PERSONALITIES
Best TV personality:
Curtis Smith’s Beard

Best zoo animal:
The giraffes

Best local coach of the year:
Kometshead coach Al Sims

Best radio personality:
Turner Watsonof WBYR, The Bear

Best local athlete:
Pushy Cat (Jennifer Oetting)of the Fort Wayne Derby Girls

Best politician:
Mayor Tom Henry

Best bar band:
Brother

Best sports team:
The Derby Girls edged out the TinCaps, who edged out the Komets
FUN
Best golf course:
Cherry Hill

Best cheap date destination:
Coney Island Weiner Stand

Best place to hear live music:
Headwaters Park and Foellinger Outdoor Theater (tie)

Best sports bar:
Wrigley Field, followed closelyby Buckets

Best Happy Hour:
Club Soda, followed by Columbia Street West and Duty’s Uptown Bar & Grill
QUALITY OF LIFE
Best public space:
Headwaters Park

Best view:
From Parkview Field concourse out over home plate

Best place for your first kiss:
Lakeside Park, especially the Rose Garden

Best place to fly a kite:
Shoaff Park, with Franke Park a close second

Best neighborhood:
West Central

Best building:
Allen County Courthouse, with Lincoln Tower a close second
STUFF WE NEED
Best bank/credit union:
Three Rivers Federal Credit Union

Best salon/spa:
The Woodhouse Day Spa

Best art gallery:
Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Best tattoo artist:
Teague Mullenof Device Tattoo & Gallery

Best dry cleaner:
Peerless

Best florist:
Cottage Flowers

Best fitness center:
YMCA

Best auto repair:
Gouty’s

Best bookstore:
Barnes & Noble

Best antique store:
Nature’s Corner Antiques

Best jewelry store:
Freeman’s Jewelry

Best place to find a treasure:
Goodwill

Best place to buy an “I’m sorry” gift:
Hallmark

Best place to buy that little black dress:
Von Maur
FOOD
Best concession food at Parkview Field:
The hotdogs

Restaurant visited most often:
Cebolla’s

Best outdoor dining:
The Deck at Hall’s Gas House

Best farmers market:
The Barr Street Market

Best dessert to ruin your diet:
Cork ’n Cleaver’s Mud Pie

Best Mexican food:
Cebolla’s

Best Chinese food:
Yen Ching

Best pizza:
Pizza Hut (Downtown Pizza and816 Pint & Slice’s pies were contenders)

Best new restaurant:
Baker Street Steaks,Seafood, Spirits (with 800 Degrees pizza a contender)

Best place to shop for meat:
Jamison’s

Best steak:
Eddie Merlot’s

Best wings:
Buffalo Wild Wings (with Wrigley Field and Tower Bar tied for second)

Best organic food:
Three Rivers Food Co-op& Natural Grocery

Best ice cream:
Zesto’s

Best coffee:
Starbucks

Best cocktail:
Club Soda

Best sandwich:
Panera Bread

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