Best of Nashville 2007 Readers' Poll

FOOD & DRINK

Best Cheeseburger

1. Rotier’s2. Fat Mo’s 3. Cheesburger Charley’s

Best Pizza (Non-Chain)

1. Pizza Perfect 2. Mafiaoza’s3. DaVinci’s Gourmet Pizza

Best Barbecue

1. Whitt’s Barbecue2. Jim ‘N Nick’s 3. Jack’s Bar-B-Que

Best Ribs

1. Jim ’N Nick’s 2. Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Que3. Calhoun’s

Best French Fries

1. Fat Mo’s2. J. Alexander’s3. McDougal’s Chicken Fingers & Wings

Best Hot Chicken

1. Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack2. Bolton’s Spicy Chicken & Fish3. McDougal’s Chicken Fingers & Wings

Best Sub Sandwich

1. Jersey Mike’s2. Sub Stop3. Subway

Best Delicatessen

1. Noshville2. Goldie’s Deli3. Phillip’s Delicatessen

Best Place to Buy Bread

1. Provence Breads & Café2. Bread & Company3. Panera Bread

Best Dessert

1. Sunset Grill2. The Melting Pot3. Provence Breads & Café

Best Ice Cream/Gelato

1. Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream and Treatery2. Pied Piper Creamery3. Las Paletas

Best Local Cake Baker

1. Sweet 16th 2. Sweet-N-Sassy Bakery3. Dulce Desserts

Best Health Food Store

1. Wild Oats2. The Turnip Truck Natural Market3. Fresh Market

Best Produce

1. Nashville Farmers’ Market 2. The Produce Place3. Publix

Best Place to Buy Fresh Seafood

1. Wild Oats2. Publix3. Fresh Market

Best Local Butcher

1. Todd’s Butcher Shop2. The Butcher Block3. Robert Regg Meat Market

Best Farmers Market

1. Nashville Farmers’ Market 2. The Franklin Farmers’ Market 3. Howell’s Produce

Best Specialty/Gourmet Store

1. Fresh Market2. Marché3. Corrieri’s Formaggeria

Best Restaurant in Wilson County

1. Sunset Restaurant2. Castle Heights Chop House3. Cinco de Mayo

Best Restaurant in Williamson County

1. Saffire2. Red Pony3. Wild Iris

Best Restaurant in Sumner County

1. Cheddar’s2. Demos’ Steak and Spaghetti House3. Black-eyed Pea

Best Restaurant in Rutherford County

1. Demos’ Steak and Spaghetti House2. Toot’s3. Five Senses

Best Restaurant in Davidson County

1. Margot Café and Bar2. Zola3. Watermark

Best Ethnic Restaurant Overall

1. Sitar2. Siam Café3. Anatolia Turkish Restaurant

Best Chinese Restaurant

1. Chinatown2. August Moon3. Golden Coast

Best Indian Restaurant

1. Sitar2. Shalimar3. Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine

Best Italian Resturant

1. Amerigo2. Mama Mia’s 3. Sole Mio

Best Japanese Restaurant

1. Kobe Steaks Japanese Restaurant2. Goten3. Samurai Sushi

Best Mediterranean Restaurant

1. Kalamata’s2. Mediterranean Cuisine3. Restaurant Zola

Best Mexican Restaurant

1. Las Palmas2. La Hacienda3. Rosepepper Cantina & Mexican Grill

Best Thai Restaurant

1. Royal Thai2. Siam Cuisine3. Siam Café

Best Vietnamese Restaurant

1. Miss Saigon2. Kien Giang3. Vinh Long

Best Cajun/Creole Restaurant

1. Chappy’s on Church2. Bro’s Cajun Cuisine3. Broadway Brewhouse & Mojo Grill

Best Korean Restaurant

1. Korea House2. Seoul Garden (tie) 2. Koreana (tie)

Best Mobile Vendor

1. I Dream of Weenie2. Veggie Café3. Dogs on the Row

Best Hot Dog/Bratwurst

1. I Dream of Weenie2. Hot Diggity Dogs3. Gerst Haus

Best New Restaurant (opened since October 2006)

1. Flyte2. Marché3. Eastland Café

Best Restaurant With Outdoor Seating

1. Jackson’s Bar and Bistro2. Watermark3. Rosepepper Cantina & Mexican Grill

Best (Most Original) Menu

1. Margot Café and Bar2. Zola3. Mambu

Best Waiter/Waitress

1. Elana Jones - 3 Crow Bar2. Brian Stumbaugh - The Acorn3. Mark Rothschild - Flyte

Best Bartender

1. Stephanie Johnson - Mirror2. Terrell Raley - Ombi3. Loy Carney - Tribe

Best Chef

1. Margot McCormack - Margot2. Debra Paquette - Zola3. Corey Griffith - Mambu

Best Caterer

1. Clean Plate Club2. Copper Kettle3. Chef’s Market

Best Steakhouse

1. Sperry’s Restaurant 2. Jimmy Kelley’s3. Nick & Rudy’s

Best Sushi Bar

1. Virago2. Ru San’s3. Samurai Sushi

Best Seafood Restaurant (Non-Sushi)

1. Batter’d & Fried Boston Seafood House2. Florida Seafood Kitchen3. Chappy’s on Church

Best Place to Dine Alone

1. Fido2. Noshville3. Calypso Café

Best Restaurant Decor

1. Mambu2. Sambuca3. Watermark

Best Service in a Restaurant

1. Margot Café and Bar 2. Watermark3. J. Alexander’s

Best Vegetarian Menu

1. Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine2. Calypso Café3. Grins Vegetarian Café

Best Meat-and-Three

1. Arnold’s Country Kitchen2. Sylvan Park Restaurant3. Monell’s

Best All-You-Can-Eat Deal

1. Monell’s2. Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine3. Sitar

Best Breakfast

1. Pancake Pantry2. Noshville3. Loveless Café

Best Sunday Brunch

1. Margot Café and Bar2. Marché3. Copper Kettle

Best Place for a Romantic Dinner

1. Margot Café and Bar2. Watermark3. Zola

Best Late-Night Eats

1. Sunset Grill2. Café Coco3. Hermitage Café

Best Takeout

1. Calypso Café2. Royal Thai3. Marché

Best Place for a Power Lunch

1. Sunset Grill2. Midtown Café3. The Capitol Grille

Best Delivery (Other Than Pizza)

1. Dalts2. Off the Grill3. Jimmy John’s

Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Buying

1. The Palm2. Ruth’s Chris3. Watermark

Best Cheap Eats

1. Calypso Café2. Baja Burrito3. Las Palmas

Best Restaurant With a View

1. Watermark2. Germantown Café3. Sambuca

Best Bar to People-Watch

1. Cabana2. Virago3. Bound’ry

Best Bar to Nurse a Hangover

1. 3 Crow Bar 2. Red Door Saloon3. Sportsman’s Grille

Best Bar That Makes You Feel Like You’re Not in Nashville

1. Radius10 2. Virago3. Cabana

Best Wine Bar

1. Rumours Wine & Art Bar2. The Grape3. Flyte

Best Wine List in a Restaurant

1. Sunset Grill2. Flyte3. Watermark

Best Coffeehouse

1. Bongo Java2. Fido3. Portland Brew

Best Neighborhood Pub

1. McCabe Pub2. 3 Crow Bar3. Corner Pub

Best Brewhouse

1. Yazoo2. Bosco’s3. Blackstone Brewery

Best Place to Buy a Keg

1. Frugal MacDoogal2. Yazoo Brewery3. JJ’s Market