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Readers’ choice awards BEST BAR BEST BARTENDER BEST LOCAL SPORTS TEAM Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro Cory Teubner Shanghaied Roller Dolls / Knappa High School Loggers Football (tie) Astoria, Oregon Runner-up: Albatross, Astoria Honorable Mention: Buoy Beer Co., Astoria Photo by Dwight Caswell The Jalapeño Smuggler, a popular drink at Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro, was invented by bartender Cory Teubner and pairs well with huevos rancheros. A European-style bistro and coffeehouse by day — serving up regional cuisine un- der the direction of 2014 Iron Chef Goes Coastal winner Chef Sean Whittaker — the Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro proves that it doesn’t let things slide once the lights dim. The venue on 11th Street also becomes a bustling bar by night — one that voters picked as Best Bar of 2014. Creating a menu of martinis and other cocktails, the bar- tenders, including this year’s Best Bartender Cory Teubner, use good ingredients, fresh fruit, and local liquors and spic- es to mix up delicious drinks for every taste preference. The bar also has specials each week, with sushi and martini Monday night specials as well as tacos and margaritas Thursdays, both served from 5 to 8 p.m. Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro is located at 243 11th St. For more information, call 503-325-1781 or visit astoriacoffeehouse. com. Also check out the coffeehouse on Facebook for daily specials. Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro Runner-up: Eric Bechard, Albatross, Astoria Honorable Mention: Teona Dawson, T. Paul’s Supper Club, Astoria By RYAN HUME Creativity and fresh ingredi- ents are the staples behind Cory Teubner’s popular cocktail menu at Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro at 243 11th Ave. in downtown Astoria. “Classics are great, but fol- lowing a recipe only gets you so far,” Teubner said. “You have to ¿QG\RXURZQQLFKH´ Originally from Deep River, Washington, this Best Bartend- er spent his summers in Astoria working as a bar-back and server to put himself through school. After graduating from Willa- mette University, he moved to town permanently and tended bar at Clemente’s before joining owner Jim Defeo over at the cof- feehouse in 2013. “Jimbo allowed me to use the skills I had been picking up to make a creative cocktail menu with both classics and wild ones like the Jalapeño Smuggler,” Teubner said. The Smuggler is a twist on a classic margarita, rimmed with a smoky and spicy pepper and sea salt combination, and it’s one of his most popular concoctions, Teubner estimates. “I should thank Pat and Tom from Pat’s Pantry spice shop here in Astoria,” Teubner not- ed. “They have turned me on to many spices and vinegars that I would never have stumbled upon on my own.” Besides getting creative and KDYLQJWKHIUHVKHVWDQG¿QHVWLQ- gredients possible, of course, you have to taste the drinks you serve. Teubner has recently been experimenting with an array of different drinking vinegars used to enhance cocktails. A Ransom JLQDQGWRQLFZLWKDGDVKRI¿J vinegar is his current favorite. Runner-up: Astoria High School Fishermen Football Honorable Mention: Ilwaco High School Fishermen Football Photo by Alex Pajunas Justin Dragoo, No. 11, sprints down the sideline as teammate Tyson Burnard, middle, walls off Culver’s Colton Tanner for an 80-yard touchdown run in the Knappa Loggers’ 54-16 playoff win against the Culver Bulldogs this past November. The Knappa Loggers football team tied this year with Astoria’s Shanghaied Roller Dolls roller derby team for Best Local Sports Team. This fall, the Knappa Log- gers dominated their regular season, reached the state quar- WHU¿QDOVIRUWKH¿IWKWLPHLQWKH last seven years, and made a se- ULRXVUXQIRUWKHLU¿UVWVWDWHWLWOH in football since 2008. It’s not hard to see why Knappa football earned a (shared) title of Best Lo- cal Sports Team. The Loggers battled their way to a 12-7 win over the Oak- ODQG 2DNHUV LQ D TXDUWHU¿QDO game of the Class 2A State Foot- ball Playoffs. But the Heppner Mustangs came out on top of the No. 2-ranked Loggers in a semi- ¿QDOJDPH1RY Sharing this year’s Best Local Sports Team title are the Shang- haied Roller Dolls, Clatsop Coun- ty’s women’s roller derby team. Founded in 2011, the Dolls are part of the a North Coast ÀDWWUDFN 5ROOHU 'HUE\ /HDJXH for women ages 18-plus. Flat- track roller derby is a fast-paced contact team sport that requires speed, strategy and athleticism. After practicing the last cou- ple years at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds, the team now has a permanent home at the reopened Astoria Armory. BEST BREWPUB rule — the brewery opened in 2007 in a vacated Chevy deal- ership. Soon it expanded into the Lovell building next door and, in 2013, into the spacious Astoria, Oregon VHFRQG ÀRRU RI LWV PDLQ SXE- Runner-up: Buoy Beer Co., Astoria lic house, creating a veritable Honorable Mention: North Jetty Brewing, Long Beach campus for beer lovers. The brewery hosts lectures Ranked earlier this year as WR¿QGLWDORFDOIDYRULWH Thursday nights in its Lovell the 13th largest brewery based Located on the site of As- Showroom, brings live music in Oregon by volume, the Fort WRULD¶V¿UVWVHWWOHPHQW²)RUW Sunday nights, and puts on a George Brewery is growing Astoria, later renamed Fort Festival of Dark Arts and Car- every year, so it’s no surprise George under brief British nival of Stout beer in February. Then there’s the beer itself. Brewed and crafted with care, Fort George’s beers can be found in cans or kegs all over the local region. There are the good ol’ regulars, like the Vortex IPA and Quit Wit Belgian-style ale. Then there are the seasonals, like the Java the Hop coffee IPA and Sui- cide Squeeze. Fort George Brewery Submitted photo Photo by Dwight Caswell Cory Teubner prepares a Chocolate Strawbery Mud Puddle at Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro. 22 | January 29, 2015 | coastweekend.com The race for Best Brewpub was close. Fort George Brewery and Buoy Beer Co. competed neck- and-neck until the last week of voting, when the Fort pulled in 40 votes that sealed its win. Fort George Brewery is located at 1483 Duane St. Check out http://www.fort- georgebrewery.com for more info.
