Otis Junction, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

Otis Junction is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, at the junction of the former route of U.S. Route 101 and Oregon Route 18, a half mile south of Otis.{{cite gnis |id= 1147285 |name= Otis Junction |entrydate= 1980-11-28 |accessdate= 2009-12-20}}{{cite web |url= https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/coast-tour/Pages/tillamook-taft.aspx |title= A 1940 Oregon Coast Tour: Tillamook to Taft |publisher= Oregon State Archives |access-date= 2009-12-20}}{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y6wQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6895,4293225&dq=otis-junction&hl=en |title= Forest Funds Allocated for Road Jobs |date= January 29, 1960 |work= The Register-Guard |author= Associated Press |author-link= Associated Press |access-date= 2009-12-20}} It is a mile and a half east of where OR 18 intersects with the modern route of U.S. 101.

Otis Junction was the site of the James Beard Award-winning Otis Café.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-09-01-downhome-oregon_x.htm |work= USA Today |date= September 1, 2005 |title= Big taste resides in a little corner of Oregon |author= Shriver, Jerry |access-date= 2009-12-20}}{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/17/garden/at-the-nation-s-table-898189.html |title= At the Nation's Table |date= May 19, 1989 |author= Miller, Bryan |work= The New York Times |access-date= 2009-12-20}} The café had been at this location since the 1920s, until it burned down in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Christina Morales {{!}} The |date=2019-07-05 |title=Otis Cafe fire damages landmark Lincoln County restaurant on July 4th |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/07/landmark-otis-cafe-catches-fire-on-fourth-of-july.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=oregonlive |language=en}} Pixieland, a former amusement park, was also located a mile west of Otis Junction, near U.S. 101 until it was shut down in 1975.{{Cite web |title=Pixieland |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pixieland/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.oregonencyclopedia.org |language=en}}