An Astoria couple built the food cart bar they kept finding everywhere but home
Danielle and David Wallace opened the Train Station Bar & Food Cart Court on Industry Street, with two food carts, a corner stage, games for kids and no TVs.
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The Herondale: How Two Friends Turned the Astoria Crest Motel Into a Wellness Hotel on the Columbia
Mike Tobia and Maggie Davis searched the country for their first hotel and found it on Leif Erikson Drive. Their 39-room Herondale is built around saunas, cold plunges and river views.
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Rockaway Beach, the Tillamook County town with seven miles of sand
Rockaway Beach grew up as a Portland vacation spot in the early 1900s. Today its businesses balance second homes, vacation rentals and a small year-round population.
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Fort George Brewery and the old buildings it brought back on Duane Street
Fort George opened in 2007 in a former automotive building in Astoria and grew across the block, becoming one of the larger employers downtown.
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Cannon Beach runs on visitors, and the city plans around it
With about 1,500 residents and a summer population many times that, Cannon Beach depends on lodging taxes and day visitors, and has rules to manage both.
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Astoria’s downtown historic district and the businesses that fill it
Rebuilt after the 1922 fire, downtown Astoria’s brick blocks now house shops, restaurants and apartments. The Hotel Astoria building anchors the skyline.
