The results of CITY’s annual “Best of Rochester” readers’ poll are in! This year resulted in more than 18,000 nominations and 180,000 final votes for in 136 categories — everything from your favorite burger and day spa to first date spot and idea for the future.
As always, we assembled a team of CITY writers — both freelance and staff — to get their takes for best people/places/things flying under the radar (but should be on yours).
For the first time ever, this year’s awards party was an official show with an emcee, special guest hosts and performers (stay tuned for the recap video and photos!). Nearly 500 of you joined us at Anthology for this inaugural event, and it was a blast.
From the team here at CITY: THANK YOU and cheers to all the winners and finalists.
Click on the category images below for the full listing of winners — and we’ll see you back here next year.












…but where are the funny answers…?
stay tuned 🙂