Restaurants

Deciding which restaurant has the best clam chowder is just one of the culinary fact-finding expeditions you can embark upon along the Oregon Coast. Chefs here take full advantage of the wealth of sturgeon, chinook, steelhead, and trout that abound in coastal rivers as well as the fresh rockfish, halibut, albacore, and lingcod caught in the Pacific. You'll find fresh mussels, bay shrimp, and oysters throughout as well as Dungeness crab in Newport. Restaurants still tend to be casual, low-key, and affordable here.