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coast Readers’ choice awards weekend Out about & January 29, 2015 arts & entertainment BUSINESS BEST GROCERY STORE, GARDEN CENTER & HOTEL........ .............11 BEST BOOKSTORE & HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE........ ............16 BEST THEATER........ ....................................................................23 BEST CAR DEALER, HAIR SALON & RADIO STATION........ ............24 BEST ANTIQUE STORE........ .........................................................25 DINING BEST ASIAN FOOD........ ...............................................................11 BEST BURGER, CHEF & CLAM CHOWDER........ ............................14 BEST DESSERTS & FINE DINING........ ..........................................14 BEST COFFEE & CUSTOMER SERVICE........ ..................................16 BEST BAR, BARTENDER & BREWPUB........ ..................................22 BEST CATERING & SERVER.......... ................................................23 BEST FISH AND CHIPS & BARISTA ........ ......................................25 ACTIVITES BEST FESTIVAL........ ....................................................................13 BEST CHEAP DATE, PICNIC SPOT, TOURIST ATTRACTION........ ....14 BEST HIKING TRAIL & GOLF COURSE ....... ...................................18 BEST LOCAL SPORTS TEAM........ .................................................22 BEST MUSIC VENUE...... ..............................................................25 STEPPING OUT........ .............................................................. 5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD........... ......................................................................9 CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 15, 16 FULL READERS’ CHOICE WINNERS LIST........ ...............................19 GRAB BAG ....... .......................................................................... 20 Find it all online and more! COASTWEEKEND.COM www.coastweekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword searches and easy sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. coastweekend.com | facebook.com/coastweekend | twitter.com/coastweekend COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS CONTRIBUTORS: COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX DWIGHT CASWELL ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH JON BRODERICK RYAN HUME MATT LOVE Cover Instagram photos by @rebeccasedlak and @coastweekend To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2015 COAST WEEKEND NOTES FROM THE EDITOR Readers’ Choice winners are revealed Welcome to the 2014 Coast Weekend Readers’ Choice Awards! At the end of every year, we ask Coast Weekend readers and the general public to vote for their favorite businesses, restau- rants and activities in the Colum- ELD3DFL¿FUHJLRQ This year, we endeavored to who was in the lead and earning make this awards contest bigger YRWHVWKURXJKRXWWKHFRQWHVW DQGEHWWHUWKDQHYHU The number of voters more ,QVLGHWKHVHSDJHV\RX¶OO¿QG than doubled this year compared SUR¿OHVRQVRPHRIWKHZLQQHUV look for the teal label at the top of the page, like the one shown DERYH:HFRXOGQ¶WGRSUR¿OHVRQ every winner, but that only gives XVPRUHWRVWULYHIRUQH[W\HDU,W¶V our goal to continue growing this FRQWHVWLQWKHIXWXUH <RX FDQ ¿QG WKH IXOO OLVW RI winners, runners-up and honor- DEOHPHQWLRQVRQSDJH 9RWLQJ WRRN SODFH IURP 1RY WR'HF7KLV\HDULQDGGLWLRQ to running print ballots in Coast Weekend, the Seaside Signal and Cannon Beach Gazette, we also tried a seeded online ballot for the ILUVWWLPH7KHVHHGHGHQWULHVZHUH based on past winners, runners-up DQGRWKHUWRSYRWHVIURPSDVW\HDUV plus, we monitored voting to see WRODVW7KDQN\RXIRUSDUWLFLSDW- ing! 2UHJRQYRWHUVWRWDOHGDQG :DVKLQJWRQ YRWHUV WRWDOHG A handful of votes arrived from California and Texas, and there was a smattering of voters from farther away, including Michigan, Hawaii, Alaska, Virginia, Idaho, $UL]RQDDQG%ULWLVK&ROXPELD We’ve very pleased at hav- ing increased voter turnout and can only hope for an even bigger FRQWHVWQH[W\HDU As always, we loved the IHHGEDFNYRWHUVSURYLGHG0RUH than one person told us to keep XSWKHJRRGZRUN³.HHSGRLQJ ZKDW\RX¶UHGRLQJ´VDLGRQH ³:HUHDG&RDVW:HHNHQGZKHQ we are on the North Coast to try new places and see what’s happen- LQJ´ZURWHDYRWHUIURP$OEDQ\ Rebecca Sedlak COAST WEEKEND EDITOR rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Even non-readers participat- ed in our Readers’ Choice con- WHVW³,DFWXDOO\PLJKWVWDUWUHDG- ing Coast Weekend after this,” ZURWHRQHRQOLQHYRWHU +HUH¶VWRKRSLQJ\RXZLOO Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consideration must be submit- ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. To submit an item, contact Rebecca Sedlak Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced with- out consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. January 29, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 3