Dockside Saloon and Restaurant

Dockside Saloon and Restaurant
The restaurant's exterior, 2024
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Restaurant information
Established1986 (1986)
Previous owner(s)
  • Kathy Peterson
  • Terry Peterson
Food typeNew American
Street address2047 Northwest Front Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97209
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°32′16″N 122°41′19″W / 45.5377°N 122.6886°W / 45.5377; -122.6886
Websitedocksidesaloon.com

Dockside Saloon and Restaurant, or simply Dockside, is a diner and dive bar in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1][2] Established in 1986, the nautical-themed, New American restaurant is known for being where incriminating evidence against Tonya Harding related to the assault of Nancy Kerrigan was dumped in 1994.

Dockside was co-owned by Terry Peterson and Kathy Peterson, until they sold the business to Alex Bond in 2023. The bridge-themed menu features classic breakfast options as well as burgers, sandwiches, and tacos for lunch. Sports memorabilia is displayed in the bar's interior.

Description

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Dockside is a diner and dive bar[3] on Front Avenue, in northwest Portland's Northwest District.[4] As a result of the owners' refusing to sell their land to developers, the restaurant is surrounded by new development.[5]

The nautical-themed restaurant serves New American cuisine across a bridge-themed menu.[6] The breakfast menu has included bacon, biscuits, buttermilk pancakes, corned beef hash, eggs, English muffins, and sausage.[6] Terry's Famous Scramble has eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, and Tillamook cheddar cheese.[7]

Portland Monthly says, "With elevated highway lanes as a backdrop and a ramshackle exterior, it might be easy to pass over this diner. But loyal customers fill booths of the cozy interior for classic breakfasts piled high with hash browns and lunches of burgers, sandwiches, and tacos while sports and news play on one of the many screens."[8]

The restaurant's menus recount Dockside's connection to assault of Nancy Kerrigan.[9][10] Dockside also displays sports memorabilia, including shoes which belonged to LaMarcus Aldridge, Bob Lanier, and Shaquille O'Neal, as well as Clyde Drexler's jersey.[11]

History

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See also: Assault of Nancy Kerrigan

Chef Terry Peterson and Kathy Peterson were co-owners of the business, which was established in 1986 in an unoccupied building which was constructed in 1925.[12][13] Previously, the building had housed Dot's Sternwheeler and What's Up Doc.[14]

In 1994, Kathy Peterson discovered incriminating evidence related to the assault of Nancy Kerrigan in the restaurant's dumpster.[15][16][17] The Dockside has been used as a film site multiple times, including for The Hunted and Maverick.[11]

The Petersons sold the business to Alex Bond in 2023.[7]

Reception

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In 2013, Dockside won in the Best Menu Brag category of Willamette Week's annual "Best of Portland" readers' poll.[18] In 2017, Suzette Smith of the Portland Mercury wrote:

Dockside Saloon is in a really, really weird location off NW Naito—across from the sad, isolated riverfront condos that are always in some state of industrial handrail construction turmoil. Dockside either once was (or likely still is) the hangout spot for many blue-collar factory worker types, but it wasn’t very busy when I went in. Signature signs of lovable, eccentric bar management are present: saran-wrapped cookies for sale, a whole candy jar full of nothing but Doublemint gum, and a bathroom that doesn't lock (in fact, it’s a saloon-door situation). The thing about Dockside is that, at the end of the day, you get the happy hour clam chowder and when it comes it’s basically four dollars’ worth of soup for $3.95. You order the Caesar salad and it's a four-dollar salad. The food is fine—probably a step more flavorful than typical bar fare—but there isn’t a 'deal' feeling to it.[19]

Michael Russell included Dockside in The Oregonian's 2019 lists of the 40 and 10 "best inexpensive restaurants" in the Portland metropolitan area and downtown Portland, respectively.[6][20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Dockside Saloon Will Live Forever In A Slot In This Building, Just Like the House In Up". Willamette Week. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  2. ^ "In 1994, Garbage Dumped at a Portland Bar Helped Solve a Notorious FBI Case". Willamette Week. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  3. ^ Russell, Michael (2015-11-05). "Help name Portland's best dive bar". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  4. ^ Bamman, Mattie John (2016-02-11). "Grüner's Epic Burger Reborn | Massive Development to Engulf The Dockside Saloon". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  5. ^ Gallivan, Joseph (2018-04-22). "The success of Adpearance". Business Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  6. ^ a b c Russell, Michael (2019-02-28). "These are the 40 best inexpensive restaurants in the Portland metro area". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  7. ^ a b "Dockside restaurant founders step away, but their legacy in NW Portland will live on". oregonlive. 2023-02-22. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  8. ^ "Dockside Saloon & Restaurant | Restaurant Listing". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  9. ^ "Slabtown Cannabis Proprietors". Willamette Week. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  10. ^ "You Might Need a Little Help Finding the Dive Bars in Slabtown. They're Worth the Search". Willamette Week. 2023-05-10. Archived from the original on 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  11. ^ a b Henson, Joaquin M. "No consultations for Tonya film". Philstar.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  12. ^ Goldfield, Robert (April 7, 2002). "Headlines aside, tavern offers lack of pretense". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 26, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  13. ^ "The Dockside, the Dumpster and Tonya Harding". KOIN.com. 2017-12-08. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  14. ^ Gallivan, Joseph (2018-12-10). "Four tales of Old Portland Holdouts". Business Tribune. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  15. ^ Brennan, Christine; Buckley, Stephen (1994-02-05). "IOC MAINTAINS WATCH, BUT KEEPS ITS DISTANCE". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  16. ^ Balzar, John (1994-02-04). "COMMENTARY : Story Is So Big It's Right Out of Dumpster". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  17. ^ "Tonya Harding Is Back—on the Ice, and on the Silver Screen". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  18. ^ "Best of Portland 2013: Best Bites, Sips and Puffs". Willamette Week. 2013-07-24. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  19. ^ Smith, Suzette (March 15, 2017). "Happy Hour Guide: Northwest". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  20. ^ Russell, Michael (2019-03-18). "Downtown Portland's 10 best inexpensive restaurants". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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