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Best All Around Bar

1.Callaghan’s

2.Grand Central

Best Dive

1.Garage

2.Hayley’s

Best New Bar (Under a year old)

1.The Krewe

2. The Whiskey

Best Eastern Shore Bar

1.Ravenite

2.Red Star Tavern – Beach House Grill

Best WeMo Bar

1.Fabacher’s – The Whiskey

2.Bubble Lounge

Best MiMo Bar

1.Double Olive

2.T. P. Crockmier’s

Best LoDa Bar

1.Grand Central

2.Boo Radley’s

Best SoMo Bar

1.Julie’s

2.Zebra Lounge

Best Alternative Lifestyle Bar

1.B-Bob’s

2.Gabriel’s

Best Gentleman’s Club

1.Sammy’s

2. Diamonds

Best Bar Bathroom

1.Double Olive

2.Bicycle Shop

Bar Bathroom Most Likely to be Replicated in Hell

1.Hayley’s

2.Garage

Bar where you’re most likely to get lucky

1.Grand Central

2.Boo Radley’s

Best jukebox

1.Bike Shop

2.The Krewe

Best place to shake your booty

1.Soul Kitchen

2.Club Retro @ Martini’s

Best beer selection

1.Heroes

2.Mr. Jim’s

Bar with coldest beer

1.Heroes

2.Callaghan’s

Best Wine Selection

1.Café 615

2.Bakery Cafe

Best Hair Stylist

1.Rebekkah at Illusions

2. Dianne Mercer

Most eligible bachelorette

1.Tessa Zampieri

2.D.D at Bluegill

More Powerful

1. Crichton Leprechaun

2. Drywall Jesus

Music

Best club to see live music

1.Soul Kitchen

2.Grand central

Best outdoor bar to see live music

1.Bluegill

2.Swamp Room at Felix’s

Best new local band (under one year old)

1.John Maddox Band

2.Septemeber Sun

Best songwriter

1.Wes Loper

2.Grayson Capps

Local band with the hottest groupies

1.Phar Fletcher

2.Peek

Local band with the homeliest groupies

1.Peek

2.Ugli Stick

Best solo musician

1.Wes Loper

2.Eric “the Birdman” Erdman

Best area guitar player

1.Corky Hughes

2.Josh Ewing- Al McNab

Best area singer

1.Lisa Mills

2.Les Hall – Brian McNab

Best area drummer

1.John Maddox

2.John Milham

Best area bass player

1.Jeremy Roop

2.Tarleton McNab

Best area piano player

1.Chris Spies

2.Bo Roberts

Favorite act at BayFest last year

1.Widespread Panic

2.Theory of a Deadman

Favorite Non-Local Band

1.Molly Ringwalds

2. Sons of William- Marc Broussard

Cuisine

Best Locally Owned Restaurant

1.Guido’s

2. Café 615

Best Chain Restaurant

1.Zea’s

2.Olive Garden

Best Chef

1.Ryan Wilder- Café 615

2. George Paniato-

Most Underrated Restaurant

1.Beach House Grill

2.NoJa- Osman’s

Most Overrated Restaurant

1.Pillars

2.Ruth’s Chris

Best Sweet Tea

1.Milo’s

2.Spot of Tea

Best Service

1.Ruth’s Chris

2.Felix’s

Worst Service

1.Butch Cassidy’s

2. The Pillars

Best Deli

1.Lenny’s

2.Atlanta Bread

Best Gumbo

1.Wintzell’s

2.Original Oyster House

Best Po-boy

1.Orleans Po Boys

2.Wintzells- Cousin Vinny’s

Best sushi

1.Liquid

2.Mikato

Best Bakery

1.Pollman’s

2.Panera Bread

Best Hamburger

1.Callaghan’s

2.Butch Cassidy’s

Best Steak

1.Ruth’s Chris

2.Café 615 – Outback

Best Seafood

1.Felix’s

2.Original Oyster House

Best Brunch

1.Spot of Tea

2.Callaghan’s

Best Ethnic Food

1.Jerusalem Cafe

2.Bangkok Thai

Best Atmosphere

1.Café 615

2.Ruth’s Chris

Best Mexican Restaurant

1.Los Rancheros

2.El Giro

Best Margarita

1.El Giro

2.Sabor a Mexico

Best Italian Restaurant

1.Guido’s

2.Via Emilia

Best Pizza

1.Doughboy

2.Mellow Mushroom- Picklefish

Best Coffeehouse

1.Carpe Diem

2.Satori

Best Barbecue

1.Brick Pit

2.Saucy Q

I Can’t Believe They’re Still Open

1.Drifters

2.Butch Cassidy’s

Media

Radio

Favorite Radio Station

1.92 ZEW

2.WABB

Best Radio Morning Show or DJ

1.Sean Sullivan @ 92 ZEW

2.Ron Frazier/Shane McBryde- AM 1480 WABB

Best Local DJ

1.Sean Sullivan -WZEW

2.Leann Waters- WZEW

DJ whose voice leads you to believe you may want to see him naked

1.Sean Sullivan WZEW

2.Filly at Kicks

DJ whose voice you leads you to believe you may want to see her naked

1.Cherish Lombard WABB

2.LeeAnn Waterrs WZEW

Best Talk Radio host

1.Uncle Henry- 710 AM- WPMI

2.Ron and Shane- AM 1480

Television

Best Local Evening Newscast

1 FOX 10

2.WPMI 15

Best Local Morning Newscast

1.WPMI

2.FOX 10

Best Anchor

1.Mel Showers

2.Bob Grip- Anissa Centers

Best investigative reporter

1.Josh Bernstein

(People, he doesn’t work here anymore!)

Best sports coverage

1.Randy Patrick and WKRG

2.Pat Greenwood and WPMI

Sexiest local news person (male)

1.Scott Walker

2.John Edd Thompson – Bob Grip

Sexiest local news person (female)

1.Sandra Shaw

2.Anissa Centers

Most memorable TV news story/feature

1.Hurricane Katrina

2.Crichton Leprechaun

Nuttiest News Story

1.Crichton Leprechaun

2.David Thomas

Print

Favorite Lagniappe section 1.Cuisine

2.Music

Favorite Lagniappe column

1.Mobile Magnified

2.Music Briefs

Favorite Lagniappe feature story

1.LNG by Rob Holbert

2. Behind the Pole – The Lives of Mobile Strippers by Ashley Toland

Favorite Lagniappe Cover

1.Behind the Pole – Cover Art by David Trimmier

2.Mardi Gras Cover – Art By Mateo/ KKK Serial Killer

Best Press-Register reporter

1.Eddie Curran

2.Neal McCready

Best Press- Register columnist

1. Dave Holloway

2. Paul Finebaum

Craziest Press- Register Street Hawker (specify intersection)

1.Broad & Gvernment

2.University & Airport

Airport & Downtowner

Politics

Hardest-working city councilperson

1.Ben Brooks

2.Connie Hudson

Who will be the next sheriff?

Sam Cochran

Who will be the next governor?

Bob Riley

Best political move of the past year

1.Cochran Running for Sheriff

2. Impeachment of David Thomas

Worst political move of the past year

1.David Thomas’ Mardi Gras purchaes

2.Siegelman running for office

Lamest local campaign move of the year

Various Responses, including “Luther Strange being ‘big’ Luther;” “Love thy Neighbor” campaign;” “When guy running against Sam Jones smeared him after he said he wouldn’t;” “Don Siegelman’s whole campaign”

Issue you are most tired of hearing about?

1.David Thomas

2.LNG

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