seaside activities
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Eat
Click here for our favorite restaurants, breweries, bars, and cafes
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play
Find activities that are fun for the whole family.
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Shop
Shop til you drop: here’s a list of our favorite places for vintage, antiques, gifts, and more.
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Explore
Check out our guide for the best day trips, hikes, and neighboring cities.
eat
Finns Fishhouse
Finns offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner with indoor and outdoor dining. If the weather is nice, sit outside at one of the fire pit tables. If the weather is poor, try sitting outside in the bar area under the overhead heaters to stay dry and toasty.
Nonnies
with fantastic ambience. They offer a romantic, classic feel. If you dine during happy hour, you can get the best prices. We recommend trying their amaretto margarita.
Bridge Tender
Bridge Tender offers a local haunt vibe. Don’t be surprised if you see swarthy seadogs and their dogs. They have a full bar, almost nothing to eat, and pool tables. Their location is right next to the river and centrally located on the downtown strip. The owners are often there playing video poker and the like. The Bridge Tender is open 7 days a week 11 AM till 2:30 AM.
Evoke Winery
Evoke Winery offers many delicious custom-made wines. They offer a number of wine tasting options. Try their fish and chips - their fish are little Goldfish crackers and their chips are chocolates!
Maggie’s On The Prom
Maggie’s is custom-made for the foodies. They offer a gourmet dinner and fantastic cocktails… at a price. If weather permits, we recommend sitting outside. For outdoor dining, this restaurant is the closest you can get to the beach.
Osprey Cafe
Osprey Cafe is a quaint joint with excellent food, breakfast cocktails and friendly staff. While you’re there, be sure to try their cheesy arepas. Open Thur-Mon, 8-2.
The Whet Spot
The Whet Spot is a locally owned beer and wine bar with a focus on local selections. You can imbibe in-house or build your own six-pack to-go, buy a corked wine bottle or growler for the beach. They are only one block from the inn, so it’s the closest place to have a drink in-house or to get something to-go.
Una Ves Mas
Una Ves Mas is your one-stop-shop for all things Mexican. Their food is freshly prepared to order and that includes fast service. They are a family-owned establishment. The owner, her sister, and her mother are servers, and her husband and other family prepare the food. They have an extensive cocktail list. Our favorite is the cucumber margarita.
Angelina’s Pizza
Angelina’s offers many different pizzas, calzones, salads, and even bottles of wine that can all be delivered. We’re big fans of their garlic butter dip for that delicious, yet artery-blocking goodness.
Hop & Vine Bottle Shop & Taproom
Hop & Vine offers a wide selection of beer and wine that you can drink in-house or get to-go. They are one block from the beach, which makes them a great stop to or from the inn. They are open 7 days a week, so when other bars might be closed in Seaside they are open.
play
On Broadway…
Within just a couple of blocks, there are many fun activities for kids or for the adventurous type.
On the southern entrance into Seaside…
Here are some fun activities for the daring.
For the seafolk…
Do you want to catch your own dinner? Here are some options.
For clamming, which can be done right on the beach in Seaside, you can rent your equipment at Trucke’s 1-Stop and get all insider info on how to plan your clam.
For crabbing, get your equipment from Trucke’s 1-Stop. The locals say the best spot for crabbing is on the 12th Avenue Bridge in Seaside.
For the experienced fisher, you can buy equipment and bait from Trucke’s 1-Stop. For the novice or family/group venture, you can book a fishing adventure with Coastal Fishing Adventures.
Shop
Shamous'es Rocks
Shamous’es Rocks is a Seaside institution. On sunny days, Shamous sits outside his rock shop with rock music blasting. When you step inside Shamous’es it’s clear that he is a true rock hound. Shamous knows his rocks and often has stories about how he acquires various rocks. It is located one block from the inn.
Schwietert's Cones & Candy
Schwietert’s offers an enormous selection of saltwater taffy, caramel apples, house-made chocolates, and so much more. We are partial to the timeless, classic candy cigarettes. Grab some candies for yourself and a few as gift for your friends or family (or more for yourself).
Seaside Yarn and Fiber
If you are a fiber fiend, Seaside Yarn and Fiber is for you. This is a locally-owned shop that features all of the yarn arts, as well as some curated arts and crafts.
Beach Books
Beach Books is a locally owned book store that is two blocks from the inn. They have a wide variety of books including selections from local authors. They also double as a little gift shop with unique items that are carefully curated and full of sass.
Seaside Outlet Mall
If you are a factory outlet person, Seaside has an outlet mall that isn’t overpopulated, offering a number of name brand stores.
Seaside Carousel Mall
Seaside Carousel Mall has many small tourist shops featuring a large carousel.
Antiques & Vintage
If you like to hunt to for buried treasure in local second hand shops, we have a curated listed just for you.
Explore
Murals
Seaside has a number of beautiful murals, the first of which is right outside our front door, featuring three orcas swimming happily. If you would like to do a self guided walking tour of all the murals in town, check out this article.
Astoria
Astoria is located at the mouth of the Columbia river near the Oregon coast. This town is famous for being the site of the classic 1985 film The Goonies. While in Astoria you can walk along the riverfront and view many large ships transporting goods. Astoria has many natural attractions including trails and waterfalls. Checkout the Cathedral Tree Trail, Gnat Tree Trail, Young River Falls, and Netul River Falls. Astoria offers many cultural experience from restaurants, museums, and the Astoria Garden of Surging Waves which is a legacy gift of Chinese contributions to Astoria and the Pacific Northwest. The Astoria Downtown Historic District features vintage shops and boutiques, galleries, bookstores, and more.
CannoN Beach
Cannon Beach is known as one of the northwest’s top art towns with galleries, specialty shops, and art studios. Haystack rock is a 235 foot basalt sea stack that rises from the coastline in Cannon Beach. Near Haystack rock you can find tidepools, watch surfing or try it for yourself, you might even spot a puffin or a whale. Cannon Beach is located 14 minutes from Seaside by car.
hikes
Ecola offers many hikes from easy to hard and it’s just a 20 minute drive from Starry Night Inn! Indian Beach Trail is considered an easier hike. It’s a 1.4 mile out and back trail, located near Cannon Beach. This 51 minute hike offers forest views with a breathtaking ocean backdrop.
If you’re looking for a simple hike try the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Loop. This is a 0.6 mile loop trail that takes about 15 minutes to complete. For a more challenging trail, Ecola State Park has others in the moderate category, such as Clatsop Loop Trail, and Crescent Beach Trail. The Lewis and Clark Discovery Trail is considered a harder hike for those who like a challenge.