Cracker Barrel Grocery

The essence of a having a good location is captured at Cracker Barrel Grocery. It is located right next to the end of the Sauvie Island Bridge on Sauvie Island. This convenience store has reasonable prices on food, drinks, fishing and parking permits. With the requirement to pay seven dollars to park anywhere on the island, their offering of it is helpful to travelers. They display a big map of things to do and they have a vast selection. The rural store theme is most enticing.
I walked in first when a relative got a parking permit. The store caught my eye enough for me to return upon my departure from the island. They had a can of soda for eighty cents and a chicken tender among their various chicken, burrito and corn dog selections for $ 1.25. The store does not look too elegant, but the prices are non-​exploitative while the location is sound.
Returning there should be an easy decision to make.

This is the first store you see when you get on sauvie island. The owners are absolutely wonderful!!!

Um… This is one of the few places to get your sauvie’s island parking pass. So it’s got that going for it. The group of 20-​somethings outside were really annoying. loud, vulgar, and seemed to be en masse on this particular sunday. I had already been down the road, and had to turn back when I realized I needed the pass. I was confused where to go so asked the woman at the counter. She was chinese (I think) and seemed to keep yelling things at me that were incorrect (that much I knew) and then continued to be in her native language. Thanks for the help! I’m sure no one ever asks you directions. The place itself is so –so. But for everything else… I give it just the one.

Fishing tackle? Check. Tasty Beverages? Check. Deep fried ‘X’? Check!
This lil’ barrel o’ heaven offers the nearly perfect tri-​fecta to ensure your visit to Sauvie Island is a pleasant and thirst-​free one. It is virtually the only game on this entire sub-​continent of an island, but for one or two tiny shops closer to Reeder beach, which are only open seasonally.
The same lovely Korean couple has owned this store since ’86. They are incredibly sweet and accommodating. If you share any of even the most trivial knowledge about Korean food, culture, or language, you might just be rewarded! The lady makes her own Kim-​chee, among other delicacies, and is delighted to share w/​her customers.
I’ve been coming to Sauvie Island since childhood, be it for swimming, fishing, hunting, pickin’ fruit/​berries/​pumpkins, running, biking, what have you. It is almost inconceivable to imagine a trip out without a stop in @ the Cracker Barrel, nestled just beyond the bridge.
The only two gripes are the hours (they always close at/​before sundown, year-​round) and no gasoline available. If I remember correctly, this little store used to have a pump out front, WAY back when. So you have to go to Linnton for petrol or after-​hours anything. Someday inevitably they will have to sell/​retire… anyone want to go in halves with me, on a fabulous business venture??? ;p