Excellent Takeout Options From Cannon Beach Restaurants

Ordering takeout doesn’t mean you have to be resigned to the same old things, soggy bread and limp fries. A visit to Cannon Beach offers some innovative takeout options that will provide great in-room dining experiences perfect for a winter visit to the Oregon Coast.

Of course, you will find many options for traditional takeout, including pizza, burgers, fish & chips, and tacos, but the specific ideas below are local favorites that make can’t-miss meals worth celebrating even out of a takeout container.

Taste of the Sea: Fresh Seafood

When you’re at the coast, it’s hard to go wrong with fresh seafood, which can make the perfect takeout meal. Fresh crab and shrimp cocktails can be found at several places, including Ecola Seafoods, a local fishing family-run seafood market, and a casual restaurant. Crab and shrimp cocktails are everyday classics at the Driftwood Restaurant, where a grilled prawn cocktail includes six large chilled prawns with the house-made cocktail sauce. Since it’s designed to be served chilled, consider ceviche for something a little different. Cannon Beach Hardware and Public House and Mi Corazon offer halibut ceviche, bursting with flavors of seafood and citrus, served with house-made tortilla chips.

Rich and Warm: Soups and Chowders

Soups are a can’t-go-wrong takeout option, and several Cannon Beach restaurants take their soup seriously. Of course, chowder is a classic at the coast, and you will find it to-go at most restaurants. Many locals will direct you to Driftwood Restaurant or The Wayfarer Restaurant for classic examples of clam chowder. Still, many fine examples of clam and seafood chowder make more than just a casual meal. For soups taken seriously, check out the two or three soups of the day at Seasons Café or Castaways’ lobster bisque with brandy.

Fresh and Hearty: Entrée Salads

Salads make great takeout; you don’t have to settle for a dull plate of greens. Entrée salads can be a satisfying meal in themselves that won’t suffer from sitting in a takeout container. At Seasons Café, the Cobb Salad is hearty with heaping portions of chicken, bacon, avocado, and crumbled blue cheese. The Spicy Shrimp Caesar is more curry than spicy and comes with sunflower seeds and cranberries that add texture and contrast. For locally made smoked additions to a salad, Cannon Beach Smokehouse offers a bacon-spinach salad with house-made bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and candied walnuts. You can add the house-pulled pork brisket for a meat eater’s dream salad. The Lazy Susan Café’s hot seafood salad features mixed greens that are meant to be wilted, so it travels and holds up well, featuring sauteed scallops, bay shrimp, pepper-bacon, and sweet red peppers layered on mixed greens and served with a chardonnay-vinaigrette on the side and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. Tom’s Fish & Chips is geared for takeout, and their blackened salmon Caesar makes a flavorful and affordable light, healthy entrée.

The Art of Low and Slow: Smoked and Cured Delicacies

Smoked meats and seafood are elevated to an art form in the hands of caring businesses, and Cannon Beach offers a few examples. Smoked salmon is provided as an accompaniment to salads at some restaurants, or you can start an upscale meal with a moist filet of house-smoked salmon at Ecola Seafoods. There are always a few options at Cannon Beach Smokehouse. Order in advance, and you can munch on a custom charcuterie platter for days. Their takeout menu offers a snack box with a variety of sliced meats, cheeses, nuts, and dried fruit. It’s a meal for one or a snack for two.

Fine Dining That Travels Well

Cannon Beach is known for its intimate upscale dining, and great restaurants are a short drive away, so your hot entree doesn’t need to sit in its to-go container long. For exclusive dinners that travel well, consider Bistro’s rich cioppino, full of local seafood, including clams, mussels, prawns, scallops, and fresh fish in a konbu and bonito tomato broth with Jasmine rice. Castaways offer Jambalaya with andouille sausage, chicken, onions, sweet peppers, and tomatoes sauteed in a savory broth served with basmati rice. At Wayfarer Restaurant, the Dungeness Crab Mac and Cheese or white truffle vegetable risotto lose little in translation to takeout. At Pelican Brewing Co, gourmet flatbreads offer imaginative combinations, including smoked tri-tip with creamy alfredo sauce, roasted tomatoes, red onion, mozzarella, and a dusting of fresh herbs. The poblano chicken features beer-brined applewood smoked chicken with poblano peppers topped with a Tabasco ranch and cilantro. You can pick up the suggested beer pairing to go with your order.

Most Cannon Beach restaurants offer online takeout menus for you to find your own perfect in-room dining experience. It’s always a good idea to confirm restaurant hours that can vary related to the season and statewide restrictions.