Tippy Canoe

The Tippy Canoe in Street ViewGoogle Street View Imagery Date: January 2016https://goo.gl/maps/3BAafAwdmtXBhcbBA

Willamette Week: April 20, 2021

The husband-and-wife team who opened Sugarpine Drive-In in 2018 on the banks of the Sandy River about 2 miles to the north closed on the 1.5-acre site earlier this month, as first reported by The Oregonian. Emily Cafazzo and Ryan Domingo plan to bring the restaurant back to its 1930s roadhouse roots following a ground-up rebuild that will include indoor and outdoor seating. Rehabilitating the business is part of the couple’s overall goal to reestablish the Historic Columbia River Highway as a culinary destination.

“In the original days of the Historic Highway, there used to be dozens of roadside pit stops, eateries, and confectionaries selling things like homemade ice cream, roasted and fried chickens, and fried fish sourced directly from the Sandy River,” Sugarpine chef and co-owner Ryan Domingo said in a press release. “One-hundred years later, we’re excited and incredibly honored at the opportunity to both celebrate the unique beauty, and build upon the culinary heritage of this small corner of the Pacific Northwest.”

...Sugarpine Roadhouse is currently scheduled to open in the summer 2022...

https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/news-restaurants/2021/04/20/the-owners-of-sugarpine-drive-in-have-purchased-the-former-shirleys-tippy-canoe-property (Accessed: May 12, 2022)

January 18, 2020

On the morning of Friday, January 17, 2020, the Tippy Canoe was destroyed by fire. It met the fate that too many of the old roadhouses met over the years, and burned. Apparently, it is a complete loss. Hopefully, I can locate copies of the photos that used to live on this page.

www.shirleysfood.com

For decades the Tippy Canoe has been known as a ruff and tuff road side bar. Apart of the Columbia Highway Historic District dates the building back to the early 1940's. Often seen as a watering hole for bad boy bikers and the like. Too the dismay of some in the 1990's the Tippy was closed down and sat vacant for a few years. The Tippy Canoe had shut its doors, up until long time local resident Shirley Welton saw a great deal of potential and an opportunity.

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Shirley bought the old dilapidated building in 2005 and began an extensive remolding and renovation project. Her goal was to re-open the Tippy Canoe, but with a whole new atmosphere. Having to keep much of the exterior the same, due to the historic classification of the building, most of here labor is seen on the inside. The half round bar still exist, but with a much updated and needed look. The dining area wraps itself all the way around the restaurant and the patio is now furnished with stone tables and a spattering of fire pits.

http://www.shirleysfood.com/