody’s won’t avoid ensuring you sweat. And yet, they can restrain the zest level of the greater part of their dishes, making each feast available to everybody.
Other than zest level, Woody’s likewise obliges various dietary limitations. They offer remarkable veggie lover and vegetarian choices, something frequently hard to track down while heading out to modest communities.
Being a veggie lover, my undisputed top choice dish is the yellow curry with tofu. On a stormy Seward day, the sensation of pleasure I get from chowing down on a hot curry is without correlation.
Costs are much of the time a disputed matter with travelers visiting Seward. While the facts really confirm that Seward eateries are probably going to be more costly than your #1 eatery in Texas, the parts that Woody’s serves may very well be the best value for your money.
For instance, I pay roughly $17 for a curry dish (excluding the tip) and wind up eating half and bringing the rest back home. As far as I can tell, a visit to Woody’s generally implies I get two dinners.
Maybe my #1 thing about Woody’s Thai Kitchen is the way that they are open all year! Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter; Woody’s will continuously show up for you.
2. The Cookery
While numerous cafés in Seward plan to give new and clean food to residents and travelers the same, relatively few can contrast with The Cookery.
The Cookery is a genuine ranch to-table café. New shellfish are conveyed day to day, privately cultivated meats, and produce obtained from the Kenai Peninsula; these fixings help you to remember where you are and stress the significance of eating locally.
Team behind The Cookery, Kevin and Stacey Lane, have strived to convey plates loaded with life in a legitimate and honest manner. They have, point of fact, accomplished this.
The eatery is situated in midtown Seward on Fifth Ave, simply a two-minute stroll from heavenly perspectives on Resurrection Bay.
As you stroll inside The Cookery, you are welcomed with a shockingly interesting foundation that feels comfortable and welcoming. The bar stands up front in the feasting region. Numerous local people appreciate going through a night at the bar, tasting on nearby specialty lagers and specialty blended drinks.
Because of this café’s little size, reservations are ordinarily required. The Cookery is a champion diner in this unassuming community, and the interest for a table stays reliably high all through the late spring season. In the event that you’re wanting to eat here, save a table as far ahead of time as you can!
What sort of food is advertised?
While the decent climate is positively a reward, that is not the explanation individuals visit The Cookery.
The food draws every one of the clients, again and again. The menu is a combination of exemplary fish fortes close by fascinating little dishes that make certain to have you inquisitive.
Before my most memorable visit, I continued to hear that I expected to attempt the Wild and Tame Mushroom Toast. I honestly love mushrooms, so you better accept this is the main thing I requested. Obviously, I was blown away. That dish alone is sufficient to make me a bringing customer back.
Whether you’re in the state of mind for masterfully prepared halibut, buttermilk seared chicken, or their time tested staple of shucked or cooked clams, The Cookery will allow you to leave happily and a full stomach.
3. The Lone Chicharron
The Lone Chicharron was begun by a similar pair liable for The Cookery, Kevin and Stacey Lane. Subsequent to having accomplishment with The Cookery, they expected to make up for a shortfall (a lamentable void, as it’s been said) in the collection of eateries in Seward: tacos.
The Lone Chicharron has been the solitary provider of tacos to individuals of Seward. Would it be a good idea for them to be viewed as holy people? Most likely. It should be obvious that approaching from Texas, I would definitely miss taking a seat at a taqueria.
Squarely in the core of downtown, The Lone Chicharron is generally occupied. On some random evening of the week throughout the mid year, you can anticipate a line out the entryway. That is certainly a demonstration of the progress of the Chicharron.
The Seward Alehouse sits right nearby, so while you sit tight for your tacos, getting a beverage and hang with the locals is simple.
On the off chance that you’d prefer partake in the climate of the Alehouse while you partake in your tacos, the Seward Alehouse has a window that associates the two foundations where you can without much of a stretch request your food. Extremely advantageous!
What sort of food is advertised?
As you could presumably find out, The Lone Chicharron (referred to just as the “Cheech” around) limits its menu to a choice of tacos and burritos. While going to a taqueria, no one ought to anticipate something besides great tacos. Also, that is precisely exact thing they offer.
Beginning with hand-squeezed corn tortillas made new everyday, the Cheech gives five primary taco fillings: pollo (chicken), carne asada (cut and marinated steak), carnitas (slow-cooked pork), rockfish (breaded and seared), and eloté (as a vegetarian choice).
Any of these tacos will run you $4. Be that as it may, on the off chance that you’re looking for an incredible worth, “The Hot Rod” will permit you any two tacos of your decision as well as a side of rice and beans for $12. It’s elusive a feast in Seward that will top you off for just $12, so this holds an extraordinary spot in my heart.
You can never turn out badly with taco night, and the Cheech is similarly legitimate as you can get for tacos in a little Alaskan town.
4. Red’s Burgers
Seward is point of fact a fish town. The sea is in that general area! In any case, I realize that many individuals making a trip to Seward like to stay with reliable American works of art.
I get asked consistently where to track down burgers. I generally answer the same way: Red’s Burgers.
Red’s Burgers is arranged along the Seward Highway (Third Ave), somewhere between the little boat harbor and downtown. They don’t possess a conventional café building, nonetheless.
Red’s is run out of a structure similarly large as a shed, with a revamped school transport as an “inside” seating choice. Consider it a food truck, yet all at once substantially more fixed.
This one of a kind area just adds to the appeal of Red’s Burgers, making an air that is easygoing and relaxed.
What sort of food is advertised?
As a burger place, it would be senseless to not attempt one of their burgers. They have a wide determination of meats, including cheeseburgers, elk burgers, caribou burgers, bison burgers, and venison burgers.
On the off chance that meat isn’t your thing, they likewise give a veggie burger choice that is comparably heavenly (normally a Beyond Burger patty).
Other than the immortal burger choices that essentially every American has come to be aware and love, Red’s offers a modest bunch of different choices that are comparably delectable.
They incorporate fried fish and French fries, sandwiches, franks, and chicken fingers. Generally, Red’s is a balanced American café that makes certain to fulfill even the most committed burger fans.
5. Mermaid Grotto Café and Boutique
The Mermaid Grotto Café is the freshest eatery on this rundown, having opened toward the finish of 2022.
I have a unique association with the Grotto through assisting with making it ready back in November, it actually remains my fundamental work environment.
I surely don’t have any desire to give the Mermaid Grotto any exceptional treatment here, yet as a worker, I really do have a one of a kind investigate the activity and individuals behind it.
Situated in a stockroom that was once a boat fix office, the Grotto has changed the space into a cool, eye-getting, mermaid-propelled eatery and bistro. The structure sits at the edge of the Seward Highway and Port Ave, right across the street from the Harbor 360 Hotel.
The first floor includes a full-administration café where you can pick to get an espresso and unwind, or even request food from the counter.
The higher up is the more “formal” part of the eatery. It highlights conventional table help, as well as a boat-formed bar that serves lager and wine.
The huge windows in the higher up region give magnificent perspectives on the little boat harbor and then some, something that isn’t tracked down in such a large number of cafés.
What sort of food is advertised?
The Grotto started as a joint effort between Elle Zernia, the proprietor, and Anthony Baclaan, a neighborhood culinary specialist prestigious all through town for his past eatery Hamajang Foods.
The menu is an assortment of exemplary coastline dishes blended in with extraordinary Asian Fusion choices that won’t be found elsewhere.
On the off chance that a scrumptious fish dish is all you’re later, evaluate the Fish Witch: a liberal filet of halibut, container singed flawlessly, finished off with bacon and different trimmings, sandwiched between a delicate brioche bun.
