The shop stocks local fish (including cod, halibut, salmon, sea bass,[1] steelhead, sturgeon, and yellowfin tuna),[2] clams, king crab, oysters, and scallops.

[7] The business also operates a fish and chips window on one side of the shop,[1] serving a variety of fried seafood.

[1] Agnes and Ben Berkowitz and Mike and Brandi Shirley opened PFM in 2014,[7] in a space which previously housed a RadioShack outlet.

It evokes a sense of well-being that has history to it, lodged deep in the memory of anyone raised on trips to both Horse Brass and the coast.

And for one brief moment at the picnic tables, eating fish with one hand while pulling your jacket tight against the wind and rain with the other, you can fool yourself into thinking that's where you are.

[14] The website's Brooke Jackson-Glidden included PFM in a 2020 list of "Where to Find Knockout Fish and Chips in Portland", in which she said the business "has some of the best selection around".