Best of the Area

The finest of Johnson County, Iowa, as chosen by you

The 2011 winners

Restaurants

  • Overall best restaurant
  • Chain restaurant
  • Mexican
  • Coffee shop
  • Buffet
  • American food
  • Italian
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Thai
  • Indian
  • Fast food
  • Place for a romantic dinner
  • Family-friendly

Food and drink

  • Pizza
  • Ice cream
  • Frozen yogurt
  • Breakfast
  • Bakery
  • Bagels
  • Doughnuts
  • Hamburgers
  • French fries
  • Gyros
  • Wings
  • Salsa
  • Barbecue
  • Vegetarian
  • Sushi
  • Margarita
  • Martini

Arts and entertainment

  • Bar/nightclub
  • Band
  • Art gallery
  • Festival
  • Live entertainment venue
  • Theater group
  • Tattoo parlor

Shopping

  • Bookstore
  • Grocery store
  • Record store
  • Pet store
  • Women’s clothing
  • Men’s clothing
  • Consignment store
  • Gift store
  • Jewelry store
  • Hardware store
  • Furniture store
  • Car dealer

Services

  • Bank
  • Veterinarian
  • Optical store
  • Salon
  • Barber shop
  • Tanning salon
  • Fitness center
  • Computer repair
  • TV provider
  • Hotel
  • Formal wear shop
  • Auto repair shop
  • Yoga studio
  • Real estate agency
  • Cell phone provider

Kid stuff

  • Dance studio
  • Martial arts academy
  • Place for a kid's birthday party
  • Playground
  • School
  • Place to take kids on a rainy day
  • Park

Outdoors

  • Bike shop
  • Place for a bike ride
  • Trail
  • Place to enjoy nature
  • Outdoor store

And finally...

  • Most influential area resident

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‘Best of’
Best of the Area is the Iowa City Press-Citizen's annual citizen vote on the best aspects of our area.

The vote
Initial voting was Oct. 17-30 to determine finalists. Runoff voting was from Nov. 7-20.

Categories
A total of 79 categories were represented in this year’s voting. If you have a suggestion for next year’s vote, email it to online@press-citizen.com.

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