Castaways Long Beach

Twenty-eight uninterrupted miles of Pacific sand make Long Beach the longest beach in the continental US, and the Pickled Fish matches that scale with razor clam chowder made from the beach right outside the door.

The Columbia Bar is the most dangerous river bar crossing in North America, and it is visible right from the Salt’s waterfront, cold cocktails feel appropriately earned after watching that drama unfold.

Astoria gave the world The Goonies filming location and centuries of working-port history, and the Triangle Tavern has been the neighborhood dive anchoring all of it, cheap beer and pool tables through decades of complex waterfront change.

Fort George and Buoy Beer get the national press, but Astoria regulars point serious cocktail drinkers toward the Inferno Lounge instead, a curated wine and spirits list that fills a different niche entirely.

Astoria was the first permanent American settlement west of the Rockies, established 1811, and Merry Time serves its Columbia River community with the same direct, honest style that founded the place.