Simply sustainable North Coast Food Trail features Seaside restaurants i i BY ALYSSA EVANS T he North Coast Food Trail, a project that supports sustain- able tourism, has its sights set on expanding north. The trail encourages tourists to visit restaurants, farms and markets, all of which use locally-sourced ingredients. Since it started in 2016, the trail featured spots between Lincoln City and Cannon Beach. In January, Seaside businesses joined the trail, marking its first expansion up the north coast. The trail’s coordinators hope to induct Astoria by 2021. “We’re hoping to include the north coast’s restaurants, brew- eries and farmers’ markets. Then we’ll have a true North Coast Food Trail,” said Nan Devlin, executive director of the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association. Devlin has managed the trail since it began. Expansion efforts “As I had gotten to know people in Tillamook County, I real- ized there’s an especially talented and young group of farmers here. Many chefs use locally-sourced products,” Devlin said. “But we needed some help marketing because everyone’s in a silo.” See Page 11 Alyssa Evans Seaside Brewery Co. 10 // COASTWEEKEND.COM