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Depoe Bay, Oregon · Est. 2009

The story
of Beck

Our Philosophy

"This coastline has everything.
You just have to pay attention to it."

Restaurant Beck opened in Depoe Bay in 2009 with a simple foundation: farm and ocean to table cooking on the Oregon Coast. Over time that came to include foraged ingredients when the season allows — mushrooms, sea vegetables, coastal plants from within miles of this kitchen. Seafood comes directly from local fishermen and boats when they have product. Produce from the farmers market when it’s in season. The menu changes weekly, shaped by what’s genuinely available and at its best right now.

Crimson Oregon rhubarb delivered to the Restaurant Beck kitchen

Sourcing

Bought close,
and cooked the same week

Seafood from Newport’s commercial fishermen, produce from farms we have bought from for years, and foraged mushrooms and sea vegetables when the season gives them up — these aren’t sourcing talking points. They’re the starting point of every dish. The menu reflects what’s available, at its peak, right now. That might mean a dish changes mid-week, or disappears entirely when something better comes through the door.

It isn’t a concept or a marketing position. It’s simply how the kitchen has always worked — stay close to the source, cook what’s genuinely at its best, and let the ingredients lead.

The Kitchen

Technique in
service of place

Chef Justin Wills trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, graduating in 1997. That classical foundation — French technique, discipline, consistency — remains the underpinning of everything that comes out of Beck's kitchen.

But technique is a tool, not the point. Every method employed here exists to make the ingredient taste more like itself. The plate should taste like the Oregon Coast. That's the standard.

Chef Justin Wills of Restaurant Beck, Depoe Bay, Oregon

James Beard Semifinalist

Best Chef: Northwest
2012 & 2013

DiRŌNA

Award of Excellence

Distinguished Restaurants
of North America
2023, 2024 & 2025

CIA

Culinary Institute of America

Hyde Park, New York
Class of 1997

F&W

Food & Wine

People’s Best New Chef
Nominee · 2011

Also in Newport

Sorella
Italian

In 2015, Justin and Stormee opened Sorella Italian in Nye Beach, Newport — a true Italian neighborhood restaurant on the Oregon Coast. House-made pasta, breads baked daily, gelato made in-house. Stormee leads all front of house operations and oversees the beverage program, bringing the same care to the dining room and glass that Justin brings to the plate. The name means “sister” in Italian — named for Isla, sister to Becker, just as Restaurant Beck was named for him.

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The Owners

Justin & Stormee Wills

Restaurant Beck opened in Depoe Bay in 2009 — named for their son Becker. Sorella Italian followed in Newport’s Nye Beach in 2015, named for his sister Isla; sorella means “sister” in Italian. Justin leads the kitchen at both restaurants, while Stormee oversees all front of house operations, the award-winning wine list at Beck, and the beverage program at Sorella. Both share the same conviction — that this stretch of coastline deserves cooking that takes it seriously.

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An evening
at Beck

Open daily · 5 pm until close · Depoe Bay, Oregon
Closed Christmas Day

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