Kudos to the winners of Seattle Weekly’s “Best of Seattle.” The list just came out today and Ballard is named a dozen times.
Best Replacement for Your Second Car – Dutch Bike Co.Best Something-in-a-Box for Your Lady – Ballard BlossomBest Bedside Manner – Dr. Stephen DudleyBest Tourist Attraction to Satisfy Your Dad – Hiram M. Chittenden LocksBest Place to Psych Yourself Up for a Job Interview – Stone GardensBest Spam Conversion Mechanism – Marination MobileBest Place to Get Wasted and Play Ping-Pong – The Bit SaloonBest Farmers Market Booth to Put Down Stakes – Anita’s CrepesBest 2 a.m. Hangover Prevention Snack – Dick’s Drive-InBest Place to Splurge on Your Pet – Mud BayBest Outdoor Dining – Ray’sBest Brunch After a First Date – Portage Bay CafeYou can see all the winners right here.
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Forgot a few from the Editors list as well:
BEST MEXICAN: Señor Moose Cafe
BEST PIZZA: Veraci Pizza
BEST TAPAS: Ocho
Congrats to MyBallard.com as well for the 2nd place (you were robbed!):
“Best Neighborhood Blog: They'll be all up in a budget meeting or design review one minute, then reporting on shop cats and graffiti-tagged mailboxes the next. Be you NIMBY or YIMBY, so long as your BY is West Seattle, the West Seattle Blog has you covered. (MyBallard.com comes in a close second.) westseattleblog.com.”
After scooping the big papers again and again MyBallard only gets second place? Why, I'm outraged!
That's okay, I stopped taking that poll seriously after Pagliacci kept winning best pizza.
Second place? That's BSIMBY.
But Veraci got it this year, per Ballardman. YAY! :)
Wrong website for Dutch Bike Co., it should be: http://www.dutchbikeseattle.com/
“Best Place to Get Wasted and Play Ping-Pong”
Isn't that a Stranger type of designation?
Shameful, and The Bit deserves better, frankly.
I expect The Weekly to be above that crap. Hear me?
Also, we know the Swedes are the winners. I'd guess they have a loftier goal coming, and most deserved.
Thanks, Ian! We fixed the link.
The West Seattle blog has been around longer, that's all.
Next year we'll clean their clock!
(There's a phrase for you!)
BSIMBY indeed. Good one, Black_Sheep. (And Veraci rocks, even before they stopped rolling and hung up a permanent shingle.)
Best place to pay premium mark-up for a bicycle: Dutch Bike Co.
Pagliacci pizza Ballard on 85th pretty good. Love portage bay cafe. Le gourmand best fine dining and sambar bar beat for high quality hand crafted cocktails.