Commercial property for sale · Troutdale, Oregon
Restaurant Building for Sale in Troutdale
Tad's Chicken 'n Dumplins is a 1947 riverside restaurant on the Historic Columbia River Highway — roughly 6,988 gross square feet, three bars, a commercial kitchen, and 0.80 acres of river front on the way into the Gorge.

A riverside restaurant building with the hard parts already built
Most restaurant spaces for sale in the Portland metro are shells inside strip centers, with shared walls, no parking of their own and a landlord holding the lease. This one is different: a freestanding building on its own land, set back from the highway with the Sandy River behind it, built as a roadhouse in 1947 and used for dining ever since.
That history is practical. The kitchen is a working commercial kitchen with a walk-in cooler. There are three bars — a main room, a second dining room, and a third downstairs — which means multiple service points, multiple revenue zones, or the flexibility to open part of the building while the rest is repositioned. Wood interiors, river-facing windows and the original signage give any operator character a new build cannot buy.
The sale includes the building, the land, the business and the fixtures and furniture. Two parcels come with it: the approximately 0.80-acre restaurant site and an additional roughly 0.56 acres used for overflow parking, so peak service does not spill onto the highway shoulder.
For a buyer considering a restaurant, taproom, event venue or river-oriented hospitality concept, the property offers something rare in the region: frontage on the Historic Columbia River Highway, river frontage behind, and a building that already knows how to hold a crowd.
Listing facts
- Offered at
- $1,450,000
- Building
- Approx. 6,988 gross sq ft over two floors plus a full basement
- Year built
- 1947
- Historic use
- Former Tad's Chicken 'n Dumplins restaurant and bar, currently vacant
- Parcels included
- Two parcels: approx. 0.80-acre restaurant site plus approx. 0.56 acres used for overflow parking (about 1.36 acres total)
- Interior
- Multiple dining rooms and bar spaces, commercial kitchen with walk-in cooler
- Setting
- On the Sandy River along the Historic Columbia River Highway
- Zoning
- Gorge General Commercial (GGC)
- 2025 property taxes
- $8,131.05
- Occupancy
- Vacant; showings by appointment
- Documents
- Full 29-page Lawyers Title Builder / Developer Packet available on request


Tour the building
Showings are by appointment with 24-hour notice. Jason and Kyle can walk you through the building, the kitchen, the bars and both parcels.

