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Fifth Annual Nappie Awards
Style
Best Bartender
1. Cheryl – Callaghan’s
2. Nicole Drew – Metropolitan Groove
Best All Around Bar
1. Callaghan’s
2. Garage
Best Dive
1. Garage
2. Hayley’s
*Best New Bar (Under a year old) *
1. The Royal Scam
2. The Wine Loft
Best Eastern Shore Bar
1. The Pub
2. Ravenite
Best WeMo Bar
1. Metropolitan Groove
2. Fabcahers
Best MiMo Bar
1. Double Olive
2. Bilottis
Best LoDa Bar
1. Garage
2. Grand Central
Best SoMo Bar
1. Zebra Lounge
2. Julie’s
Favorite Casino
1. Beau Rivage
2. IP- Grand Casino
Best Alternative Lifestyle Bar
1. B-Bobs
2. Gabriels
Best Bar Bathroom
1. Double Olive
2. Bike 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 place to hear all the latest gossip
1. Garage
2. Boo Radley’s
Best jukebox
1. Bike Shop
2. Garage
Best place to shake your booty
1. Martinis
2. Skyview
Best beer selection
1. Heroes
2. Bike Shop
Bar with coldest beer
1. Heroes
2. Garage
Best Wine Selection
1. Wine Loft
2. Guidos
Best Hair Stylist
1. Jennifer Kennedy – La Moda
2. (tie) Sabrina Morgan – Forelocks/ Terry – Attitudes
Most eligible bachelor
1. Bob Poppa
2. David Rasp
Most eligible bachelorette
1. Lois White-spunner
2. Gina Previto
Music
Best club to see live music
1. Soul Kitchen
2. Monsoons
Best outdoor bar to see live music
1. Blue Gill
2. LuLu’s
Best non-bar venue to see live music
1. Saenger
2. The Wharf
Best local band
1. Peek
2. The Ugli Stick
*Best new local band (under one year old) *
1. El Cantador
2. Roman Street
Local band with the hottest groupies
1. Phar Fletcher
2. Ugli Stick
Local band with the homeliest groupies
1. Grayson Capps
2. Phar Fletcher
Best solo musician
1. Wes Loper
2. Brett LeGraf
Best area guitar player
1. Corky Hughes
2. Josh Ewing
Best area singer
1. Lisa Mills
2. Kristy Lee
Best area drummer
1. John Milham – Vibration Configuration, Grayson Capps
2. Jon Maddox -Jon Maddox Band
Best area bass player
1. Johnny Gwin – El Cantador
2. Adam Lynn- Hamelin
Best area piano player
1. Bo Roberts
2. Chris Spies
Favorite act at BayFest last year
1. The Wreckers
2. HInder
Best non-local band who plays here regularly
1. Grayson Capps
2. Molly Ringwalds
Cuisine
Best Locally Owned Restaurant
1. La Pizzeria
2. Guidos
*Best New Restaurant (Under one year old) *
1. Royal Scam
2. (tie) The Trellis Room at the Battle House/ The Attic @ Guidos
Best Chain Restaurant
1. Zea
2. Ruth’s Chris
Best Chef
1. Sidney Klein – The Bakery
2. Michael Ivy
Most Underrated Restaurant
1. Osman’s
2. The Water Table
Best Outdoor Dining
1. Bluegill
2. Ed’s
Best Sweet Tea
1. Spot of Tea
2. Milos
Best Service
1. Ruth’s Chris
2. Café 219
Best Wings
1. Wings
2. Hooters
Best Chicken Fingers
1. Foosackly’s
2. Zaxby’s
Best Ice Cream
1. Old Dutch
2. Marble Slab
Worst Service
1. Butch Cassidy’s
2. Red Lobster
Best Lunch Spot
1. Café 219
2. The Water Table
Best Deli
1. Naman’s
2. Lenny’s
Best Gumbo
1. Wintzells
2. The Original Oyster House
Best Po-boy
1. The Boiling Pot
2. Orleans Cafe
Best sushi
1. Liquid
2. Samurai J
Best Bakery
1. Pollmans
2. Buttercream Dreams
Best Hamburger
1. Callaghans
2. Butch Cassidy’s
Best Steak
1. Ruth’s Chris
2. Longhorn
Best Seafood
1. Felix’s
2. Oyster House/Ed’s
Best Brunch
1. Spot of Tea
2. Callaghan’s
Best Ethnic Food
1. Busabas
2. The Purple Cafe
Best Atmosphere
1. La Pizzeria
2. NoJa
Best Mexican Restaurant
1. Los Rancheros
2. El Giro
Best Margarita
1. El Giro
2. Hacienda San Miguel
Best Italian Restaurant
1. La Pizzeria
2. Guidos
Best Pizza
1. La Pizzeria
2. Picklefish
Best Coffeehouse
1. Carpe Diem
2. Satori
Best Barbecue
1. Saucy Q
2. Brick Pit
Best Fake Grouper
1. Asian Catfish
2. Drum
I Can’t Believe They’re Still Open
1. T. G. Jokers
2. Bilottis
Media
Radio
Favorite Radio Station
1. WZEW
2. WKSJ
Best Radio Morning Show or DJ
1. Sean Sullivan – WZEW
2. Shelby and Dan – WKSJ
Best Local DJ
1. Sean Sullivan – WZEW
2. Dan and Shelby – WKSJ
DJ whose voice leads you to believe you may want to see him naked
1. Dan Brennan – WKSJ
2. Q-Tip – WABB
DJ whose voice you leads you to believe you may want to see her naked
1. Shelby Mitchell – WKSJ
2. Mena – WABB
Best Talk Radio host
1. Uncle Henry
2. Wayne Gardner
Television
Best Local Evening Newscast
1. Fox 10
2. WPMI
Best Local Morning Newscast
1. WPMI
2. Fox 10
Best Anchor
1. Anissa Centers
2. Mel Showers
Best investigative reporter
1. Bruce Mildwurf – WPMI
2. Tiffany Craig – WKRG
Best sports coverage
1. WKRG
2. WPMI
*Sexiest local news person (male) *
1. Scott Walker- WPMI
2. John Edd Thompson -WALA
*Sexiest local news person (female) *
1. Anissa Centers – WALA
2. Leeah Brennan – WPMI
Biggest TV news story/feature
1. ThyssenKrupp
2. School board shenanigans
*Which Fired WPMI employee do you miss the most? *
1. Peter Albrecht
2. Drexel Gilbert
Favorite Lagniappe section
1. Music
2. Commentary
Favorite Lagniappe column
1. Mobile Magnified
2. Kudzu Queen
Favorite Lagniappe feature story
1. Griffith Shell
2. Ghost hunters
Favorite Lagniappe Cover
1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bnag
2. Ghost hunters
Favorite Press-Register reporter
1. Eddie Curran
2. Dave Ferrara
Favorite Press-Register columnist
1. Bill Finch
2. Dave Holloway
*Craziest Mobile Register Street Hawker (specify intersection) *
1. Government/Broad
2. University and Airport
Web
Best Local Web site/Blogger
1. Mobile Bay Times – Chip Drago
Politics
*Hardest-working city councilperson (Mobile) *
1. William Carroll
2. Reggie Copeland – Connie Hudson (tie)
*Hardest-working city councilperson (Eastern Shore) *
1. Cathy Barnette – Daphne
2. Greg Burnham – Daphne
Worst Mobile County School Board Member
1. Hazel Fournier
2. Judy Stout
*Best political move of the past year (Mobile) *
1. ThyssenKrupp
2. Removing David Thomas
*Worst political move of the past year (Mobile) *
1. Not renewing Dodge’s contract
2. Riley’s appointment of Chastang
*Lamest local campaign move of the year (Mobile) *
1. Termination of Dodge
2. Chastang’s concert
*Issue you are most tired of hearing about? (Mobile) *
1. The School Board
2. Bishop State
*Best political move of the past year (Eastern Shore) *
1. Electing Bradley Byrne as chancellor
2. Sales Tax in Daphne
*Worst political move of the past year (Eastern Shore) *
1. Building condos on marsh
2. Allowing Wal-mart
*Lamest local campaign move of the year (Eastern Shore) *
1. Wal-mart
*Issue you are most tired of hearing about? (Eastern Shore) *
1. Wal-mart
2. Pollution
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