Sunday, October 25, 2009

Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Living Magazine 2009 Readers Poll

In the new November issue of that glossy dentist office rag, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Living Magazine, they reveal the results of their annual readers poll. To save you the effort of wading through all the Spokane stuff, I've distilled the North Idaho winners here, at least the food and nightlife entries.

Some winners are spot-on correct. Capone's really does have the best pizza and Toro Viejo indeed rises to the top of the Mexican bunch. Some entries, however, are a bit misled. Did most of the people who voted for this thing actually ever spend time at Beverly's, or were they voting based on it's supposedly "chi-chi" reputation. Best ambiance? Perhaps is you find the interior decorating style of 1992 especially intriguing. Dragon House for best Chinese? Gag me. Fisherman's Market for Best New Restaurant? I'm pretty sure it opened close to three years ago now. (I've been corrected, it's only two years. But still...)

Oh well, one should probably take these sort of reader's polls with a grain of sea salt anyway...

BEST FINE DINING: Beverly’s
MOST ROMANTIC: Beverly’s
BEST VIEW: Beverly’s
BEST WINE LIST: Beverly’s
BEST VIEW: Beverly’s
BEST AMBIANCE: Beverly’s

BEST VEGETARIAN: The White House
BEST ETHNIC - OTHER: The White House

BEST PIZZA: Capone’s Pub and Grill
BEST BEER MENU: Capone’s Pub and Grill

BEST HAPPY HOUR FOOD: Oval Office
BEST DESSERT: Dockside
BEST SEAFOOD: Red Lobster
BEST LATE NIGHT DINING: The Wine Cellar
BEST DINER: Down The Street
BEST BREAKFAST: Michael D’s Eatery
BEST CHEAP EATS: Chicken Basket
BEST STEAK: The Wolf Lodge Steakhouse
BEST HAMBURGER: Hudson’s Hamburgers
BEST SALAD: Cedars
BEST APPETIZERS: GW Hunter
BEST OUTDOOR DINING: Cedars
BEST COCKTAILS AND MARTINIS: Oval Office
BEST SUSHI: Takara Restaurant
BEST THAI: Thai Bamboo
BEST CHINESE: Dragon House
BEST JAPANESE: Takara
BEST ITALIAN: Angelo’s Ristorante
BEST MEXICAN: Toro Viejo
BEST COFFEE SHOP: City Perc Café
BEST BAKERY: Pastry and More
BEST NEW RESTAURANT: Fisherman’s Market and Grill
BEST BUFFET: Coeur d’Alene Casino
BEST DANCING: Ironhorse
BEST KARAOKE BAR: Paddy’s
BEST LOCAL THEATRE COMPANY: Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre
BEST ACTRESS: Patti Duke

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oops, I think you forgot to spellcheck!
enties? Perhaps is? sytle?

Also, The Fisherman's Market may not qualify as new, but I believe it's only been around two years, not three.

Vince Bozzi, Publisher said...

I would disagree with the "dentist office rag" designation, but thank you for putting this together! Whenever a magazine asks their readers to vote, the results will tend towards the "safer" choices. Someday we'll do an Editor's Picks issue and will probably have wildly different answers.

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