Best Summer Festival: JellyNYC’s The Pool Parties
Best Public Space: Tie—The High Line and Central Park
Best Reason to Love NYC: The food
Best New Building: New Cooper Union building
Best Local Blog: brooklynbased.net
Best Weekly Club Night: Disco Down at Happy Endings
Best Reason to go Downtown: The High Line
Best Reason to go Uptown: Central Park
Best Downtown Bar/Restaurant: Tie: Beauty Bar and Yerba Buena
Best Midtown Bar/Restaurant: Applebee’s Grill & Bar
Best UWS Bar/Restaurant: Arte Café
Best UES Bar/Restaurant: Baraonda
Best Bronx Bar/Restaurant: Applebee’s Grill & Bar
Best Brooklyn Bar: The Woods
Best Queens Bar: Applebee’s Grill & Bar
Best Rooftop Bar: 230 Fifth
Best Expensive Eats: Tie: Babbo and Morton’s
Best Meal for Less Than $10: Maoz Vegetarian
Best Midtown Lunch: Chipotle
Best Dessert: Red Velvet Cake
Best Ethnic Restaurant: Pera Mediterranean Brasserie
Best Restaurant for Comfort Food: Eisenberg’s
Best (Non-Chain) Coffee Shop: Tie—Mudd and Joe, the Art of Coffee
Best Discount Clothing Store: Tie—H&M and Century 21
Best Cheap Date: Central Park
Best Way to Get Rid of Pests: Move
Best Place for People Watching: Times Square (specifically pedestrian “malls” on Broadway)
Best Off-Broadway Show: The Toxic Avenger
Best Outdoor Venue: Central Park SummerStage
Best Place to Hear Live Music: Tie—Bowery Ballroom and Carnegie Hall
Best Political Goof: Governor David Paterson
Best Street Vendor: Tie—Big Gay Ice Cream Truck guy and The Dosa Guy at Washington Square
Best NYC Celebrity to Hate: Donald Trump
Best Art Exhibit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Best Broadway Show: Tie: Jersey Boys and Hair
Best Drink Special: Beauty Bar drink and manicure: $10
Best Local Band: Care Bears on Fire
Best Local Politician: Mayor Bloomberg (runner-up: Chuck Schumer)
Best Place for Late-Night Gorging: Veselka
Best Standup Comic/Comedy Club: Tie: Comix and Comic Strip Live
Best Vestige of Old New York: Tie: Brooklyn Bridge and Katz’s Deli
Best New Development: None
Best Oldtimer: Ed Koch
Best Local Writer: Jonathan Lethem
Best Public Space: Tie—The High Line and Central Park
Best Reason to Love NYC: The food
Best New Building: New Cooper Union building
Best Local Blog: brooklynbased.net
Best Weekly Club Night: Disco Down at Happy Endings
Best Reason to go Downtown: The High Line
Best Reason to go Uptown: Central Park
Best Downtown Bar/Restaurant: Tie: Beauty Bar and Yerba Buena
Best Midtown Bar/Restaurant: Applebee’s Grill & Bar
Best UWS Bar/Restaurant: Arte Café
Best UES Bar/Restaurant: Baraonda
Best Bronx Bar/Restaurant: Applebee’s Grill & Bar
Best Brooklyn Bar: The Woods
Best Queens Bar: Applebee’s Grill & Bar
Best Rooftop Bar: 230 Fifth
Best Expensive Eats: Tie: Babbo and Morton’s
Best Meal for Less Than $10: Maoz Vegetarian
Best Midtown Lunch: Chipotle
Best Dessert: Red Velvet Cake
Best Ethnic Restaurant: Pera Mediterranean Brasserie
Best Restaurant for Comfort Food: Eisenberg’s
Best (Non-Chain) Coffee Shop: Tie—Mudd and Joe, the Art of Coffee
Best Discount Clothing Store: Tie—H&M and Century 21
Best Cheap Date: Central Park
Best Way to Get Rid of Pests: Move
Best Place for People Watching: Times Square (specifically pedestrian “malls” on Broadway)
Best Off-Broadway Show: The Toxic Avenger
Best Outdoor Venue: Central Park SummerStage
Best Place to Hear Live Music: Tie—Bowery Ballroom and Carnegie Hall
Best Political Goof: Governor David Paterson
Best Street Vendor: Tie—Big Gay Ice Cream Truck guy and The Dosa Guy at Washington Square
Best NYC Celebrity to Hate: Donald Trump
Best Art Exhibit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Best Broadway Show: Tie: Jersey Boys and Hair
Best Drink Special: Beauty Bar drink and manicure: $10
Best Local Band: Care Bears on Fire
Best Local Politician: Mayor Bloomberg (runner-up: Chuck Schumer)
Best Place for Late-Night Gorging: Veselka
Best Standup Comic/Comedy Club: Tie: Comix and Comic Strip Live
Best Vestige of Old New York: Tie: Brooklyn Bridge and Katz’s Deli
Best New Development: None
Best Oldtimer: Ed Koch
Best Local Writer: Jonathan Lethem
