Spent a lovely 4 days down there and found a VERY good little place in Ilwaco of all places. It's called Pauly's Bistro (or Pauli's, not sure which). It's on the waterfront, at the very end and it does lunch and dinner most days. Lunch menu was about 4 salads, a chowder that looked good, a special soup, various sandwiches/burgers etc and "halibut and chips". I use quote marks because it was not your typical fish and chips. First of all, it was a very light breading, with lots of sesame seeds - I think they called it Sesame Crusted. It came with a very good tarter sauce and a slaw from fennell and apple. Plus they were very happy to substitute a side salad (your choice from the 4 salads listed) at no extra charge. (Cost of halibut & chips was $12) While my partner enjoyed that, I had the soup of the day which was a Posole which I really liked - quite a bit of pork, firm hominey, just enough spicing and a good broth. I had this in a combo plate with choice of salad and had the "house" which is good greens, apples, gorganzola and candied walnuts. Cost of Combo plate was $9. Had a glass of "decent house white" which was quite decent but don't know what chardonay for $4.50 Dinner menu looked nice - if I remember correctly had preparations of oysters, pork, steak, chicken etc plus starters and soups and salads. Also went to the Ark on Sunday night as they are only open Friday to Sunday. It has not really changed much at all - same wait staff although I hear the bartender has changed, same menu, similar quality. I had a mushroom crusted loin of lamb which was pretty good, but it came with a couscous that had a moroccan flavor that didn't really compliment the sauce of the lamb. I asked the waitperson what the flavorings of the sauce and the couscous were and got back the answer from the kitchen that the sauce was just a demi glace which really didn't tell me much and that the couscous was simply flavored with veggies. I wouldn't go back unless the new owners make some changes but I still like the space (kind of tacky but with a great view) and the people. But with a much cheaper option of Pauly's, I would gladly go down to Ilwaco. Thanks for the suggestions before the trip. Mary