"The Alaska Coffee Roasting Company (better known to locals as ACRC) provides a fine venue for chilling out with a book or catching up on emails with a cup of something special. ACRC founder Michael Gesser is a master roaster who learned his craft while living in Kenya and by visiting roasting operations all around the coffee-growing world. Even the humblest mug of drip is made with the very finest beans. They also have a full-service coffee bar with baristas who can make most any specialty drink you desire, but it’s the food menu that really puts the place a cut above every other coffee house in town. From scones to breakfast pockets (you need to try one) to cinnamon rolls, everything is made in inhouse. The personal pizzas, cooked in a wood-fired oven, are worth a drive across town." - Kris Farmen