Thanks to all who voted in the oldest Best of Columbus readers' poll in the city. Congrats to this year's winners!
Best Breakfast
1 First Watch (22.5%)
2 Katalina's (11.9%)
Best Brunch
1 Northstar Café (22.5%)
2 Matt the Miller's Tavern (11.7%)
Best Coffee Shop
1 Stauf's (26.4%)
2 Fox in the Snow Café (22.4%)
Best Fast-Casual
1 Piada Italian Street Food (20.7%)
2 Bibibop (17%)
Best Cheap Eats
1 Condado Tacos (30.7%)
2 Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace (26.2%)
Best Kids Menu
1 Rusty Bucket (23.2%)
2 Spaghetti Warehouse (19%)
Best Romantic Restaurant
1 The Refectory (17.4%)
2 Lindey's (13.4%)
Best Comfort Food Restaurant
1 Cap City Fine Diner (40.6%)
2 Tommy's Diner (10.9%)
Best Patio
1 Lindey's (23.7%)
2 Milestone 229 (19.8%)
Best Classic Bakery
1 Resch's (27.3%)
2 Schneider's (21%)
Best New-Fashioned Bakery
1 Fox in the Snow Café (20.5%)
2 Pistacia Vera (18.8%)
Best Doughnut
1 Buckeye Donuts (25.6%)
2 Duck Donuts (15.4%)
Best Chinese Restaurant
1 China Dynasty – Lane Avenue (20.2%)
2 Hunan House (12.8%)
Best Korean Restaurant
1 Gogi Korean BBQ (28.2%)
2 Min-Ga Korean Restaurant (18.5%)
Best Sushi
1 Akai Hana (27%)
2 Fusian (21%)
Best Thai Restaurant
1 Lemongrass (27.1%)
2 Basil (20%)
Best Vietnamese Restaurant
1 Buckeye Pho (39.6%)
2 Indochine Café (14.1%)
Best Mexican Restaurant
1 El Vaquero (26.4%)
2 Los Guachos (9.8%)
Best Tacos
1 Condado Tacos (36%)
2 Los Guachos (15.8%)
Best Italian Restaurant
1 Marcella's (18.3%)
2 La Scala (10%)
Best Greek Restaurant
1 The Happy Greek (32%)
2 Yanni's (17.8%)
Best Indian Restaurant
1 Aab India (32.8%)
2 Indian Oven (11.5%)
Best Himalayan/Nepalese Restaurant
1 Momo Ghar (36.8%)
2 Namaste (23.1%)
Best Mediterranean/Middle Eastern Restaurant
1 Aladdin's Eatery (18.4%)
2 Café Istanbul (16.5%)
Best African Restaurant
1 Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant (14.7%)
2 African Paradise (14.6%)
Best Seafood
1 Mitchell's Ocean Club (28.4%)
2 Columbus Fish Market (27.9%)
Best Latin-American Restaurant
1 Arepazo (38%)
2 Sí Señor (17.8%)
Best Steakhouse
1 The Top Steak House (23.9%)
2 Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse (23.3%)
Best Diner
1 Starliner Diner (19.9%)
2 Tommy's Diner (15.6%)
Best Classic Pizza
1 Massey's (14.8%)
2 Tommy's Pizza (14.1%)
Best Gourmet Pizza
1 Harvest Pizzeria (22%)
2 Mellow Mushroom (15.8%)
Best Burger
1 Thurman Café (32.7%)
2 Northstar Café (16.6%)
Best Spot for Plant-Based Dining
1 Northstar Café (51%)
2 Portia's Café (8.6%)
Best Wings
1 Roosters (46.4%)
2 Winking Lizard (10.6%)
Best Food Truck
1 Sophie's Gourmet Pierogi (12%)
2 Paddy Wagon (10.6%)
Best Barbecue
1 City Barbeque (47.6%)
2 Ray Ray's Hog Pit (24.9%)
Best Deli
1 Katzinger's (53.7%)
2 Brown Bag (18.1%)
Best Ice Cream
1 Graeter's Ice Cream (47.5%)
2 Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (27.6%)
Best Desserts
1 Pistacia Vera (25.9%)
2 Cap City Fine Diner (23.8%)
Best Late-Night Eats
1 Mikey's Late Night Slice (38.4%)
2 Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace (18.4%)
Best Bar Food
1 The Rusty Bucket (22.3%)
2 Old Bag of Nails (20%)
Best Happy Hour
1 Marcella's (19.2%)
2 Forno (14.8%)
Best Wine Bar
1 Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant (23.7%)
2 The Wine Bistro (21.1%)
Best Cocktails
1 M at Miranova (14.2%)
2 Watershed Kitchen & Bar (13.7%)
Best Beer Selection
1 World of Beer (17.3%)
2 101 Beer Kitchen (13.2%)
Best Sports Bar
1 Roosters (32.4%)
2 Winking Lizard (17.2%)
Best Taproom
1 Wolf's Ridge Brewing Co. (22.1%)
2 Seventh Son Brewing Co. (21.1%)
Best LGBT Bar/Club
1 Union Café (47.9%)
2 Axis (16.1%)
Best Concert Venue
1 Express Live (17.3%)
2 Nationwide Arena (16.6%)
Best Bar for Music
1 Natalie's Coal-Fired Pizza (25.3%)
2 Skully's Music-Diner (25.2%)
Best Local Band
1 MojoFlo (22.7%)
2 HooDoo Soul (10.9%)
Best Local Musician
1 Bobby Floyd (24.6%)
2 Tony Monaco (12.4%)
Best Bowling Alley
1 Pins Mechanical Co. (28.2%)
2 Ten Pin Alley (17.6%)
Best Movie Theater
1 Marcus Crosswoods Cinema (22.1%)
2 AMC Easton Town Center 30 (19.9%)
Best Place for a Kid's Birthday Party
1 Sky Zone (26.6%)
2 Magic Mountain (20.5%)
Best Festival
1 Columbus Arts Festival (23%)
2 Dublin Irish Festival (17.1%)
Best Parade
1 Doo Dah (32.7%)
2 Upper Arlington Fourth of July (22.3%)
Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners
1 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (30.7%)
2 Short North (21.8%)
Best Farmers Market
1 Worthington (36.2%)
2 North Market (27.4%)
Best Park
1 Highbanks (18.5%)
2 Scioto Mile/Bicentennial Park (9.9%)
Best Museum
1 COSI (42.7%)
2 Columbus Museum of Art (37.2%)
Best Gallery
1 Studios on High Gallery (20.8%)
2 Mac Worthington Gallery (20.5%)
Best Public Art
1 Goodale Park elephant fountain (19%)
2 “Field of Corn,” Dublin (18.6%)
Best Race
1 Pelotonia (31.6%)
2 Nationwide Children's Hospital Marathon and Half Marathon (31%)
Best Yoga Studio
1 Yoga on High (26.3%)
2 GoYoga (19.9%)
Best Fitness Studio
1 Orangetheory Fitness (26.1%)
2 614Fitness (14.7%)
Best Gym
1 YMCA (23.9%)
2 Life Time Fitness (22.8%)
Best Spa
1 Penzone Salons + Spas (27.6%)
2 Kenneth's (19.2%)
Best Hair Salon
1 Salon Lofts (18.74%)
2 Penzone Salons + Spas (18.7%)
Best Beer Shop
1 Giant Eagle Market District (24.5%)
2 Weiland's Market (17.6%)
Best Florist
1 DeSantis Florist (25.7%)
2 Evergreen Flower Co. (9.6%)
Best Grocery Store
1 Giant Eagle Market District (24.2%)
2 Trader Joe's (18.5%)
Best Place for Women's Fashions
1 Nordstrom (28.7%)
2 Jeffrey Thomas (13.7%)
Best Place for Men's Fashions
1 Nordstrom (30.6%)
2 Jeffrey Thomas (19.9%)
Best Place for Children's Clothing
1 Von Maur (20.3%)
2 Cub Shrub (20.2%)
Best Place to Buy Jewelry
1 Diamond Cellar (29.7%)
2 Worthington Jewelers (21.1%)
Best Bike Shop
1 Roll: (30.4%)
2 Trek Bicycle (23.2%)
Best Place for Home Décor
1 Elm & Iron (27.7%)
2 Grandview Mercantile (17.8%)
Best Place for Last-Minute Gifts
1 Wholly Craft (21%)
2 Helen Winnemore's (14.6%)
Best Hardware Store
1 Zettler (31.9%)
2 Roush (29.1%)
Best Garden Center
1 Oakland Nurseries (56.7%)
2 Strader's Garden Centers (28.4%)
Best Furniture Resale Shop
1 ReVue/Grandview Mercantile (40.9%)
2 One More Time, Etc. (30.8%)
Best Clothing Resale Shop
1 One More Time (37.3%)
2 Second Chance (30%)
Best Place for Ohio-Made Stuff
1 Homage (44.9%)
2 Wholly Craft (12.8%)
Best Store for Housewares
1 Crate & Barrel (38.9%)
2 Sur La Table (20.1%)
Best Crew Player
1 Will Trapp (33.5%)
2 Zack Steffen (22.9%)
Best Buckeyes Football Player
1 Nick Bosa (55.5%)
2 J.K. Dobbins (20%)
Best Blue Jackets Player
1 Sergei Bobrovsky (36.1%)
2 Nick Foligno (14.1%)
Best Radio Station
1 WNCI (19.3%)
2 CD102.5 (14.1%)
Best Chef
1 Richard Blondin, The Refectory Restaurant & Wine Shop (31.2%)
2 Seth Lassak, Wolf's Ridge Brewing (16.8%)
Best Male TV Anchor
1 Jerry Revish, 10TV (26.7%)
2 Matt Barnes, NBC4 (19.1%)
Best Female TV Anchor
1 Yolanda Harris, 10TV (32.7%)
2 Colleen Marshall, NBC4 (19.5%)
Best Weatherperson
1 Chris Bradley, 10TV (35%)
2 Marshall McPeek, ABC6/Fox28 (10.6%)
Best Talk Radio Personality
1 Ann Fisher, 89.7 WOSU (35.9%)
2 Mike Riccordati “The Common Man,” 97.1 The Fan (25.4%)
Best Radio Morning Show
1 Dave and Jimmy, 97.1 WNCI (31.5%)
2 Woody & The Wake-Up Call, 92.3 WCOL (17.7%)