Best Bets Winners: The Complete List

FOOD AND DINING

Best Breakfast
Frying Pan

Best After-bar Meal
Drunken Noodle

Best Meal for under $10
Drunken Noodle

Best Lunch
Grand Junction

Best Fine Dining
HoDo Restaurant

Hottest Waitstaff
Buffalo Wild Wings

Best Taco
The Taco Shop

Best Italian
Johnny Carino’s

Best Mexican
Acapulco

Best Burger
J.L. Beers

Best Asian Restaurant
Thai Orchid

Best Wine List
The Winery

Best Bakery / Pastry
Nichole’s Fine Pastry

Best Beer Selection
J.L. Beers

Best Pizza
Duane’s House of Pizza

Best Restaurant for Vegetarians
Green Market Kitchen

Best Sushi
Wasabi

Best Salad Bar
Ruby Tuesdays

Best Sandwich
Grand Junction

Restaurant with Best Chef
HoDo Restaurant

Best Coffee Shop
Atomic Coffee

Best New Restaurant
J.L. Beers

Best Established Restaurant
HoDo Restaurant

SHOPPING

Best Bike Shop
Great Northern Bicycle Co.

Best Gift Shop
Zandbroz Variety

Best Bookstore
Barnes & Noble

Best Boutique
One World

Best Mens Clothing Store
Straus / AKA

Best Womens Clothing Store
Herberger’s

Best Salon
Salon Why?

Best Hair Stylist
Kristen Bee Rheault

Best New Business
J.L. Beers

Best Health Food Shop
Tochi Products

Best Liquor Store
Happy Harry’s Bottle Shop

Best Music Equipment Store
Marguerite’s Music

Best Thrift Store
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch

Best Record Store
Orange Records

Best Antique Store
Funky Junque

MEDIA

Best TV Station
KVLY

Best Local TV Personality
Robin Huebner - KVLY

Best Radio Station
KNDS

Best Local Radio Personality
Megan @ Y94

LOCAL COLOR

Best Established Visual Artist
Jon Offutt

Best Emerging Visual Artist
MacKenzie Kouba

Best Writer
John Lamb

Best Local Celebrity
Just N Tyme

Best Community Activist
Prairie Rose

Best Tattoo Parlor
Addictions

Best Tattoo Artist
Trent Balvitsch @ Addictions

Best Piercist
Chuck Kesler @ Dead Rockstar

Best Kept Secret
FM Derby Girls

Best Photographer
Gabe Haney

Best Photography Studio
Haney’s Photography

SPORTS & RECREATION

Best Local Sports Team
FM RedHawks

Best Gym
YMCA

Best Golf Course
Edgewood

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Best Original Band
Johnson Family Band

Best Cover Band
Betty Does

Best Established Solo Musician
Blind Joe

Best Emerging Solo Musician
Eden Parker

Best Performance DJ
DJ Joyride

Best Local Album or CD
Sleeping in Gethsemane - Burrows

Best Live Music Venue
The Aquarium

Best Performance Theater
Trollwood Performing Arts

Best Art Gallery
Plains Art Museum

Best Movie Theatre
Fargo Theatre

Best Local Event
Downtown Fargo Street Fair

Best Drag King
BJ Armani

Best Drag Queen
Just N Tyme

Best Regional Festival
10KLF

NIGHTLIFE

Best Bar
Dempsey’s

Best Place to Dance
The Aquarium

Best Happy Hour
Dempsey’s

Best Place to Take a Date
HoDo Restaurant

Best Karaoke
Divas & Rockstars

Best Open Mic
Side Street

Best Female Bartender
Amber Severson @ HoDo Lounge

Best Male Bartender
Jeff Fonder @ Dempsey’s

Best Hangout
Dempsey’s