NIGHTTIME
RAINBOWS
OF HAPPY
BEST VOCALIST
1. Halie Loren www.halieloren.com
2. Siri Vik sirivik.com
3. (ménage-a-tie)
Beth Wood, Sara Z,
Shelley James
BEST BARTENDER
1. Ty Connor, Horsehead 99 W. Broadway. 683-3154.
2. Sommerfield Habener, Luckey’s Club Cigar Store
933 Olive St. 687-4643.
3. Elliot Martinez, Izakaya Meiji
345 Van Buren St. 505-8804. izakayameiji.com
BEST BAR
www.shelleyandcal.com
1. Sam Bond’s Garage
407 Blair Blvd. 343-2635. www.sambonds.com
2. The Horsehead Bar 99 W. Broadway. 683-3154.
3. Izakaya Meiji
345 Van Buren St. 505-8804. izakayameiji.com
BEST BEERS ON TAP
PHOTO BY TODD COOPER
1. The Bier Stein
345 E. 11th Ave. 485-2437. thebierstein.com
2. Ninkasi Brewing Tasting Room
272 Van Buren St. 344-2739.
www.ninkasibrewing.com
3. 16 Tons 265 E. 13th Ave. 345-2003.
sixteentons.biz
The Bier Stein has a strange foreign name that
refers to an ornamental earthen beer mug in
German, but at this pub it’s not the mugs we’re
concerned with, it’s what they’re filled with (then
promptly and completely emptied). In addition to
its stock options of more than 1,000 bottled beers,
The Bier Stein is just as well known for its
consistently top-notch selection of beers on tap.
From a Mr. Yuck Sour Pumpkin Ale by Seattle-
based Elysian Brewery to Block 15’s Heliotropic
Ale made with only the finest “fresh picked
nugget hops” from Corvallis, the Stein keeps the
tap almost strictly Pacific Northwest — just a pils
or two from across the pond to keep the out-of-
towners from whining that they’re getting buzzed
too quickly from the otherwise 7.1 percent
average-alcohol-by-volume tap lineup.
PHOTO BY ROB SYDOR
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*With Family, Friends, Lover, Co-workers, Self
Robin Grace LCSW, Psychotherapy
25 years practicing in Oregon, Alaska and New York
541-914-4914 • www.robingrace.com
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