AKRES on the Pier
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AKRES on the Pier

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We're a Greek family cooking the food we grew up on, with seafood from the Pacific Northwest, at the end of a pier in Astoria.

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Monday – Thursday 12 PM – 8 PM · Friday – Saturday 12 PM – 9 PM · Sunday 12 PM – 8 PM

  • Thursday, November 26: closed for Thanksgiving
  • Friday, December 25: closed for Christmas Day
  • Friday, January 1: closed for New Year's Day

Pier 12, at the foot of 12th Street · Get directions

On the pier today Sunset from the deck.

Guests at tables on the covered deck at Akres as the sun sets behind the Astoria–Megler Bridge over the Columbia River
The deck at sunset. We take no credit for the light.

Where do you want to sit?

Main Dining

Tables indoors with the river in view, and the lounge by the fireplace for a drink while you wait.

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The Deck & Bar

The deck is covered, so you can bring the dog and a coat and stay for the sunset. The bar pours our myth-inspired house cocktails, and the ships go by whether you order one or not.

Plan your evening

Pilot-Boat Seating

The bar pilots' boats head out right past the pier to meet the ships, and from these six tables you see the whole thing.

See the view

Signature Greek Specials

These come from our family's kitchen. They take time to make, so we only cook them Friday through Sunday.

Full dinner menu
  • Olympia32

    Seasonal fish baked in a special homemade sauce, served with a side of Greek salad

    Family recipe since 1972

  • Moussaka26

    Layers of sliced eggplant, zucchini and potatoes topped with spiced ground beef and a thick, velvety blanket of rich béchamel

  • Giouvetsi32

    Slow-braised lamb simmered in a rich, aromatic tomato sauce, oven-baked with orzo and finished with parmesan

  • Spanakopita12

    Crispy golden layers of phyllo filled with a savory blend of fresh spinach, feta, green onion and dill, served at room temperature

  • Portokalopita12

    Traditional Greek orange cake in a light syrup

    Made fresh each weekend and served all week, while it lasts

Wines from home

To drink with these: Gai'a's Monograph Agiorgitiko by the glass, or a bottle of their Assyrtiko. Both from Greece, both on the bar menu.

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Konstantinos Macheras on the beach at Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, in the 1970s
Konstantinos at Haystack Rock, 1970s.

He was sixteen, looking at the sea from a village called Akres.

Konstantinos Macheras decided on America from a mountainside in Greece. He crossed the Atlantic, came up the Columbia by boat, cut timber in the logging camps, and spent a working life in Alaska restaurants. Then the family came back to this coast, and his son Angelo opened this restaurant in his honor. It's named for his village, and some of what's on our menu came out of his kitchens.

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A few recent favorites

    What you'll want to order again

    • Seafood risotto with seared scallops and shrimp, topped with pea shoots, in a white bowl

      Seafood Risotto

      Scallops and shrimp over a slow risotto, with bacon because we are not saints.

    • Frutti di mare: clams, shrimp, scallops and calamari over fettuccini

      Frutti di Mare

      Clams, shrimp, scallops and calamari in a tomato bisque over fettuccini. You can ask for it spicy.

    • A mezze board with hummus, salad and grilled pita

      Akres Mezze Platter

      Hummus, tzatziki, tapenade, grape leaves and olives with warm pita. Start here while you look at the water.

    • A square of portokalopita, Greek orange cake, topped with candied orange peel on a white plate

      Portokalopita

      A Greek orange cake soaked in light syrup and topped with candied orange. We bake it each weekend and serve it all week, while it lasts.

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    • Sunset over the Columbia River with the Astoria–Megler Bridge on the horizon
    • Seasonal Salmon on a dark plate with the river and the waterfront behind it
    • A cocktail on a window table at dusk, the river outside
    • Seafood risotto with seared scallops and shrimp
    • Drinks on the counter inside, with the deck and the river through the windows
    • Carlton Farms Pork with roasted potatoes and greens