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2010 Toast of Music City

Winners

Retail & Professional Services

Best antiques shop

  1. Gaslamp Antique & Decorating Mall
  2. Antiques at the Factory
  3. Now and Then Antiques

Best automotive service department

  1. Kwik Kar Lube and Tune
  2. Downtown Nashville Nissan
  3. Alexander Automall in Murfreesboro

Best carpet cleaning service

  1. ChemDry TNT
  2. Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner
  3. COIT

Best consignment/vintage shopping

  1. Curiosity Consignment
  2. Designer Renaissance
  3. Plato’s Closet

Best eyewear

  1. Specs Optical
  2. Primary Eyecare Group of Brentwood
  3. SEE

Best florist

  1. Rebel Hill Florist
  2. Emma’s Flowers & Gifts
  3. A Village of Flowers

Best franchise new car dealer

  1. Downtown Nashville Nissan
  2. (tie) Darrell Waltrip Honda and Crown Ford
  3. Beaman Toyota

Best grocery

  1. Publix
  2. Trader Joe’s
  3. Whole Foods

Best gym

  1. Yoga Country
  2. Takes2Fitness Downtown
  3. YMCA — Downtown

Best hair salon

  1. Trendz
  2. Shay’s Studio
  3. Harlow Salon

Best home furnishings

  1. Ashley Furniture HomeStore
  2. Nadeau
  3. Redo Home and Design

Best home-improvement store

  1. Selection Center
  2. Lowe’s
  3. The Home Depot

Best jewelry store

  1. Elizabeth Gregory Fine Jewelry
  2. King Jewelers
  3. Brentwood Jewelers

Best liquor store

  1. Frugal MacDoogal
  2. Hermitage Liquors
  3. Woodland Wine Merchant

Best mall/shopping district

  1. Hill Center
  2. The Mall at Green Hills
  3. Opry Mills

Best massage

  1. Danny Ziadeh
  2. Zen Massage
  3. Robin Frazier at Franklin Massage Center

Best men’s clothier

  1. Levy’s
  2. Men’s Warehouse
  3. Jos. A. Bank

Best place to buy a mattress

  1. Mattress King
  2. Sleepwell Mattress Outlet
  3. Mattress Firm

Best place to buy shoes

  1. Levy’s
  2. Marti and Liz
  3. Off Broadway Shoes

Best pre-owned car dealership

  1. CarMax Nashville
  2. Nashville Motorsports
  3. Crown Ford

Best spa (overall)

  1. Advanced Aesthetics Medi Spa
  2. Blue River Canyon
  3. Relache Spa

Best storage facility

  1. Mallory Station Storage
  2. Stor Place Self Storage
  3. Thompson Lane Self Storage

Best tattoo shop

  1. Black 13 Tattoo
  2. Blackbird Tattoo and Gallery
  3. Lone Wolf Tattoo

Best thrift store

  1. Goodwill Industries
  2. Plato’s Closet
  3. (tie) Southern Thrift Store and Music City Thrift Store

Best women’s clothing boutique

  1. Muse Boutique
  2. Levy’s
  3. Cassity’s

People & places

Best apartment complex

  1. Avondale at Kennesaw Farms
  2. Lenox Village Town Center
  3. Preserve at Brentwood

Best auction company

  1. Coldwell Banker Barnes Auction Division
  2. Crye-Leike Auctions
  3. Jim Stevens Realty & Auction Associates

Best blog

  1. StyleBlueprint.com
  2. section303.com
  3. Nashvillest.com

Best college or university

  1. Nashville State Community College
  2. Vanderbilt University
  3. Belmont University

Best hotel

  1. Gaylord Opryland Resort
    2. & Convention Center
  2. Hutton Hotel
  3. Hermitage Hotel

Best local artist (visual)

  1. Ash Sivils
  2. Holly Stokes aka Raventalker
  3. Valerie Harrell

Best local celebrity

  1. Nicole Kidman
  2. Vince Gill
  3. Taylor Swift

Best local pro athlete

  1. Chris Johnson
  2. Cortland Finnegan
  3. Keith Bulluck

Best local TV anchor/reporter

  1. Kelly Sutton
  2. (tie) Shane Tallant and Stacy McCloud
  3. Christine Maddela

Best place to get married

  1. Wightman Chapel at Scarritt-Bennett Center
  2. Schermerhorn Symphony Center
  3. Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Museum of Art

Best place to people watch

  1. Downtown on Broadway
  2. Nashville International Airport
  3. Hillsboro Village

Best place to see a live game

  1. LP Field
  2. Bridgestone Arena
  3. Fairgrounds Sports Arena

Best real estate agent

  1. Corbi Parker
  2. Gabrielle C. Dodson
  3. Barry Flowers

Best real estate company

  1. Coldwell Banker Barnes, Snow & Wall
  2. Crye-Leike Realtors
  3. Hometown Realty of Spring Hill, LLC

Best school

  1. Bambini Montessori
  2. Hume-Fogg
  3. University School of Nashville

Best sports reporter

  1. Rudy Kalis
  2. Hope Hines
  3. Joe Dubin

Best view of the city

  1. Love Circle
  2. Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge
  3. Nashville City Club

Best weatherperson

  1. Craig Edwards
  2. Lelan Statom
  3. Lisa Patton

ENTERTAINMENT

Best art gallery

  1. Frist Center for the Visual Arts
  2. Picture This Custom Framing & Gallery
  3. Art & Invention Gallery

Best dance club

  1. Wildhorse Saloon
  2. Mai
  3. Play Dance Bar

Best festival

  1. CMA Music Festival
  2. Rites of Spring
  3. Tomato Art Fest

Best golf course

  1. Gaylord Springs Golf Links
  2. Hermitage Golf Course
  3. McCabe Golf Course

Best local actor/actress

  1. Patrick Waller
  2. Dietz Osborne
  3. Derek Whittaker

Best local band

  1. Harpeth Rising
  2. Baby Blues & the No Attitude Band
  3. Randy Moore & the Fabulous Suedes

Best music venue

  1. Ryman Auditorium
  2. Schermerhorn Symphony Center
  3. Grand Ole Opry House

Best place to see a play

  1. Tennessee Performing Arts Center
  2. Nashville Children’s Theatre
  3. Belcourt Theatre

Best place to take the kids

  1. Adventure Science Center
  2. Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
  3. Nashville Children’s Theatre

Best radio DJ

  1. Gerry House
  2. Jack Shell
  3. Woody and Jim

Health & Professional Services

Best active lifestyle/retirement community

  1. Del Webb
  2. The Cumberland at Green Hills
  3. The Manor at Steeplechase

Best builder/developer

  1. The Porch Co.
  2. Tandem Construction
  3. Charles Raines Construction

Best car repair

  1. Firestone Complete Auto Care
  2. Kwik Kar Lube & Tune
  3. Accurate Auto Body

Best chiropractor

  1. Action Chiropractic
  2. Dunn Chiropractic Clinic
  3. Keiser Chiropractic Neurology Center

Best cosmetic surgeon

  1. Gold Skin Care Center
  2. Stephen M. Davis
  3. Mark Clymer

Best dentist

  1. Michael A. Atchley
  2. David W. Dickerson
  3. Mitchell Wright

Best employer

  1. CJ Advertising
  2. Hiller Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
  3. Nashville State Community College

Best financial institution

  1. SunTrust
  2. Regions
  3. U.S. Bank

Best heating/cooling service

  1. Hiller Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
  2. Lee Co.
  3. Interstate AC Service

Best hospital

  1. Vanderbilt Medical Center
  2. Baptist Hospital
  3. Centennial Medical Center

Best interior decorator

  1. CKE Interior Design
  2. Redo Home and Design
  3. Anderson Design Studio

Best landscaper

  1. (tie) Gardens of Babylon and Moore & Moore Garden Center
  2. Greathouse Landscape Co.
  3. Alan Ray Landscape Architects

Best LASIK facility

  1. Loden Vision Centers
  2. Wang Vision Cataract & Lasik Center
  3. Arrowsmith Eye Institute

Best pediatrician

  1. Green Hills Pediatric Associates
  2. William Davidson
  3. Peter Swarr

Best place to have a baby

  1. Baptist Hospital
  2. Centennial Medical Center
  3. Vanderbilt Medical Center

Best plumber

  1. Hiller Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
  2. Lee Co.
  3. Benjamin Franklin Plumbing

Best veterinarian

  1. Battleground Hospital for Animals
  2. Southside Animal Hospital
  3. Carothers Parkway Veterinary Clinic

FOOD & DRINK

Best bakery

  1. Cupcake Collection
  2. Gigi’s Cupcakes
  3. Sweet 16th

Best barbecue

  1. Bar-B-Cutie
  2. Jim ’n’ Nicks
  3. Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint

Best breakfast

  1. Pancake Pantry
  2. Loveless Cafe
  3. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Best buffet

  1. (tie) Golden Corral and Copper Kettle
  2. China Buffet
  3. Ellendale’s Restaurant

Best burger

  1. Five Guys
  2. Fat Mo’s
  3. Rotier’s

Best Chinese

  1. Fulin’s Asian Cuisine
  2. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
  3. China Buffet

Best coffee shop

  1. Bongo Java
  2. Fido
  3. Red Tree Coffee

Best fusion

  1. Wild Ginger
  2. PM
  3. Virago

Best Greek/Middle Eastern

  1. Kalamata’s
  2. Cafe Rakka
  3. Athens Family Restaurant

Best hibachi

  1. Kobe Steakhouse
  2. Kabuto Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi
  3. Goten

Best ice cream

  1. Pied Piper Creamery
  2. Nucci’s Italian Ice & Gelato
  3. Krave

Best Indian

  1. Shalimar
  2. Sitar Indian Cuisine
  3. Woodland Indian Vegetarian

Best Italian

  1. Sole Mio
  2. Maggiano’s Little Italy
  3. Carraba’s Italian Grill

Best Japanese

  1. Omikoshi Japanese Restaurant
  2. Goten
  3. Kobe Steakhouse

Best local bar

  1. Gold Rush
  2. Jack’s Tavern
  3. Melrose Pub

Best lunch

  1. Bar-B-Cutie
  2. Calypso Cafe
  3. Bicyclette Cafe & Wine

Best meat-and-three

  1. Monell’s Dining & Catering
  2. (tie) Copper Kettle and Arnold’s Country Kitchen
  3. Daily Dish

Best Mexican

  1. Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant
  2. Sopapillas
  3. Cinco De Mayo

Best pizza

  1. Jet’s Pizza
  2. Nashville Pizza
  3. Mafiaoza’s Pizzeria & Neighborhood Pub

Best sports bar

  1. Jonny’s Sports Bar
  2. Sam’s Place Sports Bar & Grill
  3. Buffalo Wild Wings

Best steak

  1. Stoney River Legendary Steaks
  2. Ruth’s Chris Steak House
  3. Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

Best sushi

  1. Fulin’s Asian Cuisine
  2. Peter’s Sushi-Thai
  3. Zumi Sushi

Best Thai

  1. Royal Thai
  2. Siam Cafe
  3. Jasmine Restaurant

Friendliest family dining

  1. Bar-B-Cutie
  2. Pied Piper Eatery
  3. Red Robin