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The Oyster Bar
"Founded in 1927 by Louis C. Wachsmuth. This unique
shellfish restaurant is one of the showplaces of Port-
land. Located on a narrow one-way street in the old
business section of the city, the Oyster Bar is famous
for its oyster stew and small native oysters. The two
main dining rooms are decorated in knotty pine and
adorned with beautiful china plates, ship models, and
oddities from all over the world. 208 S.W. Ankeny,
Portland, Oregon.
Photo by Ben Fleischman"
Dan and Louis Oyster Bar Restaurant. From its website, a history:
"1907 - On Ankeny, between 2nd and 3rd, boxes of live crabs were stacked on the sidewalks. Louis Wachsmuth carted them inside to the big briny crab pot. Oysters, live lobsters from the East, all kinds of fish, and shrimp were handled in carload lots. City Oyster Co. was open for business at 252 Ankeny right next door to the present location. Louis and his partner, L. Roland Mills, had started a business that would be strong enough to always fill the need for good seafood....
In 1919 with advent of prohibition Louis acquired the food bar from the famous Merchant's Exchange Saloon formerly located on 1st & Aiken and decided that a piping hot oyster stew wold be a tasty addition to his tiny menu. Soon the old bar could no longer accommodate the growing number of hungry customers and Louis built several small dining rooms adjacent to the bar. Seating for larger parties was provided when the "Main" dining room with it's distinctive sailing ship interior was built in 1937. The opening of the "Reserve" dining room with the ship shaped kitchen "Star of Oregon"followed in 1940"
Today the restaurant uses 1907 as its founding date, not 1927. I can't figure an explanation for the discrepancy other than 1927 being when "Louis Wachsmuth had named his restaurant "Louie's Oyster Bar" and kept the name Oregon Oyster Company for this oyster beds."
The Oyster Bar
"Founded in 1927 by Louis C. Wachsmuth. This unique
shellfish restaurant is one of the showplaces of Port-
land. Located on a narrow one-way street in the old
business section of the city, the Oyster Bar is famous
for its oyster stew and small native oysters. The two
main dining rooms are decorated in knotty pine and
adorned with beautiful china plates, ship models, and
oddities from all over the world. 208 S.W. Ankeny,
Portland, Oregon.
Photo by Ben Fleischman"
Dan and Louis Oyster Bar Restaurant. From its website, a history:
"1907 - On Ankeny, between 2nd and 3rd, boxes of live crabs were stacked on the sidewalks. Louis Wachsmuth carted them inside to the big briny crab pot. Oysters, live lobsters from the East, all kinds of fish, and shrimp were handled in carload lots. City Oyster Co. was open for business at 252 Ankeny right next door to the present location. Louis and his partner, L. Roland Mills, had started a business that would be strong enough to always fill the need for good seafood....
In 1919 with advent of prohibition Louis acquired the food bar from the famous Merchant's Exchange Saloon formerly located on 1st & Aiken and decided that a piping hot oyster stew wold be a tasty addition to his tiny menu. Soon the old bar could no longer accommodate the growing number of hungry customers and Louis built several small dining rooms adjacent to the bar. Seating for larger parties was provided when the "Main" dining room with it's distinctive sailing ship interior was built in 1937. The opening of the "Reserve" dining room with the ship shaped kitchen "Star of Oregon"followed in 1940"
Today the restaurant uses 1907 as its founding date, not 1927. I can't figure an explanation for the discrepancy other than 1927 being when "Louis Wachsmuth had named his restaurant "Louie's Oyster Bar" and kept the name Oregon Oyster Company for this oyster beds."