Event previewSeaside
Seaside’s oldest continually run business
Phillips Candies has been on Broadway since 1897. The name stayed. The taffy stayed. The family in the kitchen changed.
Cove Tales · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min
The book
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The jam on Broadway started in a strawberry field
Oregon Hill Farms has cooked in St. Helens since 1987. The jars are in Seaside shops. The pails are wholesale. Five Oregon couples bought the kitchen in 2024.
Cove Tales · May 28, 2026 · 2 min
Owner profileSeaside
The base
Douglass and Tanya Lintow bought Sea Star Gelato on a birthday trip. The secret, he will tell you, is not a flavor. It is the base.
Cove Tales · Apr 21, 2026 · 3 min
Owner profileCannon Beach
Home of Haystack Bread
Cannon Beach Bakery started in Seaside, burned in 1935, and moved down the coast. Gib Hammond baked for Dave’s Killer Bread and Bob’s Red Mill. Now the ovens are his.
Cove Tales · Apr 8, 2026 · 2 min
Owner profileCannon Beach
The milkshake is still on the menu
Kelly Mauer and Danielle Shipp bought Cannon Beach Chocolate Cafe in 2020. The Krupas taught them the room. The town kept it open. They have since moved down the block.
Cove Tales · Apr 1, 2026 · 3 min
Owner profileAstoria
The fire still has to be checked
Mike Josephson is the fourth generation at Josephson’s Smokehouse on Astoria’s waterfront. The cold-smoked Chinook is still Anton’s. The building is still a cannery.
Cove Tales · Mar 20, 2026 · 3 min
Owner profileSeaside
Behind the grill
Doug Wiese grew up on a Gearhart grill. His son Carnegie came home from New Zealand to take the chowder. Dooger’s is still on Columbia Street.
Cove Tales · Feb 18, 2026 · 3 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