CULINARY HIGHLIGHTS The flickering soul of Hearth & Table is reflected in the first half of the bistro’s name. A massive Forno Bravo wood-fired oven not only immediately catches your eye, it’s the kitchen’s workhorse, pumping out most of the dishes that grace your table. That includes appetizers like a rosemary-infused baked brie as well as 10 varieties of blistered-crust pizza finished with Oregon-made olive oil. The spacious, high-ceilinged dining room at the Side Door Cafe devotes an entire wall to heirloom baking pans — a charming addition to the historic building. The food coming out of the kitchen is of the highest caliber, including Marcona almondcrusted salmon, chargrilled rib eyes and a bouillabaisse brimming with Northwest steamers, oysters and prawns. Enjoy a handcrafted cocktail for happy hour, or a relaxing date night where burger lovers will be just as happy as diners who enjoy Dungeness crab cakes and pink shrimp Louis salads. Half the fun of eating at a food-cart pod is building a wild buffet of entrees you’d never be able to find on the menu at one restaurant. The Pines Dine, Lincoln City’s first collection of kitchens on wheels, allows customers to ping-pong from souvlaki to smoked-meat sandwiches to Nepalese-style dumplings all in the same sitting. Picnic tables abound, but don’t bypass the pod’s permanent structure, Vin & Bräu, a beer-and-wine bar with an open, elegant ambiance inside. FIND YOUR SWEET SPOT Whether you need a morning jolt of energy in the form of a marionberry bear claw or a sugary midafternoon snack — cookies, doughnuts, sticky buns and more — Depoe Baykery has you covered. Owner and baker Ray Degele has overseen the ovens for more than a decade and racked up plenty of awards in the process. Don’t miss the eclairs or the locally famous Depoe Dongs. Yes, you can buy chocolate frogs at The Chocolate Frog, a question that’s sure to cross the mind of any visitor. Just like the rest of its dark, milk and white confections — haystacks, s’mores bark, truffles and more — those candied amphibians are handmade on-site with chocolate imported from Switzerland. Saltwater taffy and the Oregon Coast have been synonymous for decades. That’s thanks, in part, to Read’s Homemade Candies, which has been producing its own taffy for more than 60 years — the only shop in Lincoln City that continues to do so. You can watch the candymakers pulling sugary batches on an antique machine before stocking up on caramels and chocolates. Depoe Baykery Hearth & Table FROM LEFT: ALEX JORDAN; COURTESY OF HEARTH & TABLE 26 EXPLORELINCOLNCITY.COM
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