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Wednesdays in the lot
The Seaside Farmers Market runs June 17 to September 9, 2026. Food court at noon, market at one, music until the booths come down. Last year, 13,000 people.
Cove Tales · Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min
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Beach Books
Seaside · Retail · Est. 2005
An independent bookstore in the Historic Gilbert District, open since 2005, still putting the right book in a wet hand.
Owner: Karen Emmerling
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Stories about Beach Books
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Black coffee in a white mug
Michelle and Tim Wunderlich roast in Seaside and pour on Holladay. The Coffee House is still the room with the plants, the yearbooks, and the regulars who do not need a menu.
Cove Tales · Mar 4, 2026 · 2 min
Owner profileSeaside
Where she should have been all her life
Karen Emmerling opened Beach Books in 2005. Twenty years on, the Gilbert District still has a literary living room.
Cove Tales · Jan 24, 2026 · 3 min
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