"ASTORIA" Astoria by giampiero6

Astoria Travel Guide: 78 reviews and 250 photos

Cool little commercial fishing port and Victorian City. A little bit like a blue collar mini-San Francisco. (well a little) They make some kind of claim about being the oldest continually inhabited city in the US west of the Mississippi. But as my friend Agbat pointed out the mission cities in New Mexico and California are older so they must mean oldest American city.

The enigmatic figure above is the man we called "The Dude in the Purple Jacket." For some reason after several cocktails, The Dude in the Purple Jacket seemed hilarious to me and I asked my friend to take a picture. You may find him in Astoria..then again you may not...that's why he's enigmatic. (this pic was taken at the Ship's Inn...see the warning below)

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In a nutshell:A Guess Kind of Like A Smaller Blue Collar Proto-San Francisco. Layout wise anyway.

Last visit to Astoria: Sep 2001
Intro Written Sep 9, 2002
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Ship's Inn Restaurant! The owners (English) had that curious English knack with food. My friend was surprised to see... more travel advice

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duffyluffagus Jan 31, 2004 at 1:17 PM

You forgot to mention the disgusting pile of fried ick on your oysters
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acemj May 15, 2002 at 12:01 PM

sounds like a mysterious dude
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BebaArg Feb 15, 2002 at 10:30 AM

Tx for the tip, sounds like hard to swallow stuff! yuck
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oneonta_ni Nov 6, 2001 at 6:41 AM

You should have gone to Cafe Uniontown!
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ucbwalker Oct 28, 2001 at 4:15 PM

Cool town - way to spread the word.
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pollon Oct 9, 2001 at 10:35 AM

I like halibut and I have to try it with this special sauce..
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sabsi Oct 5, 2001 at 9:59 AM

more the dude with the purple head eh?
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phildeni Sep 18, 2001 at 11:35 AM

There must be more to say.
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richiecdisc Sep 10, 2001 at 7:43 PM

Who said the English can`t cook?! ;-)
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utttz Sep 10, 2001 at 10:45 AM

tutto qui? LOL