JANUARY 26, 2017 // 19
BEST SEAFOOD MARKET
Warrenton Deep Sea Crab & Fish Market
Warrenton, Oregon
Runner-up: Northwest Wild Products, Astoria
Honorable Mention: Bell Buoy Seafood Market, Seaside
RE/MAX
River & Sea
Astoria/Gearhart,
Oregon
By LYNETTE RAE
MCADAMS
Voted Best Seafood
Market once again, this
tiny icon on the docks
of the Warrenton harbor
continues to deliver big on
its promise of the finest,
freshest fish available. The
long-time retail outlet for
Bornstein Seafoods — a
global fish provider and
family-owned Northwest
business with a major pro-
cessing facility in Astoria
— this no-frills shop stocks
fresh-from-the-boat prod-
ucts as well as a variety
of house-smoked fish and
chowder, plus salads made
from scratch.
Step through their doors
spring through fall, and
you’ll find their cases
practically overflowing
with mountains of fresh
salmon, tuna, cod, halibut,
oysters and prawns. Come
winter, local crab right-
fully dominates the scene,
and you can get it almost
any way you want it —
live from the tank, cooked
whole in the shell, or
already picked and ready
to eat.
While you’re deciding
what to have for dinner,
snack on a fresh shrimp or
crab cocktail, or sample
one of the many smoked
options, which include
three different variations
on salmon, mounds of
Alaskan Weathervane
scallops, steelhead, black
cod, and a house favorite
— smoked sockeye candy
— which is marvelously
sweet and savory all at
once.
Locals and visitors have
caught on to this spot as a
favorite for chowder, which
runs out fast on busy days
BEST REAL ESTATE
BUSINESS
Runner-up:
Windermere Real Estate
Honorable Mention:
Lighthouse Realty,
Long Beach, Washington
PHOTO BY NANCY MCCARTHY
RE/MAX River & Sea real estate agents make sure that custom-
ers feel comfortable when they visit the Astoria office.
By NANCY McCARTHY
PHOTO BY LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS
The case is always full at Warrenton Deep Sea market, the re-
tail store for Bornstein Seafoods and longtime winner of Coast
Weekend’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best Seafood Market.
The Readers’ Choice
Award won by RE/MAX
River & Sea this year
reflects the service provided
by the company’s 14 real
estate agents in the Astoria
and Gearhart offices, said
David Hoggard, broker and
owner.
“They are seasoned
agents who have a long track
record of customer service,”
Hoggard said.
Because RE/MAX is
a worldwide company,
national and international
advertising enables sellers
to market their properties far
and wide, Hoggard said. The
43-year-old company’s name
PHOTO BY LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS
Part of the local crab fleet
awaits the season opener,
tied up at the docks by War-
renton Deep Sea.
and is always served to go.
Other prepared foods in-
clude a range of fresh spe-
cialty Japanese salads, like
Goma Wakame (a slightly
sweet and crunchy seaweed
salad), Gari Tako Sansai
(made from octopus), and
the less adventurous but
still delicious edamame.
Whatever you walk
away with, expert advice
on handling and prepa-
ration comes with every
selection, and you can
count on the same friendly
Bornstein customer service
that’s been pleasing patrons
for decades.
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ers, he added.
There are other things
going for RE/MAX River
& Sea, Hoggard noted: The
agents work full time; the
job isn’t a part-time pursuit
for them.
“They are a very tight-
knit group; they work
together as a team as well as
individuals. They are willing
to help each other,” he said.
The agents also make
sure their clients feel com-
fortable when they visit the
office, Hoggard said.
In addition to the con-
tinuing education required
by the state, online training
also is offered continuously
by RE/MAX University, en-
abling them to obtain a wide
range of certifications.
“Most agents have at
least one or more designa-
tions,” Hoggard said.
Experience also counts
when Hoggard hires agents
who can match buyers and
sellers quickly and success-
fully.
“I look for producers or
those who have the potential
of being high producers,”
Hoggard said.
In addition, he encour-
ages all of the agents to be
involved in the community.
Locally, the future of real
estate is looking brighter
than it has in several years.
Fewer foreclosures are
occurring, more properties
are available for sale, and
buyers are becoming more
eager to purchase them,
Hoggard said. Multiple of-
fers are being made on some
properties.
“We’re feeling pretty
positive about the market,”
he said.
The Astoria office of RE/
MAX River & Sea is at 757 W.
Marine Drive; phone: 503
338-5200. The Gearhart office
is at 3523 Highway 101 N.;
phone: 503 738-9552.
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