Rogue Pier 39 Public House — Restaurant in Astoria

Just as you are entering Astoria coming from the east, you'll find on your right the turnoff for Pier 39. Follow the signs, which will lead you across the riverside railroad tracks and onto an old wooden pier. Bumpity-bump across the narrow wooden plank pier until you come to the widened area, then park. If you visit on a weekend, you'll probably need to park on the street and walk across.

You'll find yourself faced with the old Bumble Bee Tuna Cannery building which now houses a number of explore-worthy businesses, including Rogue Public House. Make the most of your trip and walk around the building! The businesses are all local Mom & Pops and fun to visit. Even the building's bathrooms are vintage, looking just as they did during the cannery's heyday.

Reward your Exploring Self with refreshments at Rogue. Make your way into the pub through the merch area and be tempted to pick up some cool swag. Then take a look at the current taplist on the blackboard, or be seated at a table. Kiddos are welcome and there's sheltered patio seating for those with doggos.

Okay, now the food. The clam chowder is excellent! Rich, bacony goodness. I wanted a second bowl, but opted to try the cheese curds instead. So glad that I did...they are tempura-like lightly breaded heaven and come with an outstanding jalapeño jelly dipper with just the right amount of kick. Ranch or an alternate dip provided upon request.

The Beer. I tried 4 or 5 little samples before I decided on a seasonal offering. These aren't available in stores so it's drink 'em if you can get 'em. Settled on a nice IPA with a sweet malty element. I want to say it was called "Malternative" something. I should have taken a pic of the menu because it's not listed on their website. My bad.

The friendly, attentive staff made my visit very enjoyable and I look forward to returning. Give them a try,...

08/11/22 - I really liked the Rolling Thunder Imperial Stout. Virtually everything else, not so much. Oddly, sign says wait to be seated, but after waiting several minutes for a live body, all they do is tell you to sit wherever you want. We got to place drink orders immediately, but server seemed to forget we were there after delivering drinks [we were 1 of 3-4 tables occupied inside]. Finally flagged her down and she took our food order - a soft pretzel and halibut tacos. Pretzel came fast but with only one of the dips stated on menu. Again took some time to get server's attention, and she reluctantly agreed to bring 2nd dip [generic yellow mustard]. For us, the mustard was actually better than their other [cheese?] dip., but we still only ate about half the odd [deep fried?] pretzel. Would not order pretzel again! Fish tacos had very good flavor, but exceptionally messy to eat. Plating presentation was quite nice, but I think more focus on appearance than edibility. It was hard to get fish, very wet slaw, and tomato salsa captured in the taco shells so one could actually eat them. Again, taste of tacos and salsa was great, but I've rarely had to struggle to fold tortillas around filling, or needed a hose-down after eating other tacos. I had payment card set by edge of table before we finished eating, but again, took quite some time to flag down the server [still only 3-4 tables occupied]. We finally started to get up expecting to simply pay at the bar on way out], then server came. Server wouldn't even take my card then. I suggested I'd follow her to the bar to finish, but she got defensive about that so I waited for her to come back with my card. In spite of good beer & tacos, based on inattention and rudeness of server we will never return to...

We arrived here because of the Vineyard winery. It's a very cool location. To get there, you need to drive across an amazing wood bridge. As soon as you get out of your car you can hear the harbour seals " talking ". It's really a pretty amazing scenario. We found the winery in a conclave of buildings that probably once was a transfer station for goods on the Columbia River. After walking across the parking area. Be aware, it's VERY UNEVEN so, be careful!! We arrived at the winery only to find out that they were closed until Wednesday . It probably was stated somewhere in the literature but, we didn't see it until we arrived at the door.😥 We were hungry and decided to try the Rouge restaurant. It looked fun and they make their own whiskey. ( A little spendy ). A really nice young lady greeted us and set us down on the patio deck next to the water. Our first hint should have been that they were out of most of the items that we wanted. Then out of nowhere another server stepped in to help us. A little shanky.. Well long story short, the alternate choices were terrible. The fries tasted very odd and the " tots" weren't. The caprese sandwich was nasty. The salmon was good though. We also found out that most of the kitchen staff was out sick. Maybe just a bad day, dunno. The seals were cool and the first server was really nice. I wish I had...