RECAP: NEKST Event x Winter Waters

February 21 & 23, 2025 - Astoria, Oregon

We had no doubt this would be another wonderful and cozy weekend at Nekst Event, hosted by the incredible owners Jen and Chef Chris Holen! This dinner was the same weekend as the annual Fisherpoets Gathering in Astoria, OR, and it was so wonderful to see so many fisherman and poets enjoying the evening and venturing into Nekst, an Astoria classic, for the very first time. 

Chef Chris and Jen do an amazing job, offering an ala-carte seaweed menu with many different seating options, making this a very accessible and welcoming event.

Jen always crafts some amazing seaweed beverages, this year including a seaweed lemon drop, bringing back the amazing dulse ice cube and accompanied with a sugar and sea lettuce rim, as well as a seaweed lemonade as the NA option.

It was a rainy, stormy evening on the waterfront of the mighty Columbia River, just as was expected for a weekend in February. We’re always so thrilled to work with Nekst Event, as their worldly inspirations make their way into seaweed dishes so nicely.