Fresh Seafood on the Spit

Fresh halibut, salmon, and crab at the seafood restaurants on Homer Spit

The Spit has several seafood restaurants and fish markets where you eat what came off the boats that morning. The Fish Dock and Captain Pattie's Fish House are the best-known, both serving halibut in various preparations — grilled, battered and fried, in chowder — alongside Dungeness crab, Kachemak Bay oysters, and fresh salmon. Prices are honest by Alaska standards (which means elevated by the standards of anywhere else), and the quality is high.

For a cheaper option, walk to the fish market end of the Spit and buy fillets to cook yourself if you have access to a kitchen. Or look for the clam chowder places where a bowl with sourdough bread covers a meal for a reasonable price. Homer is not a fine dining town, but it has some of the best fresh seafood in the state.

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