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2010 survey results
The best of the Discovery Coast
BUSINESSES

MOST UNIQUE BUSINESS

1. Buzy Beez

2. Jack's Country Store

3. Marsh's Free Museum

BARGAIN HUNTER SPOT

1. Bargain Den

2. Jack's Country Store

3. Glass Dragonfly

BEST FISHING GEAR SELECTION

1. Jack's Country Store

2. Dennis Company

3. Englund Marine

MOST INSPIRING ART GALLERY

1. Wade Gallery

2. Crew House Gallery

3. Shoalwater Cove Gallery

COZIEST B&B

1. Boreas Inn

2. Caswell's B&B

3. Stephanie Inn (Cannon Beach, OR )

MOST INTERESTING BOOK STORE

1. Time Enough Books

2. Catherine O'Toole Bookseller

3. Adelaide's Books

GREATEST GIFT SHOP

1. Sweet Williams

2. Nautical Brass

3. Marsh's Free Museum

FAVORITE FLORIST

1. Artistic Bouquet and more

2. Sharon Saunders

3. Forever Green

BEST HAIR SALON/BARBER SHOP

1. Azure Salon & Spa

2. Wild Hair

3. Sylvia's Salon

MOST HELPFUL HARDWARE

1. Jack's Country Store

2. Oman & Son Builders

3. Dennis Company

FAVORITE RV PARK

1. Andersen's RV Park

2. River's End Campground

3. Safari Campground

BEST PLACE TO BUY A PLANT

1. Basket Case

2. Planter Box

3. Dennis Company

FAVORITE ANTIQUE STORE

1. Long Beach Peninsula Trading Post

2. Seaview Antique Mall (Now called North Coast Antiques)

3. Bay Trader

MOST ROMANTIC GET-AWAY

1. Boreas Inn

2. Audobon Cottage (China Beach Retreat)

3. Shakti Cove



FOOD & DRINK TO GO

BEST SELECTION OF GROCERIES

1. Okie's Thriftway

2. Sid's IGA

3. THC Organic Store



BEST PLACE TO BUY SEAFOOD

1. Ole Bob's Seafood Market

2. Nanci & Jimella's Market Café

3. Jessie's Ilwaco Fish Co.

BEST PICNIC SUPPLIES

1. Okie's Thriftway

2. Jack's Country Store

3. Sid's IGA

WIDEST WINE SELECTION

1. Peninsula Wine Merchants

2. Raven & Finch

3. Sid's IGA

RESTAURANTS

BEST OMELETTES

1. Laurie's Homestead

2. 42nd Street Café

3. Boreas Inn

BEST OYSTERS

1.The Depot

2. 42nd Street Café

3. Pelicano

MOST DECADENT DESSERT

1. The Depot

2. 42nd Street Café

3. Pelicano

BEST CLAM CHOWDER

1. The Depot

2. 42nd Street Café

3. Doogers

BEST FISH & CHIPS

1. Imperial Schooner

2. Little Ocean Annie's

3. Bow Picker (Astoria)

BEST BURGERS

1. The Depot

2. 42nd Street Cafe

3. The Corral Drive In

MOST DELICIOUS PIZZA

1. Chico's

2. Aileen's Fried Chicken

3. Bluto's

BEST LUNCH PLACE SOUTH OF CRANBERRY ROAD

1. 42nd Street Café

2. Subway

3. Don's Portside Café

NORTH OF CRANBERRY ROAD

1. Bailey's Bakery & Café

2. Full Circle Café

3. The Dunes

CLATSOP COUNTY

1. The Ship Inn

2. Rio Café

3. Pacific Way Bakery & Café

BEST FINE DINING SOUTH

1. The Depot

2. 42nd Street Café

3. Shelburne Restaurant

BEST FINE DINING NORTH

1. Full Circle Café

2. Nanci & Jimella's Market Café

3. Dunes

CLATSOP COUNTY

1. Pacific Way Bakery & Café

2. Silver Salmon

3. Cannery Café

BEST FAMILY RESTAURANT SOUTH

1. 42nd Street Café

2. The Depot

3. Doogers



NORTH

1. Full Circle Café

2. Dunes

3. Bailey's Bakery & Café

CLATSOP COUNTY

1. The Ship Inn

2. Pig n Pancake

3. Baked Alaska

BEST BAKERY

1. Cottage Bakery

2. Bailey's Bakery & Café

3. Blue Scorcher (Astoria)

BEST DELI

1. Kelly's Deli

2. Cottage Bakery

3. Okie's Thriftway

BEST COFFEE

1. Long Beach Coffee Roasters

2. Boreas Inn

3. 42nd Street Café



MOST AUTHENTIC ETHNIC FOOD

1. Long Beach Thai

2. Rio Café (Astoria)

3. Chen's

BEST ICE CREAM

1. Scoopers

2. 42nd Street Café

3. Full Circle Café

BEST CANDY

1. Candy Man (formally Werners)

2. Anna Lena's Fudge

3. Coastal candies

MOST INVITING TAVERN/LOUNGE

1. Long Beach Tavern

2. Raven & Finch

3. Shelburne

THINGS TO DO

MOST AWESOME VIEW

1. North Head Light House

2. Lewis & Clark Interp. Center

3. L.B. Lightship Restaurant

BEST PLACE TO GO ANTIQUING

1. Seaview

2. Long Beach Peninsula Trading Post

3. Ilwaco

MOST INTERESTING MUSEUM

1. Columbia Pacific Heritage

2. World Kite Museum

3. Marsh's Free Museum

BEST PLACE TO TAKE THE KIDS

1. Marsh's Free Museum

2. Funland

3. The beach

BEST PLACE TO PLAY POOL

1. Long Beach Tavern

2. Doc's Ocean Park

3. Sea Hag Tavern

FAVORITE PLACE TO FISH

1. Columbia River

2. Black Lake

3. North Jetty

BEST CHARTER FISHING BOAT

1. Coho Charters

2. Pacific Salmon Charters

3. Sea Breeze Charters

MOST ENTERTAINING TOURIST TRAP

1. Marsh's

2. Funland

3. Long Beach main strip



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