Finding a worthwhile restaurant on the Oregon Coast often seems to be a crapshoot. So I was really pleased to stumble across the Newport Cafe last weekend when I was down there for the Gladstone-Newport football game. It looks like a former '60s-era drive-in. Inside, it appears to be family-run and very family-oriented. They offer a great variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner items ranging from $3 to $25. I had an albacore tuna fish-and-chips special. It included five good-size chunks of fish, a modest portion of really good home-style fries, lemon and tartar sauce, all for less than $9. To top it off, they had the Red Sox vs. the Blue Jays on the television. I'll definitely go back, and I'll take my family. You can find in on U.S. 101 at the corner of Northeast 6th.
