Astoria, Best Of Astoria
May 09, 2016
Best of Astoria 2016 Winners
See who triumphed in the 2016 edition of We Heart Astoria’s Best of Astoria competition!
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See who triumphed in the 2016 edition of We Heart Astoria’s Best of Astoria competition!
by Meg Cotner
Well, the time has come to post the winners of this year’s Best of Astoria competition. The party’s over and we had the best time tonight with all our guests, and huge thanks to our host, The Pomeroy. Big congrats to all who were nominated this year, and especially to those who won. We look forward to shopping, eating, and visiting all these businesses and organizations have to offer.
Thanks again for another terrific Best of Astoria! And now for the winners (and their runners up). UPDATE: here is a complete list of the top 5 finalists in each category.
Favorite Astoria Restaurant: Sac’s Place
Runner up: Il Bambino
Favorite Greek Restaurant: Taverna Kyclades
Runner up: MP Taverna
Favorite Mexican Restaurant: Mojave
Runner up: Pachanga Patterson
Favorite Thai Restaurant: Pye Boat Noodle
Runner up: Enthaice
Favorite Vegetarian/Vegan Friendly Restaurant: Seva
Runner up: Bareburger
Favorite Brunch: Queens Comfort
Runner up: Sugar Freak
Favorite Bar: Sweet Afton
Runner up: The Bonnie
Favorite Coffee Shop/Café: Astoria Coffee
Runner up: 60 Beans
Favorite Wine Store: Grand Liquors
Runner up: Astoria Wine and Spirits
Favorite Natural Foods Store: Greenbay
Runner up: Broadway Natural
Favorite Bakery: Martha’s Country Bakery
Runner up: Parisi
Favorite Bagel Shop: Brooklyn Bagels
Runner up: Lots O Bagels
Favorite Burger Joint: Bareburger
Runner up: Burger Club
Favorite Pizzeria: Sac’s Place
Runner up: Milkflower
Favorite Boutique: Lockwood
Runner up: The Brass Owl
Favorite Yoga Studio: Yoga Agora
Runner up: The Giving Tree
Favorite Gym: Blink Fitness
Runner up: NY Sports Club
Favorite Hair Salon/Stylist: SPACE
Runner up: Gigi Salon
Favorite Place to Experience the Arts: MOMI
Runner up: Socrates Sculpture Park
Favorite Local Instagram: @astoryofastoria
Runner up: @queenseats
Favorite New Arrival (2015): Diamond Dogs
Runner up: Burnside Biscuits
Wow these restaurants. Sac’s as the best Astoria restaurant? Their pizza is good, but for a coal fired oven the crust is never crisp, always floppy.
Bareburger sucks. It’s the most overrated place to come around in the last 5+ years. Their success is confounding to me. I’ve never had a good burger there. Burger club exceeds them in every way (except for making completely unverifiable claims about everything being organic).
Some of y’all need to relax. These are all fine places. Some are my faves, some are not. I go where I like, and you should, too. But feel free to tell us other places you enjoy without shitting on the winners of this arbitrary poll. We all love Astoria.
Space? this salon is a disaster…
I was born and raised in Astoria. Are you joking me with these choices?
Wow, I had no idea my neighbors had such mediocre taste. How are Queens Kickshaw, Gregory’s 26 Corner taverna, Petey’s, Mar’s, Chela y Garnacha, and Vesta not on this list anywhere? Sac’s is pretty good but nowhere near as good as Milkflower or Antika. Bareburger has almost never actually cooked my meat to the temperature I ordered. I’m disappointed Astoria.
Many of the ones you mentioned made it to the nomination round, and are all great local spots Astorians love.
I agree, very surprised at some of these, I guess this shows how many people have moved here that don’t know the real places.
The best local Instagram has a typo it’s @astoryofastoria
Thanks! On it.