If you missed your chance to vote in the District’s primary election—and how could you?—then exercise your civic duty by voting for your favorite Hill restaurants, bars, stores and even personalities in Express’ Best of 2010 competition.
Not sure what or who to vote for? Check out the Hill people and places that made the list!
Food and Drink
Happy Hour Scene: Art and Soul
Irish Bar: Star and Shamrock Tavern
Outdoor Drinking: Biergarten Haus
New Restaurant: Ted’s Bulletin
Burger: Good Stuff Eatery
Food Truck: Curbside Cupcake
Frozen Treat: Rita’s
Ethiopian: Ethiopic
Kid-Friendly Dining: The Argonaut, Ted’s Bulletin
Pet friendly Dining: Art and Soul, The Argonaut
Pizza: Matchbox
Arts and Entertainment
Free Music: Opera in the Outfield
Theatre (big or small): Be sure to write in the Atlas and H Street Playhouse!
Stores and Styles
Consignment Store: Be sure to write in Monkey’s Uncle
Local Home Store: Hill’s Kitchen
Hardware/DIY: Frager’s Hardware
Sports and Recreation
Gym: Results
Pool: Capitol Skyline Hotel
People and Places
Metro: Union Station
Neighborhood: Capitol Hill
Under-rated tourist attraction: Library of Congress
Blogger, non food: Why not write in THIH? It’s an outrage that it wasn’t included!
Chef: Spike Mendelsohn
Politician: Eleanor Holmes Norton (a Hill Resident)
Reality Star: Spike Mendelsohn
Completely outraged that THIH isn’t included as best blogger. I will be definitely write you in!
Equally outrageous, Monkeys’ Uncle wasn’t included in the consignment category! Any way we can fix that? (hint)
Hooray for Jay! We must mount a THIH and Monkey’s Uncle write in campaign!!
I’m sure there are other people and places that I could have mentioned. If you think of something else, dear readers, be sure to remind me who we missed in the comments section!
Matchbox over 7th Hill for pizza? Matchbox is fine, but 7th Hill is the real gem.