143rd YEAR, No. 5
FOOD
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015
ON
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GO
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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
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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
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The power outage Saturday meant
music planned as part of the fire-
works display was missing but the
show still went on. Some business-
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the five-hour blackout, but others
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SALEM — A developer who
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still at odds
over straw
Standoff is over
9 tons of straw
for landscaping
By DERRICK DePLEDGE
The Daily Astorian
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But Reitman called the city’s offer
to bring back 10 to 12 bales at a time
“absurd” and warned the City Council
Monday night she is considering legal
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