Best Local Hip-Hop Act: The Stick Martin Show
Runners Up Best Songwriter: Stick Maritn
Runners Up: Best Local Band
Runners Up: Best Cover Band
Runners Up: Best Alt Rock Band
Here's a list of the other Reader's Choice Winners:
Readers' Picks
Best Club DJ Stavros
Best Club for Live Music Skipper’s Smokehouse
BEST FASHION DESIGNER Ivanka Ska
Best Hair Salon H2O Salon and Spa
Best Concert in the Last 12 Months Radiohead at Ford Amphitheatre
Best Concert Venue Jannus Landing
Best Dance Club The Castle
Best Gay/Lesbian Bar Georgie’s Alibi
Best Local Actor Petrus Antonius
Best Local Actress Julie Rowe
Best Local Alt-Rock Act Basic Rock Outfit
Best Local Americana Act Have Gun, Will Travel
Best Local Band Basic Rock Outfit
Best Local Blues Act Damon Fowler Band
Best Local Cover Band Basic Rock Outfit
Best Local Hip-Hop Act The Stick Martin Show
Best Local Metal Act The Absence
Best Local Singer/Songwriter Jeremy Thomas of Basic Rock Outfit
Best Local Visual Artist Markus Aurailius
Best Sports Bar Ferg’s Sports Bar & Grill
Best Strip Club Mons Venus
Best Theater Troupe American Stage
Best Weekly Club Night “Pulp the Party” at Czar (Fridays)
Annual Event Gasparilla
Best Beach Fort DeSoto
Best Building Tampa Theater
Best Golf Course Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club
Best Local Blog Sticks of Fire
Best Neighborhood, Hillsborough Seminole Heights
Best Neighborhood, Pinellas Old Northeast (St. Petersburg)
Best Party District Ybor City
Best Place to Canoe/Kayak Hillsborough River
Best Place to Take the Kids Lowry Park Zoo
Best Place to Volunteer Animal Shelter/Rescue
Best Road Bayshore Boulevard
Best Kept Secret Local Theater Companies
Most Overrated Thing About Tampa Bay The Weather
Most Underrated Thing About Tampa Bay Local Culture/Arts/Music/Theater
Worst Road US 19, Pinellas
Best Bakery Alessi Bakery
Best Barbecue Restaurant Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q
Best Bargain Restaurant La Teresita
Best Beer Bar The Independent
Best Breakfast First Watch
Best Burger Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries
Best Café Con Leche La Teresita
Best Chinese Restaurant P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Best Cocktail Bar Blue Martini
Best Cuban Sandwich Hugo’s Café
Best Dive Bar The Hub
Best Happy Hour MacDinton’s
Best Ice Cream/Gelato Shop Coldstone Creamery
Best Indian Restaurant India Grill
Best Italian Restaurant Carrabba’s
Best Juice/Smoothie Bar Smoothie King
Best Mexican/Tex-Mex Restaurant Estela’s
Best New Restaurant The Table & Mesa Lounge
Best Pizza Cappy’s Pizzeria
Best Restaurant for Vegetarians Grass Root
Best Sandwich Shop/Deli Wright’s Gourmet Deli
Best Seafood Restaurant Bonefish Grill
Best Soul Food Atwater’s
Best Splurge Restaurant Bern’s Steak House
Best Steakhouse Bern’s Steak House
Best Sushi SoHo Sushi
Best Thai Restaurant Jasmine Thai
Best Vietnamese Restaurant Trang
Best Wine Bar Taps
Best Wine Shop Total Wine
Best Bizarro Local News Story Teacher/student sex scandals
Best Bucs Player Derrick Brooks
Best Lightning Player Vinny Lecavalier
Best Local Columnist Howard Troxler
Best Local Politician Pam Iorio
Best Local Sports Team Tampa Bay Rays
Best Local Troublemaker Joe Redner
Best Local TV Newsperson Gayle Sierens
Best Radio Personality MJ on 93-FLZ
Best Radio Station WMNF
Best Rays Player Evan Longoria
Best Sports Coach Joe Maddon
Local Hero Joe Redner
Worst Local Crisis Housing market crash
Worst Local Politician Ronda Storms
Worst Waste of Tax Dollars Potential waterfront Rays stadium
