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America's Best Fishing Bars

By John Taranto

Oct 18, 2007

Best House Special
Mary Todd's Workers Bar & Grill, Astoria, Ore.
503-338-7291
The Workers Bar opened right after prohibition in the heart of Astoria's Union Town section and caters to the local commercial fishermen as well as many of the recreational anglers who fish the Columbia River around Buoy 10.

"We love 'em up, feed 'em up and don't give a damn what they smell like," says bartender Kama Clayton of the clientele.

Among the favorite dishes are barbecue oysters, steak and eggs, burgers and a full breakfast served any time of day. Beer and whiskey are popular with fishermen, but the house special is the Yucca. "It's vodka, a little simple syrup and a whole lemon mixed with ice and shaken until it's nice and frosty," says Clay-ton. "There are pictures all over this country of me shaking Yuccas...thanks to my double Ds."

The big turn-of-the-cen--tury building may be in need of a paint job, but it features large front windows, a solid wood door with a zodiac made by a local artisan, an old mirror with some of the bar's regular customers through the years painted on it ("Some alive, some dead.") and a big horseshoe-shaped bar. A fire will be going on cool, damp days.

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