Readers’ choice awards
BEST BOOKSTORE
BEST COFFEE &
BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE
Lucy’s Books
Astoria, Oregon
Runner-up: Time Enough Books, Ilwaco, Washington
Honorable Mention: Beach Books, Seaside
3 Cups Coffee House
Astoria, Oregon
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Lucy’s Books, owned by Lisa Reid, has been named Best Bookstore.
By RYAN HUME
The coast is awash in good
bookstores, but for Coast Week-
end readers one stood out from
the pack again this year: Lucy’s
Books took home the glory of
Best Bookstore, a title it’s en-
joyed for the last six-plus years.
Owner Lisa Reid, the former
library assistant at Astoria High
School who bought Lucy’s back
in June 2013, has been surprised
and grateful for how welcoming
and supportive the communi-
ty has been. While small, the
shelves of the store are expertly
stocked with a wide variety of
new and classic titles in a num-
ber of genres, including a section
devoted to local authors.
But it might just be Reid’s
commitment to customer ser-
We’re looking
out for you!
vice that has readers singing her
praise.
“I’m happy to help,” Reid
said. “Whether people are
looking for a book recom-
mendation, dining sugges-
tions, community events in-
formation, directions to local
attractions or 10 reasons why
Astoria is a great place to
live.”
Reid hopes to further foster
community outreach in 2015.
She began a book club last Au-
gust, which meets upstairs on
a Saturday afternoon once a
month. Beginning in March, Lu-
cy’s will also host author events
during the Second Saturday Art
Walks in downtown Astoria.
Lucy’s books is located at 348 12th St. in the
heart of downtown Astoria.
Discovery Coast
Photo by Dwight Caswell
Barista Leah Cristaldi serves up a latte at
3 Cups Coffee House, which won Best Cus-
tomer Service and Best Coffee in this year’s
Readers’ Choice Awards.
grandkids. Tourists come by
multiple times in a day, perhaps
because it’s nice to feel at home
even when you’re on vacation.
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touches on a cappuccino and
hands it to a customer who has
become a friend. “There’s a great
family atmosphere,” she says.
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The most attractive aspect of
hardware store that has kept the store is not the selection and
up with the times. Founded price, though. It’s the people.
in 1904 as City Lumber and
You don’t have to spend half
Box Company, the store was an hour looking for someone;
purchased by Jerry and Nancy staff is almost always available.
Newenhof in 1975. Their sons,
And they’re knowledgeable.
Greg and Jeff, run the store to- When you ask a question you
day.
get advice from someone who
City Lumber may look small knows what he or she is talking
from the street, but take a short about.
walk out back and you’ll see
If that’s not enough to pre-
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The store has been part of
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3 Cups Coffee House is located at 279 W.
Marine Drive and is open from 7 a.m. to 4
p.m. daily. For more info, call 503-325-7487.
BEST COFFEE
Runner-up: Street 14, Astoria
Honorable Mention: Long Beach Coffee Roasters
BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE
Runner-up: The Depot, Seaview, Washington
Honorable Mention: Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro
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Runner-up: Home Depot, Warrenton
Honorable Mention: Utzinger’s True Value Hardware, Astoria
By DWIGHT CASWELL
Leah Cristaldi, barista ex-
traordinaire, says of 3 Cups Cof-
fee House, “Our philosophy is
that by the third cup you’re fam-
ily. We take that very seriously.”
Indeed, walking into 3 Cups,
under the Astoria Bridge in the
old Finnish Meat Market build-
ing, is a lot like entering the
home of a large and busy fam-
ily. There may be half a dozen
people playing chess, kids in the
corner by the bookshelves, and
people working on their comput-
ers or simply reading while en-
joying the famous Thundermuck
coffee.
It’s friendly and a little clut-
tered, like a friend’s big kitchen.
That is, if you can watch your
friend roasting coffee in a large
machine at the back of the kitch-
en.
Cristaldi says, “We embrace
making people’s days better
and tastier with good coffee and
good company.”
And people respond. Cristal-
di has seen a blind date at 3 Cups
turn into a marriage. Children
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