From Akres to Astoria

AKRES on the Pier

Άκρες · edges

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.

See the room

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

Friday through Sunday

Signature Greek Specials

These come from our family's kitchen. They take time to make, so we only cook them three days a week.

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

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

Our story

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.

Read the whole story

From our guests

A few recent favorites

These are a selection, not every review. Read all of them on Google.

From the kitchen

What you'll want to order again

Seafood Risotto

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

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

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