Best noodle soup 2013: Revolutionary Soup
Revolutionary Soup 105 14th St. NW 979-9988 108 Second St. SW 296-7687 revolutionarysoup.com Runner-up: Moto Pho Co. 511 W. Main St. 293-6685 motophoco.com A most interesting No. 1 choice, readers. […]
Best yoga teacher 2013: Kelly Cox
Kelly Cox Runner-up: Jennifer Elliott Kelly Cox first found yoga in graduate school as a way to deal with a demanding schedule. In 2010, she combined her love of the […]
Best general practitioner 2013: Albemarle Center for Family Medicine
Albemarle Center for Family Medicine 535 Westfield Rd. 973-4040 albemarlecenter.com Runner-up: Downtown Family Healthcare 310 Avon St. #9 917-1818 When Gene Kelly performed his famous scene in Singin’ in the […]
Jim Rounsevell: If he builds it…
Jim Rounsevell is after architecture deeply rooted in place, built “for our time with what we have, with care, and with discipline.” His commitment to aesthetics, design, and a progressive […]
Song Song: Health first
For starters, Song Song’s Zhou and Bing’s pork and leek bing—a pancake, ever-so-delicately crisped and stuffed with an exquisitely-seasoned pork patty—is heavenly and, quite possibly, the best cheap lunch in […]
Best place to buy shoes 2013: DSW
DSW 29th Place 326-0066 dsw.com Runner-up: Scarpa Barracks Road Shopping Center 296-0040 thinkscarpa.com One thing’s for sure: You folks like choices. DSW, which opened this past spring in 29th Place (formerly […]
Best hotel, inn, or B&B 2013: Boar’s Head Inn
Boar’s Head Inn 200 Ednam Dr. 296-2181 boarsheadinn.com Runner-up: Keswick Hall 701 Club Dr., Keswick 979-3440 keswick.com Go big or, quite literally, go home—that’s what readers say, which is why […]
Best caterer 2013: Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon 946 Grady Ave., Suite 11 296-9091 hmcatering.com Runner-up: C&O 515 E. Water St. 971-7044 candorestaurant.com In a town where so much emphasis is put on food (we have […]
Best bakery 2013: Albemarle Baking Company
Albemarle Baking Company 418 W. Main St. 293-6456 albemarlebakingco.com Runner-up: Chandler’s Bakery Albemarle Square Shopping Center 975-2253 chandlersbakery.com In Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team,” he describes his lover’s face as […]
Best jewelry store 2013: Angelo
Angelo 220 E. Main St. 971-9256 angelojewelry.com Runner-up: Keller & George 1149 Millmont St. 293-5011 kellerandgeorge.com In 1862, Czar Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, purchased a 260.37-carat oval-cut blue […]