From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews:
The results are in: The Post’s 2004 Best Bets Readers’ Choice Awards were decided today. And the winners are … (drumroll, please): Pretty much all the same places that won last year! But that’s OK — by and large, DCist approves of the victors (though we’ll never understand why Starbucks consistently comes in the top three of Best Coffee Shop; same with Borders for Best Bookstore. Isn’t this supposed to be about D.C.’s best local and non-totally-massive-and-impersonal establishments?).
A sampling of winners:
Pizza: Pizzeria Paradiso
Brunch: Georgia Brown’s
Neighborhood Bar: Ireland’s Four Provinces Restaurant & Pub
Local Band: Virginia Coalition
Hidden Gem: Theodore Roosevelt Island
And if you were wondering whether Hard Times’ coupon campaign for Best Cheap Eats paid off, it did. The Virginia chili chain placed ahead of Chipotle and Baja Fresh.
Anyway, take a look, judge for yourselves, and maybe find out about a great spot you hadn’t heard of before.
