- Readers’ Poll Winners
- Best local shop that’s withstood the test of time
- Best boutique for women
- Best boutique for men
- Best local clothing designer
- Best local fashion blog or blogger
- Best vintage store
- Best resale shop
- Best shoe store
- Best jewelry store
- Best eyewear
- Best bike shop
- Best record store
- Best bookstore
- Best home furnishings
- Best place to spruce up your home on the cheap
- Best garden store
- Best adult novelty store
- Best place to buy local wares
- Best indie crafter
- Best pet store
- Best dog walkers
- Best doggie day care
- Best vet
- Best tattoo shop
- Best auto repair shop
- Best dentist
- Best general practitioner
- Best mani/pedi
- Best massage
- Best barber shop
- Best hair salon
- Best place to get married
- Best hotel
- Best apartment finder
- Best real estate agent
- Reader Critics’ Picks
- Best place to retro-fy your wardrobe
- Best social event that’s also good for scoring vintage furniture
- Best resale store for fashion and home
- Best place to drop dough on fancy flea-market-esque housewares
- Best place to buy a vintage scary clown cookie jar
- Best bookstore with a cat
- Best place to score free used books on the sidewalk
- Best grocery store whose name perfectly matches its products
- Best place to get your shoes repaired by a master
- Best eccentric wristwatch collection
- Best florist window display for soothing your nerves
- Best flower shop you wish you could live in
- Best place to learn yoga and French in the same class
- Best dance school for students from age five to 65
- Best place for unusual continuing education classes
- Best root canal to change your mind about root canals
- Best place to get your lady parts vacation-ready without waxing your wallet
- Best stylist to makeover your hair color and become your new best friend
- Best foreign-car mechanic for those who probably shouldn’t own a foreign car
- Best relaxing $25 overnight stay
- Best $75 hotel room