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January 2014 READERS CHOICE 7

Brewery-restaurant boasts bartender, happy hour

4th Street changes menu that I’m going to have for the rest of my life.”
Monti is studying hospitality and tourism
every couple of months
at Mt. Hood Community College, and hopes to
become an event planner some day. As a bar-
tender, she says she’s done everything from
By ROB CULLIVAN
read books on how to mix drinks to study her
Pamplin Media Group
customers to improve her trade. She advises Outlook readers
picked Olivia
aspiring bartenders to keep tabs on exactly
Olivia Monti, 23, has been named what people want.
Monti, shown
Gresham’s “Best Bartender” by Outlook “Not everyone likes to write down their or-
here at 4th
and Sandy Post readers, who also named der, but it’s a good idea to always have that Street Brewing
the happy hour at her bar, 4th Street pen and paper on you.”
Co., their
Brewing Co., the best around.
And keep a level head, she says.
favorite
“Stay calm and keep a smile on your face.”
bartender. A Monti says she is a “huge people person”
student at Mt. who loves to tend bar. Her secret for success?
Happy hour
Hood Community “I’m extremely or-
In addition to boasting East County’s best ganized and do well
bartender, 4th Street’s happy hour was College, Monti with angry people,” 2014 Readers’
hopes to become Choice
named best by readers. The happy hour runs a professional she says with a
from 4-6 p.m. as well 9-11 p.m. daily, and all event planner chuckle.
n Best Bartender,
day Sunday.
someday.
Not that she has to
Best Happy Hour
The brewery-restaurant-bar is owned by deal with many sour-
Adam Roberts, Darryl Roberts and Ann Rob- STAFF PHOTO: pusses at 4th Street, 4th Street Brewing
JIM CLARK
Co., 77 N.E. Fourth
erts, and opened nine years ago, moving to its she adds.
St., Gresham. 503-
current location four years ago, according to The place just updated its regular menu, “A lot of the people 669-0569, 4thstreet Klimek says he believes happy hours are
Adam Klimek, manager. The establishment he says, and plans to add new items to its who come in are now brewing.com popular at 4th Street because the place of-
employs 22 people, and is grateful for being happy hour menu soon.
friends, they’re like (Facebook, Twitter)
fers “very tasty food and drinks for a rea-
honored by readers.
“We try to change menu items every family,” she says, sonable price.

“We try to give the best customer service, three to four months to make sure we offer noting because the
“This is dificult to do,” he adds. “We felt
and we will continue to do this,” Klimek things that you cannot order at other res- that during the economic times the past few place serves food, it attracts a mix of younger
says. “We try and support the community in taurants in East County,” he says. “We are years you need to offer the customer a val- and older customers as well as families. She
many different ways, and we appreciate re- hoping to explore distributing our beer in ue. We try and do this with our regular also enjoys her co-workers.
ceiving the support back.”
the future.”
menu also.”
“There’s a lot of friends that I’ve made here

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