Dockside Saloon and Restaurant explained

Dockside Saloon and Restaurant
Food-Type:New American
Street-Address:2047 Northwest Front Avenue
City:Portland
County:Multnomah
State:Oregon
Zip:97209
Country:United States
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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

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. Terry's Famous Scramble has eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, and Tillamook cheddar cheese.

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."[7]

The restaurant's menus recount Dockside's connection to assault of Nancy Kerrigan.[8] [9] 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.[10]

History

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.[11] [12] Previously, the building had housed Dot's Sternwheeler and What's Up Doc.[13]

In 1994, Kathy Peterson discovered incriminating evidence related to the assault of Nancy Kerrigan in the restaurant's dumpster.[14] [15] [16] The Dockside has been used as a film site multiple times, including for The Hunted and Maverick.

The Petersons sold the business to Alex Bond in 2023.[17]

Reception

In 2013, Dockside won in the Best Menu Brag category of Willamette Week annual "Best of Portland" readers' poll.[18] In 2017, Suzette Smith of the Portland Mercury wrote:Michael Russell included Dockside in The Oregonian 2019 lists of the 40 and 10 "best inexpensive restaurants" in the Portland metropolitan area and downtown Portland, respectively.[19]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Dockside Saloon Will Live Forever In A Slot In This Building, Just Like the House In Up . 2022-06-14 . Willamette Week . 10 February 2016 . en . 2020-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023004205/https://www.wweek.com/bars/2016/02/10/the-dockside-saloon-will-live-forever-in-a-slot-in-this-building-just-like-the-house-in-up/ . live .
  2. Web site: In 1994, Garbage Dumped at a Portland Bar Helped Solve a Notorious FBI Case . 2022-06-14 . Willamette Week . 23 May 2018 . en . 2022-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220509190920/https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/05/22/in-1994-garbage-dumped-at-a-portland-bar-helped-solve-a-notorious-fbi-case/ . live .
  3. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2015-11-05 . Help name Portland's best dive bar . 2022-06-14 . . en . 2022-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614132428/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2015/11/you_call_that_a_dive_this_is_a.html . live .
  4. Web site: Bamman . Mattie John . 2016-02-11 . Grüner's Epic Burger Reborn Massive Development to Engulf The Dockside Saloon . 2023-06-09 . Eater Portland . en . 2023-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230401231227/https://pdx.eater.com/2016/2/11/10966470/gruners-burger-now-at-loyal-legion-the-dockside-saloon-engulfed-by-business-park . live .
  5. Web site: Gallivan . Joseph . 2018-04-22 . The success of Adpearance . 2023-06-09 . Business Tribune . . en.
  6. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2019-02-28 . These are the 40 best inexpensive restaurants in the Portland metro area . 2023-06-09 . . en . 2020-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230122/https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/02/d0860094388477/these-are-the-40-best-inexpensive-restaurants-in-the-portland-metro-area.html . live .
  7. Web site: Dockside Saloon & Restaurant Restaurant Listing . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001013505/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/restaurants/dockside-saloon . 2020-10-01 . 2022-06-14 . Portland Monthly . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2018-04-19 . Slabtown Cannabis Proprietors . 2023-06-09 . Willamette Week . en.
  9. Web site: 2023-05-10 . You Might Need a Little Help Finding the Dive Bars in Slabtown. They’re Worth the Search. . 2023-06-09 . Willamette Week . en . 2023-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230526004804/https://www.wweek.com/finder/2023/05/10/you-might-need-a-little-help-finding-the-dive-bars-in-slabtown-theyre-worth-the-search/ . live .
  10. Web site: Henson . Joaquin M. . No consultations for Tonya film . 2023-06-09 . Philstar.com . 2018-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181031125501/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2017/04/06/1684796/no-consultations-tonya-film . live .
  11. Goldfield . Robert . April 7, 2002 . Headlines aside, tavern offers lack of pretense . Portland Business Journal . June 14, 2022 . April 26, 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030426083204/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2002/04/08/focus4.html . live .
  12. Web site: 2017-12-08 . The Dockside, the Dumpster and Tonya Harding . 2022-06-14 . KOIN.com . en-US . 2022-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220106190815/https://www.koin.com/news/the-dockside-the-dumpster-and-tonya-harding/ . live .
  13. Web site: Gallivan . Joseph . 2018-12-10 . Four tales of Old Portland Holdouts . 2023-06-09 . Business Tribune . en.
  14. News: Brennan . Christine . Buckley . Stephen . 1994-02-05 . IOC MAINTAINS WATCH, BUT KEEPS ITS DISTANCE . en-US . The Washington Post . 2023-06-09 . 0190-8286.
  15. Web site: Balzar . John . 1994-02-04 . COMMENTARY : Story Is So Big It's Right Out of Dumpster . 2023-06-09 . Los Angeles Times . en-US . 2023-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405182905/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-04-sp-19048-story.html . live .
  16. Web site: Tonya Harding Is Back—on the Ice, and on the Silver Screen . 2023-06-09 . Portland Monthly . en-US . 2023-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230526153221/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2017/12/tonya-harding-is-back-on-the-ice-and-on-the-silver-screen . live .
  17. Web site: 2023-02-22 . Dockside restaurant founders step away, but their legacy in NW Portland will live on . 2023-06-08 . oregonlive . en . 2023-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602130141/https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2023/02/dockside-restaurant-founders-step-away-but-their-legacy-will-live-on.html . live .
  18. Web site: 2013-07-24 . Best of Portland 2013: Best Bites, Sips and Puffs . 2023-06-09 . Willamette Week . en . 2022-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818111932/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20927-best-of-portland-2013-best-bites-sips-and-puffs.html . live .
  19. Web site: Russell . Michael . 2019-03-18 . Downtown Portland's 10 best inexpensive restaurants . 2023-06-09 . The Oregonian . en . 2020-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201107232539/https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/03/14e8cd1f65843/downtown-portlands-10-best-inexpensive-restaurants.html . live .

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