Featured in Restaurant Guide 2006

Poke me if the seafood here isn't some of the freshest in Portland. Start with the creamy crab and artichoke dip, which runs away with appetizer honors; skip the tough, over-blackened calamari. Salty's signature seafood cioppino is zippy-tangy, filled with from-the-tank crustaceans. Desserts and cocktails tend to run toward standard-issue fare, and service is of the factory-stamp variety—pleasant and somewhat forgettable. But don't forget the breathtaking views and the denizens of the deep procured daily for your perusal. That's what you're paying for here, and it's damn well worth it. (SMB) Stephen Marc Beaudoin