Guidebook for Fairbanks
Food Scene
best craft beer in the Interior with an awesome atmosphere inside and outside. Locally brewed! They usually have food carts for some munchies. Hours: CLOSED - Sunday/Monday; Tuesday - Friday 3pm-8pm; Saturday 10am-8pm.
Prost!
133 locals recommend
HooDoo Brewing Company
1951 Fox Avebest craft beer in the Interior with an awesome atmosphere inside and outside. Locally brewed! They usually have food carts for some munchies. Hours: CLOSED - Sunday/Monday; Tuesday - Friday 3pm-8pm; Saturday 10am-8pm.
Prost!
locally sources ingredients and the freshest Thai food around. It's delicious and usually busy, but service is great and fast.
74 locals recommend
Lemongrass Thai Restaurant
388 Old Chena Pump Rdlocally sources ingredients and the freshest Thai food around. It's delicious and usually busy, but service is great and fast.
Drinks & Nightlife
It's the sleazyist bar in town. You'll see why, but the riverside greenspace and large outdoor stage makes this a must-see local watering hole.
14 locals recommend
The Boatel
3368 Riverside DrIt's the sleazyist bar in town. You'll see why, but the riverside greenspace and large outdoor stage makes this a must-see local watering hole.
Parks & Nature
See the First Fairbanks Family statue and fountain right on the river across from the iconic Catholic Church and along the riverwalk.
7 locals recommend
Golden Heart Plaza
516 1st AveSee the First Fairbanks Family statue and fountain right on the river across from the iconic Catholic Church and along the riverwalk.
You'll need a car, but you won't be disappointed to take a drive north to see amazing views of the Interior mountains. Bring bug dope and water and remember to be bear aware!
7 locals recommend
Wickersham Dome
You'll need a car, but you won't be disappointed to take a drive north to see amazing views of the Interior mountains. Bring bug dope and water and remember to be bear aware!
Entertainment & Activities
Fabulous getaway in the heart of winter to warm up those brittle bones, or during a rainy-day relief in the summer. Natural hot springs have "magical powers" for those achy travel joints and there is an excellent opportunity to see the aurora or "northern lights" during the dark winter days.
221 locals recommend
Chena Hot Springs Resort
17600 Chena Hot Springs RdFabulous getaway in the heart of winter to warm up those brittle bones, or during a rainy-day relief in the summer. Natural hot springs have "magical powers" for those achy travel joints and there is an excellent opportunity to see the aurora or "northern lights" during the dark winter days.
Arts & Culture
The arctic is such a phenomenally special place. Earthquakes, aurora and Native history and art all revealed in a beautiful state-of-the-art building. What does it look like to you?
127 locals recommend
Museum of the North
1962 Yukon DrThe arctic is such a phenomenally special place. Earthquakes, aurora and Native history and art all revealed in a beautiful state-of-the-art building. What does it look like to you?