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Best of the East Bay 2015
Welcome to our Best of the East Bay 2015! In this issue, you'll find 147 Best of editors' picks, plus our Readers' Poll results, and more.
by
Express staff and contributors
Welcome to our Best of the East Bay 2015! In this issue, you'll find 147 Best of editors' picks, including the
Best Roots Bandleader (Arts & Culture)
, the
Best Chocolate Ice Cream (Goods & Services)
, the
Best New Law (People & Places)
, the
Best Special-Occasion Worthy Takeout Fried Chicken (Restaurants & Bars)
, and the
Best Amateur Sports League (Sports & Leisure)
. Be sure to also check out the winners of this year's
Readers' Poll
, as well as the best suggestions for
Categories We Didn't Think Of
and the most hilarious readers' comments in
Readers Say the Darndest Things
.
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Best of the East Bay 2017: Readers' Poll Winners!
Readers' Poll Winners: Nightlife & Entertainment
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Best Graphic Novelist Fighting for the Underdog: Thi Bui
Best Artist with Something to Say: Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Best Voice for a Radical New Future
Best Harbinger of Long Lines: Edward Wooley
Best Queen of Connections
Best Animal Rescuer: Alex Sanchez
Best Legacy Bearer
Best Do-Gooder Business Owner: Menbere "Menbe" Aklilu
Best Skin Magician
Best Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist
Best Follow Through: Brahm Ahmadi
Best Child Prodigy: Francis Lau
Best Journalist-Turned-Historian
Best Citizen Keeping Police Accountable: Gerald Smith
Best Creator of Clocks
Best Town Representative in Hollywood
Best Youth-Led Nonprofit: RYSE Youth Center
Readers Poll
Best Health-Care Practitioner Trying to Eradicate Chronic Disease
Best Nonprofit Working to End Plastic Pollution
Best Master of Mosaics
Best Rising Culinary Star
Best Active Retirement
Nick Dong
Best Civil Rights Lawyer You May Not Have Heard Of
Packing a Whole Lotta Soul Into a Tiny Food Court Kiosk
Making Whatever's in Front of Her Interesting
Best, Most Prolific Podcaster
Breaking Ground on the State of Human Communications
Oldest School T-Shirt Vendor
Pied Piper of Point Richmond Pets
Champion of Richmond Education
Believer in Food as a Catalyst for Change
Best Street Clown
Volunteer Police Watchdog
Freshest New Poet in the Town
Best Hip-Hop Comedy Character
Painting Our World
Reviving a Marginalized Culture
Master of Volleyball
Arts & Culture
All
Best Local Label
Best Hike
Best Hike
Second-Best Hike
Second-Best Hike
Best Yoga Class
Best Yoga Class
Best Exercise Class
Best Exercise Class
Best Place to Swim Laps
Best Place to Swim Laps
Best Dog Walk
Best Dog Walk
Best Place to Learn to Row
Best Place to Learn to Row
Best Gym
Best Gym
Best Place to Swing
Best Place to Swing
Best Pro Sports Trade
Best Pro Sports Trade
Best Place to Chill
Best Place to Chill
Best Place to Play Pool
Best Place to Play Pool
Best Place to Get Vertical
Best Place to Get Vertical
Best Club
Best Movie Theater
Best Radio Station
Best Jukebox
Best Gay Bar
Best Place to See Rock/Punk Live
Best Theater Company
Best Local Band
Best Late-Night Art-Supply Fix
Best Place to Dance
Most Innovative Theater Bookings
Most Innovative Live Music Bookings
Best Place to Hear Live Jazz
Best Local Singer
Best Dive Bar
The New NBT
The New Extreme Sports
Celebrity Favorites
Best Club
Best Dive Bar
Best Live Band
Best Hip-Hop Group
Best Hip-Hop Producer
Best Thugged-Out Rapper from Tha Town
Best Country Band
Best Solo Performer
Best Rising Star, Male
Best Rising Star, Female
Best Jukebox
Best Local Music Listings for Teens
Best Gay Bar
Best Place to Buy Mexican Pop
Best Place To Buy Traditional Mexican Music
Best Radio Station
Best Radio DJ
Best Community-Oriented Radio Show
Best Museum
Best Art Space
Best Public Art
Best Theater Company
Best Small Theater Company
Best Place to Swing
Best Place to See Jazz Live
Best Place to See Rock Live
Best Place to Have an Art Show, a Hip-Hop Concert, and a Rally Simultaneously
Best Political Haiku
Best Vintage Evening
Best Teen Movie
Best Place to Salsa
Best Place to See Ethnic and World Music live
Best Experimental Music Performance Space
Best Place To Hear Spoken Word
Best Movie Theater
Best Summer Freebie
Best Bike Ride
Best Bike Ride
Best Saturday Outing for the Nonsqueamish
Best Saturday Outing for the Nonsqueamish
Best Alternative to Attending the Gay Pride Parade
Best Alternative to Attending the Gay Pride Parade
Best Sports Bar
Best Sports Bar
Best Sporting Goods Store
Best Sporting Goods Store
Best Place to Skateboard
Best Place to Skateboard
Best Gym
Best Gym
Best Place to Handstand
Best Place to Handstand
Best Place to Swim Laps
Best Place to Swim Laps
Best Walk by the Bay
Best Walk by the Bay
Best Place to Go Birding
Best Place to Go Birding
Best Independence Day Parade
Best Independence Day Parade
Best Place to Play Pool
Best Place to Play Pool
Best Sports Team
Best Sports Team
Best Place for a Thirtysomething to Get Injured
Best Place for a Thirtysomething to Get Injured
Best Exercise Class
Best Exercise Class
Best Yoga Class
Best Yoga Class
Best Hike
Best Hike
1:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Rack 'Em and Crack 'Em
1:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Rack 'Em and Crack 'Em
Best Amateur Athlete She'll strike your ass out
4:00 a.m. Any Day: Best Place to Get a 7-10 Split at Four in the Morning
4:00 a.m. Any Day: Best Place to Get a 7-10 Split at Four in the Morning
6:00 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday: Best Hard-Core Tai Chi Instructor
6:00 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday: Best Hard-Core Tai Chi Instructor
Best Place to Do It in the Road A bike ride to romance
8:45 a.m. First Saturday of the Month: Best Place to Aim at the Jack
8:45 a.m. First Saturday of the Month: Best Place to Aim at the Jack
Best Place for a New A's Stadium C'mon Jerry. Fer heaven's sake!
9:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Slippin' and Slidin'
9:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Slippin' and Slidin'
Best Student Hangout Work off those young beer guts
9:30 a.m. Sunday Following a Saturday Night Storm: Best Place to Sweat and See Green
9:30 a.m. Sunday Following a Saturday Night Storm: Best Place to Sweat and See Green
Best Place to Watch football or fútbol Athletic supporters gather for a pint
10:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Exhaust Your Offspring
10:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Exhaust Your Offspring
Best Cybercafe Not caffeine, adrenaline
10:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Way to Tour Oaktown's Waterfront Wasteland
10:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Way to Tour Oaktown's Waterfront Wasteland
Best Place to Gamble You can always admire the ponies
11:00 a.m. Wed.-Sun.: Best Place to Delight the Tots
11:00 a.m. Wed.-Sun.: Best Place to Delight the Tots
Best Golf Hole Invoke your inner Tiger
11:05 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Flee the Madding Crowd on Foot
11:05 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Flee the Madding Crowd on Foot
Best Martial Arts Studio No hand-holding here
Best Swimming Pool For a dip into Hearst-like opulence
Noon Sunday: Best Waterfront Stroll
Noon Sunday: Best Waterfront Stroll
12:15 p.m. on a Workday: Best Place to Work Out Midday Aggressions
12:15 p.m. on a Workday: Best Place to Work Out Midday Aggressions
Best Bike Ride Pedal into simpler times
1:00 p.m. on a Birthday Weekend: Best Place to Exhaust Fifteen Kids (and Keep Your House Intact)
1:00 p.m. on a Birthday Weekend: Best Place to Exhaust Fifteen Kids (and Keep Your House Intact)
Best Climbing Gym Like muscles? We got 'em
1:30 p.m. Sunday: Best Place for Fido to Go Absolutely Wild
1:30 p.m. Sunday: Best Place for Fido to Go Absolutely Wild
Best Pickup Soccer Bend it like Beckham? You wish
2:30 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place for Quality On-Leash Time with Fido
2:30 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place for Quality On-Leash Time with Fido
Best Yoga Teacher The greatest yogi outside baseball
2:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Catch and Release Crustaceans
2:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Catch and Release Crustaceans
Best Back Door to Mount Diablo Avoid those devilish crowds
3 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Find Jesus -- and Rock-Hard Abs
3 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Find Jesus -- and Rock-Hard Abs
Best Capoeira Center Get your kicks ... on Avenue 23
4:00 p.m. Wednesday: Best Place for a Teen to Kill His Peers (But Not Himself)
4:00 p.m. Wednesday: Best Place for a Teen to Kill His Peers (But Not Himself)
Best Swimming Hole Believe it or not, it's warm enough
4:12 p.m. Any Day of the Week: Best Place to Snag a New Deck
4:12 p.m. Any Day of the Week: Best Place to Snag a New Deck
Best Way to Fly You may never want to land
4:20 p.m. Weekdays: Best Chance to Score Sega Saturn Secondhand
4:20 p.m. Weekdays: Best Chance to Score Sega Saturn Secondhand
Best Local Cricket Team Keep an eye on your wickets
4:30 p.m. Monday: Best Way to Act Like Ted Nugent Without Killing Anything
4:30 p.m. Monday: Best Way to Act Like Ted Nugent Without Killing Anything
Best Pub Quiz Avoid the Glory Hole Surfers
5:30 p.m. Friday: Best Place for an Anonymous Quickie
5:30 p.m. Friday: Best Place for an Anonymous Quickie
Best Yoga for Kids In the mind's eye, downward-facing toddlers
5:50 p.m. Weekdays: Best Spot to Watch City Officials Work Out
5:50 p.m. Weekdays: Best Spot to Watch City Officials Work Out
Best Hike Your ass will hate you
6:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Post-Work Urban Jog
6:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Post-Work Urban Jog
Best Samba Class A complex dance made easy, sort of
6:15 p.m. Thursday: Best Yoga to Kick Your Butt
6:15 p.m. Thursday: Best Yoga to Kick Your Butt
Best Gym For us mortals, that is
Best Playground Trash becomes treasure
One Hour Before Sunset: Best Place to Break Out Your Fruit-Boots
One Hour Before Sunset: Best Place to Break Out Your Fruit-Boots
8:00 p.m. on Game Days: Best Sports Bar in Which to Hide from the Raider Nation
8:00 p.m. on Game Days: Best Sports Bar in Which to Hide from the Raider Nation
Best Sports Talk A pair that pays attention to Oakland
Best Musical Activity for KidsDeath to the Barney theme!
Last Day in the East Bay
Last Day in the East Bay
Best Pickup BasketballShow off your attitude and flashy moves
Perfect Day: Hoofin' It to Manzanitaville
Perfect Day: Hoofin' It to Manzanitaville
Best pool hallRack 'em up, duck
Best Tai Chi PracticeRepulse that monkey
Best Place to Jog with a StrollerBaby, we were born to run
Best Amateur Athlete She'll strike your ass out
Best Amateur Athlete: She'll strike your ass out
Best Gallery Openings: Great performances at starving artist prices
Best Pro Athlete Keep your eye on the ball? Fat chance
Best Pro Athlete: Keep your eye on the ball? Fat chance
Best Unknown Scene: Wistfully nostalgic Mexican dance party
Best Novel Set in the East Bay: Homage to KALX
Best Place to Do It in the Road A bike ride to romance
Best Place to Do It in the Road: A bike ride to romance
Best Magazine for Hipsters: Your cool friends keep it in their bathroom
Best Place for a New A's Stadium C'mon Jerry. Fer heaven's sake!
Best Place for a New A's Stadium: C'mon Jerry. Fer heaven's sake!
Best Local Zine: The best lefty local zine you've never heard of
Best Student Hangout Work off those young beer guts
Best Student Hangout: Work off those young beer guts
Best Place to Watch football or fútbol Athletic supporters gather for a pint
Best Place to Watch Football or Fútbol: Athletic supporters gather for a pint
Best Political Magazine: Hot race culture action
Best Cybercafe Not caffeine, adrenaline
Best Cybercafe: Not caffeine, adrenaline
Best Literary Journal: Respite from the media conglomerates
Best Hip-Hop Book: Collection of deep thoughts about hip-hop
Best Place to Gamble You can always admire the ponies
Best Place to Gamble: You can always admire the ponies
Best Foreign Publication: Place to learn which sari to wear
Best Golf Hole Invoke your inner Tiger
Best Golf Hole: Invoke your inner Tiger
Best Local Guidebook: Looking for a queer Laundromat?
Best Martial Arts Studio No hand-holding here
Best Martial Arts Studio: No hand-holding here
Best Swimming Pool For a dip into Hearst-like opulence
Best Swimming Pool: For a dip into Hearst-like opulence
Best Theatrical Production: Deconstruction of the red and the blue
Best Bike Ride Pedal into simpler times
Best Bike Ride: Pedal into simpler times
Best Costumes: Nice marabou-trimmed neon muumuu!
Best Climbing Gym Like muscles? We got 'em
Best Climbing Gym: Like muscles? We got 'em
Best Set and Lighting Design: Theatrical eye candy
Best Pickup Soccer Bend it like Beckham? You wish
Best Pickup Soccer: Bend it like Beckham? You wish
Best Sound Designer: Behind-the-scenes aural colorist
Best Open Mic: Place to start the revolution
Best Yoga Teacher The greatest yogi outside baseball
Best Yoga Teacher: The greatest yogi outside baseball
Best Actress: Performance by a German translator
Best Back Door to Mount Diablo Avoid those devilish crowds
Best Back Door to Mount Diablo: Avoid those devilish crowds
Best Capoeira Center Get your kicks ... on Avenue 23
Best Capoeira Center: Get your kicks ... on Avenue 23
Best Director: And best Soviet director
Best Small Theater Company: And place for actors of color to find work
Best Swimming Hole Believe it or not, it's warm enough
Best Swimming Hole: Believe it or not, it's warm enough
Best Large Theater Company: Place to admire bright costumes against a dun-colored mountain
Best Way to Fly You may never want to land
Best Way to Fly: You may never want to land
Best Local Cricket Team Keep an eye on your wickets
Best Local Cricket Team: Keep an eye on your wickets
Best Reggae DJ: Wickedest selecta
Best Club Soundman: Friend of your ears
Best Pub Quiz Avoid the Glory Hole Surfers
Best Pub Quiz: Avoid the Glory Hole Surfers
Best Spanish-Language Jukebox: Comidas, cervezas, y corridos
Best Yoga for Kids In the mind's eye, downward-facing toddlers
Best Yoga for Kids: In the mind's eye, downward-facing toddlers
Best Band Frontman: Convergence of gymnastics and nü-metal
Best Hike Your ass will hate you
Best Hike: Your ass will hate you
Best Concert Series: Hear the best of the best
Best Samba Class A complex dance made easy, sort of
Best Samba Class: A complex dance made easy, sort of
Best Concert: Mild-mannered orgy of splendidness
Best Gym For us mortals, that is
Best Gym: For us mortals, that is
Best Documentary Profile of an East Bay Community: And way to feel good about your own home
Best Playground Trash becomes treasure
Best Playground: Trash becomes treasure
Best Hip-Hop Artist: Portal to the Otherworld
Best Sports Talk A pair that pays attention to Oakland
Best Sports Talk: A pair that pays attention to Oakland
Best Musical Activity for Kids: Death to the Barney theme!
Best Musical Activity for KidsDeath to the Barney theme!
Best New Dance Craze: Don't miss the big dance November 2
Best Latin Performing Artist: Burning percussion and top-notch arrangements
Best Pickup Basketball: Show off your attitude and flashy moves
Best Pickup BasketballShow off your attitude and flashy moves
Best Pool Hall: Rack 'em up, duck
Best pool hallRack 'em up, duck
Best Spoken-Word Poet: Sexy metaphors and smart love ballads
Best Actor: Male emotional shadings
Best Tai Chi Practice: Repulse that monkey
Best Tai Chi PracticeRepulse that monkey
Best Country Artist: Phantom trucker honky-tonk legend
Best Place to Jog with a Stroller: Baby, we were born to run
Best Place to Jog with a StrollerBaby, we were born to run
Best Karaoke: Go on, embarrass yourself
Local Color
Best Band Name: Best, you know, that guy? With the thing?
Local Color
Best International Radio Program: Place to hear didgeridoo and dancehall
Color My World
Best Local Album: Jewish monster movie soundtrack
Color My World
Best Local Filmmaker: Moonlighting pizza dude
Best Latin dance club: Good news for salseros y salseras
Best Turntablist: Mad technical chops, ready to battle
Best Local Author:Reason to read a graphic novel
Best Male Performer: Inspirer of chin-stroking cultural debate
Best Jukebox: Most Surprisingly Good Music Selection
Best World Music Venue: Place to shake a leg
Best Place to Get Your Oakland On: Most diverse free outdoor festival
Best Rock Band: Manic-depressive post-breakup analysis
Best Art Collective: A good reason to hate Scott Peterson
Best Mix-Tape DJ: Representing tha Bay to tha fullest
Best Female Performer: And booby trick
Best Classical Music Ensemble: Early-music trailblazers
Best Ongoing Party: Bashment session
Best Amateur Circus: Excuse to juggle fire
Best Do-It-Yourself Theater: Way to bridge your gaps
Best Rock en Español: Reason to listen to Viva 105
Best Afro-Brazilian Fusion Band: A reason to break out dancing
Best Art Gallery: Hidden outpost of the machine age
Studliest Athlete
Studliest Athlete
Thrillingest Theater
Catchiest Rock Band
Geezerest Softball League
Geezerest Softball League
Fruit-Battiest Outing
Fruit-Battiest Outing
Snazziest Set Design
Deadliest Cyber-Gaming Parlor
Deadliest Cyber-Gaming Parlor
Most Mixmasterful Local DJ
Highest Score
Highest Score
Moodiest Theatrical Illumination
Coolest Public Swimming Pool
Coolest Public Swimming Pool
Hippest Museum Curator
Most Extreme Way to Burn Calories Indoors
Most Extreme Way to Burn Calories Indoors
Praiseworthiest Local Film
Steepest Bike Ride
Steepest Bike Ride
Tear-Jerkingest Movie Night
Most In-Your-Face Movie Experience
Steepest Trail for the Dogs
Steepest Trail for the Dogs
Gruelingest Run
Gruelingest Run
Nuttiest Flush on the Flop
Closest Thing to the Sierras Right Here at Home
Closest Thing to the Sierras Right Here at Home
Most Mysterious Dinner
Newest Bay Area Ridge Trail
Newest Bay Area Ridge Trail
Page-Turningest Author
Dashingest Pro Athlete
Dashingest Pro Athlete
Friendliest Community Theater
Coolest Imaginary Private Eye
Gnarliest Tahoe Ski Run
Gnarliest Tahoe Ski Run
Most Refreshing Reagan Recollections
Swiftest East Bay Footrace
Swiftest East Bay Footrace
Calmest Yoga Studio
Calmest Yoga Studio
Stunningest Actress
Most Transformative Translator
Prettiest Place to Make a Bet
Prettiest Place to Make a Bet
Boldest Coaching or Managing Decision
Boldest Coaching or Managing Decision
Frailichest Literary Fest
Cheapest A's Tickets
Cheapest A's Tickets
Spankingest S/M Publisher
Beastiest Blog
Gutsiest Amateur Athlete
Gutsiest Amateur Athlete
Least Sanctimonious Cal Student Blog
Piedmont's Newest Claim to Fame
Piedmont's Newest Claim to Fame
Muck-Rakingest Youth Radio Show
World Cup-iest Youth Soccer Team
World Cup-iest Youth Soccer Team
Least Uptight Softball League
Least Uptight Softball League
Most Listenable Radio DJ
Folksiest Amateur Theater
Most Inspirational Place to Work Out
Most Inspirational Place to Work Out
Adult-Friendliest Kids' Venue
Adult-Friendliest Kids' Venue
Trustworthiest Weathercaster
Most Happening Bowling Alley
Most Happening Bowling Alley
Safest Artistic Haven
Most Intriguing Gallery Openings
Readers Say the Darnedest Things
Safest-Bet New Music Venue
Most Consistent (and Consistently Mellow) Local Music Series
Crooningest Karaoke Spot
Jazziest Student Band
Rockinest Local Album
Mind-Blowingest Musician
Fiercest Dance Dance Revolution Battles
Butt-Kickingest Low-Budget Ad
Most Memorable Theatrical Production
Queerest Dance Party
Merriest Mariachis at Midnight
Slamminest Poet
Proudest Feminist Monument
Most Masterful Theater Director
Least Intimidating Dance Dance Revolution Scene
Trendiest Dance Spot
Hyphiest Hip-Hop Artist
Most Visionary Artist
Charmingest Actor
Sauciest Salsa Dancing
Hottest Friday Night Hip-Hop
Most Charismatic Performer
Best Gospel Choir: Lusty sounds of the Lord
Lustiest Person, Place, or Thing: A fitness guru whose passion and zest is contagious
Best Comedy: Slothful comedians with sinful habits
Most Chaste Person, Place, or Thing: A pro ballplayer who still says "thanks"
Best Dance/Performance Troupe: Zealously blending styles for a moderate palate
Most Zealous Person, Place, or Thing: Do you have the drive to learn flying trapeze?
Best Strippers: Charitable bestowal of T&A for a chaste East Bay
Most Enviable Person, Place, or Thing
Best Club: Moderate prices for energetic excess
Best Little-Kid Playground: A hospitable zone for gung-ho toddlers
Best Big-Kid Playground: An accommodating place for industrious tykes
Best Karaoke Crowd: Where zealous fanaticism is a good thing
Best All-Ages Club: A friendly place for wrathful hardcore
Best Free Indoor Exercise for Kids: Potentially pestilent rainy-day fun
Best Caribbean Nights: An energetic quest for island authenticity
Best City Parks: A refreshingly charitable approach to recreation
Best Pickup Basketball: Sportsmanship abundant at friendly game
Best Place to Dance: Your lustiest MySpace fantasies made flesh
Best After-Hours Club: Lustiest place to stay high and boogie down
Best Skatepark: Zealously appropriating public land for the cause
Best Dog Run: Perky pups and perks for people
Best Latin Club: A devout vision of Havana in Oakland
Best Lounge Act: From impassioned crooning to sexy seduction
Best Snowboarding Terrain Park: Land that jump or feel the mountain's wrath
Best All-Ages Event: Effusive gassing, braking, and dipping
Best Place to Learn Snowboarding: Friendliest place to do faceplants ten times in an hour
Best College Sports Priorities: Is there a more tenacious man in the East Bay?
Best Videogame Developer: Greedily plotting to devour your free time
Best California Ski Resort: Prepare to be humbled in the mountains
Best Movie Theater: A big-hearted big screen for B movies
Best Health Club/Gym: Eager encouragement from fervent fitness fans
Best Local Film: An acrimonious reminder of the elections that got away
Best Theater Renovation: A proud revamp of CoCo County's "most pretentious" building
Best Yoga Studio: Hellaciously hot facility with a sense of humor
Best California Casino: Den of iniquity now fun for him and her
Best New Gallery: Most zealous art promoter
Best Disc Golf Course: Most moderate disc golf course
Best Hometown Celebration: An enthusiastic happening that's really happening
Best Gallery Openings: Making depravity part of art
Best High School Athlete: Otherworldly and untouchable
Best Artist: Most vice-ridden depiction of women in East Bay art
Best High School Team: Tenacious perseverance against long odds
Best College Athlete: Enviable improvement on the lawn
Best Museum: Most indulgent art in the East Bay
Best College Team: Steadiest spate of soccer success
Best Large Theater Company: A humane place to spend a few hours
Best Pro Athlete: A good-natured guy with an $8.5 million salary
Best Small Theater Company: The most theater on modest means
Best New Theater Company: Nimblest newbies
Best Political Values in a Professional Athlete: Big-hearted ideas from a big man
Best Theatrical Production: A lavish display of Bay Area acting talent
Most Modest Person, Place, or Thing: Earnest attitude complements prodigious skills
Best Director: Tenderest translator of text
Best Pro Team: Vengeance can yet be yours, nerds and punks
Best Actress: Noblest portrayal of women on the verge
Best Sport Business Move: A level-headed approach to the problem we call McAfee Coliseum
Best Actor: Energetically eating up the stage
Best Award-Winning East Bay Author: An enviable autodidact
Best Local Literary Hero: Our humanitarian homeboy
Most Prolific Author: A bountiful spinner of yarns about the undead
Best Posthumous Literary Legend: His unquenchable legacy lives on
Best Book: Most copious black-and-white source of local color
Best Reading Series: A public-spirited poetry salon
Best Local Blogger: A self-effacing chronicler of East Bay life
Best Writing Teacher: Humble genius inspires writing confidence
Best Small Publisher: An altruistic press that makes building community a priority
Best DJ (Radio): Earnest enthusiasm from a noble nerdette
Best DJ (Club): Lustiest piece of gear
Best DJ (Mixtape): A flow as rock steady as the River Jordan
Best Hip-Hop Producer: Don't get wrathful wid 'em, Gorilla!
Proudest Person, Place, or Thing: The moment a deserving musical scene thumped its chest and went nationwide
Best Album: Extravagantly gorgeous indie-pop
Most Wrathful Rock Album: Ferociously advocating the revolution
Best Band: Most violent noise-intoxicated garage rockers
Most Earnest Up-and-Coming Band: Music with a noble heart and passionate message
Best Musician: Gung-ho, God-fearing, sonic multitasking
Best Singer or MC: Effusive, fruitcake-dense avant-hop wordsmithery
Meekest Frontman: There's something undeniably seductive about this much earnestness
Best Local TV Celeb Gone Big Time: A very amiable guy with a very bad job
Best Record Label: Most alternative vision of utopia
Best Women-Only Workout: Wake up and smell the motivation
Most Happening Gallery: Hippest enclave of outcasts and misfits
Best Benefit Concert Series: Most idealistic use of teenage energy
Best Place to Tone Your Quads: Smells like your mother's perfume
Best Magazine: A hip guide to turning trash into treasure
Best Running Track: Bay views and the scent of eucalyptus
Best Activities for Kids: Most innovative social networking site
Best Place to Dance: The selectas speak your body language
Best High School Team: Spreading lofty aspirations
Best Musical Duo: Most bittersweet indie-folk melodies
Best Anime Club: Beefiest way to catch 'em all
Best Lunchtime Yoga Fix: A grounding 75-minute break from the rat race
Best Band Collective: Least selfish way to get to the top
Best Place for Girls to Follow Hearts and Soles: Athletic Club has high ideals
Best New Public Art Project: Using inspiration to inspire
Best Place to Reach a Higher Plane: One lofty patch of green
Best Animal Exhibit: Kid-friendly eco-education
Best Multidisciplinary Art Gallery: Broadest definition of taste
Best Antiwar Art Installment: Art that best threatens precedent
Best Fishing Spot: Blissful relaxation (and maybe even fish)
Best Toddler Taming Ground: And a place for adults to challenge their biases
Best (Legal) Skate Hangout: A place for half-pipe dreams
Most Unexpected Art Gallery: A cooperative art scene arises in Martinez
Best College Athlete: Hometown sports hero on the rise
Best Place for Classical Art Training: Rigorous path to profound understanding
Best Literary Arts Zealots:A heady nonprofit
Best Long-Distance Golfer: Fairway to heaven
Best Sports Club: A place where you feel like a kid again
Smartest Lectures: Way beyond organic
Best Podcaster: Blogger most dedicated to social change
Best Ski Resort: Spending to counter its carbon footprint
Best Theater Production: Most transcendent play
Best Theater Director: And certainly the most idealistic
Best Actor: Creating principled characters
Best Actress: Most righteous onstage chemistry
Best Ethereal Dance Performance: Most astonishing feats of body and spirit
Best Comedy Night: Jokes that won't insult your intelligence
Best Karaoke: Most dulcet melodies with machine backing
Best Radio DJ: Versatile weaver on wheels of steel
Best DJ Night: A left-field electronic party
Best Traditional Music Venue: Grooviest bluegrass gigs
Best Emerging Metal Club: Where classy meets dirthead
Best Jazz Club That Isn't Yoshi's: An intimate space that highlights locals
Worldliest Latin Jazz Club: Orquestas and so much more
Best Reggae Club: Most savory slice of Jamaica
Best Labor-of-Love Venue: A sonically adventurous financial sacrifice
Best Sound System: Heavenly acoustics
Most Accomplished Musician: And still one of the busiest, too
Best Album: Most ethical lyricists
Best Street Musician: And most accomplished cimbalom player
Best Rapper: An unexpected blend of humor and humility
Best Country Musician: A singer-songwriter breaks boundaries
Most Rousing Local Band: A multiculti menage of ne'er-do-wells
Best Multigenre Band: With lyrics that show they care
Best Spoken-Word Poet: Most inspired lyrics
Best All-Ages Club: Where little guys get big treatment
Most Controversial Book: And they lived happily ever after
Best Self-Help Book: Most practical guide to finding happiness
Best Local Book Title: Provocative concept, thoughtful writing
Best Clergyperson/Mystery Novelist: Holiest writer
Best Winner of Literary Awards: Lushest literary laurels
Best East Bay True-Crime Author: And the busiest one, too
Best Actor
Best Art Nonprofit
Best Arts Presenter
Best Assemblagist
Best B-Boy-Inspired MC
Best Ballroom Dancing
Best Belly Dancer with Goth Flair
Best Blues Band
Best Burlesque Show
Best California or Tahoe Casino
Best Classic Car Spotting
Best Classic Mix on a Mainstream Radio Station
Best Country Band
Best Cover Act or Tribute Band
Best Director
Best Drag Show
Best Early Music Ensemble
Best East Bay Sports Event
Best Fishing Hole
Best Funk Guitarist
Best Geek Hangout
Best Golf Course
Best Hard-to-Categorize Roots-Rock Band
Best Health Club/Gym
Best Jammed-Out Kraut-Rock Funk Combo
Best Jazz Combo
Best Jazz Saxophonist
Best Jog Through the Hills
Best Kids Karate Instructor
Best Latin Artist
Best Local Album
Best Local Author
Best Local Book
Best Local Magic Kingdom
Best Local-Topic Blogger
Best Metal Band
Best Musician
Best New Player
Best Old-School Club DJ
Best Old-School Musical Act
Best Old-School Radio Programming
Best Old-Timey Adventure
Best One-Woman Arts Booster
Best Painter
Best Piano Player
Best Pilates Studio
Best Poet
Best Political Activist/Artist
Best Pool Hall
Best Pop Band
Best Producer/Director
Best Publishing Company
Best R&B or Soul Singer
Best Recreational Swimming Pool
Best Reggae Toaster
Best Retro Sports League
Best Set Designer
Best Singer or MC
Best Ska Band
Best Slide
Best Sporting Goods Store
Best Sports Bar
Best Stable
Best String Band
Best String Quartet
Best Summer Camp
Best Theatrical Production
Best Tribute Festival
Best Turf Dance Crew
Best Video Game or Pinball Arcade
Best Way to See the Entire East Bay
Best Yard Art
Best Yoga Instructor
Most Multi-Talented Musician
Best Multi-Genre Music Club
Best Rock Club
Best Small Theater Company
Best Vintage Auditorium
Best Dance Club
Best Drive-In
Best Gallery
Best Gallery for Local Talent
Best Grown and Sexy Club
Best Large Theater Company
Best Outdoors Dining to Music
Best Place to Hear Live Hip-Hop
Best Place to Sing a Little Night Music
Best Retro Music Scene
Best (and Craziest) East Bay Climb
Best Actor
Best Adventure Game
Best Aggregator of Mainstream Rap and the Thug Life
Best Animal Lover's Call to (Ideological) Arms
Best Art Blog
Best Band
Best Beer Hike
Best Bocce Ball Courts
Best Book on an Unsolved East Bay Murder
Best Books for Self-Helpers
Best Cover Band
Best Cultural Festival
Best Cultural Improvement
Best Digital Artist
Best Director
Best DJ
Best East Bay Book
Best Electro-Acoustic Live Act
Best Flat Place to Run
Best Graffiti Artist
Best Heart-Pumping Bike Ride
Best Hell-on-Two-Wheels Bike Race
Best in the West
Best Kanji Crash Course
Best League of Your Own
Best Local Portrait of Indie-Film Angst
Best Musician with a Cause
Best New Art Walk
Best New Film Director
Best New Slang Word
Best Oh-So-Shocking Wine Bar Newsletter
Best Painter
Best Photographer
Best Place to Do Indian Dance and Possibly Get Married Off to Someone's Daughter
Best Place to Let Kids Bang Things With a Hammer
Best Place to Play a Mean Pinball
Best Place to Play with Sharp Objects
Best Place to Realize How Privileged You Really Are
Best Rapper-Producer
Best Reason to Keep an AM Radio
Best Running Club
Best Sculptor
Best Singer
Best Strategies for Soulful Vegans
Best Synagogue Music
Best Tethered Model Airplane Park
Best Toddler Park
Best Ultramarathon
Best Virtual Bleacher Experience
Best Water-Borne Escape from Humanity in the Middle of Oakland
Best Weekly Bike Ride
Stoutest Dancehall DJ with International Flavor
The Best Place in the East Bay for (Legal) Camping
Best Cheap Betting
Best Full-Service Playground
Best Hikes
Best Hot Yoga
Best Art Gallery
Best Art House Coffee Shop
Best New Looks
Best Place for Bangers, Beer, and Baseball
Best Place to Score a Triple Eagle
Best Reason to Borrow Someone Else's Kid
Best Skaters' Haven
Best Warriors Basketball
Best Dance Joint at Which to Hear Real Smokin' Louisiana Music
Best Way to Crash the Party
Best Bluegrass Bar
Best Way to Get Fit Without Noticing
Best Intersection of Art, Politics, and PowerPoint
Best Large Theater Company
Best Museum
Best Music School
Best New Art Gallery
Best Place to Hang Out on a Monday Night
Best Punk Rock Dive Bar with Cheap-Ass Food
Best Purveyor of Local Crafts
Best Small Theater Company
Best Space for the Budding Artist
Best Theatrical Production
Best Tightwad Concert Club
Best Venue
Best Soccer Camp
Best Locally Concocted Bit of Gridiron Sorcery
Best Sports Astrologer
Best yogini/circus aerialist
Best Tour of Oakland By Foot
Best East Bay Waterfront Walk
Best Homegrown Internet Phenomenon
Toughest Way to Spend a Day at the Lake
Best Place to Get Dressed Up And Not Spend A Lot of Money
Best Courts On Which to Play in the Footprints of Legends
Best Hoopdancer
Best kick-ass trainer
Best Tennis Pro
Best Brazilian Dance Teacher
Best place to get your warrior on
Best Martial Arts Studio
Best Tailgate Adventure
Best Dance Studio for Aspiring Twinkletoes
Best Homegrown Hobby
Best Sideshow at a Warriors Game
Best Yoga for Perimenopausal Women
Best Baby Massage
Best Pro Athlete
Best Amateur Athlete, College
Best Amateur Athlete, High School
Best Place to Watch High School Basketball
Best Uphill Bike Race
Best Mascot
Best Bike Tour
Best new Prep Sport
Best Place to Get Started Skateboarding
Best Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Century
Best Model Railroad of the East Bay
Best Hole to Start Your Golf Game
Best Bowling Gimmick
Best Endurance Challenge
Best Place to Play Frisbee With Your Pooch
Best Live Music in a Museum
Best Karaoke Experience
Best Tribute Band
Best Reason to Remember Hyphy
Best Fierce Lil' Local Label
Best Up-And-Coming Homegrown Talent
Best Blog About East Bay Rocks
Best Repertory Movie House
Best Homegrown Arts Organization
Best Homegrown Guilty Pleasure
Best Pop-Up Dance Party
Best Bay Area Slang Nominated as Math Nomenclature
Best Chronicler of Big New Things
Best Graphic Novelist
Best Novelist
Best East Bay Poet
Best Place to Hear and Read Good Poetry
Best Home-Grown Cultural Scene
Best Under-21 Spot
Best Place to Play Board Games
Best Movie-Going Experience
Best Creative Music and Cocktails
Best Art Gallery Presenting Live Music
Best Cooperative New Music Orchestra
Best Tape Loop Manipulator
Best Alphabetical Performance Artist
Best Street Chalk Artist
Best Summer Outdoor Movie Night
Best Place to Get the Shakes
Best Face-Lift
Best Political Artist Collective
Best Play
Best Actor
Best Kids' Musician
Best Flea Market Drum Circle
Best New Band with an Old Sound
Best Public Art Innovation
Best Local Act That Made It Big
Best Forced-Productivity Art Collective
Best Animator
Best Club
Best Cloud Music
Best Studio
Best DJ
Best Comics Imprint
Best Zombie Apocalypse
Best Marching Band
Best Restaurant Musical Act
Best Bookstore Events
Best Lecture Series
Best Activist-Artist
Best Bike Trail
Best After-Hours Spot
Best Boot Camp
Best Cheap Kids' Day Out
Best Artist
Best Circus Hub
Best Band with Cross-Pollinated Roots
Best Deal for Family Fun
Best Broadway-Star-Turned Folk Diva
Best Fishing Spot
Best Comedian with a Message
Best Gym for People Who Hate the Gym
Best Comedy Show Remix
Best Diversified Programming
Best Hybrid Exercise
Best Killer Amateur Athlete
Best DJ
Best DJ/Drum Duo
Best Martial Arts Studio
Best Genre-Bending Local Album
Best Outdated Fitness Center
Best Park
Best Independent Record Label
Best Party on Two Wheels
Best Local Film Event
Best New Take on a Classic Play
Best Place for Families to Swim on a Not-So-Hot Day
Best Place to Fill In Your Grid
Best Metal Band
Best Multiplatform Festival
Best Place to Run Barefoot
Best Museum Remix
Best Place to Take the Kids on a Hot Day
Best Place to See a Show, Get a Buzz, and Get a Tattoo
Best Pool Hall
Best Sports League
Best Queer Party for Straights
Best Remixed Art Gallery
Best Summer Day Camp for Kids
Best Swimming Pool
Best Remixed Literary Event
Best Way to Run Around Lake Merritt
Best Slang Originator
Best Yoga Studio
Best Spoken Word Outlet
Best Under-21 Hangout
Most Scenic Run
Best YouTube Celebrity-Turned-Theater Actor
Most Unlikely Venue for Board Game Geeks
Widest Variety at a Jazz Club
Best Actor
Best Apocalypse-Style Workout
Best Family Bike Ride
Best Annual Event
Best Group Bike Ride for the Fun of It
Best Art Hang-Out
Best New Ace
Best Art Murmur After Party
Best New-Age Exercise
Best Artist
Best New Sports League
Best Art Walk That's Not Art Murmur
Best Olympic Female Athlete to Watch
Best Big Play on a Small Stage
Best Olympic Male Athlete to Watch
Best Blues Club
Best Place to Channel Your Inner Charles Bukowski
Best Place to Watch the Fight
Best Comedian
Best Comedic Performance
Best Public Tennis Courts
Best Creative Space to Get Your Glitter On
Best Quickie Workout Hike
Best DJ Night
Best Return to Childhood
Best East Bay-Produced Fanzine
Best Gallery
Best Run
Best Sports Coach
Best Jam Session
Best Urban Bird-Watching
Best Museum
Best Way to Spend a Sunny Sunday Afternoon
Best Program to Engage Youth
Best Rap Group
Most Egalitarian Trails
Best Roving Venue
Best Singer
Best Small Jazz Venue
Best Under-21 Hangout
Most Imaginative Instrumentalist
Most Inventive Reuse of a Jazz Club
Most Inspiring Performing Arts Series
Most Revolutionary Artist Collective
Most Revolutionary Use of Street Art
Most Revolutionary Way to Listen to Music Online
Best Affordable Art Gallery
Best Dance Fitness for All Levels
Best Father-Daughter Activity
Best Art Gallery
Best All-Women Bomba Group
Best Fundraiser on Four Wheels
Best Cat-Obsessed Local Musician
Best Hike in the Redwoods
Best Hike Where Dogs Can Go Off-Leash
Best Pitching Whisperer
Best Drive-In Replacement
Best Place for a Cross-Fit-Type Workout
Best Experimental Music Night
Best Feminist Comedy Duo
Best Public Pool
Best Local (Graphic) Novel
Best Staircase Walk
Best Longstanding Performing Arts Education Venue
Best Swim Lessons for Kids
Best Urban Oasis
Best Newly Arrived East Bay Musician
Best Woman-on-Woman Action
Best Place to Be Creative
Best Yoga Studio
Best Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp
Best Youth Sports League
Best Skeeze-Free Dance Party
Best Street Artist
Most Electrifying Hoopster
Most Venerable Pro Sports Figure
Best Theatrical Production
Most Authentically Oakland Weekly Event
Most Popular Cause
Most Unlikely Music and Art Venue
Best Arm Since Roberto Clemente
Best Athlete
Best Bike Ride Through the Backwoods
Best Coach Who Got No Respect
Best Hike in the Sun
Best Place to Camp with a Bunch of Friends
Best A's Fan Art
Best Recreational Area
Best Retro Sports Activity
Best Urban Bike Ride
Most Community-Minded Group Exercise Class
Best Community Art Center
Best East Bay Band on the Rise
Best East Bay Book
Best Emerging East Bay Author
Best Graphic Memoir
Best Monday Party
Best Movie Theater for Non-Movie Events
Best Outdoor Music Series
Best Place to Enjoy Chamber Music
Best Place to Make Art
Best Queer Dance Party
Best Underground Jazz Shows
Most Relaxing Workout
Best Art Gallery for People Under Thirty
Best Amateur Sports League
Best Art Studio Complex
Best BART-Accessible Hike
Best Artist Activist
Best Boot Camp for Women Who Don't Do Boot Camps
Best Designed Yoga Studio
Best BasedGod
Best Drone Competition
Best Elementary School Field Trip
Best Blues Jam
Best Free Bike Classes
Best Center for Creative Youth Organizing
Best Free Bird Tour by the Beach
Best Chance to Hear Music from the Depths of the Internet
Best Comedian
Best Free Shakespeare
Best Meditation Spot
Best Indoor Murals
Best Organization for Group Walks
Best Intimate Concerts
Best Place for Family Bike Rides
Most Exciting Sports Team
Best New Experimental Musical Theater Troupe
Best Museum for the People, by the People
Best Poetry Press
Best Rapping Astrologist
Best Rising Lyricist
Best Roots Bandleader
Best Underground Dance Party
Best Undercover Public Art Installation
Best Venue for Social Justice Performances
Best Year-Old Theater Company
Best Youth Media Training Program
Most Socially Engaged Curator
Best of the East Bay 2016: Arts & Culture Writers' Picks
Best of the East Bay 2016: Nightlife & Entertainment Writers Picks
Best of the East Bay 2017: Arts & Music
Best of the East Bay 2017: Entertainment & Nightlife
Best Art with a Cause
Best Bar for a Sensory Overload
Best Building Transformation
Best Compromise Between Going Out for a Beer and Staying in to Read a Book
Best Firebrand DJ
Best Glass Pumpkins
Best Hip-Hop Record Shop
Best Homegrown Hip-Hop Festival
Best Inclusive Dance Night
Best Mural on the Island
Best Jet-Setting Party Starters
Best Music Radio Station
Best Lecture at a Bar
Best Place to Revise Your View of Rosie
Best Luxury Theater Experience
Best Poetry Slam
Best New Podcast
Best R&B Conjurer
Best Place to Do the Lindy Hop
Best Tiny All-Ages Venue
Best Place to Relive Your '80s Childhood
Best Voter Guide for the Techno Set
Best Skate Crew
Best Youth Performance Ensemble
Readers’ Poll Winners: Arts & Culture
Best Place to Dance and Not Spend Money on Alcohol
Most Wondrous Bed and Breakfast
Best Free Entertainment
Readers Say the Darndest Things: Arts & Culture
Best Value in a Symphony
Most Decadent Pool Deck
Most Affordable Immersion Into Sailing
Best Free Art and Nature Experience
Best Place to Test Drive Board Games
Cheapest Way to See the Flora of California
Best Hip-Hop Venue
Best Way to Go Boating — and Support Youth Programs
Best Place To Kick Off Your Wrestling Career
Best Album Recorded In Oakland
Most Important Novel Set in Oakland
Best Center for Youth Activism
Best Place to Restock Your Zine Collection
Best Hike
Best New Genre-Defying Local Group
Best Science Camp
Best Comic Book Events
Best Gallery for People Under 30
Best Sports Deal
Best Graphic Journal
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Best Beauty Supply Store
Best Beauty Supply Store
Best Natural Food Store
Best Natural Food Store
Best Place to Buy TrinketsDo you need
Best Place to Buy TrinketsDo you need
Best Place to Buy Martial Arts Gear
Best Place to Buy Martial Arts Gear
Best Produce Store
Best Produce Store
Best Video Rental
Best Video Rental
Best Place to Replace Your Useless Trunk Lock
Best Place to Replace Your Useless Trunk Lock
Best Wine Shop
Best Wine Shop
Best Farmers Market
Best Farmers Market
Best Hair Salon
Best Hair Salon
Best Plant Nursery
Best Plant Nursery
Best Specialty Bookshop
Best Specialty Bookshop
Best Supermarket
Best Supermarket
Best Place for the Disabled to Bring Their Electronic Troubles
Best Place for the Disabled to Bring Their Electronic Troubles
Best Used Bookstore
Best Used Bookstore
Best Place to Buy Stuff You Wish You Didnt Need
Best Place to Buy Stuff You Wish You Didnt Need
Best Place to Get Your Pooch Groomed
Best Place to Get Your Pooch Groomed
Best Place for Men to Buy Womens Shoes
Best Place for Men to Buy Womens Shoes
Best "Pre-owned" Clothing Store
Best "Pre-owned" Clothing Store
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Best Hidden Treasure Trove
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Best Independent Bookstore
Best Womens Clothing Store
Best Womens Clothing Store
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Best Car Repair
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Best Mens Clothing Store
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Best Place to Buy Flowers
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Best Shoe Boutique
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Best Place to Buy CDs
Best Furniture Store
Best Furniture Store
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Best Pet Food Store
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Best Old-School Hardware Store
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Best Place to Get Waxed
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The New Facial Hair
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Best Artisan Shop
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Best Pet Store
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Best Place to Pick Up Dot-Com Spoils
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Best Crate-Diggin' Spot
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Best Accordion Shop
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Best Video Rental
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Best Independent Bookstore
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Best Specialty Bookstore
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Best Grocery Store
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Best Natural Foods Store
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Best Place to Buy Men's Clothes
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Best Discount Spot This Side of Tracy or Gilroy
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Best Place to Buy a Complete Outfit for $10
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Best Place to Prep for Burning Man
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Best Shoe Boutique
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Best Eyeglass Boutique
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Best Hair Salon
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Best Place to Find Soaps That Smell Like the French Countryside
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Best Skate Shop
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Best Car Dealer
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Best New Patriotic Byproduct
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Best Place to Score a 500-Pound Rock
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Best Place to Buy Furniture
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Best Plant Nursery
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Best Ethnic Gift Boutique
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Best Place to Buy Used Stereo Equipment
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Best Hold Music
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Best Place to Buy CDs
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Best Local Business Success Story
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Best Bookstore for Eccentric Scholars
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Best Wine Shop
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Best Wedding Cakes
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Best Produce Store
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Best Farmers' Market
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Best Women's Clothing
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Best Vintage Clothing
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Best Button Shop
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Best Boutique Jewelry Store
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Best Health Care for the Working Poor
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Best Tattoo/Piercing Parlor
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Best Spa
Best Bike Shop
Best Bike Shop
Most Innovative New Business
Most Innovative New Business
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Best Car Repair
Best Coffin Store
Best Coffin Store
Best Antique Collective
Best Antique Collective
Best Place to Indulge a Furniture Fetish
Best Place to Indulge a Furniture Fetish
12:03 a.m. Thursday: Best Place to Get Your Camus On
12:03 a.m. Thursday: Best Place to Get Your Camus On
2:27 a.m. Saturday: Best New Way to Annoy the Neighbors
2:27 a.m. Saturday: Best New Way to Annoy the Neighbors
3:00 a.m. Weekdays: Best Way to Water the Garden While You Sleep
3:00 a.m. Weekdays: Best Way to Water the Garden While You Sleep
7:03 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Awaken Your Olfactory Nerve
7:03 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Awaken Your Olfactory Nerve
7:30 a.m. Every Day: Best Micro-roasted Coffee
7:30 a.m. Every Day: Best Micro-roasted Coffee
8:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Auto Repair
8:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Auto Repair
9:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Designer Furniture
9:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Designer Furniture
9:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Plant Nursery
9:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Plant Nursery
10:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Buy Lumber Like Your Daddy Did, If Dad Had Any Talent
10:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Buy Lumber Like Your Daddy Did, If Dad Had Any Talent
10:00 a.m. Sunday: Best General Bookstore
10:00 a.m. Sunday: Best General Bookstore
10:00 a.m. Daily Throughout October: Best Pumpkin Patch
10:00 a.m. Daily Throughout October: Best Pumpkin Patch
10:00 a.m. Friday: Best Meat Counter
10:00 a.m. Friday: Best Meat Counter
10:00 a.m. Weekdays: Best Holistic Pet Care
10:00 a.m. Weekdays: Best Holistic Pet Care
10:05 a.m. Tuesday: Best Toy Store
10:05 a.m. Tuesday: Best Toy Store
10:15 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Plan Your Summer Vacation
10:15 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Plan Your Summer Vacation
10:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Old-School Knitting Store
10:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Old-School Knitting Store
10:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Get Baby Gadgets on a Sleep-Deprived Morning
10:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Get Baby Gadgets on a Sleep-Deprived Morning
10:45 a.m. Wednesday: Best Natural Foods Store
10:45 a.m. Wednesday: Best Natural Foods Store
10:47 a.m. Sunday: Best Spot to Score a Sunday Times Sugar-Rush
10:47 a.m. Sunday: Best Spot to Score a Sunday Times Sugar-Rush
10:49 a.m. Sunday: Best Place to Buy Rare, Unusual, and Heirloom Flower Specimens
10:49 a.m. Sunday: Best Place to Buy Rare, Unusual, and Heirloom Flower Specimens
10:55 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place for Female Athletes to Find Support
10:55 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place for Female Athletes to Find Support
11:00 a.m. Wednesday: Best Kids' Resale Shop
11:00 a.m. Wednesday: Best Kids' Resale Shop
11:00 a.m. Weekdays in February: Best Rummage Sale
11:00 a.m. Weekdays in February: Best Rummage Sale
11:00 a.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Selection of Asian Soft Drinks
11:00 a.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Selection of Asian Soft Drinks
11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Call for an Appointment: The Best Place to Get Your Ferrari Fixed
11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Call for an Appointment: The Best Place to Get Your Ferrari Fixed
11:45 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Score a Free Trip to Sweden -- For Just $24,000
11:45 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Score a Free Trip to Sweden -- For Just $24,000
High Noon, Saturday: Best Place to Get in Touch With Your Inner Middle American
High Noon, Saturday: Best Place to Get in Touch With Your Inner Middle American
12:20 p.m. Weekdays: Best Lunchtime Shoe Shopping
12:20 p.m. Weekdays: Best Lunchtime Shoe Shopping
12:20 p.m. Saturday: Best Silversmith and Metal Restorer
12:20 p.m. Saturday: Best Silversmith and Metal Restorer
12:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best All-Around Bike Shop
12:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best All-Around Bike Shop
12:45 p.m. Monday: Best Place to Buy Ghetto Chic on the Cheap While Cutting Class
12:45 p.m. Monday: Best Place to Buy Ghetto Chic on the Cheap While Cutting Class
12:55 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Preserve Your Signed Baseball for Posterity
12:55 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Preserve Your Signed Baseball for Posterity
12:59 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Buy a Sari
12:59 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Buy a Sari
1:00 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Lust After Furniture You Can't Afford
1:00 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Lust After Furniture You Can't Afford
1:15 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Buy a Pair of Glasses That Will Make You Look Like a Superstar
1:15 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Buy a Pair of Glasses That Will Make You Look Like a Superstar
1:40 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Steam and Soak Like a Finn
1:40 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Steam and Soak Like a Finn
1:50 p.m. Wednesday: Best Jewelry Store
1:50 p.m. Wednesday: Best Jewelry Store
2:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Way to Beat the Lines
2:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Way to Beat the Lines
2:00 p.m. Thursday: Best Women's Clothing Store
2:00 p.m. Thursday: Best Women's Clothing Store
Just Before School Lets Out: Best Place to Indulge Your Inner Fanboy or Fangirl
Just Before School Lets Out: Best Place to Indulge Your Inner Fanboy or Fangirl
2:07 p.m. Mon.-Wed.: Best Tropical Fish Store
2:07 p.m. Mon.-Wed.: Best Tropical Fish Store
2:20 p.m. Saturday: Best Gift Boutique
2:20 p.m. Saturday: Best Gift Boutique
2:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Record Store
2:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Record Store
3:00 p.m. Wednesday: Best Low-Tech Artwork
3:00 p.m. Wednesday: Best Low-Tech Artwork
3:05 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Introduce Young Readers to Reality
3:05 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Introduce Young Readers to Reality
3:10 p.m. Saturday: Best New Store
3:10 p.m. Saturday: Best New Store
3:14 p.m. Saturday, After Spring Cleaning: Best Place to Take Your Old Electronics
3:14 p.m. Saturday, After Spring Cleaning: Best Place to Take Your Old Electronics
3:20 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Get a Last-Second Costume in May
3:20 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Get a Last-Second Costume in May
3:30 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Get Cracked After a Rough Weekend
3:30 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Get Cracked After a Rough Weekend
3:45 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Place to Spend $400 Making a Guitar Sound as If It's Worth $1,000
3:45 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Place to Spend $400 Making a Guitar Sound as If It's Worth $1,000
3:45 p.m. Thursday: Best Place to Quench Your GAS
3:45 p.m. Thursday: Best Place to Quench Your GAS
4:00 p.m. Friday: Best Flower Shop
4:00 p.m. Friday: Best Flower Shop
4:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Pastry Shop
4:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Pastry Shop
5:00 p.m. Friday: Best Time to Shop at IKEA
5:00 p.m. Friday: Best Time to Shop at IKEA
5:10 p.m. Friday: Best Place to Buy Men's Work Clothes or Hipster Gear
5:10 p.m. Friday: Best Place to Buy Men's Work Clothes or Hipster Gear
5:15 p.m. Weekdays: Best Reminder of the "New Economy"
5:15 p.m. Weekdays: Best Reminder of the "New Economy"
5:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Massage for Your Money, If You Can Plan Ahead a Week
5:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Massage for Your Money, If You Can Plan Ahead a Week
5:39 p.m. Mon.-Sat.: Best Wines from Around the World
5:39 p.m. Mon.-Sat.: Best Wines from Around the World
5:45 p.m. Mon.-Sat.: Best Wine Finds in a Grocery Store
5:45 p.m. Mon.-Sat.: Best Wine Finds in a Grocery Store
5:46 p.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Place to Prepare Your Own Ethiopian Feast
5:46 p.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Place to Prepare Your Own Ethiopian Feast
By Appointment Only: Best Artisan Shop
By Appointment Only: Best Artisan Shop
6:30 p.m. Monday: Best Date Night for New Parents
6:30 p.m. Monday: Best Date Night for New Parents
6:35 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Bring Your Inner Rebel to the Surface
6:35 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Bring Your Inner Rebel to the Surface
6:40 p.m. Wednesday: Best Spa
6:40 p.m. Wednesday: Best Spa
7:00 p.m. Wednesday, by Appointment: Best Place Besides Your House to Get Your Wig Whacked
7:00 p.m. Wednesday, by Appointment: Best Place Besides Your House to Get Your Wig Whacked
7:30 p.m. Friday: Best Place to Fight Monobrow Before a Night on the Town
7:30 p.m. Friday: Best Place to Fight Monobrow Before a Night on the Town
7:35 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Place to Get Pet Stuff on Your Way Home from Work
7:35 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Place to Get Pet Stuff on Your Way Home from Work
8:30 p.m. Monday: Best Discount Shopping Strategy
8:30 p.m. Monday: Best Discount Shopping Strategy
9:00 p.m. Tuesday: Best Video Rental
9:00 p.m. Tuesday: Best Video Rental
9:14 p.m. Friday: Best Take-Out Beer Selection
9:14 p.m. Friday: Best Take-Out Beer Selection
10:00 p.m. Wed.-Sun.: Best Strip Joint
10:00 p.m. Wed.-Sun.: Best Strip Joint
10:30 p.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Place to Indulge Your Indecisiveness
10:30 p.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Place to Indulge Your Indecisiveness
11:56 p.m. Saturday: Best Anomaly on Main Street
11:56 p.m. Saturday: Best Anomaly on Main Street
Last Day in the East Bay
Last Day in the East Bay
Perfect Day: Seeking Retail Therapy
Perfect Day: Seeking Retail Therapy
Best Ethnic Arts & Crafts Store: Some candles and the subcomandante
Best Ethnic Arts & Crafts StoreSome candles and the subcomandante
Best Place to Stock Up on Spiritual Supplies: Find a goddess to grace your desk
Best Place to Stock Up on Spiritual SuppliesFind a goddess to grace your desk
Best Women's Clothing: How to dress to the point of tears
Best Women's ClothingHow to dress to the point of tears
Best Used Clothing: Bargains far from the madding crowd
Best Used ClothingBargains far from the madding crowd
Best Botanica: Get in touch with your inner Yoruba
Best BotanicaGet in touch with your inner Yoruba
Best Mom-and-Pop Market: Where regulars buy groceries on credit
Best Mom-and-Pop MarketWhere regulars buy groceries on credit
Best Asian Bakery: Where the New Year is all year
Best Asian BakeryWhere the New Year is all year
Best African Imports Store: Get in touch with the dark continent
Best African Imports StoreGet in touch with the dark continent
Best Classical Music Store: Babatunde, Broadway, and Beethoven
Best Classical Music StoreBabatunde, Broadway, and Beethoven
Best Preschool: It's all downhill from here
Best PreschoolIt's all downhill from here
Best Manicure and Pedicure: Check your cares at the door
Best Manicure and PedicureCheck your cares at the door
Best African Hair Braiding: How Stella got her weave back
Best African Hair BraidingHow Stella got her weave back
Best Chinese Fish Market: Seafood that's not for the squeamish
Best Chinese Fish MarketSeafood that's not for the squeamish
Best Book Bargain: For the open-minded
Best Book BargainFor the open-minded
Best Video Game Shop: Where Zelda hangs out alongside Mario
Best Video Game ShopWhere Zelda hangs out alongside Mario
Best Place to Find a Dog Walker: Poochie puns for pet people
Best Place to Find a Dog WalkerPoochie puns for pet people
Best Place to Buy or Rent a Snowboard: Where to go for every other kind of board
Best Place to Buy or Rent a SnowboardWhere to go for every other kind of board
Best Shoe Store: Best chance of spotting Carrie Bradshaw
Best Shoe StoreBest chance of spotting Carrie Bradshaw
Best Natural Foods Store: Broadest selection of organic products
Best Natural Foods StoreBroadest selection of organic products
Best Web Site Hosting: Get 31337 on your way to that OC48
Best Web Site HostingGet 31337 on your way to that OC48
Best Plant Nursery: Plants, jewelry, and coffee, all in one location
Best Plant NurseryPlants, jewelry, and coffee, all in one location
Best Wireless Internet Service: Free-est speech in the East Bay
Best Wireless Internet ServiceFreest speech in the East Bay
Best Local Dial-Up ISP: And a cool e-mail address
Best Local Dial-Up ISPAnd a cool e-mail address
Best Telegraph Avenue Store Not on Telegraph Avenue: Where to get that Bee Gees onesie
Best Telegraph Avenue Store Not on Telegraph AvenueWhere to get that Bee Gees onesie
Best Bollywood Video Rental: So you never have to say you're sari
Best Bollywood Video RentalSo you never have to say you're sari
Best Men's Clothing Not just practical -- fashionable, too.
Best Men's Clothing: Not just practical -- fashionable, too.
Best Vintage Clothing Store: Buttons and bunnies
Best Vintage Clothing StoreButtons and bunnies
Best Asian Herbalist: Treatment fit for an emperor
Best Asian HerbalistTreatment fit for an emperor
Best Grocery Store: For shoppers who can't get credit
Best Grocery StoreFor shoppers who can't get credit
Best Afghan Bakery: Loaves to keep your child warm at night
Best Afghan BakeryLoaves to keep your child warm at night
Best Video/DVD Rental: DVDs you didn't know you wanted to watch
Best Video/DVD RentalDVDs you didn't know you wanted to watch
Best Latin Record Store: For Mexican music, the clear winner
Best Latin Record StoreFor Mexican music, the clear winner
Best Place to Leave the Kids After School: And clean up their language, too
Best Place to Leave the Kids After SchoolAnd clean up their language, too
Best Spa: Place to smear yourself with avocado paste
Best SpaPlace to smear yourself with avocado paste
Best Eyeglass Boutique: But don't get all pince-nez on us
Best Eyeglass BoutiqueBut don't get all pince-nez on us
Best Wine Tastings: Sip Syrah without feeling like a wine snob
Best Wine TastingsSip Syrah without feeling like a wine snob
Best Place to Rent a Book: And be reminded of the Beat Generation
Best Place to Rent a BookAnd be reminded of the Beat Generation
Best Place to Buy Computer Equipment by the Pound: Meet the Pick-n-Pull of the computer world
Best Place to Buy Computer Equipment by the PoundMeet the Pick-n-Pull of the computer world
Best Place to Buy or Rent Skis Yes, kid, skis. They come two to a pair
Best Place to Buy or Rent Skis: Yes, kid, skis. They come two to a pair
Best Jewelry Store: Victorian jewelry for the contemporary woman
Best Jewelry StoreVictorian jewelry for the contemporary woman
Best Produce for the Money: Do the Alice Waters thing on a budget
Best Produce for the MoneyDo the Alice Waters thing on a budget
Best Place to Green Up the Inside of Your House: Home ownership need not be hazardous
Best Place to Green Up the Inside of Your HouseHome ownership need not be hazardous
Best Car Repair: Place to have a breakdown
Best Car RepairPlace to have a breakdown
Best Chinese Stationery Store: Stocking stuffers for anyone young
Best Chinese Stationery StoreStocking stuffers for anyone young
Best Indian Record Store: Get to the latest dance hits before Jay-Z does
Best Indian Record StoreGet to the latest dance hits before Jay-Z does
Best Yarn Store: Where to catch the knitting bug
Best Yarn StoreWhere to catch the knitting bug
Best Acupuncturist: An Asian approach to fertility
Best AcupuncturistAn Asian approach to fertility
Best Ethnic Grocery: If you've been craving camel
Best Ethnic GroceryIf you've been craving camel
Best Mexican Bakery: Sweet treats for Juanita Q. Public
Best Mexican BakerySweet treats for Juanita Q. Public
Best Martial Arts Video Rental: Great selection and a chance to practice your Cantonese
Best Martial Arts Video RentalGreat selection and a chance to practice your Cantonese
Best Spanish-Language Bookstore: La mejor librería
Best Spanish-Language BookstoreLa mejor librería
Best Toy Store: Home of radioactive toy monsters
Best Toy StoreHome of radioactive toy monsters
Best Bike Shop: For twee grad students or Tokyo ravers
Best Bike ShopFor twee grad students or Tokyo ravers
Best Tattoo/Piercing Parlor: Make your future in-laws nervous
Best Tattoo/Piercing ParlorMake your future in-laws nervous
Best Wine Shop: Okay, it's not really a shop
Best Wine ShopOkay, it's not really a shop
Best Comic Store: Cthulhu, manga, and Pia the cat, too
Best Comic StoreCthulhu, manga, and Pia the cat, too
Best Gift Boutique: Place to creep out your little sister
Best Gift BoutiquePlace to creep out your little sister
Best Discount Bridal Gowns: Couture wedding gowns on the cheap
Best Discount Bridal GownsCouture wedding gowns on the cheap
Best Hip-Hop Clothing: Keep your bling-bling real, too
Best Hip-Hop ClothingKeep your bling-bling real, too
Best New Store: Get a massage while filling a prescription
Best New StoreGet a massage while filling a prescription
Best Credit Union: How to save money on your banking needs
Best Credit UnionHow to save money on your banking needs
Best Chinese Imports Store: Tea gets the wine shop treatment
Best Chinese Imports StoreTea gets the wine shop treatment
Best Record Store: Albums you never knew you wanted
Best Record StoreAlbums you never knew you wanted
Best Place to Get Educated Help with Baby Gear And learn how to install a car seat
Best Place to Get Educated Help with Baby Gear: And learn how to install a car seat
Best Chiropractor: Where to get your crooked back cracked
Best ChiropractorWhere to get your crooked back cracked
Best Hair Salon: Best local color
Best Hair SalonBest local color
Best Bakery: No, that isn't a Ding Dong
Best BakeryNo, that isn't a Ding Dong
Best Anime Rentals: Where The Sopranos share space with Trigun
Best Anime RentalsWhere The Sopranos share space with Trigun
Best General Bookstore: Where to conjure up visions of Athens
Best General BookstoreWhere to conjure up visions of Athens
Best Pet Store: Home of soon-to-be-slobbery dog toys
Best Pet StoreHome of soon-to-be-slobbery dog toys
Best Skate Shop: Where it's safe to lurk for 29 minutes
Best Skate ShopWhere it's safe to lurk for 29 minutes
Best Women's Underwear: Undergarments that speak your language
Best Women's UnderwearUndergarments that speak your language
Best Smoke Shop: Where to get a whiff of the old country
Best Smoke ShopWhere to get a whiff of the old country
Best Flower Shop: Do the Alice Waters thing with flowers
Best Flower ShopDo the Alice Waters thing with flowers
Local Color
Local Color
Color My World
Color My World
Most Essential Bay Area Product
Most Essential Bay Area Product
Butteriest Pastries
Butteriest Pastries
Nicest Grocery Experience
Nicest Grocery Experience
Neighborliest Chain Store
Neighborliest Chain Store
Most Aromatic Place to Buy Kimchi
Most Aromatic Place to Buy Kimchi
Stinkiest Cheeses
Stinkiest Cheeses
Headiest Local Brew
Headiest Local Brew
Boldest Wine
Boldest Wine
Least Pretentious Wine Shop
Least Pretentious Wine Shop
Skunkiest Medical Marijuana
Skunkiest Medical Marijuana
Mellowest Smoke Shop
Mellowest Smoke Shop
Smallest Cigar Shop Worth Puffing About
Smallest Cigar Shop Worth Puffing About
Most Divine Brioche
Most Divine Brioche
Suavest Men's Clothing
Suavest Men's Clothing
Chic-est Women's Clothing
Chic-est Women's Clothing
Broadest Bridal Selection
Broadest Bridal Selection
Blingiest Jewelry
Blingiest Jewelry
Skimpiest Lingerie
Skimpiest Lingerie
Most Polished Shoestore Service
Most Polished Shoestore Service
Quirkiest Shoe Shop
Quirkiest Shoe Shop
Least Picked-Over Thrift Store
Least Picked-Over Thrift Store
Highest-Paying Clothing Buyers
Highest-Paying Clothing Buyers
Story-Tellingest Washhouse
Story-Tellingest Washhouse
Flakiest Baklava
Flakiest Baklava
Stylin'est Eyeglass Selection
Stylin'est Eyeglass Selection
Largest Cheap-Shades Selection
Largest Cheap-Shades Selection
Daringest Hair Salon
Daringest Hair Salon
Smoothest Skincare Shop
Smoothest Skincare Shop
Sunniest Tanning Salon
Sunniest Tanning Salon
Most Artistic Tattoo Artist
Most Artistic Tattoo Artist
Most Lasting Tattoo Tribute
Most Lasting Tattoo Tribute
Relaxingest Massage on a Budget
Relaxingest Massage on a Budget
Most Relaxing Two Hours for Moms and Moms-to-Be
Most Relaxing Two Hours for Moms and Moms-to-Be
Straightest Chiropractor
Straightest Chiropractor
Old-Timey-est Bakery
Old-Timey-est Bakery
Sharpest Acupuncturist
Sharpest Acupuncturist
Least Painful Dental Appointment
Least Painful Dental Appointment
Most Reasonable Veterinary Services
Most Reasonable Veterinary Services
Fido-Friendliest Pet Store
Fido-Friendliest Pet Store
Most Luxurious Temporary Doggy Digs
Most Luxurious Temporary Doggy Digs
Most Likely Place to Find a Future Silicon Valley Inventor
Most Likely Place to Find a Future Silicon Valley Inventor
Most Enterprising New Business
Most Enterprising New Business
Unfailingest Cellphone Coverage
Unfailingest Cellphone Coverage
Most Competent Mechanic(s)
Most Competent Mechanic(s)
Brightest Motorcycle Emporium
Brightest Motorcycle Emporium
Fluffiest Layer Cakes
Fluffiest Layer Cakes
FreeWheelin'-est Bike Shop
FreeWheelin'-est Bike Shop
Earthiest Outdoor Store
Earthiest Outdoor Store
Handiest Hardware Store
Handiest Hardware Store
Gadgetiest Hardware Store
Gadgetiest Hardware Store
Surest Sign That You're Near Silicon Valley
Surest Sign That You're Near Silicon Valley
Most Generous CD Buyers
Most Generous CD Buyers
Vastest Video Selection
Vastest Video Selection
Magaziniest Bookstore
Magaziniest Bookstore
Spookiest Bookshop
Spookiest Bookshop
Least Likely Spot to Run into Oprah
Least Likely Spot to Run into Oprah
Most Divine Pies
Most Divine Pies
Diciest Game Store
Diciest Game Store
Least Prefab Toy Selection
Least Prefab Toy Selection
Most Helpful Camera Store
Most Helpful Camera Store
Worldliest Housewares
Worldliest Housewares
Highest-Stakes Retro Shopping Experience
Highest-Stakes Retro Shopping Experience
Most Surreal Shopping Experience
Most Surreal Shopping Experience
Proudest Hometown Merchandise
Proudest Hometown Merchandise
Most Specialized Store
Most Specialized Store
Most Eclectic Picture Frame Selection
Most Eclectic Picture Frame Selection
Least Funereal Flower Shop
Least Funereal Flower Shop
Sweetest Relief After Dropping Off Your Honda at the Shop
Sweetest Relief After Dropping Off Your Honda at the Shop
Nativist Plants
Nativist Plants
Sweetest Sweetshop
Sweetest Sweetshop
Most Piñata-Worthy Mexican Candy
Most Piñata-Worthy Mexican Candy
Cheapest Buys of Good Wine
Cheapest Buys of Good Wine
Readers Say the Darnedest Things
Mo'Outtakes
Mo'Outtakes
Best Pet Training: Taming your three-headed dog from hell
Best Dog Walkers: Big-hearted pet pair
Best Pet Store: Lavish treat selection for furry friends
Best Specialty Store: The devil's minions await
Best Veterinarian: Compassion at reasonable prices
Best Cat Veterinarian: Ferocious feline pros cure cat conundrums
Best Coffee: The most vengeful caffeine fix
Best Dead Things: Decorate with the bestial departed
Best Tea: Unassuming organic oolongs
Best Bread: Wholesomeness meets butter and jam
Best Beyond-Organic Vegetables: Voluptuous veggies guaranteed
Best Organic Fruit Delivery: Satisfy that voracious fructose appetite
Best Wine Shop: Pretentious clerks can apply elsewhere.
Best Cookie: Justifiably vain desserts
Best Pastries: The second most sensual use of whipped cream
Best Cupcake: Delicate treats, indeed
Best Ice Cream: Seducing, not assaulting, the tastebuds
Best Chocolate Store: Sinful extravagance with cacao bars aplenty
Best Lingerie Store: Naughty discretion for the novice
Best Wedding Dress Shop: A stylish respite from suburban bridal hell
Best Dominatrix: A noble dungeon mistress
Best Head Shop: Boasting a bountiful bong supply
Best Place to Watch Kids Go Wild: The wee ones shake off their demons
Best Record Store: Small, sleek, and hospitable
Best Home Audio Store: Lavish alternative to Wheels of Steel
Best Tattoo Artist: Saints rendered by ink-stained sinner
Best Bookstore: A bountiful literary haven
Best Micro Bookstore: Tiny space with books most bountiful
Best Car Repair: Loyalty comes to those who repent
Best Loan Broker: A zealous mortgage maven
Best Hardware Store: A perky, helpful staff
Best Antique Store: Relics at modest prices
Best Woodworking Supply: Enabler of a noble tradition
Best Arbor Service: Fast, frugal tree wrangling
Best Plant Nursery: Considerate cutting connoisseur
Best Shoe Store: For stylish footwear worshippers
Best Eyeglasses: Accommodating service that sees fit to go beyond the call
Best Place to Find Local Fashions: A devout supporter of East Bay designers
Best Women's Clothing: You'll feel guilty, and come back for more
Best Men's Clothing: Indulging your male vanity
Best Bargain-Hunter's Delight: Cheap and proud of it
Best Jewelry Store: A greed-inducing collection of all-assembly-required trinkets
Best East Bay Product: Preeners and power lines
Best Shopping Experience: Benevolent boutique for your inner love goddess
Best Culinary Fragrances: Most sensual place to perfume your food
Best Chainstore Service: Workers who border on zealous
Best Grocery: To stock a frugal pantry
Best Resale Store: Its generosity goes both ways
Best Outdoor Store: No-hassle returns
Best Bike Shop: Patient, charitable salespeople
Best New Business: Virtuous pedal pushers
Best Snowboard/Skateboard Shop: Lust for powpow and tanlines
Best Martial Arts Supplier: Fiercest instruments for achieving mushin
Best Boxing Gym: Cathartic place for a beating
Best Bowling Alley: Providing surreal mercy on the morning after
Best Game or Hobby Shop: Lucifer would appreciate the mayhem
Best Video Store: Haven for film zealots
Best Electronics Repair: For enthusiastic circuit geeks
Best Software Company: An enthusiastic people connector
Best Cell-Phone Service: Oh signal bars most merciful ...
Best Camera Store: A charitable business
Best Home PC Repair: Liberal doses of a vast knowledge
Best Ergonomics Shop: Bliss for your achin' back
Best Massage Therapist: Tender touch rubs the right way
Best Guitar Store: Feed your six-string lust
Best Spa: Be in touch with your inner sloth
Best Body Care Salon: Indulgent pampering of the flesh
Best Alternative Healer: Altruism for mind and body
Best Beauty Supply: Appealing to your locks, and your vanity
Best Fancy Haircuts for Macho Dudes: Your bowling buddies will secretly envy you
Best Hair Salon: Haughty hairstylists for folks who can afford 'em
Best Nail Salon: Where fellas can find a sympathetic pedicure
Best Bargain Beauty Shop: Cosmic indolence on the cheap
Best Local Organic Beer: Purest pour of sustainable brew
Best Sustainable Meat Counter: The ideal place to go whole hog
Best Lingerie: An awe-inspiring array of ooh-la-la
Best Sex Shop: A guru on your path to Nirvana
Best Barbershop: Soothing soul and an earthly vibe
Best Sports Store for Women: For heavenly bodies in motion
Best Women's Clothes: With the allure of sirens' sarongs
Best Men's Clothing: Reclaim your swagger, guys
Best Place to Find the Divine Spirit: Tastiest alcohol infusions
Best Organic Wine: A rare and divine offering
Best Preventive Health Care: A resurrection of the body
Best Bike Shop: Beyond retail, teaching kids pride in ownership
Best East Bay Product: Crunchiest way to see the light
Best Bookstore: A cozy, bookish, community place
Best Grocery: A bountiful corner cornucopia
Best Car Dealer: An electrifying test drive
Best Plant Nursery: The perfect place to go native
Best Local Farm: Come and reap what you sow
Best Coffee: Most fervently religious cup of organic joe
Best Neighborhood Bakery: Bringing some scrumptious revitalization
Best Ice Cream: An original hit of luscious
Best Art Supplier: Giving household recyclables new life
Best Office Supplies: A positive return on your paper-clip purchases
Best Nontoxic Dry Cleaning: An Earth-friendly way to care for your clothes
Best Kids' Clothes and Flower Boutique: Hip duds and blossoms for little darlings
Best Parental Reprieve: Toddlers play while you recuperate
Best Knitting Store: A place to spin vibrant yarns
Best Edible Plants: Horticulturally correct outdoor offerings
Best Chocolates: Don't put that box in a landfill eat it!
Best Thrift Shop: Bargain bins with a cause
Best Gynecology Practice: A comforting place to spread your legs
Best Shoe Store: Sneakers elevated to an art form
Best Place to Sell Clothes: Without being forced to sell your soul
Best Dollar Store: Wisest way to stretch a buck
Best Laundress: Goddess of the spin cycle
Best Truffles: Intensely freaky chocolate confections
Best Luthier: A craftsman dedicated to his muse
Best Game and Hobby Shop: A host of creative challenges
Best Outdoor Store: Gear that's even more experienced than you are
Best Place to Get Smogged: They ease the pain of a mandatory procedure
Best Salvage: Most exciting way to recycle
Best Worker-Run Business: A slice of the greater good
Best Home Improvement Store: Dressing up your home responsibly
Best Soap Store: An enchanting sensory overload
Best Health and Wellness Center: A holistic complement to Western medicine
Best Local Brew: Seeking perfection in a bottle
Best Hardware Store: Evoking the good old days of customer service
Best Dairy Products: Happy organic cows make tasty cheese and butter
Best Vintage Clothing: The new style is fashion compassion
Best Collectibles Cafe: Faithful to coffee, relics, tchotchkes, and God
Best Wine Store: A glass of Divine or Days Divine & Roses
Best Reuse of Vinyl: Save-the-planet fashion statements
Best Skin Care: Reinvigorating your surface and spirit
Best Car Repair: A trusting and trustworthy fix-it man
Best Ethnic Gift Shop: Channeling Bali in Oaktown
Best Medipot Dispensary: Mellowest practitioners of the good work
Best Winery: Divinest fine wines
Best Liquor Store Extras: Supplies for a fine weekend in Vegas
Best Shopping Experience: Sensational label loves a woman's curves
Best Cosplay Strategy Book: Facilitating creative transformations
Best Pastries: Baked goods and dim sum to touch your heart
Best High-Tech Doggie Care: It's like being there with your furry one
Best (Free) Baby Workshops
Best Acupuncturist
Best Antique Bike Maker
Best Assisted-Living Facility
Best Corner Grocer
Best East Bay Product
Best Feed Store
Best Financial Planner
Best Fortune Teller/Palm Reader
Best General Practitioner
Best Lingerie
Best New Old-Style Hang-Out With a Beat
Best Newsstand
Best Old-Fashioned Chocolate Shop
Best Old-School Jackets
Best Old-School Light Shop
Best Old-School Shade Shop
Best Old-School Vegetables
Best Pharmacy
Best Pickup Italian Food
Best Place for Retirees
Best Place to Argue Over Whether Save-the-Date Cards are Really Necessary
Best Place to Emulate the Amish
Best Place to Get Your Tube Amp Fixed
Best Produce Stand
Best Reef Aquarium Store
Best Sewing Machine Repair
Best Shoe Repair
Best Tailor
Best Veterinarian
Best Way to Say Goodbye to a Pet
Best Women's Clothing
Most Attentive Healer
Most Successful Business Idea by a New Mom
Best Art Bookstore
Best Art Gallery/Alpha-Wave Retreat
Best Art T-Shirt Printer
Best Bakery
Best Barber Shop
Best Bike Shop
Best Farmers' Market
Best Board Game Store
Best Body-Care Salon
Best Flea Market/Swap Meet
Best Bookstore
Best Budget Wine Shop
Best Gardening Supplies
Best Butcher Shop
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Best Camera Store
Best Hardware Store
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Best Local Brew
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Best Local Winery
Best Medical Marijuana Club
Best Chocolate Shop
Best Motorcycle Shop
Best Comic Book Store
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Best New Businesses
Best Desserts
Best Eyeglass Shop
Best Place for Beer-Making Supplies
Best Place to Make What You Wear
Best Place to Responsibly Dispose of Your Old Bric-a-Brac
Best Place to Responsibly Dispose of Your Old Electronics
Best Reason Not to Throw Away That Old Stereo
Best Shoe Store
Best Tattoo Parlor
Best Taxidermy Shop
Best Toy Store
Best vintage Antique Show
Best Vintage Clothing Store
Best Retail Service
Best Wedding Cakes
Best Wine Shop
Best Record Store
Best Orgasmic Shopping Experience
Best Alternative to Babies "R" Us
Best Ambiance at a Bike Store
Best Antique Prices
Best Aspiring Homemade Cheesecake Maker
Best Bang for Your Buck at a Farmers' Market
Best Biennial Book Sale
Best Bookstore for Really Smart People
Best Brewery
Best Car Repair
Best Cheap Counseling
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Best Chinese Sports Medicine
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Best Distillery Tasting Room
Best Eastern European Grocery
Best Emporium for Fanatical Bakers
Best Endangered Place to Have a Good Time at 3 a.m.
Best Foot Reflexology
Best Free Tax Preparation
Best Hair Alchemist
Best Hair Salon
Best Hat Store
Best Hipster Fanny Pack
Best Hobbyist's Basement
Best Horse and Human Mind-melder
Best Hot Tub Scrub
Best Indigenous Bay Area Pastry
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Best Liquor Store for Aspiring Mixologists
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Best Middle Eastern Treats
Best Music Store for Folkie Hippies
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Best Punk Record Store
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Best Recycling Microbusiness
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Best Thing to Happen in Berkeley This Millennium
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Best Winemaker Without a Vineyard
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Cheapest Dispensary
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Best Fashion Made in the East Bay
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Best Locally Handmade Baby Shoes
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Best Homegrown Licorice Product
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Best Mobile Cupcake
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Best Wine for a Barbecue
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Best East Bay Winery Without East Bay Vineyards
Best East Bay Winery with East Bay Vineyards
Best Community-Minded Bank
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Best Seed Swap
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Best Gay and Lesbian Wedding Planner
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Best Locally Owned Tire Store
Best Shop for Sneaking Food Into the Movies
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Best Bakery
Best Place to Buy and Rent Board Games
Best Place to Buy Beautiful Junk
Best Nontoxic Paint
Best Robot Store
Best Neighborhood Fabric Store
Best Cannabis Dispensary
Best Cannabis Strain
Best Glass
Best Vintage Clothing Boutique
Best Local Flea Market
Best Apple Turnovers
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Best Shoe Store for Politicizing Your Feet
Best Farmers' Market
Best Plant Nursery
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Best Weird Books
Best Antique Store for Serious Bibliophiles
Best Genre Fiction Bookstore
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Best Grocery Store That's Not Berkeley Bowl
Best Online Film Soundtrack Store
Best Place to Get an Offbeat Wedding Gift
Best Recycled/Salvaged Goods Store
Best Toy Store
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant/Store
Best Health Insurance Broker
Best Wedding Photographer
Best Ice Cream from a Big Producer
Best Italian Sourdough
Best Locally Owned Tire Store
Best Accessories in an Unassuming Location
Best Affordable Guitar Lessons
Best Animal Lending Library
Best Art Supplies
Best Backyard Berries
Best Breakfast Pastry
Best Brewery
Best Camera Store
Best Cannabis Merchandising
Best Cannabis Physician
Best Car Repair
Best Charity
Best Coffee Shop That Also Sells Weed
Best CSA Box
Best Dispensary Lounge
Best Dispensary Technology
Best Farmers' Market
Best Fixie Bike Shop for Non-Fixies
Best Fusion Bread
Best Hallucinogen Posing as Dessert
Best Hybrid Bike Shop
Best Hybrid Design Firm
Best Hydroponics Store
Best Medical Marijuana Lab
Best Meet-Up for Freaks and Geeks
Best Music Instrument Shop
Best Occasional Splurge
Best Pain Au Chocolat
Best Place to Buy Books on the Cheap
Best Place to Buy Furniture
Best Place to Buy Gifts of Jewelry (for Yourself)
Best Place to Feed Your Muse
Best Place to Find a Last-Minute Outfit
Best Place to Find Jeans
Best Place to Get a Haircut, Not a Sales Pitch
Best Selection of Gluten-Free Groceries
Best Skin Doctor
Best Small Brewery
Best Soundtrack at a Sex Shop
Best Spritzy Taste of Mexico
Best Strain
Best Use for "Remixed" Vegetables
Best Used Clothing
Best Vintage Clothing
Best Vintage Shoes
Best Web Site for a Local Business
Best Wine Guru
Coolest Cheese Shop
Best Boutique
Best Clothing for the Apocalypse
Best Curated Magazine Shop
Best Edibles Company
Best Engineer-Invented Antidote to Dirt
Best Eyeglass Shop
Best Farmers' Market
Best Farmers' Market Stand
Best Fashion Outsider
Best Green Business
Best Local Cheeses
Best Medical Cannabis Delivery Service
Best Medical Marijuana Clinic
Best New Old Idea
Best Place to Leave Your Pooch When You Can't Take It With You
Best Plant Nursery
Best Recycled Jewelry
Best Resource for Homebrewers
Best Smoke Shop
Best Tattoo Shop
Best Underground Chocolate Shop
Best Urban Farming Scion
Best Way to Bring Back Dapper
Most Community-Minded Brewery
Most Community-Minded Sex Shop
Most Fearless Cannabis Scientists
Most Green Dispensary
Most Groundbreaking Retail Initiative
Most Revolutionarily Nice Service at a Megachain
Most Revolutionary "Business Model"
Most Revolutionary Fuel Station
Most Revolutionary Ice Cream Sandwiches
Most Revolutionary Use of Cardboard
Most Revolutionary Sign Company
Most Revolutionary Strip Mall
Most Revolutionary Bike Shop
Best Alternative Wedding Jewelry
Best Artisanal Coffee
Best Auto Repair Shop with a Personal Touch
Best Bagels
Best Baguette
Best Eco-Friendly Art Supplies
Best Embrace of Furry Creatures
Best Facial
Best Gift Shop
Best Gluten-Free Baked Goods
Best Gourmet Doughnuts
Best Grocery Store to Be Bougie on a Budget
Best House Pre-Roll
Best Local Abortion Provider
Best Macchiato
Best Mini-Dessert
Best Nail Polish Company
Best New Bakery
Best New Boutique
Best New Business
Best Photo Booth
Best Place for a Last-Minute Party Dress
Best Place for Your Vaping Needs
Best Place to Get Your Tincture Fix
Best Place to Turn an Average Dude Into Don Draper
Best Slow Fashion Dress Shop
Best Specialty Food Shop
Best Take-Out
Best Use of Social Media
Best Winery
Classiest Non-Alcoholic Wine Cooler
Most Authentic-Craftsmanship-Focused Men's Boutique
Most Authentic Kids' Toy Store
Most Covetable Gems
Most Inventive Local Beer
Most Unusual Ice Creams
Most Welcoming Wine Shop
Best Arts-Retail Combo Space
Best Bike Shop Customer Service
Best Bonsai Tree Nursery
Best Canned Beer Selection
Best Car Wash
Best Cronut Substitute
Best Designer Consignment Shop
Best Gluten-Free Bread Product
Best Grocery Store
Best Head Shop
Best Homebrew Supplies
Best Ice Cream or Gelato Shop for the Health Conscious
Best Juice
Best Kombucha
Best Late-Night Coffee
Best Medical Cannabis Clinic
Best Medical Cannabis Delivery Service
Best Medical Cannabis Dispensary Selection
Best Men's Barber
Best Neighborhood Thrift Shop
Best Place to Build Your Zine Collection
Best Place to Buy Aquaponics Gardens
Best Place to Buy Bee-Friendly Plants
Best Place to Buy a Unique Houseplant
Best Place to Shop for an Urban Explorer
Best Old-Fashioned Book Bindery
Best Organic Farming Supply Shop
Best Tattoo Artist for First-Timers
Best Underground Dessert Shop
Best Upcycle Resource
Headiest Pipe Art Classes
Most Convenient Medical Cannabis Dispensary
Most Decadent Croissant Hybrid
Most Efficient Orthodontist Office
Best Artisanal Cannabis Delivery
Best Boba
Best-Kept Book Lover's Secret
Best Bookstore for Offbeat Events
Best Cannabis Branding
Best Chai Latte
Best Chocolate Ice Cream
Best Chocolatier
Best Cinnamon Bun So Large You Can Eat It for Breakfast and Dessert
Best Community Dispensary
Best Cookies
Best Disruptive Technologist
Best Eco Friendly Manicure
Best Heady Glass
Best Homemade Hot Sauce
Best Lightning Rod for Marijuana Reform
Best Local Jewelry Maker
Best Mexican Ice Cream
Best Middle Eastern Market
Best Mint Drip Coffee
Best New Restaurant Supply Shop
Best Newsstand
Best Nonprofit That Does It All
Best Oakland-Branded Beer Brewed in Walnut Creek
Best Piercer
Best Place to Buy Stationery
Best Place to Buy Stylish Glasses
Best Place to Get Retro Adidas Sweats and Mom Jeans
Best Place to Get Vintage Fur Coats
Best Place to Heal Your Soul
Best Pool Hall
Best Popup Bookstore
Best Safe Access to Medical Cannabis
Best Sensory Deprivers
Best Store in Which to Hang Out in the Dark
Best Tempeh
Best Vegan Grocery Store
Best Volunteer Animal Rescue Group
Best Yarn Shop
Friendliest Business Model
Best of the East Bay 2016: Shopping & Services Writers' Picks
Best of the East Bay 2017: Cannabis
Best of the East Bay 2017: Shopping & Services
Best 365-Days-A-Year Flea Market
Best Cannabidiol Coffee
Best Apothecary
Best Delivery Service
Best CSA with Love and Honey
Best Edible Company
Best Ethereal Retail Experience
Best Head Shop
Best High Tea
Best Newspaper
Best Old-School Florist
Best Original Streetwear Emporium
Best Incubator
Best Potters' Paradise
Best Place for Locally Made Gifts
Best Pre-Rolls
Best Place to Buy Chanel Without Breaking the Bank
Best Place to Buy Stuff and Things
Best Place to Go Nuts for Hemp
Best Place to Learn Sewing
Best Place to Practice a Woman's Right to Choose
Best Place to Restore While Helping Kids Chill
Most Inclusive Underwear Company
Best Canine Bling
Cheapest Way to Spay
Best Plants for Forgetful People
Best Workout Deal for Teens
Best Low-Cost Yoga Studio
Best Gift for a Musician Who Has Everything
Best Cannabis Delivery
Best Bargain Bookstore
Best Place to Buy Cheap — and Not So Cheap — Records
Readers' Poll Winners: Goods & Services
Best Way to Never Climb Another Hill
Best Place to Take a Chance On Durian
Best Fancy Grocery Store
Most Scrumptious Ice Cream
Most Luxurious Lemon Cupcake
Best Cannabis Indica
Best Cannabis Sativa
Best Hybrid Cannabis
Most Astonishing Selection of Vegetarian Indian Food
Best Savory Donuts
Best Traditional Latin American Dessert
Best Way to Wear Your Oakland Pride
Best Herbal Remedies (No, Not That Kind of Herbal)
Best Cannabis Dispensary
Best Gift for a Dapper Dad
Best Statement Wallet
Best Salty/Sweet Snack
Best Cannabis Concentrate
Best Plant Nursery
Readers Say the Darndest Things: Goods & Services
Blingiest Ring
Best Old-World Bookshop
Food & Drink
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Best Pancakes
Best Pancakes
Best Splurge
Best Splurge
Best Mexican Restaurant
Best Mexican Restaurant
Most Unexpected Pleasure
Most Unexpected Pleasure
Best Dessert
Best Dessert
Best Meal for the Buck
Best Meal for the Buck
Best Place to Take the Kids
Best Place to Take the Kids
Best Hidden Gem
Best Hidden Gem
Best Wood-Fired Pizza
Best Wood-Fired Pizza
Best Outdoor Dining
Best Outdoor Dining
Best Restaurant
Best Restaurant
Best Newcomer
Best Newcomer
Best California Cuisine
Best California Cuisine
Best Martini
Best Martini
Best Vegetarian Restaurant
Best Vegetarian Restaurant
Best All-Organic Restaurant
Best All-Organic Restaurant
Best Japanese Restaurant
Best Japanese Restaurant
Best Indian Restaurant
Best Indian Restaurant
Best Southeast Asian Restaurant
Best Southeast Asian Restaurant
Best Delivery Pizza
Best Delivery Pizza
Best Espresso Drinks
Best Espresso Drinks
Best Breakfast
Best Breakfast
Best Barbecue
Best Barbecue
Best Pub Food
Best Pub Food
Best Espresso
Best Espresso
Best Mexican Bakery
Best Mexican Bakery
Best African
Best African
Best Small Plates
Best Small Plates
Best Quesadilla
Best Quesadilla
Best Bread
Best Bread
Best Restaurant Wine List
Best Restaurant Wine List
Best Italian Restaurant
Best Italian Restaurant
Best Chinese Restaurant
Best Chinese Restaurant
The New Snack
The New Snack
Celebrity Favorites
Best Donuts
Best Donuts
Best African
Best African
Best Vegetarian
Best Vegetarian
Best Southeast Asian
Best Southeast Asian
Best Chinese
Best Chinese
Best Splurge
Best Splurge
Best Mexican/Central American
Best Mexican/Central American
Best Middle Eastern
Best Middle Eastern
Best Tapas/Small Plates
Best Tapas/Small Plates
Most Romantic
Most Romantic
Best Restaurant
Best Restaurant
Best Pastries
Best Pastries
Best Bakery
Best Bakery
Best Coffeehouse
Best Coffeehouse
Best Hash Browns
Best Hash Browns
Best Huarache
Best Huarache
Best Burger
Best Burger
Best Campus Eatery
Best Campus Eatery
Best Fast Snack
Best Fast Snack
Best Place to Take the Kids
Best Place to Take the Kids
Best Takeout
Best Takeout
Best Bar/Pub Food
Best Bar/Pub Food
Best Newcomer
Best Newcomer
Best Hangout for Carnivores
Best Hangout for Carnivores
Best Korean
Best Korean
Best Ethiopian/Eritrean
Best Ethiopian/Eritrean
Best Ethnic Veggie Dish
Best Ethnic Veggie Dish
Best Garlic Noodles
Best Garlic Noodles
Best Thai
Best Thai
Best Japanese
Best Japanese
Best Culinary Dare
Best Culinary Dare
Best Indian
Best Indian
Best Italian
Best Italian
Best California Cuisine
Best California Cuisine
Best Ice Cream With a Past
Best Ice Cream With a Past
Best Tea House
Best Tea House
Best Espresso Drinks
Best Espresso Drinks
Best Breakfast/Brunch
Best Breakfast/Brunch
Best Bread
Best Bread
Best Burrito
Best Burrito
Best First Meal Out of Jail
Best First Meal Out of Jail
Best Outdoor Dining
Best Outdoor Dining
Best Pizza
Best Pizza
Best Contra Costa County Pizza Joint with a Wurlitzer
Best Contra Costa County Pizza Joint with a Wurlitzer
Best Alameda County Pizza Joint with a Wurlitzer
Best Alameda County Pizza Joint with a Wurlitzer
Best Fried Chicken
Best Fried Chicken
Best Southern Comfort Food
Best Southern Comfort Food
Best Barbecue
Best Barbecue
1:00 a.m. Any Morning: Best Dive Bar
1:00 a.m. Any Morning: Best Dive Bar
1:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Chinese Food
1:00 a.m. Saturday: Best Chinese Food
1:30 a.m. Thursday: Best Place for Breakfast After Midnight
1:30 a.m. Thursday: Best Place for Breakfast After Midnight
1:37 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Devour Meat Late at Night
1:37 a.m. Saturday: Best Place to Devour Meat Late at Night
1:43 a.m. Every Day: Best Place to Satisfy Your Late-Night Spicy Food Craving
1:43 a.m. Every Day: Best Place to Satisfy Your Late-Night Spicy Food Craving
2:30 a.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Place to get a Real Mexican Meal in the Middle of the Night
2:30 a.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Place to get a Real Mexican Meal in the Middle of the Night
5:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Way to Get Coffee Without Ever Leaving Your Car
5:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Way to Get Coffee Without Ever Leaving Your Car
7:30 a.m. Thursday: Best Organic Coffeehouse
7:30 a.m. Thursday: Best Organic Coffeehouse
8:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Breakfast/Brunch
8:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Breakfast/Brunch
10:00 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Join the Mob Clamoring for Pastrami on Rye
10:00 a.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Join the Mob Clamoring for Pastrami on Rye
11:00 a.m. Sunday: Best On-Premise Selection of Beer in the Bay Area
11:00 a.m. Sunday: Best On-Premise Selection of Beer in the Bay Area
11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Happy Hour(s)
11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Happy Hour(s)
11:05 a.m. Wednesday: Best Dim Sum
11:05 a.m. Wednesday: Best Dim Sum
11:15 a.m. Saturday: Best Way to Get a Table at Mama's Royal Cafe on a Weekend
11:15 a.m. Saturday: Best Way to Get a Table at Mama's Royal Cafe on a Weekend
11:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Flautas
11:30 a.m. Weekdays: Best Flautas
11:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Walking Lunch
11:30 a.m. Saturday: Best Walking Lunch
11:47 a.m. Monday: Best Barbecued Beef
11:47 a.m. Monday: Best Barbecued Beef
Noon Saturday: Best Place to Scare Children with a Jukebox
Noon Saturday: Best Place to Scare Children with a Jukebox
12:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Burrito -- or Biggest, What's the Difference?
12:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Burrito -- or Biggest, What's the Difference?
12:35 p.m. Tue.-Sat.: Most Affordable Way to Enjoy the Least Affordable Italian Restaurant
12:35 p.m. Tue.-Sat.: Most Affordable Way to Enjoy the Least Affordable Italian Restaurant
12:45 p.m. Tuesday: Best Pizza
12:45 p.m. Tuesday: Best Pizza
12:50 p.m. Sunday: Best Place to Drink Beer Out of a Boot
12:50 p.m. Sunday: Best Place to Drink Beer Out of a Boot
1:01 p.m. Saturday: Best Ginger Drink
1:01 p.m. Saturday: Best Ginger Drink
1:05 p.m. Sunday: Best Drag Queen Waiter in a Breakfast or Lunch Performance
1:05 p.m. Sunday: Best Drag Queen Waiter in a Breakfast or Lunch Performance
1:15 p.m. Wednesday: Best Cheap Burger
1:15 p.m. Wednesday: Best Cheap Burger
1:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Quest for Sweet Potato Pie
1:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Quest for Sweet Potato Pie
1:30 p.m. Sunday: Best Taco Trailer
1:30 p.m. Sunday: Best Taco Trailer
2:00 p.m. Tue.-Sat.: Best Place for Rustic Chinese Noodles
2:00 p.m. Tue.-Sat.: Best Place for Rustic Chinese Noodles
2:45 p.m. Wed.-Sun.: Best Place to Put Milk in Your Tea
2:45 p.m. Wed.-Sun.: Best Place to Put Milk in Your Tea
3:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Graze and Gaze
3:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Graze and Gaze
3:30 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Get Thali at an Indian Sweetshop
3:30 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Get Thali at an Indian Sweetshop
3:35 p.m. Saturday: Best Salsa Verde
3:35 p.m. Saturday: Best Salsa Verde
4:05 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Watch the A's
4:05 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Watch the A's
4:25 p.m. Friday: Best Local Microbrewery
4:25 p.m. Friday: Best Local Microbrewery
5:00 p.m. Sunday: Best Place to Take the Kids to Eat
5:00 p.m. Sunday: Best Place to Take the Kids to Eat
5:24 p.m. Thursday: Best Manhattan Cocktail
5:24 p.m. Thursday: Best Manhattan Cocktail
5:30 p.m. Sunday: Best Place to Enjoy Parisian Food in the Californian Sunshine
5:30 p.m. Sunday: Best Place to Enjoy Parisian Food in the Californian Sunshine
5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Chance of a Table at the Best Local Californian Restaurant
5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: Best Chance of a Table at the Best Local Californian Restaurant
Whenever, Mon: Best Way to Spend the Evening, Caribbean-Style
Whenever, Mon: Best Way to Spend the Evening, Caribbean-Style
6:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Pre-Movie Nibble
6:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Pre-Movie Nibble
6:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Extend Cocktail Hour into Steak Hour
6:00 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Extend Cocktail Hour into Steak Hour
6:15 p.m. Friday: Best Place for Evening Cocktails, South-of-the-Border Style
6:15 p.m. Friday: Best Place for Evening Cocktails, South-of-the-Border Style
6:22 p.m. Tuesday: Best Reason to Rush Home After Work
6:22 p.m. Tuesday: Best Reason to Rush Home After Work
6:30 p.m. Thursday: Best Mexican/Central American
6:30 p.m. Thursday: Best Mexican/Central American
6:30 p.m. Tue.-Sun.: Best Ramen for Dinner
6:30 p.m. Tue.-Sun.: Best Ramen for Dinner
6:45 p.m. Saturday: Best Bar Food
6:45 p.m. Saturday: Best Bar Food
7:00 p.m. Wednesday: Best Club to Ride a Mechanical Bull
7:00 p.m. Wednesday: Best Club to Ride a Mechanical Bull
7:02 p.m. Thursday: Best Reason to Drive to Pinole Hungry
7:02 p.m. Thursday: Best Reason to Drive to Pinole Hungry
7:10 p.m. Saturday: Best Cowboy Food
7:10 p.m. Saturday: Best Cowboy Food
7:15 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Eat Burmese Food and Also Get a Haircut
7:15 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Eat Burmese Food and Also Get a Haircut
7:17 p.m. Wednesday, After Yoga: Best Place to Eat Thai Food Barefoot
7:17 p.m. Wednesday, After Yoga: Best Place to Eat Thai Food Barefoot
7:20 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Gorge or Graze
7:20 p.m. Tuesday: Best Place to Gorge or Graze
7:24 p.m. Wednesday: Best Cheap Sushi with the Godzilla
7:24 p.m. Wednesday: Best Cheap Sushi with the Godzilla
7:27 p.m. Monday: Best Roadside French Take-Out
7:27 p.m. Monday: Best Roadside French Take-Out
30 Minutes Before Sunset: Best Place to Enjoy Classic Tiki Cocktail Aesthetic
30 Minutes Before Sunset: Best Place to Enjoy Classic Tiki Cocktail Aesthetic
7:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Vietnamese Food
7:30 p.m. Saturday: Best Vietnamese Food
7:40 p.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Indian Food
7:40 p.m. Mon.-Sun.: Best Indian Food
7:45 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Meet an Online Date for a Beer
7:45 p.m. Weekdays: Best Place to Meet an Online Date for a Beer
7:52 p.m. Thursday: Best Photo Tour of Old San Leandro
7:52 p.m. Thursday: Best Photo Tour of Old San Leandro
8:00 p.m. Friday: Best Crème Brûlée
8:00 p.m. Friday: Best Crème Brûlée
8:01 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Test Your Date's Mettle
8:01 p.m. Saturday: Best Place to Test Your Date's Mettle
8:02 p.m. Tue.-Sun.: Best Place to Convene Your Hippie and Hipster Friends for Dinner
8:02 p.m. Tue.-Sun.: Best Place to Convene Your Hippie and Hipster Friends for Dinner
8:04 p.m. Wednesday: Best Place to Play Darts with Like-Minded Queer Folk
8:04 p.m. Wednesday: Best Place to Play Darts with Like-Minded Queer Folk
8:13 p.m. Thursday: Best Escape to Another Time and Place
8:13 p.m. Thursday: Best Escape to Another Time and Place
8:20 p.m. Tuesday: Best Barbecued Lamb
8:20 p.m. Tuesday: Best Barbecued Lamb
8:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Place to Sip Coffee at Any Time of the Day
8:30 p.m. Wednesday: Best Place to Sip Coffee at Any Time of the Day
8:43 p.m. Wednesday: Best Low-Ceiling Bar with a Shuffleboard Table
8:43 p.m. Wednesday: Best Low-Ceiling Bar with a Shuffleboard Table
9:03 p.m. Monday: Best Spaghetti Topping
9:03 p.m. Monday: Best Spaghetti Topping
9:15 p.m. Friday: Biggest Portions
9:15 p.m. Friday: Biggest Portions
11:45 p.m. Saturday: Best Late-Night Burger
11:45 p.m. Saturday: Best Late-Night Burger
11:51 p.m. Monday: Best Hot Dog
11:51 p.m. Monday: Best Hot Dog
Last Day in the East Bay
Last Day in the East Bay
Perfect Day: Me, My Gut, and I
Perfect Day: Me, My Gut, and I
Best Italian Restaurant A bottla white, a bottla red ...
Best Italian Restaurant: A bottla white, a bottla red ...
Best Soul Food: You'll never need to eat KFC again
Best Soul FoodYou'll never need to eat KFC again
Best Korean Restaurant: Bada bi, bada bim, bada bap
Best Korean RestaurantBada bi, bada bim, bada bap
Best Taqueria, Contra Costa County: A killer burrito? In San Ramon?
Best Taqueria, Contra Costa CountyA killer burrito? In San Ramon?
Best Nopales: Carnitas y cactus
Best NopalesCarnitas y cactus
Best West African Peanut Stew: Good for your neo-soul
Best West African Peanut StewGood for your neo-soul
Best Gelato This Side of Italy: Pear, fig, black sesame -- mmm
Best Gelato This Side of ItalyPear, fig, black sesame -- mmm
Best Waterfront Dining: But you'll have to beg for a window seat
Best Waterfront DiningBut you'll have to beg for a window seat
Best Chinese Restaurant: Don't call the fire squad; just eat some rice
Best Chinese RestaurantDon't call the fire squad; just eat some rice
Best Steak House: Can't compete with local talent
Best Steak HouseCan't compete with local talent
Best Breakfast/Brunch: Repress that bacon guilt
Best Breakfast/BrunchRepress that bacon guilt
Best Restaurant Cooking Classes: Do try this at home
Best Restaurant Cooking ClassesDo try this at home
Best Bar: Music's in the cafe, revolution's in the air
Best BarMusic's in the cafe, revolution's in the air
Best Draft Beer Selection: Tap into this rotation
Best Draft Beer SelectionTap into this rotation
Best French: The place for cuisine à l'ancienne
Best FrenchThe place for cuisine à l'ancienne
Best Deli: Treat a homesick Manhattanite
Best DeliTreat a homesick Manhattanite
Best People-Watching Over a Cheap Breakfast: Nice doggies allowed on the patio
Best People-Watching Over a Cheap BreakfastNice doggies allowed on the patio
Best Falafel: Hamburger of the Middle East
Best FalafelHamburger of the Middle East
Best Noodles/Pho: The sequel beats the original
Best Noodles/PhoThe sequel beats the original
Best Family Dining: Translation: kids, kids, kids
Best Family DiningTranslation: kids, kids, kids
Best Sake Selection: Your cup runneth over
Best Sake SelectionYour cup runneth over
Best Fries: How do they do that?
Best FriesHow do they do that?
Best Pie: Echoes of June Cleaver's kitchen
Best PieEchoes of June Cleaver's kitchen
Best Cornbread: An end to the cornbread wars?
Best CornbreadAn end to the cornbread wars?
Best Culinary Dare: Where silkworms fear to tread, er, spin
Best Culinary DareWhere silkworms fear to tread, er, spin
Best Taco Truck: Eight wheels and a patio
Best Taco TruckEight wheels and a patio
Best Damn Guacamole: Custom made for your very important palate
Best Damn GuacamoleCustom made for your very important palate
Best Caribbean Cuisine: Fire in the belly
Best Caribbean CuisineFire in the belly
Best Ice Cream: Screw the Atkins diet
Best Ice CreamScrew the Atkins diet
Best place to meet for a tryst: Nobody saw you there
Best place to meet for a trystNobody saw you there
Best Dim Sum: Fast food, ethereal food
Best Dim SumFast food, ethereal food
Best Greek Restaurant: Even Hera would approve
Best Greek RestaurantEven Hera would approve
Best Unknown Breakfast Place: From a pasta joint, no less
Best Unknown Breakfast PlaceFrom a pasta joint, no less
Best Indian Food: Dosas as long as your arm
Best Indian FoodDosas as long as your arm
Best Irish Bar: You can wait for Godot there
Best Irish BarYou can wait for Godot there
Best Local Brew: Beer to please a beer snob
Best Local BrewBeer to please a beer snob
Best Takeout: Fast food you wish they'd supersize
Best TakeoutFast food you wish they'd supersize
Best Burger: Tiny place, papa burger, giant rep
Best BurgerTiny place, papa burger, giant rep
Best Coffeehouse: Local joe, local cookies -- stay awhile
Best CoffeehouseLocal joe, local cookies -- stay awhile
Best Breakfast Not in a Restaurant: Where you can be one with your food
Best Breakfast Not in a RestaurantWhere you can be one with your food
Best Vietnamese Sandwiches: Cheap antidote to fast food
Best Vietnamese SandwichesCheap antidote to fast food
Best Mexican/Central American Restaurant: You'll want to move in with the chef
Best Mexican/Central American RestaurantYou'll want to move in with the chef
Best Tapas/Small Plates: Just a snack. Uh-huh
Best Tapas/Small PlatesJust a snack. Uh-huh
Best Milkshake: Spoon required
Best MilkshakeSpoon required
Best Lunch Not in a Restaurant: Shop till ya drop, then eat
Best Lunch Not in a RestaurantShop till ya drop, then eat
Best Barbecue: Brisket you wish your mom served
Best BarbecueBrisket you wish your mom served
Best Sushi: Alamedans want it to stay hidden
Best SushiAlamedans want it to stay hidden
Best Cheesesteak: Philly meets Lake Merritt
Best CheesesteakPhilly meets Lake Merritt
Best Unsung Chef: She channels the flavors of home
Best Unsung ChefShe channels the flavors of home
Best Place to Hula: Bring your coconut bra
Best Place to HulaBring your coconut bra
Best Culinary Comeback: The creamy phoenix
Best Culinary ComebackThe creamy phoenix
Best Place to Realize You Know Nothing About Tofu: Tofu jokes will no longer be funny
Best Place to Realize You Know Nothing About TofuTofu jokes will no longer be funny
Best Gyros: Unlike most, locally made
Best GyrosUnlike most, locally made
Best Huevos Rancheros: The antidote for last night
Best Huevos RancherosThe antidote for last night
Best Middle Eastern: You will like buffets again
Best Middle EasternYou will like buffets again
Best Halal/Kosher Butcher: Got goat?
Best Halal/Kosher ButcherGot goat?
Best Bar/Pub Food: Oh, you foolish thing
Best Bar/Pub FoodOh, you foolish thing
Best New Restaurant: Jose, Umi ... meet Bubba
Best New RestaurantJose, Umi ... meet Bubba
Best Sub-$3 Burger: It's the Meat-N-Potatoes, stupid
Best Sub-$3 BurgerIt's the Meat-N-Potatoes, stupid
Best Teahouse: We'll take the White Dragon Pearls
Best TeahouseWe'll take the White Dragon Pearls
Best Thai Restaurant
Best Thai Restaurant:
Best Burmese Food: No more mu shu
Best Burmese FoodNo more mu shu
Best Taqueria, Alameda County: Pass the corn fungus, please
Best Taqueria, Alameda CountyPass the corn fungus, please
Best Mexican dining bargain: El más sabor por su dinero
Best Mexican dining bargainEl más sabor por su dinero
Best African Restaurant: For vegetarians and carnivores alike
Best African RestaurantFor vegetarians and carnivores alike
Best Pizza: Not just for vegetarians
Best PizzaNot just for vegetarians
Best Italian Deli: The swamis of salami
Best Italian DeliThe swamis of salami
Best Waterfront Snacking: Saved by a loyal community
Best Waterfront SnackingSaved by a loyal community
Best Barbecue Duck: So good you'll suck the skin off the neck
Best Barbecue DuckSo good you'll suck the skin off the neck
Best Vegetarian Restaurant: Top-notch sushi without the fishy
Best Vegetarian RestaurantTop-notch sushi without the fishy
Best Wurst: From a lifetime of sausages
Best WurstFrom a lifetime of sausages
Best Indian Naan: Flies like a Frisbee and tastes great, too
Best Indian NaanFlies like a Frisbee and tastes great, too
Best Mojito: Go see Amy
Best MojitoGo see Amy
Best Local Speakeasy: Blue otters, watch your back
Best Local SpeakeasyBlue otters, watch your back
Best Californian Cuisine: Take it upstairs, kids
Best Californian CuisineTake it upstairs, kids
Best Seafood: Get to know your lobster
Best SeafoodGet to know your lobster
Best Eastern European Cuisine: A peek past the Iron Curtain
Best Eastern European CuisineA peek past the Iron Curtain
Best Oatmeal Brûlée: Mush gets a makeover
Best Oatmeal BrûléeMush gets a makeover
Best Kebabs: Barbecue of the Mediterranean
Best KebabsBarbecue of the Mediterranean
Best Vietnamese/Cambodian Restaurant: An oldie but a goodie
Best Vietnamese/Cambodian RestaurantAn oldie but a goodie
Best Baby-Friendly Bar: Beer, bikers, pizza, and a tolerance for tots
Best Baby-Friendly BarBeer, bikers, pizza, and a tolerance for tots
Most Innovative MenuA celebrity chef's culinary lab
Most Innovative MenuA celebrity chef's culinary lab
Best Restaurant Wine List: You'll get tipsy just looking at it
Best Restaurant Wine ListYou'll get tipsy just looking at it
Best '50s Burger Joint: Where's the Fonz when you need him?
Best '50s Burger JointWhere's the Fonz when you need him?
Best Pearl Tea: Whatever your little heart desires
Best Pearl TeaWhatever your little heart desires
Local Color
Local Color
Color My World
Color My World
Color My World
Newest Old-World Cafe
Newest Old-World Cafe
Most Wireless Coffeehouse
Most Wireless Coffeehouse
Most Capitalistic Deli
Most Capitalistic Deli
Most Unique Salads
Most Unique Salads
Most Elegant Brown Bag Lunch
Most Elegant Brown Bag Lunch
Biggest Free and Equitable Lunch
Biggest Free and Equitable Lunch
Most Proletarian Pig-Out
Most Proletarian Pig-Out
Juiciest Burgers
Juiciest Burgers
Thickest Milk Shakes
Thickest Milk Shakes
Timewarpiest Junk-Food Place
Timewarpiest Junk-Food Place
Most Spirited Bar in Which to Watch the Game
Most Spirited Bar in Which to Watch the Game
Bar Most Worshipful of Local Athletes
Bar Most Worshipful of Local Athletes
Greasiest Spoon
Greasiest Spoon
Most Affordable California Cuisine
Most Affordable California Cuisine
Cheapest Prix-Fixe Menu
Cheapest Prix-Fixe Menu
Most Polished Service
Most Polished Service
Friendliest Waiter or Waitress
Friendliest Waiter or Waitress
Cleverest Chef
Cleverest Chef
Biggest Small Plates
Biggest Small Plates
Most Extensive Wine Bar
Most Extensive Wine Bar
Lowest Wine Markup
Lowest Wine Markup
Yummiest Kids' Menu
Yummiest Kids' Menu
Parent-Friendliest Restaurant
Parent-Friendliest Restaurant
Thickest Gravy
Thickest Gravy
Most Evolved Vegetarian Food
Most Evolved Vegetarian Food
Meatiest Place to Eat a Cow
Meatiest Place to Eat a Cow
Oldest Steaks
Oldest Steaks
Most Blissful Wiener Schnitzel
Most Blissful Wiener Schnitzel
Healthiest Menu
Healthiest Menu
Healthiest Soul Food
Healthiest Soul Food
Tenderest Ribs
Tenderest Ribs
Sweetest Candied Yams
Sweetest Candied Yams
Bumpin'est Caribbean Restaurant
Bumpin'est Caribbean Restaurant
Least Conventional African Cuisine
Least Conventional African Cuisine
Shortest Brunch Lines
Shortest Brunch Lines
Most Romantic Italian Restaurant
Most Romantic Italian Restaurant
Quirkiest First-Date Restaurant
Quirkiest First-Date Restaurant
Most Intriguing Asian Fusion (part 1)
Most Intriguing Asian Fusion (part 1)
Most Intriguing Asian Fusion (part 2)
Most Intriguing Asian Fusion (part 2)
Most Adventurous Korean Restaurant
Most Adventurous Korean Restaurant
Tangiest Kimchi
Tangiest Kimchi
Least Americanized Chinese Food
Least Americanized Chinese Food
Spiciest Thai Food
Spiciest Thai Food
Freshest Vietnamese/Cambodian food
Freshest Vietnamese/Cambodian food
Liveliest Live Seafood
Liveliest Live Seafood
Tastiest Place to Be Yelled At by a Scottish Chef
Tastiest Place to Be Yelled At by a Scottish Chef
Swimmingest Peruvian Restauran
Swimmingest Peruvian Restauran
Zippiest Ceviche
Zippiest Ceviche
Most Successfully Experimental Sushi
Most Successfully Experimental Sushi
Most Bountiful Indian Buffet
Most Bountiful Indian Buffet
Reddest Food
Reddest Food
Zestiest Middle Eastern Restaurant
Zestiest Middle Eastern Restaurant
Most Ethical Meal
Most Ethical Meal
Most Authentic Mexican or Central American Restaurant
Most Authentic Mexican or Central American Restaurant
Most Pleasant Pleasanton Restaurant
Most Pleasant Pleasanton Restaurant
Mouth-Wateringest Carnitas
Mouth-Wateringest Carnitas
Most Transcendent Teahouse
Most Transcendent Teahouse
Hottest Salsa
Hottest Salsa
Most Bragworthy Culinary Dare
Most Bragworthy Culinary Dare
Temptingest Desserts
Temptingest Desserts
Most Civilly Engineered Cocktail Spot
Most Civilly Engineered Cocktail Spot
Stiffest Drinks
Stiffest Drinks
Heartiest Bar Food
Heartiest Bar Food
Most Extensive Bottled Beer Selection
Most Extensive Bottled Beer Selection
Widest Beer Selection on Tap
Widest Beer Selection on Tap
Thinnest Pizza Crusts
Thinnest Pizza Crusts
Fattest Burritos
Fattest Burritos
Most Mixologically Adept Bartender
Most Mixologically Adept Bartender
Tastiest Deli Sandwiches
Tastiest Deli Sandwiches
Most Astounding Tequila Selection
Most Astounding Tequila Selection
Most Authentic British Pub
Most Authentic British Pub
Readers Say the Darnedest Things
Mo' Outtakes
Mo' Outtakes
Best New Restaurant: A place that invites sloth
Best California Cuisine: Still boastworthy after all these years
Best Tiki Bar: A place to drop anchor
Best Small-Plates Restaurant: Flavors that invite fanaticism
Best Restaurant Service: O Maria most accommodating
Best Italian Restaurant: Ingredients treated with grace
Best Neighborhood Italian restaurant: Sparks for your lust life
Best Portions: The gluttonous won't leave hungry
Best French Restarant: Pride in the home country
Best Wine List: A well-considered cellar
Best Seafood Restaurant: Extravagance or frugality -- you choose
Best Fresh Crab Dinner: Sensual Asian crustacean
Best Asian-Food Destination: A strip mall for the gluttonous
Best Korean Restaurant: Lusty for kimchi
Best Japanese/Sushi Restaurant: Sinful sashimi
Best Robata Grill: Here, shellfishness is a virtue
Best Chinese Restaurant: Devoted to a less-familiar regional cuisine
Best All-You-Can-Eat Buffet: Delighting the gluttonous
Best South Asian Restaurant: Fierce flavors and a hellish color scheme
Best Thai/Burmese Restaurant: Delicate delicacies
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant: Effusive hosts, flavorful mezze
Best African Restaurant: Taming the devilish spices
Best Caribbean Restaurant: A public-spirited Puerto Rican haven
Best Soul Food: Tenderness and gravy
Best Barbecue: Most benevolent barbecue joint
Most Modest Barbecue: All the flavor without the swagger
Best New Bar: Hipster extravagance
Best Eastern European Restaurant: You pay, they nurture
Best Red Food Group Item: Color of the devil himself
Best Central American Restaurant: Plentiful pupusas indulge the palate
Best Mexican Restaurant: Flavorful moderation
Best Taco Truck: Zesty flavors, fresh ingredients
Best Vegetarian restaurant: Organic vegan virtue
Best Steakhouse: Feeding lust for the flesh
Best Raw Meat Dish: Carnal satisfaction
Best Place to Smoke Your Own: Sympathy for Ted Nugent
Best Carnivorous Feast: Highbrow debauchery
Best Desserts: Decadent uses for whipped cream
Best Use of Frog in a Dessert: A boastworthy culinary dare
Best Heart-Stopper: Downright decadent
Best Greasy Spoon: Nothing if not humble
Best Happy Hour Food: Cheap drinks and goodies with gusto
Best Bar Food: For the thirsty and the ravenous
Best Rooftop Beer Garden: Slothful boozing and, with luck, tanning
Best Cocktails: The man pours with passion
Best Literary Landmark for a Lush: Last Call of the Wild
Best Sports Bar: Indulge that TV sports and brew addiction
Best Beer Selection: Liquid sin from the farthest corners
Best Local Brew: A benign way to get bombed
Best Coffeehouse: Demure demitasses and ladylike lattes
Best Teahouse: Altruistic urban vibe
Best Breakfast/Brunch: Pretentiousness checked at the door
Best Doughnut Shop: Cordial tong twisters
Best Corporate Cafe: Immaculately conceived
Best Diner: Modesty meets authenticity
Best Sandwiches: Thou shalt not go wanting
Best Deli: Community virtue and pickled beets
Best Kid-Friendly Lunch: Accommodating your vivacious kinder
Best Office Cafeteria: Worship thy leader, drones!
Best Chrome & Leatherette Burger Joint: Inviting a descent into gluttony
Best Burger: Lust-inducing, it would seem
Best Pizza: Blessed be the thin crust
Best Salads: The munificence of a twofer
Best Chef: A guy whose food never seems to break a sweat
Best Outdoor Dining: People-watching paradise for scofflaw foodies
Best Restaurant for Kids: Finicky toddlers, meet your match
Most Original Breakfast: The perfect omelette alternative
Best Cafe Gallery: A sustainable place to caffeinate
Best Wifi Hangout: Generous with bandwidth and coffee
Best Coffee Klatch: A transcendental visit to North Beach
Best Waffles: The perfect vehicles for butter and syrup
Tastiest Non-Euro Breakfast Entree: A way to wean yourself off bacon
Best Lunch Buffet: For vegetarians, a midday Shangri-La
Best Hot Dog: A timeless joint with blue-collar cred
Best Burger: Preserving that road-shack culture
Best Portions: A generous haul at a reasonable price
Best Sandwiches: The ideal pork-scented lunch nosh
Best Heat-Lamp Fried Chicken: Crispy pleasures in the liquor store lot
Healthiest Fast Food: Best thing to munch off a plastic tray
Healthiest Slow Food: Magicians turn porridge into pizza crust
Best Fries: The tastiest argument for banning trans fats
Best Free-Range Treat: A worthy end for honestly raised chickens
Best Mesquite-Grilled Chicken:A fine reason to contribute to global warming
Best Italian Food: A perfect neighborhood trattoria
Best Seafood Restaurant: Highly thoughtful sea-life alchemy
Best Small Plates: An evening of rarefied bites
Best Salads: Leafy treasures coated in vinaigrette
Best New Restaurant: Flavorful fireworks are ablaze in West Berkeley
Best Tea Bar: Calming leafy infusions
Best Raw Food: A conscious place for uncooked delights
Most Sustainable Restaurant: Where the chickens feed you, and you feed them
Best Vegetarian Food: A scrumptious and guilt-free Technicolor spread
Best Ingredients: Trying to make the world a tastier place
Best Middle Eastern Food: Tastiest simulacrum of Israel
Best Indian/Pakistani Food: A worthwhile place to stain your fingers
Best Korean Food: Asian soul food with a sheen
Best Thai Food: Surest source of coconut-scented epiphany
Best Chinese Food: Consistent satisfaction for the night owls
Best Contemporary Viet Fusion: Breathing new life into traditional dishes
Best Mix of East and West: A delectable melting pot
Best Mexican Food: Flavorful street cred at an upscale location
Best Burrito: A thing of beauty wrapped in foil
Best Taco Truck: Movable place to munch pork while paying homage to the Virgin
Best Food in a Tough Location: Serene demeanor and heady snacks will overcome
Best Central/South American food: A breathtaking range of meaty textures
Best African Food: A more refined Ethiopian experience
Best Southern/Soul Food: An authentically swampy taste of New Orleans
Best Barbecue: Friendly folks and smoky perfection
Best Caribbean Food: Good enough to make you forgive Columbus
Best Diner: Smoke flavors from another era
Best Pizza: For those seeking thin-crust perfection
Best Japanese/Sushi restaurant: Consistent raw-fish revelations
Best Use of Tofu: A moving soy-based delicacy
Best Cocktails: Most delightfully unexpected restaurant cocktails
Best Bar: Every night is a game night
Best Place to Meet a Viable Date: A new bastion of suave eccentricity
Best Urban Lounge: Judge not a bar by its exterior
Best Bar for a Bender: There's no sin in occasional excess
Best Bar with a View: Ultimate luxury at bay's edge
Best Bartender
Best Budget Sushi
Best Doughnut Shop
Best Pizza (Airborne)
Best Place to Cure a Hangover
Best Retro Hot Dog
Best Smoothies
Best South American Restaurant
Best Thai/Burmese Restaurant
Best Vietnamese/Cambodian Restaurant
Best African Restaurant
Best Bar
Best Bar Food
Best Barbecue
Best Beignets
Best Breakfast/Brunch
Best Brewpub
Best Vegetarian Restaurant
Best Cafe/Coffeehouse
Best Caribbean Restaurant
Best Checkered-Tablecloth Italian
Best Chinese Restaurant
Best Chowder
Best Cocktails
Best Comfort Food
Best Crab Slinger
Best Deli
Best Diner
Best Drink Names
Best Free Beer
Best Gay Bar
Best Ice Cream/Soda Fountain
Best Imitation of Grandma's Pies
Best Indian/Pakistani Restaurant
Best Italian Restaurant
Best Japanese/Sushi Restaurant
Best Korean Restaurant
Best Mexican Restaurant
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant
Best New Restaurant
Best Old Speakeasy
Best Pizza (Stuffed)
Best Pizza (Thin)
Best Place to Appreciate the Ancient Art of Brewing
Best Place to Drink While Gazing at Cool Old Shit
Best Place to Reminisce about the Old Country
Best Place to Take Guests from the Midwest
Best Reason to Stand in Line
Best Restaurant Service
Best Salads
Best Seafood Sandwiches
Best Small-Plates Restaurant
Best Steaks
Best Taco Truck
Best Takeout
Best Tamales
Best Teahouse
Best Way to Get Mindful Over Breakfast
Oldest Hangover
Best Bar to Collapse at After Climbing Mt. Diablo by Accident
Best Bulgoki Burritos
Best Chinese Food and Wine Matcher
Best Cuban Sandwich
Best Deals on Breakfast at 3 a.m. While Playing Cards
Best Dim Sum
Best French Pot Roast
Best Ice Cream Flavors
Best Italian Pot Roast
Best New Gourmet Ghetto
Best place for Midnight Chess and Mid-Evening Doughnuts
Best Place to Cook Your Own Food
Best Punk Bar
Best Pupusas
Best Antipasti
Best Baklava
Best Bar to Take the Kids To
Best Bastardization of the Caipirnha
Best Bloody Mary
Best Brunch
Best Brunch Place for Vegans and Carnivores to Coexist
Best Cafe to Loiter at All Day Long and Do "Work"
Best Chicken and Waffles
Best Chocolate Chip Cookie
Best Cold Soup
Best Dive Bar Renovation
Best Doughnut Holes
Best Fast Food You'll Want to Eat Very Slowly
Best Free Food Spread
Best French Restaurant
Best Goat
Best Handmade Noodles
Best Honey Wine
Best House-made Sodas
Best Insomniac Hangout
Best Italian Soul Food
Best Lebanese Greek Restaurant Inside a Predominantly African-American Bar That Used to Be a Bank
Best Lengua Nachos
Best Momo
Best Moros y Cristianos
Best Mud Pie
Best New Fast Food Place
Best New Restaurant
Best Panna Cotta
Best Pisco Sour
Best Pizza
Best Place to Contemplate Unemployment and a Grim Future
Best Place to Convince Out Of Towners That We're A Bit Different
Best Place To Try Wine
Best PotPies
Best Recession Menu
Best Red Beans and Rice
Best Restaurant for Foodie Seniors
Best Reuben Sandwich
Best Salad
Best Sandwiches
Best Showman Chef
Best Smoker-Friendly Bar
Best Southeast Asian Cuisine
Best Southern/Soul Food
Best Spätzle
Best Sushi Joint to Get as Drunk as a Japanese Salaryman
Best Sushi Joint to Take a Vegetarian
Best Tea House
Best Thai/Burmese
Best Vietnamese Restaurant
Best Western Supper Club
Freshest Sushi
Most Considerate Menu
Most Original Sushi
Best Use of a Fireplace
Best New Chez Panisse Spin-Off
Best New Restaurant
Most Playful Prix-Fixe Menu
Best Emerging Pizza Chain
Best Nouvelle Pizza
Closest Approximation to an East Coast Slice of Pizza
Best Cali Cheese Steak
Best Fusion Food Cart
Best Italian-Iranian Dish
Best Spicy-Sweet-Hot Treat
Best Healthy Fast Food
Best Vegan Restaurant
Best Root Veggies
Best Unidentifiable Veggies
Best Vegetarian Pho
Best Homemade Soup
Best Chicken Noodle Soup
Best Vegetarian Lunch, Except on Saturdays
Best Falafel
Best Old School Deli
Best In-N-Out Alternative
Best Roasted Chicken
Best Moles in Forty Years
Best Pâté
Best Antipasti
Best Fish Fry
Best Mexican Restaurant
Best Reason to Skip the Salsa Bar
Most Spanish Tapas Joint
Best Italian
Best Pan Asian Food Crawl
Best Singaporean restaurant
Best Unconventional Salads
Best Regional Chinese Cuisine
Best Izakaya
Best Chawan-mushi
Best Panchan Spread
Best Late-Night Delivery
Best After-Midnight Meals
Best Sandwich Value
Best Meal for $1 or Less