New Owners at Big Wave Café: Opening Sunday March 21st – SAME Great Menu Featuring Fresh Ingredients from Local Farms, Fishers and Yes, Carol’s Desserts

“Why mess with a good thing?” That’s exactly the philosophy of David and Jennifer Cleary, the new owners of the Big Wave Café in Manzanita. The local community is anticipating the popular North Coast restaurant reopening on Sunday, March 21st. The same great menu and specials will continue to feature the best ingredients, locally sourced, […]

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Big Wave Cafe to help four community groups as part of its annual local giving effort

MANZANITA, Ore. – It’s not every north Oregon coast restaurant that has a Social Responsibility Committee. The Big Wave Cafe in Manzanita does, however, and the group recently selected four community organizations for the restaurant to help over the next three months, said Brian Williams, who owns the business with his wife Carol. Their son, […]

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Big Wave Café’s ‘Springtime on the Oregon Coast’ dinner to feature internationally renowned celebrity chef

MANZANITA, Ore. –  It isn’t every day that a Certified Master Chef prepares dinner in north Tillamook County. However, Tuesday, May 6 is that day. At 6 p.m. that evening, internationally renowned celebrity Chef Roland Henin will prepare a Springtime on the Oregon Coast Dinner made with local ingredients, with proceeds benefitting the Rinehart Clinic. […]

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Spaghetti fundraiser to benefit North County Food Bank

This article originally appeared in several local news publications, including the North Coast Citizen, Tillamook County Pioneer and Daily Astorian. MANZANITA – For the second time in less than a month, the Big Wave Café will host a fundraising dinner for a local nonprofit organization. On the heels of its Library Lovers Dinner, a benefit […]

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Big Wave Café to help raise money for Manzanita Branch Library building maintenance

This article ran in several local news publications, including the Daily Astorian, Tillamook County Pioneer and North Coast Citizen, prior to the event: MANZANITA – In its continued tradition of giving back to the community by hosting periodic fundraising dinners, the Big Wave Café will offer an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner with proceeds benefiting the North […]

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Short Sands Long on Mystery

Just a few miles north of the Big Wave Café is the hauntingly beautiful Smugglers Cove and Short Sands beach. The Salem Statesman Journal recently published a piece on the spot’s allure to surfers. However, while the surfing there is widely acknowledged as excellent, the beach makes a fine spot for meditating, picnicking or just […]

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The Big Wave Café Earns a TripAdvisor 2013 Certificate of Excellence

  MANZANITA, Ore. – May 31, 2013 – The Big Wave Café today announced that it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing 10 percent […]

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Big Wave Cafe to host benefit dinners

MANZANITA — Following the success of last year’s dinner that raised several thousand dollars for a local handicapped access ramp, Brian and Carol Williams plan to use their Big Wave Café, 822 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita, to drum up more support for the Pine Grove Community House, the Rinehart Clinic and the Manzanita Business Alliance. […]

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