ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Best Annual Festival
1) KY Derby Festival
2) St. James Art Fair
3) Thunder Over Louisville
Best Charitable Event
1) Crusade for Children
2) St. Joseph’s Orphans Picnic
3) St. Baldrick’s
Louisville AIDS Walk
Best Film Festival
1) Last Call Film Festival
2) Gay & Lesbian
3) 48-Hour Film Fest
Best Church Picnic
1) St. Joe’s
2) St. Agnes
3) St. Martha
Best Performing
Arts Group
1) Actors Theatre
2) Louisville Orchestra
3) Louisville Ballet
Best Live Theater
1) Actors Theatre
2) Pandora Productions
3) Walden Theatre
Best Actor
1) William Mapother
2) Johnny Depp
3) George Clooney
Best Actress
1) Julia Roberts
2) Meryl Streep
3) Angelina Jolie
Best Theater Production
1) Dracula @ Actors
2) Phantom of the
Opera @ KY Center
3) Menopause the
Musical @ Actors
Best Theater Troupe
1) Pandora Productions
2) Walden Theatre
3) Actors Theatre
Best Comedian
1) Tom Mabe
2) Adam White
3) Tim Wilson
Best Art Gallery
1) Speed Art Museum
2) Swanson Reed
3) Zephyr Gallery
Best Trolley Hop
1) Frankfort Avenue
2) Downtown
3) Bardstown
Best Museum
1) Speed Art Museum
2) Frazier
3) Ali Center
Best Movie Theater
1) Baxter Avenue
2) Stonybrook
3) Tinseltown
Best Public Park
1) Cherokee Park
2) Seneca Park
3) Waterfront Park
Best Bowling Alley
1) Vernon Lanes
2) Ten Pin Lanes
3) King Pin Lanes
Best Visual Artist
1) David Schuster
2) Ed Hamilton
3) Daniel Pfalzgraf
Best Public Mural
1) Café Metro
2) Highlands Mural @ Wick’s
3) Old Town Wine & Spirits
Best Public Sculpture
1) York at the Belvedere
2) The Thinker at UofL
3) Gracehopper @ Waterfront Park
Best New Public Graffiti Wall
1) Mellwood Arts Center
2) Preston Highway & Grade Lane
3) Spinelli’s
Best Original Band
1) My Morning Jacket
2) Lucky Pineapple
3) The Monarchs
Best Cover Band
1) Bella Blue Band
2) Nervous Melvin
3) The Big Rock Show
Best Singer-Songwriter
1) Brigid Kaelin
2) Tim Krekel
3) Teneia Sanders
Best Rock Band
1) My Morning Jacket
2) The Big Rock Show
3) Down-n-Out
Best Hip-Hop Artist/Group
1) Nappy Roots
2) Code Red
3) The Villebillies
Best Orchestral Instrument
1) Violin
2) Cello
3) French Horn
Oboe
Best Blues Band
1) The Bella Blue Band
2) Muddy Nasty River
3) Lamont Gillespie & 100 Proof Blues
Best Country/Western Band
1) Johnny Berry & the Outliners
2) Rascal Flatts
3) Alabama
Sugarland
Best Jazz Artist/Band
1) Harry Pickens
2) Liberation Prophecy
3) Squeeze Bot
Dick Sisto
GOODS & SERVICES
Best Auto Dealership
1) Sam Swope
2) Neil Huffman
Bachmann
3) Oxmoor Toyota
Best Auto Service Center
1) Sam Swope
2) St. Matthews Imports
3) Bob Hook Chevrolet
Most Honest Mechanic
1) St. Matthews Imports
2) Ed Baumer
3) Conn’s
Best Bank
1) Republic
2) Stock Yards
3) National City
Best Roofer
1) Christian Brothers
2) Highland Roofing
3) Carlon Roofing
Best Plumber
1) BC Plumbing
2) Tony’s Plumbing
3) Dauenhauer Plumbing
Best Vet
1) Shively Animal Hospital
2) St. Matthews Animal
Hospital
Cherokee Animal
Hospital
3) Downtown
Plantation
Best Place to Have a Baby
1) Baptist East
2) Norton
3) Clark Memorial
Best Record Store
1) ear X-tacy
2) Underground Sounds
3) Book & Music Exchange
Best Instrument Shop
1) Doo Wop
2) Mom’s Music
3) Guitar Emporium
Best Video Store
1) Wild and Woolly
2) Blockbuster
3) Red Box
Best Men’s Clothing Store
1) Dillard’s
2) Rodes
3) Macy’s
Best Women’s Clothing Store
1) Macy’s
2) Kohl’s
3) Dot Fox
Best Place to Buy Clothes that Don’t Need Dry Cleaning
1) Target
2) Kohl’s
3) Cherry Bomb
Best Place to Buy Clothes that Need Dry Cleaning
1) Macy’s
2) Von Maur
Dillard’s
3) Rodes
Best Vintage Clothing Store
1) Nitty Gritty
2) Cherry Bomb
3) Elizabeth’s
Best Adult/Erotic Store
1) Cirilla’s
2) Love Boutique
3) Theatair X
Best Lingerie Store
1) Victoria’s Secret
2) Frederick’s
3) Cirilla’s
Best Florist
1) Nanz & Kraft
2) Colonial Designs
3) Broadway Florist
Best Tanning Salon
1) Sun Tan City
2) Ultra Tan
3) True Colors
Best Health Food Store
1) Whole Foods
2) Rainbow Blossom
3) Amazing Grace
Best Liquor Store
1) Old TownWine & Spirits
2) Liquor Barn
3) Party Mart
Best Tobacco Store
1) Cox’s Smokers Outlet
2) J Shepherds
3) Kremer’s Smoke Shoppe
Best Bookstore
1) Carmichael’s
2) Borders
3) Barnes & Noble
Best Bicycle Shop
1) Scheller’s
2) Bicycle Sport
3) St. Matthews Schwinn
Best Antique Store
1) Louisville Antique Mall
2) Joe Ley
3) The Deal
Best Furniture/Home Accessories Store
1) Ashley’s
2) Red Tree
Charlotte’s Web
3) Haverty’s
Best Economy Hotel
1) Holiday Inn Express
2) Motel 6
3) Marriott
Best Luxury Hotel
1) 21c Museum Hotel
2) The Seelbach Hilton
3) The Brown Hotel
Best Wedding-Night Hotel Room
1) The Seelbach Hilton
2) The Brown Hotel
3) 21c Museum Hotel
Best Ad Agency
1) Red7e
2) Power Creative
3) Doe Anderson
Best Catering
1) Masterson’s
2) Wilshire Pantry
3) Ladyfingers
Best Place to Adopt a Pet
1) Kentucky Humane Society
2) Shamrock Society
3) Feeder’s Supply
Best Tattoo Parlor
1) Tattoo Charlie’s
2) Acme Ink
3) Twisted Images
Best Screen Printer
1) Monkey Drive
2) Skull Alley
3) Kopilot
Best Running Store
1) Swag’s Sports Shoes
2) Ken Coombs
3) Fleet Feet
Best Gym
1) Louisville Athletic Center
2) YMCA
3) Urban Active
Best Golf Course
1) Valhalla
2) Seneca Park
3) Cherokee Park
Quail Chase
Best Basketball
League/Court
1) Hoops
2) Jewish Community Center
3) Seneca Park
Mid America Sports Center
Best Public Water Fountain
1) Waterfront Park
2) Hogan’s Fountain
3) St. James Court
Best Public Restroom
1) 21c Museum Hotel
2) Von Maur
3) Macy’s
Best Massage
1) Z Salon
2) Apex Massage
3) Baptist East Milestone
Best Yoga Class
1) Yoga East
2) Yoga on Baxter
3) Infinite
Best House of Worship
1) Southeast Christian Church
2) Unity of Louisville
3) Cathedral of the Assumption
Best Plastic Surgeon: Breasts
1) Dr. Bradley
Calobrace
2) Dr. T. Gerald O’Daniel
3) Dr. Marc J. Salzman
Best Plastic Surgeon: Face
1) Dr. T. Gerald O’Daniel
2) Dr. Bradley
Calobrace
3) Dr. Tom Haas
Best Liposuction Doctor
1) Dr. Bradley
Calobrace
2) Dr. T. Gerald O’Daniel
3) Dr. Tom Haas
Best Glamour Dentist
1) Dr. Dennis Jenkins @
Designing Smiles
Dr. Charles Barrett
2) Louisville Cosmetic Dentistry
3) Dr. David Willey
Best Hair Salon
1) Joseph’s
Z Salon
2) Kaleidoscope
3) Blades
Best Hair Extensions
1) Kaleidoscope
2) Sara Bard @ Hair Strobel
3) Sylvia McKnelly @ Shear Artistry
Best Jewelry Store
1) Shane Co.
2) Davis Jewelers
3) Seng Jewelers
Best Skin Treatment Spa
1) Z Salon
2) Avanti
3) Calospa MD
Best Place to Buy a Unique Gift
1) Regalo
2) Dandelion Boutique
3) Edenside Gallery
Best Boutique
1) Dandelion Boutique
2) Dot Fox
3) Clodhoppers
DINING
Best New Restaurant
1) Mojito
2) Amerigo
3) Corbett’s An American Place
Best Restaurant Overall (Louisville)
1) Ramsi’s
2) Jack Fry’s
3) Bristol
Proof
Mojito
Amerigo
Corbett’s An American Place
Best Restaurant Overall (S. Indiana)
1) Rocky’s
2) Rich O’s
3) La Rosita
Best Outdoor Dining
1) Avalon
2) Captain’s Quarters
3) Mike Linnig’s
Best Fine Dining
1) Jack Fry’s
2) Vincenzo’s
3) Proof on Main
Best Place for a Romantic Dinner
1) Jack Fry’s
2) Le Relais
3) Buck’s
Best Restaurant on the River
1) Captain’s Quarters
2) Rocky’s
3) Tumbleweed
Best Late-Night Bite
1) White Castle
2) Ramsi’s
3) Bristol
Best Chinese Restaurant
1) August Moon
2) PF Chang’s
3) Café Mimosa/Egg Roll Machine
Best Indian Restaurant
1) Kashmir
2) Shalimar
3) India Palace
Best Japanese Restaurant
1) Sapporo
2) Maido
3) Shogun
Best Italian Restaurant
1) Come Back Inn
2) Rocky’s
3) Porcini
Best Mexican Restaurant
1) El Mundo
2) El Nopal
3) Los Aztecas
Best Salsa
1) El Mundo
2) Ernesto’s
3) Tumbleweed
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant
1) The Grape Leaf
2) Shiraz
3) Safier
Best Vietnamese Restaurant
1) Vietnam Kitchen
2) Basa
3) Café Mimosa
Best Thai Restaurant
1) Thai Siam
2) Simply Thai
3) Thai Taste
Best Cajun/Creole Restaurant
1) J Gumbo’s
2) Joe’s OK Bayou
Best Mobile Vendor
1) AT&T
2) Verizon
3) T-Mobile
Best Chef
1) Dean Corbett
2) Anthony Lamas
3) Anoosh Shariat
Best Buffet
1) Golden Corral
2) Bristol
3) Sitar
Hometown
Best Takeout
1) Great Wall
2) August Moon
Café Mimosa
Double Dragon
3) Simply Thai
Best Delivery
1) Papa John’s
2) Wick’s
3) Tony Boombozz
Best Ribs
1) Mark’s Feed Store
2) Famous Dave’s
3) Tony Roma’s
Best Fish Sandwich
1) Stan’s Fish Sandwich
2) The Fishery
3) Moby Dick
Best Produce
1) Paul’s Fruit Market
2) Farmers Markets
3) Whole Foods
Best Butcher
1) Kingsley Meat & Seafood
2) Mike’s Best
3) Fresh Market
Best Bakery
1) Plehn’s Bakery
2) Blue Dog Bakery
3) Heitzman’s Bakery
Best Breakfast/Brunch
1) Lynn’s Paradise Café
2) Toast
3) Wild Eggs
Best Coffee Shop
1) Heine Bros.
2) Highland Coffee
3) Starbucks
Best Deli
1) Stevens & Stevens
2) Jason’s Deli
3) Morris Liquors & Deli
Best Dessert
1) Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen
2) Sweet Surrender
3) Desserts by Helen
Best Ice Cream Shop
1) Graeter’s
2) Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen
3) Cold Stone Creamery
Best Seafood Restaurant
1) Mitchell’s Fish Market
2) Red Lobster
3) Kingfish
Best Steakhouse
1) Pat’s Steakhouse
2) Jeff Ruby’s
3) Ruth’s Chris
Best Sushi
1) Sapporo
2) Maido
3) Fuji
Best BBQ
1) Mark’s Feed Store
2) Famous Dave’s
3) Frankfort Ave. Beer Depot
Best Burger
1) W.W. Cousin’s
2) Red Robin
3) Bristol
Best Pub Grub
1) Irish Rover
2) Flanagan’s Ale House
3) O’Shea’s
Best Falafel
1) Safier
2) Falafel House
3) Grape Leaf
Best Pizza
1) Wick’s
2) Tony Boombozz
3) Bearno’s Pizza
Best Vegetarian Offering
1) Zen Garden
2) Ramsi’s
3) Third Avenue Café
Best Wings
1) Buffalo Wild Wings
2) Hooters
3) Rumors
Best Beer List
1) Rich O’s
2) Flanagan’s Ale House
3) Old Chicago
Best Wine List
1) L&N Winebar
2) Napa River Grill
3) Bristol
Best Happy Hour
1) Cumberland Brews
2) Napa River Grill
BBC
3) Amerigo
Best Waitstaff
1) Hooters
2) Amerigo
Cumberland Brews
3) El Mundo
Best Uniforms for Waitstaff
1) Hooters
2) Bristol
3) Corbett’s An American
Place
Jeff Ruby’s
Proof
Ramsi’s
Best Dinner Roll
1) O’Charley’s
2) Buckhead’s
3) Red Lobster
Best Décor
1) Lynn’s Paradise Café
2) Proof
3) Jeff Ruby’s
Best Menu Design
1) Jeff Ruby’s
Proof
2) Back Door
3) El Mundo
Best French Fries
1) McDonald’s
2) Rally’s
3) Steak ’n’ Shake
Fastest Lunch
1) Jimmy John’s
2) Qdoba
McDonald’s
3) City Café
NIGHTLIFE
Best Sports Bar
1) Buffalo Wild Wings
2) Hooters
3) Champions
Dundee Tavern
Best U of L Bar
1) Tailgaters
Granville Inn
2) Cardinal Hall of Fame
3) Dundee Tavern
Best UK Bar
1) Gerstle’s
2) Two Keys Tavern (it’s in Lexington, people … geez)
Best New Bar/Club
1) Nachbar
2) Fuzion
3) Hotel
Best Blues Bar
1) Stevie Ray’s
2) Zena’s
3) Coyote’s/
City Block
Best Country/
Western Bar
1) Coyote’s
2) Saddle Ridge
3) 3rd Street Dive
Best Dance Club
1) Connection
2) Fuzion
3) The Pink Door
Best Comedy Club
1) Comedy Caravan
2) Akiko’s
3) Air Devil’s Inn
Best Dive Bar
1) The Back Door
2) Mag Bar
3) Nachbar
Best Queer Bar
1) Connection
2) Fuzion
3) The Pink Door
Best Karaoke Bar
1) Akiko’s
2) Pour Haus
3) Seidenfaden’s
Best Singles Bar
1) BBC
Phoenix Hill
2) Nachbar
3) Jim Porter’s
Best Local Brewery
1) BBC
2) Cumberland Brews
3) New Albanian
Best Place to Hear Jazz
1) An open field
2) A record player
3) Fourth Street Fluteman
Best Cornhole
1) Frankfort Ave. Beer Depot
2) Joe’s Older Than Dirt
3) Hooters
Best One-Tank Trip
1) Cincinnati
2) Nashville
3) Red River Gorge
Best Drag Queen
1) Hurricane Summers
2) Phoenix
3) Symone
Best Drag Queen Accessory
1) Duct Tape
2) Wig and/or Fro
3) Feather Boa
Best Smoking Area
1) None
2) Outside
3) Home
Best Bartender
1) Brandon Fullen @ Fuzion
2) Brenton @ El Mundo
3) James @ Nachbar
Mikie @ El Mundo
Tim Dugan @ Uptown
Best Stripper/Club
1) PT’s
2) Tryangles
3) Godfathers
Most Unusual Tasty Cocktail
1) Mojito
2) Basa Aloe Martini
3) 4 Horseman
Apple Martini
Germantown Martini
Best Margarita
1) El Mundo
2) Tumbleweed
3) El Nopal
Best Martini
1) Martini’s
2) Avalon
3) Proof
Strongest Mixed Drink
1) The Back Door
2) El Mundo
3) Cahoots
Best Bar to Nurse a Hangover
1) Outlook Inn
2) The Back Door
Café 360
3) Cumberland Brews
Nachbar
Best Place to Get Hungover
1) Nachbar
2) The Back Door
El Mundo
3) Cahoots
Flanagan’s Ale House
Fuzion
Best Bar Bathroom
1) Proof on Main
2) Fuzion
3) Connection
MEDIA
Best Local TV Station
1) WAVE-3
2) WHAS-11
3) Fox-41
Best Local TV News Anchor
1) Dawne Gee
2) Jackie Hayes
3) Barry Bernson
Hottest Anchor (male or female)
1) Dawne Gee
Jennifer Baileys
2) Vicki Dortch
3) Candyce Clifft
Carrie Weil
Best News Cleavage
1) Janelle MacDonald
2) Vicki Dortch
3) Jennifer Baileys
Best Local TV Meteorologist
1) John Belski
2) Tom Wills
3) Marc Weinberg
Most Accurate Local Forecast
1) Tom Wills
2) John Belski
3) Marc Weinberg
Best Overwrought Name for Local Weather Coverage
1) WAVE-3 Storm Cutter HD
2) WHAS-11 First Alert Stormteam
3) WLKY-32 Advanced Warning Weather
Best TV Morning Show
1) Fox-41
2) Good Morning Kentuckiana
3) Today Show
Best Magazine
1) Louisville Magazine
2) Underwired
3) Bejeezus Magazine
Today’s Woman
Best Local Radio Station
1) WFPK-91.9 FM
2) WFPL-89.3 FM
3) The Max-102.3 FM
Best Local Radio DJ
1) Laura Shine / WFPK
2) Kelly K / WDJX
3) Terry Meiners
Best Local Writer
1) Bob Hill
2) Stephen George
3) Peter Berkowitz
Best Local Website
1) Louisville Mojo (www.louisvillemojo.com)
2) LEO Weekly (www.leoweekly.com)
3) Louisville Hot Bytes (www.louisvillehotbytes.com)
Louisville Hardcore (www.louisvillehardcore.com)
Best Local News Blog
1) The ’Ville Voice (www.thevillevoice.com)
2) PageOneKentucky.com
General Sense
of Outrage (www.
leoweekly.com)
3) Backseat Sandbar (www.backseatsandbar.wordpress.com)
Best Local Arts Blog
1) Backseat Sandbar (www.backseatsandbar.wordpress.com)
LEO Weekly (www.
leoweekly.com)
Peter Berkowitz
(peterberkowitz.
blogspot.com)
2) Mellwood Arts Center (www.mellwoodartcenter.com)
Best Local Entertainment Blog
1) LEO Weekly (www.leoweekly.com)
2) Consuming Louisville (www.consuminglouisville.com)
3) Backseat Sandbar (www.backseatsandbar.wordpress.com)
Best Local Music Blog
1) Peter Berkowitz (peterberkowitz.blogspot.com)
2) Notes (leoweekly.com)
3) Louisville Hardcore (www.louisvillehardcore.com)
Best Social Networking Site
1) Facebook
2) MySpace
3) Louisville Mojo
Best Reason to Use Social Networking
1) Keep in touch
2) Find old friends
3) Meet new people
Best Web Tool Available to Louisville Consumers
1) Google
2) Louisville Hot Bytes
3) MetroMix
Best Reason to Read
LEO Weekly
1) News of the Weird
2) Entertainment News
3) Events
Best Place to Pick up LEO Weekly
1) Heine Bros.
2) Highland Coffee
3) Qdoba
OTHER STUFF
Best Domecile Style
1) Shotgun house
2) Unfinished Urban Condo
3) McMansion
Best Louisville Nickname
1) The ’Ville
2) Derby City
3) Lou-a-vul
Best Person to Have Their Face on a Building
1) Muhammad Ali
2) Diane Sawyer
3) Colonel Sanders
Best Description of Louisville in Three Words or Less
1) Big Small Town
2) My Home Town
3) Home
Best Month
to Be in Town
1) May
2) October
3) April
Best Local Landmark
1) Churchill Downs
2) Louisville Slugger Bat
3) Waterfront Park
Best Eyesore (Current or Historical)
1) Falls Fountain
2) Kennedy Bridge before it was painted
3) Kaden Tower
Best Place to Make a Public Spectacle of Yourself
1) Fourth Street Live
2) Bardstown Road
3) Waterfront Park
Best Place to Take Your Dog to People-Watch
1) Cherokee Park
2) Bardstown Road
3) Waterfront Park
Best Neighborhood
1) Highlands
2) Crescent Hill
3) Germantown
St. Matthews
Most Sexual Architecture
1) Aegon Tower
2) Cochran Tunnel
3) Central Bank Towers
Best Intersection for Pedestrians
1) Bardstown Road & Eastern Pkwy.
2) Bardstown Road & Grinstead Dr.
3) Bardstown Road, Highland Ave. & Baxter Ave.
Best Bus Stop
1) Bardstown Road & Eastern Pkwy.
2) Douglass Loop
3) 4th and Broadway
Best Place to See Xmas Décor
1) Downtown
2) Lake Forest
3) Hillcrest
Best Place to Speak a Foreign Language
1) Worldfest
2) In another country
3) South End
Best Place to Ride Your Bike
1) Cherokee Park
2) Waterfront Park
3) Seneca Park
Best Reason to Get in the Ohio River
1) City on fire
2) Polar Bear Plunge
3) Avoid swarming bees
Best Party School (College or University)
1) U of L
2) UK
3) Western Kentucky University
Best Campus (Functional)
1) U of L
2) Bellarmine
3) UK
Best Campus (Aesthetic)
1) U of L
2) Bellarmine
3) UK
Greenest Campus
1) U of L
2) Bellarmine
3) UK
Best Student Newspaper
1) The Cardinal
2) The Kentucky Kernel
3) The Horizon (IU Southeast)
Best Fraternity
1) Sigma Chi
2) Phi Kappa Tau
3) Kappa Sigma
Best Sorority
1) Delta Zeta
2) Delta Delta Delta
Pi Beta Phi
3) Chi Omega
Best Deity
1) God
2) Buddha
3) Flying Spaghetti Monster
Best Place to See a Ghost
1) Waverly Hills Sanitarium
2) Old Louisville
3) Seelbach Hilton
Best Local Urban Legend
1) Ever getting a new mayor
2) Giant Catfish
3) Goatman
Best Thing To Do With Your Used LEO Weekly
1) Recycle
2) Pass it on
3) Line the Litter Box
Best Business to Have As Your MySpace Friend
1) Wild and Woolly
2) ear X-tacy
LEO Weekly
Nachbar
3) WhyLouisville
Best Local Attorney Gimmick
1) Daryl Isaacs “The Hammer”
2) Kaufman, Stigger & Hughes
3) Jan Waddell
Best Local Celebrity
1) Muhammad Ali
2) Terry Meiners
3) Rick Pitino
Best Conservative
1) Anne Northup
2) Mitch McConnell
3) Rush Limbaugh
Best Liberal
1) John Yarmuth
2) Jerry Abramson
3) Tom Owen
Best Politician Makeover
1) John Yarmuth
2) Anne Northup
3) Mitch McConnell
Best Question for Anne Northup if you had her one-on-one
1) Why?
2) Why are you running again?
3) Why don’t you just give up?
Best Question for John Yarmuth if you had him one-on-one
1) What’s the status of the bridges?
2) Why not 8664?
3) What’s Stephen Colbert like?
Best Community Role Model
1) Jerry Abramson
2) John Yarmuth
3) Tom Owens
Best Excuse to Leave Town for a Day
1) Derby
2) Weather
3) Thunder Over Louisville
Best Thing That’s Changed Here in the Last Year
1) Smoking Ban
2) Downtown Development
3) More Bike Paths
