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L J Ranch

4.1 (8 reviews)
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Northwest Wild Products - The actual front of the building.

Northwest Wild Products

4.3(236 reviews)
25.5 mi
•$$

We stopped at Northwest wild products, found ourselves, indulging our self with their dungeon list…read moreCrabb appetizer, crab soup,... Can you tell a theme going on here... Crabcakes. Finished off with fish and chips and a fish taco! A wonderful place to eat with fresh fish generally provided from what they're able to gather that day. What an awesome flavor fresh fish have compared to store-bought fish. Although there was a little bit of a weight to get in, it went quickly, and I would highly recommend waiting.

No! This place was…read morereally disappointing. Came here based on reviews, but I. would caution anyone to steer clear of this place. It started with flat champagne drinks. That's just a fail, and it suggests a place that doesn't bother keeping things fresh. It kind of went downhill from there. We were looking for nice fresh fish and chips, wile we were out along the coast. We live near the coast ourselves, and are no strangers to good seafood. We decided to do the Cod and the Halibut fish and chips. While the halibut seemed fresh, the cod was waxy and looked old, and frankly i found it somehow mildly nauseating. I couldn't bring myself to teat it. The batter was crsipy, but lacked seasoning and tasted really flat (cardboard?). Aside from that, the coleslaw seemed pretty old soggy. Gross. Not impressed at all - some of the worst fish and chips I have ever had. Some people may like this kind of food - but i will actively avoid this place the next time in Astoria. Hard pass. i'm nauseous just thinking back to my experience here. Could hardly get away fast enough...

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Northwest Wild Products - Looks ok - was actually almost nauseating to eat...

Looks ok - was actually almost nauseating to eat...

Northwest Wild Products - Clam chowder

Clam chowder

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Meh and chips

Estrella Family - Bleu Cheese

Estrella Family

5.0(1 review)
37.4 mi
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A family owned and operated grass-based dairy making hand-crafted cheeses, with eighteen different…read moretypes of cheese and seasonal variations using raw cow and goat milk . Estrella's Cheese can be found at Beecher's Handmade Cheese, DeLaurenti, Whole Foods, Madison Market and The Cheese Cellar. My fiance' and I had signed up with a tour group sponsored by The Edgewater Hotel. We met at the Hotel around 8:00am and joined an intimate group of 6 which included a couple visiting Seattle, a father and son duo, the Chef and our Tour Guide. The tour provided transportation and a boxed lunch courtesy of the Chef. The ride down to the Creamery would average around 45 minutes to an hour so Chef supplied a well planned out game which he tested our knowledge on cheese and congratulated the winning team with Max McCalman & David Gibbons book "A Connoisseur's Guide to the Worlds Best Cheese". We didn't win. :( boo. lol Arriving around 9:30am, we were greeted by the entire Estrella Family. Kelli led the tour which took us through their entire operation to how they raise and milk their cows and goats and the cheese cellar where we got a chance to see more than a decade of cheeses. After the tour of the farm, Kelli brought us into the factory. Sanitized, capped and booties on, we were ready to make some cheese! It was so much fun! Having the chance to be a part of the process was amazing! After cleaning up, we headed outside where Kelli surprised us with wine and a table spread of cheeses. It was so fresh! I have never tasted cheese with so much flavor and definition. You could taste the freshness of the farm and the care they take in the process. At the end of the tour, we made sure to bring home a bag of this organic goodness and not to mention, made some great new friends. What a great day! :)

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Estrella Family - Our Tour Group

Our Tour Group

Estrella Family - Mozzarella

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Josephsons Smokehouse - Cup of clam chowder & second packet of salmon jerky (6/19/25)

Josephsons Smokehouse

4.1(132 reviews)
25.2 mi
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Not sure where the one star folks went, but it wasn't here. Josephson's is in a compact historic…read morebuilding (in the Register of Historical Places), and has been operating since 1920. They have a variety of smoked local seafood (both canned and vacuum sealed). There is salmon done half a dozen ways, sturgeon, scallops, shrimp.... There are also jams, which I sadly couldn't get because TSA considers them liquids, and I was there on a Sunday, so I couldn't send them to myself Folks are friendly and helpful, and of course, everything is delicious. Yes, you need to expect to pay for quality (fresh, local and hand-crafted), but I think you'll find it worth the price.

The Grand Dame of the Columbia River Smokery, Astoria, Ore…read more - There are cathedrals of salt, smoke, and time, and then there is Josephson's Smokehouse, a cedar-shingled shrine on the edge of the Pacific Northwest where briny fog meets hardwood ember. Here, the art of curing is not a craft but a calling. Lunch is a liturgy. The clam chowder arrives like a maritime memory-velvety, studded with tender-cheeked clams, each spoonful a foghorn in a bowl. The salmon burger, grilled to a rosy medium, defies the dry, crumbly fates of lesser patties; it is juicy, lush, and dressed with a tartar that brightens like a lighthouse flash. But the true epiphany? The lox on a bagel--silk-smooth, brined with the precision of a jeweler, draped over cream cheese that yields like fresh snow. It is not merely eaten; it is contemplated. We depart with coolers stuffed with their cold-smoked Sockeye salmon-amber-gold, peppery, almost buttery in its melt-destined for Manhattan bagels and late-night toasts. It travels like treasure. Yet Josephson's soul isn't found in the smokehouse alone-it lives in the warm, unhurried grace of its counter staff, each one wonderfully kind. Against the coldness of algorithms, this is hospitality as rebellion. Five stars? Insufficient. This is a constellation.

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Josephsons Smokehouse - Exterior (6/17/25)

Exterior (6/17/25)

Josephsons Smokehouse - Jams and canned fish

Jams and canned fish

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(6/17/25)

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