Very good breakfast.  The omelets were large and filled with creamy Tillamook cheese.  The potatoes were good.   My wheat toast was a little stale but my husband pointed out that I'm probably the only  customer who doesn't order sourdough!  I might have given this breakfast a 5 in Texas, but since moving to Washington my standards have raised considerably, and I now reserve 5's for places that go above and beyond with homemade bread, jams, etc.
Review Source:We did a search for a place for breakfast this last Monday and Downie's came up. Â I like to support local businesses and often find the food good. Â This is now on my list for a stop when at the coast. Â
My wife had a Denver omelet and I tried the chicken fried steak. Â Both were very good. Â My wife asked for a two egg omelet (menu has 3 eggs). Â She said that the fillings were cooked just right for her, veggies still had a little bite. Â I seldom order chicken fried steak because they seem over cooked and drowning in gravey. Â This steak was tender and the coating was exellent. (The menu mentioned hand breaded which was part of the reason that I choose this.) Â I prefer a sausage gravy with more sausage (We were there closer to lunch so is might have been close to the end of batch of gravy.) That said I would order it again.
While we were waiting for our breakfast I noticed Marrion Berry pie on the board. Â This is my FAVORITE pie (or dessert). Â I asked if they had a whole one. Â YES!! Â Needless to say that went home with us. Â (YES it is all gone! Â My wife and daughter got their share too - my wife said that I should put a frownie face here!).
Service was good and very friendly. Â There were 4 or 5 other tables full and lots of banter between the locals. Â If you like the small town, local eateries try Downie's and be sure to bring a spare pie plate to take home that pie! Â You know you want one!
Pros:
Good pancakes!
Cons:
grilled oyster sandwich was revolting
service (we were the only customers in the restaurant, and the waitress had a hard time pulling herself away from chatting with her friends in the kitchen and was really curt when she did manage to come over to the table)
I have been looking for the perfect grilled cheese sandwich (with Tillamook Cheese) in the area and may have found it. Â Grilled to perfection - not greasy and not burned and on sourdough bread.
Friendly wait staff (only one) and interesting conversastion with a local. Â Next time I'll try a couple of slices of the homemade pie.
Thanks to all the Yelp reviews we stopped here today for a late breakfast/early lunch. This is a really cute café with great service and really good food. Best hash browns I've ever had and the sausage patty they served with my breakfast was out of this world. I highly recommend the pancakes as well but avoid the biscuits and gravy (just ok). Definitely stop here if you're driving 101 or staying in the Manzanita area.
Review Source:Went back again with Ms. K. and a few friends/family this past weekend. Â Again had a great time and really enjoyed the food.
Cheese omelet - solid.
Chocolate peanut butter pie = awesome.
Strawberry shortcake = delicious
Off the menu, vegetarian Egg McMuffin-ish sandwich they made for my brother = awesome and very much appreciated.
Good stuff. Â Give it a try.
Following local recommendations for a good, local, seafood dinner, in August 07 we stopped in for the first night Downie's was open again for dinner service. We were impressed with the homemade quality of the food, homestyle entrees with a coastal flair, and good portions for the price ($10-14 a person). Service was very friendly, like sharing a dining room with newly found friends. That Downie's isn't much larger than a dining room certainly helped carry the mood.
None of the fish is harvested locally--we couldn't find any restaurants that did serve such--but it was tasty. It was the service that set it a notch above for us. We felt welcomed like locals, and took some time to chill out in the peacefulness of the Oregon Coast, eating something that tasted "local." The homemade clam chowder really made an impression as did the flaky and slightly tart homemade marionberry pie.
In this nondescript cafe just north of Tillamook in Bay City, tucked out of sight from the coastal highway, we enjoyed an hour of warmth and comfort that felt almost like family. We'd love to stop in again to Downie's if we visit Tillamook and the region again.
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2010 summer update: Driving the Oregon coast we made it a point to hit Downie's for lunch. It appears that dinner service is unavailable again, but they were open for lunch all the same. The service and experience wasn't as charming as our visit in '07 but the food was still good. I'd need to knock 'em down a star if it wasn't for the fresh marionberry pie. :-)
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