Perfect place for breakfast and lunch. . .and maybe a sweet or two!

1493 Duane St

In the bottom of the Commodore Hotel. Serves breakfast, sandwiches, and cocktails.

Waterfront seafood

175 14th St #18

Upscale seafood, steaks , and Northwest fare.

360 12th S

Lunch and Dinner

1197 Commercial S

Cozy brewery and pub (on the trolley line)

144 11th S

Microbrewery and Brewpub on the water

1 8th S

Free Willy 1 & 2, The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Into the Wild, Short Circuit, the Black Stallion, and Benjinthe Hunted

Note: The Goonies house used to be a place you could visit but the owner of the home is no longer allowing it :

1811 - John Jacob Astor and his American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria

First permanent US settlement of The Pacific Coast and has the first US post office west of the Rocky Mountains (1847)

In the late 1800's 22% of the population was Chinese

In 1883 and again in 1922, downtown Astoria was devastated by fire.

1945 - 35 canneries could be found along the Columbia River but in 1974, Bumblebee Seafood Corporation moved its headquarters out of Astoria. The last cannery closed in 1980

1966 - Astoria-Megler Bridge was opened

1989 - Astoria's lumber industry likewise declined; Astoria Plywood Mill, the largest employer, closed

1996 - Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway discontinued service to Astoria

1982 - port of call for cruise ships

Today - the center of Astoria's economy is tourism: sport fishing, art, microbrewery scene, weekly street marke