There are no nice bars in Seaside. The regular bars are divey and the dive bars are very, very divey. Skip the other dive bar and head to The Bridge Tender (554 Broadway St., 503-738-8002), where ...

Step aboard the cleaned-up version of the venerable seaside dive if you like the following things: cocktails created by an alum of Las Perlas, Cole's and Dia de Campo; plates of upscale dive-bar ...