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143rd YEAR, No. 5 FOOD TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015 ON THE GO ONE DOLLAR Eco-resort possible in Clatsop County Bill heads to governor allowing alternate locations By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau Photos by EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian From left to right, Becky Gauthier, Jared Mitchell and David Drafall sling vegan American comfort food out of DJ’s Vinyl Vegan; while Andrea Mazzarella and Olaf Ydstie run Good Bowl, offering mixes of local produce, eggs, cheese and custom sauces. The two carts have formed their own little pod at the corner of 13th and Duane streets. New food carts join standbys in Astoria By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian C UDYLQJ VRPH EDQK PL OXPSLD vegan Philly cheese steak or gour- met vegetable bowls? Astoria’s downtown core includes a growing number of food carts opening their windows on weekends and expand- LQJ$VWRULD¶VFKRLFHVRIFXLVLQH Three new food carts have opened in $VWRULDVLQFH0D\MRLQLQJVWDQGE\VOLNH WKH(O$VDGHUR2)DODIHODQG%RZSLFNHU )LVK&KLSV 2QHRIWKH¿UVWQHZDUULYDOVWKLVVSULQJ ZDV 6QDFNOH %R[ DQ HWKQLF IRRG FDUW VWDUWHG E\ -XGLWK 6WRNHV DOVR RZQHU RI WKHGRZQWRZQDSRWKHFDU\)ORXULQH&R ³,ORYHIHHGLQJSHRSOH´6WRNHVVDLG DGGLQJKHUFXVWRPHUVDW)ORXULQH&R commented on needing more options for DTXLFNPHDO 6WRNHV RI )LOLSLQR GHVFHQW VDLG VKH also wanted to offer locals ethnic foods WKH\ZRXOGQRWRWKHUZLVHEHH[SRVHGWR %HIRUHPRYLQJWR$VWRULDVKHRSHUDWHG a Filipino food cart called Tita’s Pista (Aunty’s Feast) in Portland’s Mississip- SL 0DUNHWSODFH 6WRNHV IRXQG D VQRZ cone cart online and transformed it into WKHVN\EOXH6QDFNOH%R[ZKLFKLVRSHQ 7KXUVGD\WKURXJK6XQGD\RQWK6WUHHW Snackle Box offers a rotating ethnic FXLVLQH HDFK ZHHN )RU )RXUWK RI -XO\ ZHHNHQGLWZDVKRWGRJVSRWDWRVDODG FRUQRQWKHFREUHGZKLWHDQGEOXHSDU- IDLWVDQGRWKHUSDWULRWLFIDUH7KLVZHHN- HQG6WRNHVVDLGVKHZDQWVWRSD\WULEXWH WRWKH3KLOLSSLQHV$ORQJZLWKKHUURWDW- LQJFXLVLQHVKHRIIHUVVWDSOHVOLNHIUHVK SRUN EHHI DQG YHJJLH OXPSLD D WUDGL- WLRQDO)LOLSLQRSDVWU\ See FOOD, Page 10A Judith Stokes cooks up some Fourth of July Americana fare at Snackle Box, the food cart she opened in May on 11th Street. Stokes serves rotating ethnic cuisine and staples like the traditional Filipino pastry lumpia. FOOD CARTS/TRUCKS IN ASTORIA: • El Asadero, Mexican, 490 W. Marine Drive. • O Falafel, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern, 1701 Marine Drive, Astoria Sunday Market, Cannon Beach Farmers Market. • Bowpicker Fish & Chips, 17th and Duane streets. • Snackle Box, ethnic mix, 11th and Duane streets. • DJ’s Vinyl Vegan, vegan comfort food, 1343 13th St. • Good Bowl, vegetarian 1343 13th St. Food carts expand Astoria’s cuisine on weekends, with anything from (clock- wise from upper left) miniature doughnuts made on site at Wild Thing Foods during the Astoria Sunday Market, local produce and egg mixes at Good Bowl, the Filipino pastry lumpia at Snackle Box and a vegan take on ham- burgers and other American comfort food at DJ’s Vinyl Vegan. Power outage darkens Seaside’s Fourth Restaurants appear to be most adversely affected $V IRU WKH ORFDO EXVLQHVVHV WKHLU UH- VSRQVHVWRWKHRXWDJHYDULHGDORQJZLWK KRZWKH\ZHUHLPSDFWHG “I know there were businesses that ORVW PRQH\ %XW WR ZKDW OHYHO"7KDW¶V WRXJK WR VD\´ 'LUHFWRU RI 7RXULVP 0DUNHWLQJ -RQ 5DKO VDLG DGGLQJ WKH ELJJHVW ¿QDQFLDO LPSDFW ZRXOG EH RQ WKHUHVWDXUDQWV By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group SEASIDE — As the renowned Sea- VLGH)RXUWKRI-XO\¿UHZRUNVVKRZFUH- VFHQGRHGWRD¿QDOHDQGWKHQGLHGRXW WKHFLW\DOVRPDUNHGWKHHQGRID¿YH hour power outage that produced neg- DWLYHHIIHFWVIRUVRPHORFDOEXVLQHVVHV SDUWLFXODUO\UHVWDXUDQWV ³,WZDVDGLVDVWHUWRSXWLWVLPSO\´ VDLG'RXJ:LHVHFRRZQHURI'RRJHU¶V 6HDIRRGDQG*ULOO After shutting down the restaurant DERXW SP :LHVH NHSW D FUHZ RQ IRUDERXWWZRKRXUVKRSLQJWKHSRZHU ZRXOG FRPH EDFN :LWK WKH HDUO\ FOR- VXUH WKRXVDQGV RI GROODUV RI LQFRPH KATHERINE LACAZE — EO Media Group The power outage Saturday meant music planned as part of the fire- works display was missing but the show still went on. 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