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One hundred seventy-two flavors
The Seaside Candyman is in Heritage Square, not on the Prom, and that is part of the point. Taffy, a wheel, and a man who will rap about candy.
Cove Tales · Jun 25, 2026 · 2 min
The book
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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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She made herself a local
Dawn Fujiwara-Pavlik moved from Murrieta in 2017, hung flower baskets, learned to crab, and then opened a shop for other people’s hands.
Cove Tales · May 14, 2026 · 3 min
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The closest cup to the Prom
Beach Day Coffee opened in 2015 at 7 Broadway, under the WorldMark, across from the Promenade Inn. The beans come from Astoria. The pastry comes from the shop.
Cove Tales · May 6, 2026 · 2 min
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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