Pacific Way Bakery & Cafe

The Oregon coast is home to a lot of quick and not so good food. One of the mainstays you see advertised a lot is the Pig 'n' Pancake. There is nothing wrong with the PnP, in fact it can be the perfect place for breakfast after a long night. However, if you are ready to step it up, I highly recommend the Pacific Way Bakery & Cafe in Gearhart.

Gearhart is about 10 miles north of Seaside on the Oregon coast and 1000 miles away when it comes to taste. Seaside is your typical tourist town, with the arcade, the T-shirt shops and a couple of good little cafes tucked away amongst the pubs and fast food places. Gearhart is a more upscale area where people have second or third homes. The town itself is very small. Just a grocery store, antique store, ice cream place, real estate office and the Pacific Way Bakery & Cafe.

In the morning the bakery is packed out with locals and visitors getting their coffee and loading up on excellent pastries. The cafe is open for lunch and dinner and it was full the entire weekend we there (granted it was the middle of summer) so you better make a reservation. The reason it's full? The food is excellent - as good as anything in Portland - and the service is great. We had the shrimp scampi and the steamed clams as starters and they could have been a meal in themselves. They were accompanied by amazing home made bread from the bakery. The entrees were equally delicious (and large), we had the halibut parmesan and the scallops. Since we had birthday cake back home we passed on what looked like an amazing desert tray.

We returned the next night for some lighter fare! We opened with the Cesar salad and then had the peperoni pizza as an entree. This pizza was loaded with cheese, fresh tomatoes, peperchinis and an amazing tomato sauce base. It was one of 10-12 pizza options and the decision was not easy. We went with the 10" which was the smallest they had and still had pizza to take home with us.

So next time you are on the coast drive a few extra miles up to Gearhart for lunch or dinner, it is worth the trip.

Pacific Way Bakery & Cafe
601 Pacific Way
Gearhart, OR 97138
503-738-0245