
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
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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

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

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

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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