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!
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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
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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.