SHADIEST PUBLIC OFFICIAL
1. Sa’ad el-Amin
2. Sheriff Michelle Mitchell
3. REVA TRAMMELLGREEDIEST COMPANY
1. Dominion Virginia Power
2. CAPITAL ONE / AT&T BROADBAND
MOST EMBARRASSING DECISION
1. Sheriff spending taxpayers money and getting reelected
2. ICE UNDER THE BASKETBALL COURT
BEST IDEA
1. Downtown renovations
2. REMOVING GRACE STREET BARRIER
DUMBEST IDEA
1. 6th Street Marketplace
2. STOP SIGNS IN FANBEST LOCAL WRITER
1. Patricia Cornwell
2. John Grisham
3. ED SLIPEK
BEST PLACE TO WORK
1. Capital One
2. UKROP’S
BEST PLACE TO SKIP WORK
1. Belle Isle
2. PATIO AT INNSBROOK TEXACO
QUIETEST PARK
1. Byrd / Maymont
2. BRYAN PARK
MOST TROUBLING MONUMENT
1.
ARTHUR ASHE
BEST ANNUAL EVENT
1. Easter Parade
2.
WATERMELON FESTIVAL
BEST RENOVATION
1.
BROAD STREET (BY VCU)
MOST SCENIC VIEW OF THE JAMES:
1.
HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
DECREPIT OLD BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO GO
1. City Hall (new and old)
2.
THALHIMERS
BEST PLACE TO BE SEEN
1. Carytown
3.
JUMPIN’ AT VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
BEST PLACE TO HIDE
1. Home / Maymont (tie)
2.
BYRD THEATRE
BEST FORWARD THINKER
1. Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine
3.
GOV. MARK WARNER
MOST ECCENTRIC/ NUTTIEST
1. Happy (the clown /the artist)
3.
REVA TRAMMELL
ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA
MOST GLAMOROUS RECORDING STUDIO
1. In Your Ear
2. FULL MOON/EAST COAST
BEST CLUB DJ
1. RICK DANGER / STEVE “MR. BEACH” LEONARD (TIE)SLEAZIEST CLUB NIGHT
2. ANY NIGHT AT MULLIGAN’S / WET T-SHIRT NIGHT (TIE)
BEST FREE ENTERTAINMENT
1. Dogwood Dell
2. Friday Cheers
(HONORABLE MENTIONS: CITY COUNCIL, KRISPY KREME ON BROAD (FRIDAY NIGHT), THE DRUNKS OF GRACE STREET.)
BEST VIDEO CHAIN
1. Blockbuster Carytown
2. FAN VIDEO
BEST LOCAL ACTOR
1. Justin Dray
SMARMIEST TV PERSONALITY
1. Gene Cox
2. JUAN CONDEMOST
SHAMELESS EXCUSE FOR TV JOURNALISM
1. 12 on Your Side
2. ANDREA MCDANIEL
BEST LOCAL ADS
1. ALL UKROP’S ADS
BEST ART GALLERY
1. Virginia Museum
2. 1708
Best Movie Theatre: Regal Cinemas’ Short Pump 14 Megaplex
BARS AND RESTAURANTS
Most filling: JOE’S INN
3.
Kuba Kuba / Melting Pot
Best all-around bar
1.
AVALON / BUDDY’S / CABO’S / SIDEWALK CAFé (FOUR-WAY TIE)
BEST BAR TO HOBNOB
1. Tobacco Company
2.
CABO’S
BIGGEST MEAT MARKET
1. Tobacco Company
2. Tiki Bob’s
(HONORABLE MENTION: UKROP’S)
FROTHIEST LOCAL BEER
1. Legend
3.
RICHBRAU
MACKIN’EST BARTENDER
1. Mark Meadows
2. TOM COLLI
SCARIEST BAR FOOD
1.
BUDDY’S
WINE LIST FOR THE GODS
1. Buckhead’s
2.
CABO’S / MELTING POT / STRAWBERRY STREET CAFé (THREE-WAY TIE)
FASTEST LUNCH
1. Ukrop’s
3.
BILL’S BARBECUE
BEST BUSINESS LUNCH
1.
KUBA KUBA / MAIN STREET GRILL (TIE)
SERVER GOD/ GODDESS
1. Pete Driscoll
2. KEVIN EVANS
BEST NEW RESTAURANT
1. Chianti’s / Pomegranate (tie)
3. CARRABA’S / FOUNDRY GRILL / JOEY’S / WHITE DOG (THREE-WAY TIE)
BEST OLD RESTAURANT
1. Melting Pot
2. JOE’S INN / HELEN’S / STRAWBERRY STREET CAFé (THREE-WAY TIE)
THE SPECIAL-OCCASION RESTAURANT
1. Lemaire
2. MELTING POT
THE CRAPPY OLD STANDBY
1. Julian’s
2. APPLEBEE’S / JOE’S INN / MCDONALD’S / STRAWBERRY STREET CAFé (FOUR-WAY TIE)
BIGGEST GREASE PIT ON EARTH
1. 3rd Street Diner
2. MCDONALD’S
FASTEST DELIVERY
1. Papa John’s
2. CHINA PANDA
WITTIEST BATHROOM GRAFFITI
1. Bamboo
AVALON
GOODS AND SERVICES
BEST NEW STORE
1. Posh
2. DOMICILE/ DSW / CHICO’S (THREE-WAY TIE)
SNOOTIEST BOUTIQUE
1. Levy’s / Pink (tie)
2. COPLON’S / MONKEY’S (TIE)
SHINIEST SHOES
1. Saxon
2. CITY SHOES
BEST MALL
1. Regency
2. CHESTERFIELD TOWNE CENTER
COOLEST ACCESSORIES
1. Pink
2. PENELOPE / WORLD OF MIRTH (TIE)
SWEATIEST GYM
1. American Family
2. YMCA
MOST STYLISH SALON
1. Nesbit
2. SALON DE SOL
MOST GOSSIPY HAIRSTYLIST
1. Jerry at Jerry Atkins
2. DOREER MCCARTHY
SMOOTHEST MAKEOVER
1. Nesbit
2. AUSTIN’S
MOST HONEST MECHANIC
DAVID DANCE (FIRESTONE)
AND FINALLY…
BIGGEST SCANDAL
1. Reva Trammell
2. SA’AD EL-AMIN
BEST-KEPT SECRET IN RICHMOND
1.
JAMES RIVER
LIP SMACKIN’EST DOUGHNUT
1. Krispy Kreme
2.
RAINBOW DONUTS
AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD’VE ASKED
… Best neighborhood
… Best barber
… Best outdoor sculpture
… Best radio personality
… Most annoying radio host
… Best place to read Style
… Most shameless excuse for print journalism
… Best local bookstore
… Best local artist
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