Dan & Louis Oyster Bar is a
seafood
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g. bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters and mussels, and cephalopods such as octopus an ...
restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...
in
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
described by
Fodor's as a "Portland landmark". As its name implies, it specializes in
oyster
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not al ...
s — from
Yaquina Bay and beyond — served raw and in an oyster
stew
A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. A stew needs to have raw ingredients added to the gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables and ...
the restaurant has been known for since 1919.
The restaurant has been in business at the same location since 1907 when it was founded by Louis C. Wachsmuth as a raw oyster bar. Louis was the son of Meinert Wachsmuth, a
Danish immigrant who had farmed his own oyster beds on Yaquina Bay.
[Specialties of the House James Beard Award Winner](_blank)
from the website of the James Beard Foundation The bay became the home of a farm, the oldest in Oregon, established to provide the oyster bar with a regular supply of oysters.
The menu was expanded in 1919 when Wachsmuth took over the food bar of the Merchant's Exchange Saloon. Dining rooms were added in 1937 and 1940.
The restaurant remains under Wachsmuth family ownership into the 21st century, and is currently operated by Meinert Keoni Wachsmuth.
Dan & Louis Oyster Bar is located in
Old Town
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...
, at 208 SW Ankeny Street.
History
A descendant of Meinert Wachsmuth,
Cory Schreiber, began his restaurant career at Dan & Louis (at the age of 11); years later, he founded his own Portland-based restaurant (
Wildwood) and won a
James Beard Foundation Award for his cuisine.
See also
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List of oyster bars
This is a list of notable oyster bars. An oyster bar is a restaurant specializing in serving oysters, or a section of a restaurant which serves oysters buffet-style. In France, the oyster bar is known as ''bar à huîtres''. Oysters have been con ...
*
List of seafood restaurants
References
External links
O is for Oregon and oysters — 12 months of the year a ''
Portland Tribune
The ''Portland Tribune'' is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Pamplin Media Group, which publishes a number of community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area. Launched in ...
'' article
Ode to the Oyster a 2003 review from the ''
Portland Mercury''
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1907 establishments in Oregon
Old Town Chinatown
Oyster bars in the United States
Privately held companies based in Oregon
Restaurants established in 1907
Seafood restaurants in Portland, Oregon
Southwest Portland, Oregon