For July's Best of Washington issue, on stands now, we surveyed more than 2,500 readers about their favorite restaurants, celebrities, nightlife, and more—plus the people and places they don’t like. Here are the results.
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Food | Fashion | Things to Do | People | Worst
Food
Barbecue
1. Red Hot & Blue
2. Famous Dave’s
3. Rocklands
Crab cakes
1. Legal Sea Foods
2. Clyde’s
3. Coastal Flats
Bar menu
1. Clyde’s
2. Tie: Artie’s, Cafe Deluxe
3. McCormick & Schmick’s
Delivery pizza
1. Z Pizza
2. Papa John’s
3. Vocelli Pizza
Place for a great burger
1. Five Guys
2. Artie’s
3. Elevation Burger
Place for great French fries
1. Five Guys
2. Cheeburger Cheeburger
3. Poste Moderne Brasserie
Place for great seafood
1. Legal Sea Foods
2. Oceanaire
3. McCormick & Schmick’s
Place for great vegetarian food
1. California Tortilla
2. Sunflower
3. Lebanese Taverna
Place for great cupcakes
1. CakeLove
2. Georgetown Cupcake
3. Baked ’n Wired
Place for a great birthday cake
1. CakeLove
2. Costco
3. Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe
Place for pasta
1. Pasta Mia
2. Filomena
3. Maggiano’s
Place for sushi
1. Sushi Taro
2. Sushi-Ko
3. Kaz Sushi
Place for brunch
1. Tabard Inn
2. Georgia Brown's
3. Whitlow's on Wilson
Restaurant to take out-of-towners
1. Old Ebbitt Grill
2. Clyde’s
3. Central Michel Richard
Upscale restaurant for kids
1. Clyde’s
2. Cafe Deluxe
3. Carlyle
Casual restaurant for kids
1. California Tortilla
2. Red Robin
3. 2 Amys
Dive bar
1. Dan’s Cafe
2. Tune Inn
3. The Big Hunt
Wine bar
1. Proof
2. Cork
3. Sonoma
Bar for beer lovers
1. Brickskeller
2. Brasserie Beck
3. RFD
Hotel bar
1. Ritz-Carlton
2. Poste
3. Renaissance Mayflower
Fashion
Store for jeans
1. Denim Bar
2. Nordstrom
3. Lucky Brand Jeans
Store for jewelry
1. Princess Jewelers
2. Tiny Jewel Box
3. Tiffany & Co.
Store for vintage
1. Annie Creamcheese
2. Mustard Seed
3. Meeps
Sports-gear store
1. Dick’s Sporting Goods
2. City Sports
3. REI
Hip menswear store
1. Nordstrom
2. Sakes Fifth Avenue
3. Universal Gear
Hip boutique
1. Urban Chic
2. Terra
3. Upstairs on 7th
Things to Do
Place for a massage
1. Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa
2. Fountains Day Spa
3. Rejuvenations
Place for a manicure/pedicure
1. Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa
2. Aveda
3. Aqua Nails
Place to get wireless Internet
1. Panera Bread
2. Starbucks
3. Tryst
Place to hear live music
1. 9:30 Club
2. Birchmere
3. Black Cat
Great beach getaway
1. Rehoboth
2. Outer Banks
3. Dewey Beach
Great mountain getaway
1. Shenandoah
2. Deep Creek Lake
3. Wintergreen
Local hero/heroine
1. Mayor Adrian Fenty
2. Michelle Rhee
3. Hillary Clinton
Local athlete
1. Alex Ovechkin
2. Gilbert Arenas
3. Ryan Zimmerman
Local sports coach
1. Joe Gibbs
2. Bruce Boudreau
3. John Thompson III
Local sports venue
1. Nationals Park
2. Verizon Center
3. RFK stadium
Local news anchor
1. Jim Vance
2. Doreen Gentzler
3. Alison Starling
Local TV sportscaster
1. Lindsay Czarniak
2. George Michael
3. Brett Haber
Local TV weather forecaster
1. Bob Ryan
2. Doug Hill
3. Topper Shutt
Local radio personality
1. Elliot in the Morning
2. Kane
3. Jack Diamond
Local government official
1. Mayor Adrian Fenty
2. Jim Graham
3. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Local member of Congress
1. Eleanor Holmes Norton
2. Chris Van Hollen
3. Tom Davis
Presidential candidiate
1. Barack Obama
2. John McCain
3. Hillary Clinton
Restaurant not worth the wait
1. Cheesecake Factory
2. Lauriol Plaza
3. Tie: Matchbox, Outback Steakhouse
Noisiest restaurant
1. Lauriol Plaza
2. Cheesecake Factory
3. Zaytinya
Overrated bar/nightspot
1. Smith Point
2. Local 16
3. 1223
Overrated pizza
1. Papa John’s
2. Domino’s
3. 2 Amys
Traffic bottleneck
1. Springfield mixing bowl
2. I-66
3. I-270 spur of Beltway
Airport security lines
1. Dulles
2. BWI
3. Reagan National
Metro line
1. Red
2. Orange
3. Green
Sports venue
1. FedEx Field
2. RFK Stadium
3. Verizon Center
Most annoying political pundit
1. Ann Coulter
2. Bill O’Reilly
3. Chris Matthews
Local member of Congress
1. Jim Moran
2. Al Wynn
3. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Presidential candidate
1. Hillary Rodham Clinton
2. John McCain
3. Barack Obama
Local villain
1. Marion Barry
2. Dan Snyder
3. George W. Bush
Local celebrity I'd like to hear less about
1. Marion Barry
2. George W. Bush
3. Dan Snyder
Overrated local athlete
1. Gilbert Arenas
2. Clinton Portis
3. Jason Campbell
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Best of Washington 2007
