Local Restaurants Winners: The Local Voice’s Townies Awards, 2016
LOCAL
RESTAURANTS
Asian
1. Rice & Spice
2. Noodle Bowl
3. Toyo
HM: Kabuki, Pick Thai, H20, Jinsei, China Royal, Chow King, Ming’s Kitchen
Bakery
1. Bottletree Bakery
2. Lusa
3. Honey Bee
HM: Kelli’s, Sweet T’s, Insomnia Cookies, Panera Bread, Kroger
Barbeque
1. Handy Andy
2. Rib Cage
3. B’s BBQ
HM: Lamar Lounge, My Guys, Rebel Barn, Blind Pig, Rivals, Ajax, Round Table
Burger
1. Handy Andy
2. Lamar Lounge
3. Proud Larrys
HM: Ajax, Bim Bam Burgers, Philip’s Grocery, Boure, Blind Pig, Locals, Delta Steak Company, Frank & Marlee’s, Rafters, Snackbar
Breakfast 
1. Big Bad Breakfast
2. Beacon
3. Bottletree Bakery
HM: Embers / My Guys, Huddle House, Honey Bee, Ravine, Lusa, McDonald’s, Lindsey’s Chevron, Mama Jos, Oxford Canteen, Starbucks
Buffet
1. China Royal
2. Chow King
3. My Michelle
HM: El Mariachi, Cash Saver, South Depot
Chicken
1. Gus’s Fried Chicken
2. Abner’s
3. Popeye’s
HM: Zaxby’s, Mama Jo’s, Ajax, City Grocery, Four Corners Chevron “Chicken on a Stick”, Oby’s, Lamar Lounge
Coffee
1. High Point Coffee
2. Cups
3. Starbucks
HM: Bottletree, Big Bad Breakfast,
McDonald’s
Delivery
1. Landshark Delivery
2. Domino’s
3. Coop de Ville
HM: Jimmy John’s, Insomnia Cookies, Papa John’s, Bim Bam Burgers, Pita Pit, Maharaja, Pizza Hut, El Milagro
Dessert
1. Dwayne Ingraham
2. Ya Ya’s
3. Insomnia Cookies
HM: Holli’s Sweet Tooth, Ajax, Kelli’s Cakes, McEwen’s, Ravine, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Bottletree Bakery, Lusa, Delta Steak Company, Sonic, Volta
Drive Thru
1. Embers / My Guys
2. Sonic
3. Chick fil a
HM: Taco Bell, Panera Bread, Wendy’s, Zaxby’s, McDonald’s, Abner’s, Rebel Barn, Brittany Store, Starbucks
Food Truck / Pop Up
1. YoknapaTaco
2. Afrissippi
3. Canteen
HM: Big Bad Pop Up, Hot dog guy, Saint Leo
Fries
1. Snack Bar
2. Lamar Lounge
3. Proud Larrys
HM: Ajax, Boure, Handy Andy, City Grocery, Chick-fil-a, Frank & Marlee’s, Philip’s Grocery, Coop DeVille, Volta
Late Night Food
1. Chicken on a Stick at Four Corners Chevron
2. Funkys
3. Coop DeVille
HM: Taco bell, YaknopaTaco, Insomnia Cookies, Sqaure Pizza, Krystal, Pita Pit, Downstairs Bar/Grilled Cheese, Sonic, Dominoe’s, Karma
Mexican Restaurant
1. *TIE* El Milagro, Tequila’s
2. Casa Mexicana
3. Papitos
HM: Taco Shop, South Depot, El Mariachi, El Mundo Latino, Salsarita’s
Pizza
1. Soulshine
2. Funkys
3. 6 ‘n Tubbs
HM: Proud Larrys, Square Pizza, Old Venice, Domino’s, Papa John’s, Pizza Den, Pizza Hut, TriBecca Allie, Volta
Salad
1. Newk’s
2. Proud Larrys
3. Volta
HM: Boure, Ajax, Greenline, Oby’s, Old Venice
Pasta
1. Old Venice
2. Proud Larry’s
3. Boure
HM: Lenora’s, Ravine, Locals, Bacchus, Canteen, Chili’s, Delta Steak Company, Noodle Bowl, Pizza Den, Snackbar
Sandwich
1. Newk’s
2. Blind Pig
3. Oxford Canteen
HM: Oby’s, Ajax, Macalister’s, Pizza Den, Bottletree, Firehouse Subs, Second Line
Soul Food
1. Ajax
2. Mama Jo’s
3. Cash Saver
HM: Gus’s, Afrissippi, Second Line, Soulshine, Taylor Grocery
Vegetarian
1. Ajax
2. Volta
3. Living foods
HM: Rice & Spice, Maharaja, Greenline, Proud Larrys, Oxford Canteen, Pick Thai
Place for a First Date
1. Ajax
2. Boure
3. Snackbar
HM: Wine Bar, Cups, McEwen’s, Ravine, South Depot
Seafood / Catfish
1. Taylor Grocery
2. Ajax
3. Snackbar
HM: Boure, Oby’s, Rafters, Bacchus, Boneheads, Lamar Lounge, Second Line
Smoothie
1. Smoothie king
2. Living Foods
3. Ya ya’s
HM: High Point
Steak
1. Grillehouse
2. Delta Steak Company
3. Char Grill
HM: Boure, Snackbar, Ajax, Como Sreakhouse, Locals, Mesquite Chop House, Second Line, Taylor Grocery, Wine Bar
Local Restaurant
1. Proud Larrys
2. Rib Cage
3. Boure
HM: Ajax, Snackbar, Funkys, Volta, South Depot, Handy Andy, Blind Pig, Oxford Canteen, City Grocery, Lamar Lounge, ravine, Wine Bar, Big Bad Breakfast, Delta Steak Company, Frank & Marlee’s
Sushi
1. Jinsei
2. Toyo
3. Kabuki
HM: Noodle Bowl, Kroger, Two Stick
Wings
1. Buffalo Wild Wings
2. Coop Deville
3. Wing Stop
HM: Frank & Marlee’s, Levee, Jinsei, Rooster’s
Catering
1. Taylor Grocery
2. Main Event
3. My Michelle’s
HM: A&N Catering, Chick-fil-a, Rib Cage, Volta, Party Waitin to Happen, Newk’s, South Depot, Queenissippi
Fine Dining
1. Snack Bar
2. Ravine
3. Oxford Grillehouse
HM: City Grocery, Boure, Wine Bar, Lenora’s, McEwen’s, Ajax
Favorite Local Chef
1. John Currence (City Grocery Group)
2. Vishwesh Bhatt (Snackbar)
3. Corbin Evans (Oxford Canteen)
HM: John Myric (Proud Larrys), Erika Lipe, Allen Sanders (Delta Steak Co.), Joe Craven (Frank & Marlee’s), John Burge (Wine Bar), Jon Davis (The Graduate), Rus Green, Dwayne Ingraham (City Grocery), Joel Miller (Ravine), Kelly English (Second Line), Nick Husbands (Ajax Diner)
Server
1. Bruce Butler (Proud Larrys)
2. Kendra Taylor (Wine Bar)
3. Kaleigh Mcalister-Furlow
HM: Toby Douglas (Lamar Lounge), Griffin hall (Funkys), Jan Tranum (Ajax), Joe Humphries (Soulshine), Kelsey Koos
Barista
1. Morgan Pennington (High Point Coffee)
2. Vera P. (High Point Coffee)
3. Darby Sims (Cups)
HM: Allyson Cartwright (The Wine Bar), Chase Caldwell (High Point Coffee), Presley Wright (High Point Coffee), Alex Thiel (Cups)
Wine List
1. Wine Bar
2. City Grocery
3. Snackbar
HM: Lenora’s, Boure, Ravine
Busser / Dishwasher
1. Freddy Foster (Proud Larrys)
2. Michael Carter
3. Mike Smith “Tiptoe”
HM: Griffin Hall 
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