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Community Corner

Readers' Choice Winners 2012

Who has the best pizza in town? How about the best community event? Here are your picks for Readers' Choice.

All this summer you've nominated and voted for your favorite local businesses in categories ranging from Best Burger Joint and Best Fitness Center to Best Picnic Spot and Best Bank.

We've tallied all the votes and now it's time to announce the winners. See below for our complete list of Readers' Choice winners:

Automotive

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Entertainment

Best Community Event

Food & Drink

Best Pizza

Winner:

Best Burger

Winner: Val's Burgers

Winner: Yogofina

Best Thai Food

Winner:

Health & Beauty

Best (Men's) Barbershop

Winner:

Best Fitness Center/Gym

Winner:

Kids/Family

Best Picnic Spot

Best Dry Cleaner

Winner:

***Although our polls continued on a bit longer than anticipated due to a mishap, the results of the previous polls did not receive much activity.

However, we noticed that activity was high in the following four polls, possibly skewing the results. Because of this, we figured it would be fair to redo the polls for the following categories.

Readers will have until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 31 to vote for their favorite businesses in the following categories: Best Yoga Studio, Best Waxing Parlor, and Best (Women's) Hair Salon. Click here to vote!

Per the request of the dance studios, "Best Dance Studio" will not be included in the polling.

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