You might not go out of your way to dine at any of the restaurants in Nome, but once you're here you can find an adequate meal at various establishments. Several are operated by immigrant families, who offer their national cuisine along with standard American-style fare.
Probably the best place to eat in town is Airport Pizza, which no longer is at the airport -- it is at 406 Bering St. (tel. 907/443-7992; www.airportpizza.com). The restaurant serves breakfast, sandwiches, and Tex-Mex as well as pizza, and brews fancy coffee and has 15 microbrews on tap, offers free Wi-Fi and is open long hours every day. But the delivery service is the biggest claim to fame: they package up pizzas and put them on bush planes out to tiny villages.
Milano's Pizzeria (tel. 907/443-2924), on 503 Front St. in the Old Federal Building, serves Italian and Japanese meals as well as good pizza. The restaurant accepts Visa and MasterCard. Twin Dragons, on Front Street near Steadman Street (tel. 907/443-5552), serves Chinese food good enough to have kept them in business for many years, and pizza, too. It also takes Visa and MasterCard.
The other flavor of restaurant in Nome, and the most popular locally, is the classic American greasy spoon. Fat Freddie's Restaurant, attached to the Nugget Inn (tel. 907/443-5899) and right next to the Iditarod Trail finish line, is a local favorite. Open three meals a day, the restaurant serves the usual diner far, plus more elaborate meals in the evening, such as steaks, prime rib, crab, or halibut. They take Visa and MasterCard.
