Blue House Cafe in Vernonia, OR

Hidden along a winding Nehalem Highway in the western valley of the Northern Oregon Coast Range is the quiet logging town of Vernonia.  Here, more than fifty miles from Portland lies a hidden little brewpub at the Blue House Mediterranean Cafe.  At the Blue House Cafe can be found a variety of tasty Mediterranean offerings ranging from gyro and hummus plates to sweet baklava. Owners Sam and Elinor Sumergian are about hand crafted quality with their Armenian inspired fair…and it doesn’t end with the food.  House brewer Brett Costley keeps three of his beers on tap at the cafe.  When we arrived earlier this month, he had a Raspberry Rye Ale, a Porter, and a Golden Ale on tap.  “I usually have my Blueberry Wheat on tap” said Costley, a native of Georgia.  “That’s the most popular beer I brew. When it was out, a person came in and asked for it and when they found out we didn’t have it on tap, he just left.”

Brett Costley, brewer