Alaska Guide
Food and local favorites
Where we actually eat, and where to buy food worth cooking.
Food and local favorites
Places we actually use, not a directory. Hours and menus move around up here — worth a check before you head over. At Blodgett Lake especially, the kitchen and the grill are a real part of the stay: provisioning well on the way in is usually a better evening than driving back out for dinner.
- Turkey RedEat
Downtown Palmer
Bright farm-to-table cafe in downtown Palmer. Best at lunch or as a relaxed daytime stop.
Good Palmer-area lunch stop
- Palmer AlehouseEat
Downtown Palmer
Downtown Palmer patio, local taps, and stone-baked pizza. Good after a Hatcher Pass day.
Good stop after a Hatcher Pass day
- Matanuska Brewing CompanyEat
Palmer
A large Palmer brewery and restaurant in the historic Matanuska Maid Dairy building, with mountain views, a busy taproom, and an outdoor patio.
Palmer's liveliest brewery stop
- Bleeding Heart BreweryEat
Downtown Palmer
A small, independent Palmer brewery with a genuinely local, offbeat feel.
A more local, offbeat Palmer brewery pick
Hours and menus change up here — worth checking before you head over. Ask us and we’ll tell you what we would actually pick that night.
Alaska Grown — farms, markets & the State Fair
Real destinations, not just places to eat — a working farm, a market day, or the Fair itself, each with the same honest drive-timing and what-we-won't-promise as any other Cozihaus guide.
- Palmer · Late August Through Early SeptemberAlaska State FairOne of Southcentral Alaska's signature late-summer experiences — Alaska-grown crops, giant vegetables, agricultural exhibits, and Fair food together in Palmer.Read guide →
- Palmer · Mat-Su Valley FarmMoonstone FarmA family-owned working farm in the Matanuska Valley, built around a farm market and other visitor experiences — a real working-farm stop, not just a produce stand.Read guide →
- Palmer · Pioneer PeakPyrah's Pioneer Peak FarmA working Alaska farm and U-Pick experience near Pioneer Peak, when conditions and season allow — harvest or buy local vegetables and bring them back to Cozihaus to cook.Read guide →
- Anchorage · Mountain View Farm & MarketGrow North FarmAn urban agriculture and community farm in Anchorage's Mountain View neighborhood — a different kind of local-food experience than the Valley farms, grown by farmers from a range of cultural backgrounds.Read guide →
Where these days happen
Food and local favorites, on the map
Highlighted below. Both Cozihaus bases stay on the map so you can see which one each day runs easier from.
Approximate areas, drawn for direction rather than to scale. Exact addresses are shared once a stay is confirmed.
- Cozihaus on Blodgett LakeA natural base for Valley and northbound exploring — Hatcher Pass, Palmer, Talkeetna, and beyond.
- Cozihaus in SpenardA natural base for Anchorage and Turnagain Arm — city experiences, the Chugach, Girdwood, Portage, and Whittier.
Where these stays reach
- Denali National Park
- Denali State Park
- Talkeetna
- Hatcher Pass
- Wasilla
- Palmer
- Knik Glacier area
- Matanuska Glacier
- Anchorage
- Girdwood
- Portage
- Whittier
- Hope
- Seward
- Cooper Landing
- Soldotna
- Homer
Hover a place to see which stay it sits closest to. Tap or click any place with a guide to open it.