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Readers’ Choice Awards coast weekend Out & about January 28, 2016 arts & entertainment BUSINESS BEST ANTIQUE STORE....... ...26 BEST ART GALLERY.................4 BEST AUTOMOTIVE SHOP........26 BEST BARBERSHOP...............10 BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE.......16 BEST GIFT SHOP....................22 BEST GROCERY STORE...........11 BEST GYM.............................12 BEST RADIO STATION............23 BEST THEATER........................4 DINING BEST BAKERY........................11 BEST BAR..............................14 BEST BREAKFAST..................16 BEST BREWPUB....................14 BEST BURGER.......................15 BEST CATERING ....................23 BEST CHEF.............................15 BEST CLAM CHOWDER..........15 BEST COFFEE.........................13 BEST DESSERTS.....................16 BEST FINE DINING.................15 BEST HAPPY HOUR...............23 BEST LATIN FOOD..................25 BEST PIZZA...........................14 BEST SERVER........................14 BEST WINE SHOP...................22 ACTIVITIES BEST BIRDWATCHING SITE.....12 BEST CHEAP DATE...................4 BEST HIKING TRAIL...............13 BEST LOCAL FESTIVAL...........23 BEST MUSEUM......................10 BEST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK...12 BEST PLACE FOR A PICNIC.....17 BEST PLACE TO WALK...........12 BEST PLACE TO WATCH FIREWORKS..12 BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION.....13 STEPPING OUT....... ............................................................... 5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD.......... .......................................................................9 CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 20, 21 FULL LIST OF WINNERS....... .......................................................19 Find it all online and more! 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 on the cover You voted. Here are the results of the 2015 Coast Weekend Readers’ Choice Awards. Cover Instagram photos by @rebeccasedlak and @bsxphoto COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX CONTRIBUTORS: DWIGHT CASWELL LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH NANCY MCCARTHY RYAN HUME To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2016 COAST WEEKEND running print ballots in Coast Weekend, Seaside Signal, Can- non Beach Gazette and Coast Marketplace, we also ran a VHHGHGRQOLQHEDOORW7KHVHHGHG entries were based on winners, runners-up and top votes from NOTES FROM THE EDITOR past years; plus, we monitored voting and added write-in en- WULHVIURPYRWHUVDVWKH\FDPHLQ Oregon voters totaled over 900, and Washington voters to- Welcome to the 2015 WDOHG ² ERWK DPRXQWV DUH Coast Weekend Readers’ KLJKHUWKDQODVW\HDU$KDQGIXO Choice Awards! of votes arrived from California At the end of every year, and Texas, and there some vot- we ask Coast Weekend readers ers from farther away, includ- and the general public to vote ing Michigan, Hawaii, Alaska, for their favorite businesses, )ORULGD9LUJLQLDDQG$UL]RQD restaurants and activities in the Some readers suggested \RXPLJKWVHHWKHPRQGLVSOD\ &ROXPELD3DFL¿FUHJLRQ 9RWLQJWRRNSODFH1RYWR FDWHJRULHVIRUQH[W\HDU:HOLNH ,Q WKHVH SDJHV \RX¶OO ¿QG SUR¿OHV RQ PDQ\ RI WKH ZLQ- 'HF(DFKSHUVRQFRXOGRQO\ to keep voters on their toes and ners; look for the teal label at ¿OORXWRQHEDOORW,QDGGLWLRQWR switch up categories slightly the top of the page, like the one DERYH <RX FDQ ¿QG WKH IXOO list of winners, runners-up and KRQRUDEOHPHQWLRQVRQSDJH Some categories were close races: Winners of Best Brew- pub, Best Barista, Best Gift Shop, Best Pizza and Best Wine Shop were all only a vote or WKUHHDKHDGRIWKHUXQQHUVXS Then there were winners who swept their categories eas- LO\ &RDVW &RPPXQLW\ 5DGLR the Bow Picker, Astoria Sunday Market, Columbia River Mari- time Museum and Lum’s Auto Center all won their categories by more than 130 votes each — DQGVRPHE\TXLWHDELWPRUH Each winning business or or- JDQL]DWLRQUHFHLYHVDFHUWL¿FDWH Readers’ Choice winners are revealed Rebecca Sedlak COAST WEEKEND EDITOR rsedlak@dailyastorian.com IURP\HDUWR\HDU$QGZHZDQW to know how we can make this FRQWHVW EHWWHU /HW XV NQRZ by emailing me at rsedlak@ GDLO\DVWRULDQFRP 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 28, 2016 | coastweekend.com | 3
