FACES
Best TV Reporter Too Good for This Market – Dean
Blevins
Best Person Who Should Have His or Her Own Talk
Show – Dean Blevins
Best Morning Radio Team – Rick Walker and Brad
Copeland (KATT-FM)
Best Local Band – The Martini Kings
Best Government Official – Gov. Frank Keating
Best Person You’d Like to See Naked – Heather
Unruh
Best Local Weasel – Ed Gaylord
Best Party Animal – Barry Switzer
Best Local Sports Figure – Shannon Miller
Best Person Who Needs to Get a Sense of Humor –
District Attorney Bob Macy
Best Person You Wish Would Move to Tulsa – Ed
Gaylord
DINING OUT
Best Restaurant – Ted’s Café Escondido
Best New Restaurant – Boulevard Steakhouse
Best Restaurant in Edmond – Café 501
Best Restaurant in Norman – Legend’s Restaurant
Best Meal to Go – City Bites
Best Atmosphere – Nikz at the Top
Best Place to Take the In-Laws to Eat – Sleepy
Hollow
Best Hamburgers – Johnnie’s Charcoal Broiler
Best Sunday Brunch/Breakfast – Jimmy’s Egg
Best Coffee House – Java Dave’s Coffee
Best Lunch Spot – City Bites
Best Barbecue – Rib Crib BBQ
Best European Restaurant, Not Italian – La
Baguette Bistro
Best Asian Restaurant – Hunan Chinese Restaurant
Best World Cuisine – Ajanta Cuisine of India
Best Italian Restaurant – Zio’s
Best Mexican Restaurant – Ted’s Café Escondido
Best Pizza Parlor – Hideaway Pizza
Best Seafood – Pearl’s Oyster Bar
Best Place for an Okie Meal – Cattlemen’s
Steakhouse
Best Late-Night Eatery – Flip’s Wine Bar and
Trattoria
Best Martini – Hi-Lo Club
Best Margarita – Iguana Lounge
Best Wine List – The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro
Best Beer Selection – Tapwerks Ale House and
Café
THE RIGHT STUFF
Best Adult Toy Store – Christie’s Toy Box
Best Place to Spend Your Last $50 – Church
Best Car Dealership – Fred Jones Auto Market
Best Evening Wear – Balliet’s
Best Unique Gift Store – Kamber’s
Best Clothing for the Way You Live – Harold’s
Best Tobacco Shop – Ziggyz Smoke Novelty Shop
Best Mom and Pop Business in Oklahoma City –
Kamp’s Grocery
Best Mom and Pop Business in Norman – J-Pat’s
Restaurant Inc.
Best Mom and Pop Business in Edmond – The Pink
Gazelle
Best Furniture Store – Mathis Brothers Furniture
Co.
Best Cellular Phone and Paging – Jackie Cooper
Electronics
Best Health Food Store – Akin’s Natural Health
Foods Market
Best Place to Buy a Car Stereo – Jackie Cooper
Electronics
Best Bicycle Store – Al’s Bicycles
Best Extreme Sports Store – Adventure Sports
Best Jewelry Store – BC Clark Jewelers
Best Records, Tapes and CDs – CD Warehouse
Best Antiques – 23rd Street Antique
Mall
Best Body Piercing – 23rd Street Body
Piercing
Best New Business in Edmond – Boulevard
Steakhouse
Best New Business in Norman – Atomic Burrito
Best New Business in Oklahoma City – Coach’s
Bricktown
Best Named Business – The Three Legged Dog
Best Internet Service Provider – IONET
Best Place to Buy Plants and Flowers – TLC
Florist and Greenhouse
DIVERSIONS
Best Live Music Club – VZD’s Restaurant and Club
Best Place to Marvel at Humanity – State Fair of
Oklahoma
Best Place That Doesn’t Feel Like Oklahoma City
– Paseo
Best Dance Club – Angles
Best Amusement in Edmond – Frontier City Theme
Park
Best Amusement in Norman – University of
Oklahoma Football
Best Gay Bar – Angles
Best Neighborhood Bar – VZD’s Restaurant and
Club
Best Place to Spot Someone Famous – Will Rogers
World Airport
Best Place to Indulge in a Guilty Pleasure –
Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores
Best Restaurant/Nightclub District – Bricktown
Best Performing Arts Group – Lyric Theatre of
Oklahoma
Best Annual Fund-Raising Event – Festival of the
Arts
THE REST OF THE BEST
Best Local Website – 9online.com
Best Community-Spirited Business – Sonic Drive
In
Best Way to Lure Tourists to Oklahoma City –
Complete MAPS
Best Source of Irritation – Bad Streets
Best Project That Should Have Been Included in
MAPS but Wasn’t – The Skirvin Hotel
Best Place to Spend New Year’s Eve 1999 Before
the End of Civilization As We Know It – Home
Best Landmark That Needs to be Preserved before
It Gets Torn Down – The Skirvin Hotel
Best Thing That Oklahoma City Needs That It
Doesn’t Have – Gambling
This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2014.