Mo's Restaurants

[1] Mo's restaurants serve primarily seafood and have long been noted for their New England–style clam chowder, their own locally raised Yaquina Bay oysters and for their casual and friendly atmosphere.

In the following years Mo's served more and more seafood, the clam chowder recipe evolved over time as the cooks would vie with each other to produce a better version.

Mo's second husband, retired fisherman Kaino "Dutch" Niemi along with friends often gathered at a table contributing to the "family" atmosphere of the restaurant.

[7] Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel also visited the restaurant while he was campaigning for the Democratic Party 1968 Oregon primary election on May 24, 1968.

One day a customer accidentally left her car in forward gear instead of reverse while leaving and crashed through the front wall.

This company now owns and operates additional Mo's in Astoria, Seaside, Florence, Lincoln City, Cannon Beach, and in the Portland International Airport.

She was lauded during the Oregon presentation "for continuing a tradition of great food and outstanding generosity to employees, customers and community.