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Pans of gelato and a downtown counter a block off the Prom

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

Cafe windows on the Seaside Promenade with the beach beyond

Owner profileSeaside

The gathering place on the Prom

Ocean Bakery Cafe sits inside the Best Western Ocean View Resort. The pastry case faces the beach. The coffee is Portland roasted. The room is for people who slept here and people who didn’t.

Cove Tales · Apr 2, 2026 · 2 min

A historic public room with warm lamps, a bar, and the bones of an old cinema

Owner profileSeaside

A living room for Seaside

Kerri Lambert runs the Times Theatre on Broadway and the Downtown Development Association from the same conviction: the town needs a room that is for everyone.

Cove Tales · Mar 12, 2026 · 3 min

A plant-filled coffee room with mixed chairs and a Holladay window

Owner profileSeaside

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

A working coastal dining room set for seafood

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

Wooden shelves of books in a downtown Seaside shop

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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