DINING
OVERALL RESTAURANT
PLATINUM Nana’s
GOLD Mateo
SILVER Fairview Dining Room
BRONZE Vin Rouge
BURGER
PLATINUM Bull City Burger & Brewery
GOLD OnlyBurger
SILVER Five Guys
BRONZE Dain’s Place
SANDWICH
PLATINUM Parker & Otis
GOLD Toast
SILVER Foster’s Market
BRONZE Guglhupf
COFFEESHOP
PLATINUM Cocoa Cinnamon
GOLD Bean Traders
SILVER Guglhupf
BRONZE Parker & Otis
DESSERTS/PASTRIES
PLATINUM Guglhupf
GOLD Monuts Donuts
SILVER Mad Hatter’s Café & Bakeshop
BRONZE DaisyCakes
PLACE FOR DATE NIGHT
PLATINUM Mateo
GOLD Nana’s
SILVER Vin Rouge
BRONZE Watts Grocery
SEAFOOD
PLATINUM blu seafood and bar
SILVER Fishmonger’s
BRONZE Nantucket Grill
PLACE FOR HEALTHY FOOD
PLATINUM Whole Foods
GOLD Foster’s Market
SILVER Saladelia
BRONZE The Refectory Café
PLACE TO INDULGE
PLATINUM Dame’s Chicken & Waffles
GOLD The Original Q Shack
SILVER Bull City Burger & Brewery
BRONZE Chubby’s Tacos
BARBECUE
PLATINUM The Original Q Shack
GOLD The Pit
SILVER Bullock’s Bar-B-Cue
BRONZE Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q
COCKTAILS
PLATINUM Alley Twenty Six
GOLD Whiskey
SILVER Bull Durham Bar
BRONZE Geer Street Garden
BEER SELECTION
PLATINUM Tyler’s Restaurant & Taproom
GOLD Fullsteam Brewery
SILVER Bull City Burger & Brewery
BRONZE The Federal
MEXICAN FOOD
PLATINUM Dos Perros
GOLD Chubby’s Tacos
SILVER Nanataco
BRONZE Cosmic Cantina
SUSHI
PLATINUM Shiki Sushi
GOLD Sushi Love
SILVER Mt. Fuji Asian Bistro
BRONZE Sake Bomb Asian Bistro
PIZZA
PLATINUM Mellow Mushroom
GOLD Lilly’s Pizza
SILVER Randy’s
BRONZE Pop’s Backdoor
PLACE FOR VEGETARIANS
PLATINUM Whole Foods
GOLD Foster’s Market
SILVER Saladelia
BRONZE Thai Café
ITALIAN
PLATINUM Pop’s
GOLD Maggiano’s
SILVER Pulcinella’s
BRONZE Bocci Trattoria & Pizzeria
CATERING
PLATINUM Durham Catering Co.
GOLD Foster’s Market
SILVER The Original Q Shack
BRONZE Parker & Otis
UPSCALE RESTAURANT
PLATINUM Nana’s
GOLD Mateo
SILVER Vin Rouge
BRONZE Watts Grocery
ASIAN
PLATINUM Thai Café
GOLD Shiki Sushi
SILVER P.F. Chang’s
BRONZE Kanki
INDIAN
PLATINUM Sitar
GOLD Dale’s
SILVER Tandoor
BRONZE Spice & Curry
GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN
PLATINUM Parizade
GOLD Spartacus
SILVER Saladelia
BRONZE Bleu Olive
LATIN/CARIBBEAN
PLATINUM Old Havana Sandwich Shop
GOLD Cuban Revolution
SILVER Blue Corn Café
BRONZE Mami Nora’s
WINE SHOP
PLATINUM Wine Authorities
GOLD Total Wine & More
SILVER Hope Valley Bottle Shop
BRONZE Parker & Otis
FRIES
PLATINUM Bull City Burger & Brewery
GOLD Five Guys
SILVER OnlyBurger
BRONZE Tyler’s Restaurant & Taproom
GOURMET FOOD STORE
PLATINUM Parker & Otis
GOLD Whole Foods
SILVER Foster’s Market
BRONZE Bull Street Gourmet
BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
PLATINUM Elmo’s Diner
GOLD Guglhupf
SILVER Dame’s Chicken & Waffles
BRONZE Rise
STEAKHOUSE
PLATINUM Ruth’s Chris
GOLD Metro 8
SILVER Chamas Churrascaria
BRONZE Gregoria’s Cuban Steakhouse
FROZEN TREATS
PLATINUM The Parlour
GOLD Locopops
SILVER Pelican’s SnoBalls
BRONZE Local Yogurt
BEST SERVER
PLATINUM Graham Weddington (Nana’s)
GOLD Kelsey Dawson (Bull McCabe’s) & Amy Blakely (Metro 8) (tie)
SILVER Brenda Dollar (West 94th St. Pub)
BEST BARTENDER
PLATINUM Brad Weddington (Nana’s)
GOLD Shannon Healy (Alley Twenty Six)
SILVER Ben Fletcher (Surf Club)
BRONZE Dean James (Bar Lusconi) & Cory Parker (West 94th St. Pub) (tie)
BEST CHEF
PLATINUM Scott Howell (Nana’s)
GOLD Matt Kelly (Mateo & Vin Rouge)
SILVER Jason Cunningham (Fairview Dining Room)
BRONZE Carrie Schleiffer (G2B)
FOOD TRUCK
PLATINUM OnlyBurger
GOLD KoKyu
SILVER Chirba Chirba Dumpling
BRONZE Pie Pushers
RETAIL
GIFT STORE
PLATINUM Morgan Imports
GOLD Parker & Otis
SILVER Zola Craft Gallery
BRONZE One World Market
JEWELRY STORE
PLATINUM Jewelsmith
GOLD Hamilton Hill
SILVER Fink’s Jewelers
BRONZE Rare Earth Beads
BOUTIQUE
PLATINUM Smitten
GOLD Vert & Vogue
SILVER Fifi’s Fine Resale Apparel
BRONZE Magpie
THRIFT STORE
PLATINUM Everything but Grannies Panties
GOLD Classic Treasures
SILVER Fifi’s Fine Resale Apparel
BRONZE Once & Again
TOY STORE
PLATINUM Morgan Imports
GOLD Learning Express
SILVER The Playhouse
MUSIC STORE
PLATINUM Bull City Records
GOLD Offbeat Music
SILVER High Strung Violins & Guitars
BRONZE Hunky Dory
HOME FURNISHINGS & ACCESSORIES
PLATINUM Morgan Imports
GOLD Crate & Barrel
SILVER Rockwood Furniture
BRONZE Always Home Furniture Consignment
PLACE FOR GLASSES
PLATINUM Upchurch Optical Center
GOLD Eye Care Center
SILVER Triangle Visions Optometry
BRONZE Optix Eyecare Center
SERVICES
VETERINARIAN
PLATINUM Park Veterinary Hospital
GOLD Triangle Veterinary Hospital
SILVER Southpoint Animal Hospital
BRONZE North Paw Animal Hospital
CAR WASH
PLATINUM Durham Ritz Car Wash & Detail Center
GOLD Bull City Car Wash
SILVER Autobell Car Wash
BRONZE T.C. Anderson’s Total Car Appearance Center
AUTO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
PLATINUM Wasp Automotive
GOLD Ingold Tire & Auto Service Center
SILVER Melton’s Service Center
FLORIST
PLATINUM Ninth Street Flowers
GOLD Floral Dimensions
SILVER Sanders Florist
BRONZE Family Garden Inc.
OPTOMETRIST/OPHTHALMOLOGIST
PLATINUM Duke Eye Center
GOLD N.C. Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat
SILVER Upchurch Optical Center
BRONZE Eye Care Center
COSMETIC/PLASTIC SURGEON
PLATINUM CARE Plastic Surgery
GOLD Duke Plastic Surgery
SILVER Finn Facial Plastics
BRONZE Southpoint Plastic Surgery
EVENT PLANNER
PLATINUM A Swanky Affair
GOLD An Elegant Affair
SILVER Grace Leisure Events
BRONZE Virtue Event Planning
EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER
PLATINUM Jessica Arden Photography
SILVER Blest Photography
BRONZE Scott Faber Photography
ACCOUNTANT
PLATINUM Hutchings and Hutchings
GOLD Nelson & Company, PA
SILVER Fulbright & Fulbright, CPA, PA
BRONZE Gundersdorff & Co.
LAWYER
PLATINUM Ellis Family Law
GOLD James Forrest, Forrest Firm
SILVER Jim Arges (Arges Law Firm) & Don Strickland (Twiggs Strickland & Rabenau) (tie)
FITNESS CENTER
PLATINUM Durham branches of the YMCA of the Triangle
GOLD Duke Health and Fitness Center
SILVER SyncStudio
BRONZE Fitness World
BANK
PLATINUM SunTrust
GOLD Wells Fargo
SILVER BB&T
BRONZE Bank of America
SPA
PLATINUM Bella Trio Day Spa
GOLD The Retreat at Brightleaf & Massage Envy Spa (tie)
SILVER Posh the Salon
SALON
PLATINUM Posh the Salon
GOLD Rock Paper Scissors Salon & Gallery & Bella Trio Day Spa (tie)
SILVER Moshi Moshi
BRONZE A Go-Go Salon
BED & BREAKFAST
PLATINUM King’s Daughters Inn
GOLD Arrowhead Inn
SILVER Morehead Manor
BRONZE Greystone Inn & Conference Center
HOTEL
PLATINUM Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
GOLD Durham Marriott
SILVER Hilton Durham near Duke
BRONZE: Hotel Indigo & Millennium Hotel (tie)
PEDIATRICIAN
PLATINUM Gregory Fisher(Regional Pediatrics)
GOLD Douglas Clark (Durham Pediatrics) & Martha Snyder (Duke Pediatrics) (tie)
SILVER Jeffrey Greene & Martha Gagliano (both of Durham Pediatrics) & Sara Robert (Duke Pediatrics) (tie)
REAL ESTATE AGENT
PLATINUM Paula Walls (Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston)
GOLD Courtney James (Urban Durham Realty)
SILVER Paul J. Stinson (Real Estate by Design)
BRONZE Holly Hayes (Fonville Morisey)
REAL ESTATE COMPANY
PLATINUM Urban Durham Realty
GOLD Fonville Morisey
SILVER 501 Realty
BRONZE Coldwell Banker
HOME & GARDEN
BUILDER
PLATINUM L.E. Meyers Builders
GOLD BuildSense | Architecture+ Construction
SILVER David Crabtree Builder
BRONZE G. Crabtree Home Building
ARCHITECT
PLATINUM Ellen Cassilly Architect
GOLD Center Studio Architecture
SILVER The Freelon Group
BRONZE Duda | Paine Architects & O’Brien/Atkins Associates (tie)
ROOFER
PLATINUM Walker Brown Roofing
GOLD Chief Roofing
SILVER Findlay Roofing
LANDSCAPER
PLATINUM Bountiful Backyards
GOLD New Leaf Landscaping
SILVER Kiefer Landscaping and Nursery
BRONZE DJS Lawn & Landscape
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
PLATINUM Coulter Jewell Thames
GOLD Jesse Turner Landscape Architect
SILVER Garden Gate & Surface 678 (formerly Lappas + Havener) (tie)
BRONZE Stewart
KITCHEN DESIGNER
PLATINUM The Kitchen Specialist
GOLD Linda Dickerson Interiors
SILVER Ward Design Group
BRONZE emma delon
INTERIOR DESIGNER
PLATINUM Linda Dickerson Interiors
GOLD Heather Garrett Interior Design
SILVER Minta Bell Design Group
BRONZE Sew Fine II
NEIGHBORHOOD
PLATINUM Trinity Park
GOLD Hope Valley
SILVER Watts-Hillandale
BRONZE Forest Hills & Woodcroft (tie)
ART, ENTERTAINMENT & DURHAM LIFE
DANCE STUDIO
PLATINUM Nina’s School of Dance
GOLD Ninth Street Dance
SILVER American Dance Festival’s Samuel H. Scripps Studios
BRONZE Dance Theatre South
PLACE FOR LIVE THEATER
PLATINUM Durham Performing Arts Center
GOLD The Carolina Theatre
SILVER Manbites Dog Theater
BRONZE Page Auditorium (Duke Performances)
PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC
PLATINUM Durham Performing Arts Center
GOLD Motorco Music Hall
SILVER The Carolina Theatre
BRONZE American Tobacco Amphitheater
MOVIE THEATER
PLATINUM The Carolina Theatre
GOLD Southpoint Cinema 16
SILVER Wynnsong 15
BRONZE Northgate Stadium 10
ART GALLERY
PLATINUM The Carrack Modern Art
GOLD Durham Arts Council
SILVER Pleiades Gallery
BRONZE Golden Belt Studios
MUSEUM
PLATINUM Museum of Life and Science
GOLD Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
SILVER Bennett Place Historic Site
BRONZE Duke Homestead Historic Site
EVENT SPACE
PLATINUM Sarah P. Duke Gardens
GOLD Bay 7 at American Tobacco
SILVER Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
BRONZE The Cotton Room
FAMILY OUTING (OUTDOOR)
PLATINUM Durham Bulls baseball game
SILVER Museum of Life and Science
BRONZE Eno River State Park
FAMILY OUTING (INDOOR)
PLATINUM Museum of Life and Science
GOLD Duke basketball game
SILVER The Streets at Southpoint
BRONZE Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
DURHAM LANDMARK
PLATINUM Duke Chapel
GOLD Lucky Strike Tower
SILVER Durham Bulls Athletic Park
BRONZE Brightleaf Square
PLACE TO GO FOR A RUN
PLATINUM American Tobacco Trail
GOLD Al Buehler Cross Country Trail
SILVER Duke Forest
BRONZE Duke’s East Campus
EVENT
PLATINUM Festival for the Eno
GOLD Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
SILVER World Beer Festival
BRONZE American Dance Festival
PARK
PLATINUM West Point on the Eno
GOLD Durham Central Park
SILVER Oval Drive Park
BRONZE Northgate Park
TEACHER
PLATINUM Kate Christensen (The Hill Center)
GOLD Steven Unruhe (Riverside)
SILVER Michael Pederson (Jordan)
MUSICAL ARTIST/BAND
PLATINUM Sylvan Esso
GOLD Mint Julep Jazz Band
SILVER LiLa
BRONZE Delta Rae
ARTIST
PLATINUM Steven Ray Miller
GOLD Wendy Wilkins
SILVER Nancy Tuttle May
BRONZE Heather Gordon & Lisa Nicole Jones (tie)
CHARITY
PLATINUM Durham Rescue Mission
GOLD TROSA & Urban Ministries of Durham (tie)
SILVER The Animal Protection Society of Durham
BRONZE SEEDS
