Middle Way Cafe ★ 4.4
Middle Way Cafe has anchored Spenard since 1994 with a vegetarian-leaning kitchen, a popular vegan and gluten-free menu, full bakery counter and free wifi.
Signature drink: Latte with alternative milk
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Anchorage lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
Snow City Cafe ★ 4.6
Snow City Cafe has done downtown Anchorage breakfast since 1998 on 4th Avenue. Sticky buns, Benedicts and a Joe Coffee bar make it a daily anchor.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with Kodiak Benedict
Kaladi Brothers Coffee G Street ★ 4.3
Kaladi Brothers' downtown G Street Atrium cafe pours espresso roasted in Anchorage since 1986. The espresso bar pours Alaska-roasted beans all morning.
Signature drink: Espresso with Alaska-roasted beans
Kaladi Brothers at Titlewave ★ 4.2
The Titlewave cafe sits next to Title Wave Books, Alaska's largest used bookstore. Kaladi Brothers espresso, free wifi and seating, ideal for working all day.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with bookstore browsing
Cafe Del Mundo on 51st ★ 4.2
Cafe Del Mundo, established in Anchorage in 1975 by Perry Merkel, is the city's original specialty coffee operator and roasts in midtown with espresso.
Signature drink: Central American single-origin espresso
SteamDot Coffee O'Malley ★ 4.3
SteamDot's O'Malley Centre cafe pours beans roasted at the Northern Lights roastery in Spenard, the operator that fired its first roaster in a red shed.
Signature drink: Pour-over with Alaska-roasted beans
Vagabond Blues ★ 4.4
Vagabond Blues runs Palmer's all-day cafe and music venue, with reindeer sausage breakfast burritos, paninis, cinnamon rolls, gluten-free and vegan options.
Signature drink: Latte with reindeer sausage burrito
Kaladi Brothers Brayton Roastery Cafe ★ 4.3
The Brayton cafe sits at the Kaladi Brothers roastery in South Anchorage, the heart of Alaska's largest specialty coffee operator since the 1986 4th Avenue.
Signature drink: Drip coffee at the roastery