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BEST
HAPPY HOUR
BEST HOME
IMPROVEMENT
STORE
T. Paul’s
Supper Club
City Lumber
Astoria, Oregon
Astoria, Oregon
Runner-up:
Home Depot, Warrenton
Honorable Mention:
Vintage Hardware, Astoria
Runner-up:
Baked Alaska, Astoria
Honorable Mention:
Carruthers, Astoria
By NANCY McCARTHY
By LYNETTE RAE
McADAMS
When it’s time to get
happy, the choice is clear: T.
Paul’s “Snappy Hour” is the
best of the bunch. Available
every weekday from 3 to
6 p.m. and on Saturdays
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., this
local hot-spot combines the
best attributes of a classic
downtown bar with fantastic
bites from an accomplished
kitchen, coming together to
bring you the absolute most
mirth for your money.
Each day of the week
brings a different signature
beverage on special, like
Martini Madness Monday,
which sports novelty concoc-
tions such as the delectable
Key Lime Pie or Razzle
Dazzle martinis. If that seems
a bit too flashy for your taste,
consider Get Well Wednes-
days, when every well drink
comes with a $5 price tag, or
even Three Buck Thursday,
PHOTO BY LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS
Stefanie Schneider, one of T. Paul Supper Club’s expert bar-
tenders, pours a perfectly rendered Cosmopolitan during a
recent happy hour.
which features a specialty
beer for a bargain. Plenty of
non-alcoholic drinks also
adorn the happy hour menu,
including virgin varieties on
old favorites as well as some
newer, juice-inspired fusions.
For food, the choic-
es feel endless: $3 buys
you two oyster shooters,
house-made chips and salsa,
or sweet potato fries with
garlic aioli. Spend a dollar
more for smoked chicken
tiki tacos, onion rings, or
an ample Caesar salad. $5
or $6 options come packed
with flavor and panache, like
the bourbon prawn cocktail
which comes bathed in a
rich butter sauce and served
W e at
• B EST D ESSER TS
• B EST H A P P Y H O U R
• A A R O N C R O CK ETT
(H O N O RABLE M EN TIO N , B EST S ERVER )
T’Pau l’s Su pper Clu b
360 12th St., Astoria
5 03-325 -25 4 5
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Lunch and dinner served daily at
both locations • M on - Thurs 11 am -
9 pm • Fri an d Sat 11 am - 10 pm
PHOTO BY NANCY MCCARTHY
Thought to be the oldest lumber company in Oregon, City
Lumber has added myriad other products to its continual sup-
ply of boards and nails.
the local fishing industry.
Now, City Lumber
supplies myriad products,
ranging from building ma-
terials to garden furniture,
and much, much more in
between.
“We’ve got a lot of inven-
tory,” Newenhoff said.
But it’s more than in-
ventory that keeps people
coming back. They enjoy
coming to the store because
it’s an “environment of fun
and efficiency. People know
they’re appreciated.
Employees stay there
a long time, too. Four are
members of the “40-year
club,” and a few others have
put 30 years behind them.
The typical employee has
spent a decade at the store,
Newenhoff said.
“It’s a stable place to
work,” he added.
A remodeling project is
planned for the store’s inte-
rior. Products and displays
will be updated, and all the
lumber will be put under
cover.
Receiving the Readers’
Choice Award “is kind of
humbling,” Newenhoff
said. “It means that people
appreciate us, that we do a
good job.”
City Lumber Company, Inc.,
2142 Commercial St., is open
from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Call
503 325-4511 for information.
T HANK YOU
T. P a u l’s S u pper Clu b
are gratefu l for receivin g to p
reco gn itio n in the follow in g categories:
with crostini, or fried ravio-
lis in a house-made marina-
ra. The carne asada nachos
have just the right touch of
spice and a little tang, and
the cheeseburger-in-paradise
is always sure to please.
Whether it’s your first
time dropping in or you’re
a seasoned happy hour
veteran, you’ll be welcomed
warmly by the bar crew,
which is heavy on charm
and stocked with expert
tenders who are as quick and
deft with a joke and a smile
as they are with a shaker and
a squeeze of lime.
Best Happy Hour in the
region? Hands down. (And
bottoms up!)
City Lumber must be do-
ing something right: North
Coast customers have been
buying their boards, nails
and paint there since 1904,
and the Astoria company
won the Readers’ Choice
Award for Best Home Im-
provement Store since 2011.
“We’ve been a fixture for
(over) 112 years,” said Jeff
Newenhoff, who owns the
company with his brother,
Greg Newenhoff.
It’s more than the free
popcorn that keeps custom-
ers coming back. Newenhoff
believes it’s the customer
service.
“We treat people like we
would want to be treated,”
he said.
Founded in 1904 as City
Lumber and Box Company,
it is the oldest lumber com-
pany in Oregon, according
to its website. A major part
of business in those early
days was to supply boxes to
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