Dan and Louis Oyster Bar

Dan & Louis Oyster Bar is a seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon described by Fodor's as a "Portland landmark".[1] As its name implies, it specializes in oysters — from Yaquina Bay and beyond — served raw and in an oyster stew the restaurant has been known for since 1919.

Dan & Louis Oyster Bar
The Oyster Bar is a Portland landmark
Restaurant information
Established1907
Owner(s)Wachsmuth family
Food typeSeafood
Street address208 SW Ankeny Street
CityPortland
StateOregon
CountryUSA
Coordinates45.52245°N 122.6726°W / 45.52245; -122.6726
Websitehttp://www.danandlouis.com/

The restaurant has been in business 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.[2][3] The bay became the home of a farm, the oldest in Oregon,[4] established to provide the oyster bar with a regular supply of oysters.[3]

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.[5] The restaurant remains under Wachsmuth family ownership into the 21st century, and is currently operated by Doug Wachsmuth, along with his son, Meinert Keoni Wachsmuth.

Dan & Louis Oyster Bar is located in Old Town, at 208 SW Ankeny Street, within a block of Voodoo Doughnut and about ten blocks east of Powell's City of Books.

Trivia
  • 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.[2]
  • U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield held his 1984 re-election celebration at Dan & Louis.[6]
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See also

References
  1. "Dan & Louis Oyster Bar Restaurant Portland Restaurants Review". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.
  2. Specialties of the House James Beard Award Winner Archived 2005-02-20 at the Wayback Machine from the website of the James Beard Foundation
  3. "Dan & Louis Oyster Bar - Company History". Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2006-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2006-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Historical Gazette: Portland, Oregon 1907-1992
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