Reindeer sausage is Anchorage's iconic street food, sold from yellow- and red-umbrella carts on 4th Avenue all summer and tucked into hoagie buns with grilled onions and yellow mustard.
Reindeer were imported to Alaska from Siberia in the 1890s to support Inupiat herders. Today commercial reindeer farming supplies the Anchorage sausage trade, with Tia's Gourmet Sausage (4th and E Street), Fio's Reindeer and Red Umbrella Reindeer running the downtown summer carts. Snow City Cafe and other downtown breakfast spots run reindeer sausage as a breakfast meat.
5 editor picks for Reindeer sausage in Anchorage, ranked by editorial score. All Anchorage signature dishes · Reindeer sausage across every city.
Snow City Cafe ★ 4.6
downtown · 1034 W 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
Snow City Cafe has run the downtown Anchorage brunch line since 1998 on 4th Avenue, with the Kodiak Benedict king crab cake the order to make.
Tia's Gourmet Sausage ★ 4.4
downtown · 573 W 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
Tia's Gourmet Sausage runs the yellow umbrella reindeer sausage cart on 4th Avenue at E Street in front of the Visitor's Center downtown, with hot and mild.
Vagabond Blues ★ 4.4
palmer · 642 S Alaska Street, Palmer, AK 99645
Vagabond Blues runs Palmer's all-day cafe and music venue, with reindeer sausage breakfast burritos, paninis, cinnamon rolls, gluten-free and vegan options.
Red Umbrella Reindeer ★ 4.1
downtown · 443 W 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
Red Umbrella Reindeer is the other 4th Avenue downtown reindeer sausage cart, set up under a red umbrella with hot dogs, brats and Alaska game sausages.
Fio's Reindeer Sausage ★ 4.1
downtown · 410 W 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
Fio's Reindeer Sausage runs a 4th Avenue cart and is the operator featured on Chuck's Eat the Street, with smoked reindeer sausage on toasted buns daily.