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JANUARY 26, 2017 // 3 BEST GROCERY STORE Readers’ Choice winners are revealed By REBECCA SEDLAK Astoria Co-op Grocery COAST WEEKEND EDITOR Welcome to the 2016 Astoria, Oregon Runner-up: Fred Meyer, Warrenton Honorable Mention: Costco Wholesale, Warrenton PHOTO BY JOSHUA BESSEX stock of nutrient-rich foods like produce, meat, bread, pies and other goodies, and the co-op loves to show off the North Coast bounty. Try a from-stratch soup, sandwich or salad made with organic ingredients from the grab-and- go deli. The co-op works with The Astoria Co-op Grocery is all about building community through food. The local grocery store works with over 100 individual producers to source its unique coast INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend arts & entertainment DINING BEST BAR........................................8 BEST BREWPUB............................7 BEST BURGER...............................6 BEST CHEF...................................14 BEST CLAM CHOWDER.............6 BEST COFFEE..............................14 BEST FINE DINING....................15 BEST HAPPY HOUR..................16 BEST PIZZA....................................7 BEST SERVER..............................15 BEST DANCE STUDIO..............10 BEST DAY SPA............................13 BEST GARDEN CENTER.............9 BEST GROCERY STORE..............3 BEST HOME IMPROV...............16 BEST LIVE THEATER....................6 BEST REAL ESTATE BIZ............19 BEST SEAFOOD MRKT.............19 BEST TECH REPAIR......................8 BEST YOGA..................................15 ACTIVITIES BUSINESS BEST ANTIQUE STORE...............4 BEST AUTO SHOP......................10 BEST BOOKSTORE....................13 BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE....14 BEST CHEAP DATE......................9 BEST GOLF COURSE...................7 BEST SPORTS TEAM.................12 BEST MUSEUM...........................17 BEST TOURIST ATTRAC...........12 ON THE COVER Photos by Rebecca Sedlak, Danny Miller, Lynette Rae McAdams, Daily Astorian File FURTHER ENJOYMENT FULL LIST OF WINNERS ...........5 CW MARKETPLACE..................20 MUSIC CALENDAR ..................22 SEE + DO...............................24, 25 CROSSWORD..............................26 Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. local nonprofits and charities through its Beans for Bags program, encouraging shop- pers to bring reusable bags. With 42 years under its belt as a community store, the co-op is aiming to expand — one of its top projects in its five-year strategic plan. COAST WEEKEND EDITOR REBECCA SEDLAK COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS DANNY MILLER ADVERTISING MANAGER BETTY SMITH CONTRIBUTORS LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS NANCY MCCARTHY PATRICK WEBB DWIGHT CASWELL To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2017 COAST WEEKEND Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consider- ation must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. TO SUBMIT AN ITEM 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 without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. Coast Weekend Readers’ Choice Awards! At the end of every year, we ask Coast Weekend read- ers and the general public to vote for their favorite businesses, restaurants and activities in the region. In these pages, you’ll find profiles on many of the winners; look for the teal label at the top of the page. Find the full list of winners, runners-up and honorable mentions on page 5. Some categories were close races: Winners of Best Fine Dining, Best Cheap Date, Best Server, Best Burger and Best Live The- ater were all only a vote or two ahead of the runners-up. And then there were winners who swept their cat- egories. Vintage Hardware, Lum’s Auto Center, Astoria Sunday Market, Coast Com- munity Radio and Columbia River Maritime Museum all won their categories by more than 160 votes each — and some by quite a bit more. Each winning business or organization receives a cer- tificate; you might see them proudly on display. Voting took place Nov. 16 to Dec. 11. Each voter could only fill out one ballot. In addition to running print ballots in Coast Weekend, Seaside Signal and Cannon Beach Gazette, we also ran a seeded online ballot. The seeded entries were based on winners, runners-up and top votes from past years; plus, we monitored voting and added write-in entries. Oregon voters totaled over 800, and Washington voters totaled over 300. There was a smattering of voters from California, Tex- as, Michigan, South Caroli- na, Ohio, New York, Alaska, Hawaii, Utah and Florida.
