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Best Bar Food

  1. Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill
  2. Art’s Pub
  3. Crunchy’s

 

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Best Cocktails

  1. American Fifth Spirits
  2. One North Kitchen & Bar – West Saginaw
  3. The Avenue Cafe

 

Best Dance Bar

  1. The Avenue Cafe
  2. UrbanBeat
  3. Nuthouse Sports Grill

 

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Best Dive Bar

  1. Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill
  2. Stober’s Bar
  3. The Avenue Cafe

 

Best Happy Hour

  1. Zoobie’s Old Town Tavern
  2. Cask & Co. Kitchen & Bar
  3. The Avenue Cafe

 

Best Jam Night

  1. Moriarty’s Pub
  2. The Avenue Cafe
  3. UrbanBeat

 

Best Karaoke

  1. Crunchy’s
  2. The Avenue Cafe
  3. Sir Pizza – Old Town

 

Best Lansing-Area Brewery

  1. Lansing Brewing Co.
  2. Ozone’s Brewhouse
  3. BAD Brewing Co.

 

Best Lansing-Area Distillery

  1. American Fifth Spirits
  2. Sanctuary Spirits
  3. Red Cedar Spirits

 

Best Margarita

  1. El Azteco East Lansing
  2. Pablo’s Mexican Restaurant Eastside
  3. Barrio East Lansing

 

Best Mocktails

  1. Constellation Cat Cafe
  2. The Avenue Cafe
  3. One North Kitchen & Bar – East Lansing

 

 

Best Neighborhood Bar

  1. Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill
  2. The Peanut Barrel
  3. Harry’s Place

 

Best Pub/Tavern

  1. Stober’s Bar
  2. The Irish Pub
  3. Crunchy’s

 

Best Spartan Sports Hangout

  1. Crunchy’s
  2. One North Kitchen & Bar – East Lansing
  3. Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill

 

Best Sports Bar

  1. Nuthouse Sports Grill
  2. Crunchy’s
  3. One North Kitchen & Bar – East Lansing

 

Best CBD Store/Boutique

  1. JARS Cannabis – Lansing
  2. Bazonzoes Provisioning
  3. House of Dank

 

Best Cannabis Flower – Hybrid

  1. Wedding Cake || Pro Gro by Pure Options
  1. Popz 41 || Bowhouse
  2. Lemon Cherry Z || High Society

 

Best Cannabis Flower – Indica

  1. Garlic Breath || Pro Gro by Pure Options
  2. Pink Permanent Marker || Bowhouse
  3. Insano Cake || Cannaisseur Provisioning Center

 

Best Cannabis Flower – Sativa

  1. Lunar Lemon || Pro Gro by Pure Options
  2. Twisted Trees || Cannaisseur Provisioning Center
  3. Gary Payton || Sapura

 

Best Cannabis Growing Brand

  1. Pro Gro by Pure Options
  2. Pleasantrees East Lansing
  3. Bowhouse

 

Best Distillate Cartridge

  1. LightSky Farms || Cannaisseur Provisioning Center
  2. Cherry Fizz || Sapura (tie) Guava Sherb || Bowhouse

 

Best Gummy Edible (Cannabis)

  1. Bamn 200mg || Pro Gro by Pure Options
  2. Cherry Fizz || Sapura (tie) Information Entropy rosin gummies || Cannaisseur rovisioning Center

 

Best Indoor Grow Shop

  1. Pure Options – Midtown
  2. Indoor Grow Supply

 

Best Marijuana Provisioning Center

  1. Pure Options – Frandor
  2. Pure Options – Midtown
  3. Herbana

 

Best Non-Gummy Edible (Cannabis)

  1. Potpots || Lion Labs
  2. Last Bites || Homegrown Cannabis Co.
  3. Levitate || Herbana Dispensary

 

Best Non-Solvent Concentrate

(Cannabis)

  1. Strawberry Jelly 1g live rosin || Pure Options – Midtown
  1. Bowhouse || Bowhouse
  2. Brainwash Solventless || Bazonzoes Provisioning

 

Best Solvent Concentrate (Cannabis)

  1. Rainbow Belts || Pro Gro by Pure Options
  1. Death Star || Bowhouse
  2. Element || Lion Labs

 

Best Topical

  1. True Health Cryotherapy || Bazonzoes Provisioning
  2. Proper Jaguar Balm || Herbana Dispensary

 

Best BBQ

  1. Meat BBQ
  2. Saddleback BBQ REO Town
  3. The Smoke N’ Pig BBQ

 

Best BBQ Sauce

  1. Meat BBQ
  2. Saddleback BBQ REO Town
  3. The Smoke N’ Pig BBQ

 

Best Bagels

  1. Flour Child Bakery
  2. Big Apple Bagels
  3. New Daily Bagel

 

Best Bakery

  1. Flour Child Bakery
  2. Groovy Donuts
  3. Bake N’ Cakes

 

Best Baklava

  1. Jerusalem Bakery
  2. Woody’s Oasis
  3. Aladdin’s Restaurant

 

Best Breakfast

  1. Good Truckin’ Diner
  2. Sophia’s House of Pancakes
  3. Fleetwood Diner

 

Best Brunch

  1. Soup Spoon Café
  2. The People’s Kitchen
  3. Good Truckin’ Diner

 

Best Bubble Tea

  1. Koala Bakery & Cafe
  2. Bento Kitchen Cravings
  3. Gong Cha

 

Best Buffet

  1. Asian Buffet
  2. Hibachi Grill & Sushi Buffet
  3. One North Kitchen & Bar – West Saginaw

 

Best Burger

  1. Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill
  2. Kewpee Sandwich Shoppe
  3. Crunchy’s

 

 

 

Best Chicken Strips/Tenders

  1. Olympic Broil
  2. Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen
  3. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers

 

Best Chinese Restaurant

  1. Charlie Kang’s
  2. Chen’s Restaurant
  3. Apple Jade

 

Best Cider

  1. Phillips Cider Bar and Market
  2. Uncle John’s Cider Mill
  3. Quality Dairy Co.

 

Best Coney Dog

  1. Sparty’s Coney Island
  2. Olympic Broil
  3. Nip N Sip Drive In

 

Best Crab Legs

  1. The Tangy Crab
  2. King Ocean Crab

 

Best Cupcake

  1. Flour Child Bakery
  2. Nothing Bundt Cakes
  3. Bake N’ Cakes

 

Best Deli

  1. Monticello’s Market & Butcher Block
  1. Stateside Deli
  2. Jersey Giant Subs

 

Best Dessert

  1. Flour Child Bakery
  2. MSU Dairy Store
  3. Mr. Leslie’s Cheesecakes

 

Best Diner

  1. Good Truckin’ Diner
  2. Soup Spoon Café
  3. Fleetwood Diner

 

Best Donuts

  1. Groovy Donuts
  2. Quality Dairy Co.
  3. Flour Child Bakery

 

Best Drive-Up Location

  1. Olympic Broil
  2. Nip N Sip Drive In
  3. Culver’s – Eastwood

 

Best Family-Friendly Restaurant

  1. Buddies Pub & Grill
  2. Flour Child Bakery
  3. Piazzano’s

 

Best Fast Food

  1. Olympic Broil
  2. Culver’s – Eastwood
  3. Nip N Sip Drive In

 

Best Fish Fry

  1. Eastside Fish Fry & Grill
  2. The Old Bag of Nails Pub
  3. Harry’s Place

 

Best Food Truck

  1. El Oasis – Lansing
  2. Ozone’s Fire Food Truck
  3. Shove It Pizza

 

Best French Fries

  1. HopCat
  2. Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill
  3. The Cosmos

 

Best Greek Restaurant

  1. Woody’s Oasis
  2. Athena’s Diner
  3. ChouPli Wood-Fired Kabob

 

Best Hibachi

  1. Ukai Hibachi Grill & Sushi Bar Lansing
  1. Maru Sushi & Grill
  2. Hibachi Grill & Sushi Buffet

 

Best Ice Cream

  1. MSU Dairy Store
  2. Arctic Corner
  3. Tasty Twist

 

Best Indian Restaurant

  1. Swagath Indian Cuisine
  2. Sindhu Indian Cuisine
  3. Grains Indian Cuisine

 

Best Irish Restaurant

  1. The Irish Pub
  2. Dublin Square (tie) Moriarty’s Pub

 

Best Italian Restaurant

  1. Cugino’s
  2. Falsetta’s Casa Nova
  3. Toscana Kitchen & Wine Market

 

Best Lasagna

  1. Cugino’s
  2. Falsetta’s Casa Nova
  3. Piazzano’s

 

Best Late-Night Food

  1. Conrad’s Grill
  2. Fleetwood Diner
  3. Ruckus Ramen

 

Best Mediterranean Restaurant

  1. Woody’s Oasis
  2. Aladdin’s Restaurant
  3. ChouPli Wood-Fired Kabob

 

Best Mexican Restaurant (chain)

  1. Acapulco Mexican Grill – Lansing
  2. Fiesta Charra – East Lansing
  3. Barrio East Lansing (tie) Los Tres Amigos Hacienda

 

Best Mexican Restaurant (non-chain)

  1. Pablo’s Mexican Restaurant Old Town
  1. El Azteco Lansing
  2. El Azteco East Lansing

 

Best Nachos

1 Buddies Pub & Grill

2 Meat BBQ

3 El Azteco Lansing

 

Best New Restaurant

  1. Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant
  2. Art & Jake’s Sports Bar & Grill
  3. One North Kitchen & Bar – East Lansing (tie) That New Place

 

Best Olive Burger

  1. Kewpee Sandwich Shoppe
  2. Dagwood’s Tavern & Grill
  3. Olympic Broil

 

Best Pancakes

  1. Sophia’s House of Pancakes
  2. The People’s Kitchen
  3. Golden Harvest

 

Best Pho

  1. Capital City BBQ
  2. Asia’s Finest
  3. Pho 777 Okemos

 

Best Pizza

  1. Klavon’s Pizzeria & Pub
  2. The Cosmos
  3. Jet’s Pizza

 

Best Prime Rib

  1. The English Inn
  2. Airport Tavern
  3. Henry’s Place (tie) Piazzano’s

 

Best Ramen

  1. Ruckus Ramen
  2. Uni Sushi and Ramen
  3. Bento Kitchen Cravings

 

Best Ranch Dressing

  1. Jet’s Pizza
  2. Horrocks Pizzeria
  3. One North Kitchen & Bar – East Lansing

 

Best Restaurant Beer List

  1. HopCat
  2. Zoobie’s Old Town Tavern
  3. Front 43 Neighborhood Pub (tie) Ozone’s Brewhouse

 

Best Restaurant Wine List

  1. Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant
  1. Dusty’s Cellar
  2. Bowdie’s Chophouse

 

Best Restaurant for Seniors

  1. Coral Gables
  2. Tavern 109
  3. Buddies Grill (tie) Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

 

Best Reuben

  1. Stateside Deli
  2. Soup Spoon Café
  3. The Irish Pub

 

Best Salad

  1. Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
  2. El Azteco Lansing
  3. Leaf Salad Bar

 

Best Sandwich/Wrap

  1. Babe’s Corner
  2. Soup Spoon Café
  3. Jersey Giant Subs

 

Best Seafood Restaurant

  1. Mitchell’s Fish Market
  2. The Old Bag of Nails Pub
  3. The Tangy Crab

 

Best Signature Dish

  1. Hippie Hash || Fleetwood Diner
  2. Really Good Fu%@ing Pancakes || The People’s Kitchen
  3. Meat Mountain || Meat BBQ

 

Best Soup

  1. Soup Spoon Café
  2. Horrocks Farm Market
  3. That New Place

 

Best Steak

  1. Bowdie’s Chophouse
  2. Capital Prime
  3. Texas Roadhouse

 

Best Sub Sandwich

  1. Babe’s Corner
  2. Jersey Giant Subs
  3. King Subs

 

Best Sushi

  1. Sansu Sushi
  2. Maru Sushi & Grill
  3. Sushi Moto

 

Best Tacos

  1. Pablo’s Mexican Restaurant Old Town
  2. El Oasis
  3. Barrio East Lansing (tie) Taqueria El Chaparrito

 

Best Thai Restaurant

  1. Thai Princess
  2. Bangkok House
  3. Naing Myanmar Family Restaurant

 

Best Upscale Dining

  1. Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant
  1. Bowdie’s Chophouse
  2. The English Inn

 

Best Vegan/Gluten-Free Dessert

  1. Flour Child Bakery
  2. Strange Matter Co – Eastside
  3. Groovy Donuts

 

Best Vegetarian/Vegan Dish

  1. Altu’s Ethiopian Cuisine
  2. Flour Child Bakery
  3. Veg Head

 

Best Vegetarian/Vegan/Gluten-Free  Restaurant

  1. Altu’s Ethiopian Cuisine
  2. Veg Head
  3. Flour Child Bakery

 

Best Wings

  1. Meat BBQ
  2. Wing Snob
  3. Detroit Wing Co. – East Lansing

 

Best Biggby

  1. Biggby Coffee – 2250 Lake Lansing Road, Lansing
  2. Biggby Coffee – 1429 W. Saginaw St., East Lansing
  3. Biggby Coffee – 4756 Marsh Road, Okemos

 

Best Bowling Alley

  1. Royal Scot Golf & Bowl
  2. Pins and Pints
  3. City Limits Mason (tie) Spare Time Entertainment Center

 

Best Café

  1. Constellation Cat Cafe
  2. Strange Matter Downtown
  3. Soup Spoon Café

 

Best Coffee Shop (non-Biggby)

  1. Blue Owl Coffee
  2. Constellation Cat Cafe
  3. Strange Matter – Eastside

 

Best Comedy Night

  1. Pure Options Comedy Series at Grewal Hall
  1. Mac’s Bar
  2. Crunchy’s

 

Best Corn Maze

  1. Uncle John’s Cider Mill
  2. Bestmaze Corn Maze
  3. Andy T’s Farm Market

 

Best Disc Golf Course

  1. Burchfield Park (tie) Grand Woods Park
  2. Trinity Church

 

Best Escape Room Venue

  1. Breakout Escape Rooms
  2. Challenges East Lansing
  3. Escapes Unlocked

 

Best Golf Course

  1. Groesbeck Golf Course
  2. Eagle Eye Golf Club (tie) Hawk Hollow Golf Course

 

Best Hangout Solo

  1. Constellation Cat Cafe
  2. Schuler Books
  3. Hooked

 

Best Hangout for Seniors

  1. Horrocks Beer Garden
  2. Coral Gables
  3. Constellation Cat Cafe

 

Best Hangout for Students

  1. Constellation Cat Cafe
  2. Lansing Shuffle
  3. Crunchy’s

 

Best LGBTQIA+ Friendly Hangout

  1. The Avenue Cafe
  2. Old Town
  3. Constellation Cat Cafe

 

Best Library

  1. Delta Township District Library
  2. CADL – Downtown Lansing
  3. East Lansing Public Library

 

Best Local Attraction for Kids

  1. Impression 5 Science Center
  2. Preuss Pets
  3. Zap Zone XL

 

Best Movie Theater

  1. NCG Cinema
  2. Celebration Cinema
  3. Studio C Meridian Mall

 

Best Music Venue

  1. Wharton Center for Performing Arts
  1. Grewal Hall at 224
  2. The Avenue Cafe

 

Best Nature Center

  1. Fenner Nature Center
  2. Harris Nature Center
  3. Woldumar Nature Center

 

Best Non-Bar or Restaurant Date

  1. Old Town
  2. Potter Park Zoo
  3. Constellation Cat Cafe

 

 

Best Patio

  1. Horrocks Beer Garden
  2. The Peanut Barrel
  3. Lansing Shuffle

 

Best Place to Play Pinball or Video Games

  1. Pinball Pete’s
  2. The Avenue Cafe
  3. Zap Zone XL

 

Best Place to Shoot Pool

  1. The Avenue Cafe
  2. Mayfair Bar
  3. REO Town Clubhouse

 

Best Public Park

  1. Hawk Island
  2. Fitzgerald Park
  3. Patriarche Park

 

Best Sober Hangout

  1. Constellation Cat Cafe
  2. Potter Park Zoo
  3. Hooked

 

Best Trivia Night

  1. The Avenue Cafe
  2. Crunchy’s
  3. Harry’s Place

Best Blues Artist/Band

  1. Freddie Cunningham & the Johnny D. Blues Band
  2. The Further Adventures of FatBoy and JiveTurkey
  3. 517 Funktet

 

Best Choral Group

  1. Sistrum
  2. LanSINGout Gay Chorus
  3. Capital Acapella

 

Best Country Artist/Band

  1. Kathy Ford Band
  2. Jessey Adams
  3. Deer & Elk

 

Best Cover Band

  1. Starfarm
  2. Atomic Annie
  3. Frog & the Beeftones (tie) Black Barn Band

 

Best Folk Artist/Band

  1. The Dangling Participles
  2. Abbey Hoffman
  3. The Wild Honey Collective

 

Best Hip-Hop Artist/Group

  1. Ozay Moore
  2. Tony Thompson & Friends
  3. Big Sherm (tie) Sean Mic

 

Best Jazz Musician/Group

  1. MSU Professors of Jazz
  2. Phil Denny
  3. Jeff Shoup Quartet

 

Best Local Concert Series

  1. Lansing Symphony Orchestra
  2. Meridian Township Summer Concert Series
  3. Ten Pound Fiddle

 

Best Local Theater Organization

  1. Riverwalk Theatre
  2. Wharton Center for Performing Arts
  3. Williamston Theatre

 

Best Mural

  1. Lansing River Trail murals
  2. “Maawed Miijim (The One Who Provides)”
  3. Sycamore Creek Eastwood

 

Best Pottery Studio

  1. Wheel House Studio
  2. Greater Lansing Potters’ Guild
  3. REACH Studio Art Center

 

Best Public Art/Sculpture

  1. Big Penny, the Truck-Munching Bridge
  2. “Portrait of a Dreamer” (Gearhead sculpture)
  3. “Where The Light Gets In,” light installations on MSU campus

 

Best Rock Artist/Band

  1. Atomic Annie
  2. Frog & the Beeftones
  3. Jimmy Likes Pie

 

Best Rock Star Over 75 (worldwide)

  1. Stevie Nicks
  2. Elton John
  3. Bob Seger (tie) Bruce Springsteen

 

Best Accounting/CPA Firm

  1. Simplified Tax – Lansing
  2. Liberty Tax
  3. Okemos Tax

 

Best Appliance Repair

  1. Lane’s Appliance Sales and Service
  1. G & W Appliance
  2. J & J Appliance & Furniture

 

Best Audiologist/Hearing Firm

  1. Mid-Michigan ENT
  2. Advanced Audiology Haslett
  3. Advanced Audiology DeWitt

 

Best Auto Body Shop

  1. Frankie D’s Auto & Truck Repair
  2. Auto Surgeon
  3. Driven Collision

 

Best Auto Detailing Service

  1. KWIK Car Wash & Express Detailing
  1. Spot-Les
  2. Finish Line Detailing and Coatings

 

Best Auto Repair Shop

  1. Ryan’s Auto Care
  2. Scrib’s Autoworks
  3. Doc’s Automotive

 

Best Bank

  1. Dart Bank & Loan Center
  2. Fifth Third Bank – Grand Ledge
  3. Independent Bank

 

Best Barber Shop

  1. East Side Barbershop
  2. Douglas J Salon, Barber & Medspa
  3. Loyalty Barbershop

 

Best Bicycle Shop

  1. Denny’s Central Park Bicycles
  2. Lansing Bike Co-op
  3. SPIN Bicycle Shop

 

Best Business IT Support Service

  1. Adna Technologies
  2. Z-Solutions
  3. Knight Service Solutions

 

Best Car Wash

  1. KWIK Car Wash & Express Detailing
  1. Tommy’s Express Car Wash
  2. WhiteWater Express Car Wash

 

Best Caterer/Catering Service

  1. Morton’s Fine Catering
  2. Meat BBQ
  3. Graze Craze Charcuterie Boards & Boxes

 

Best Cemetery

  1. Mount Hope Cemetery
  2. St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
  3. Evergreen Cemetery

 

Best Chiropractic Office

  1. Creative Wellness
  2. Divine Spine Chiropractic Wellness
  3. Rassel-Daigneault Holistic Health Center

 

Best Cleaning Service

  1. Domestic Divas Cleaning Services
  2. Dazzle Cleaning Service
  3. Maxi Maids

 

Best Computer Repair Service

  1. Capitol Macintosh
  2. Adna Technologies
  3. Trouble Shooters Tech Support

 

Best Credit Union

  1. MSUFCU – West Road
  2. MSUFCU – Mount Hope
  3. LAFCU

 

Best Dance Studio

  1. The Hive Dance Studio
  2. Ann’s School Of Dance
  3. Happendance

 

Best Day Spa

  1. Douglas J Salon & Medspa
  2. Zoe Life Spa and Salon
  3. Onyx Moon

 

Best Dentist Office

  1. MB Dental Solutions
  2. Schaefer Dental Group
  3. Portnoy and Tu Family Dentistry

 

Best Dog Training Business

  1. AnnaBelle’s Canine Station
  2. Paw City Pet Care
  3. Dog Gone Fun

 

Best Estate Sale Company

  1. Kellie’s Estate Sales
  2. Ancestors Estate Sales
  3. Tom & Jerry’s Estate Service

 

Best Facial

  1. Douglas J Salon & MedSpa
  2. NECTAR body•face•skin
  3. Onyx Moon

 

Best Financial Planner/Company

  1. Grace Braatz-Opper-Modern Woodmen of America
  1. David McNeilly
  2. Smalley Investments (tie) The Scott Lewis Group

 

Best Funeral Home

  1. Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes – DeWitt
  2. Palmer Bush & Jensen Family Funeral Homes, Lansing Chapel
  3. Estes-Leadley, Greater Lansing Chapel  (tie) Mills Funeral Home, Peters & Murray Chapel

 

Best Gym/Fitness Studio

  1. Michigan Athletic Club
  2. Planet Fitness – West Saginaw
  3. Westside Community YMCA

 

Best Hair Salon

  1. Bliss Hair Studio
  2. Douglas J Salon & Medspa
  3. The Artisan Company Salon

 

Best Heating/Cooling

  1. All Star Mechanical
  2. Vredevoogd Heating & Cooling
  3. Hager Fox Heating & Air Conditioning

 

Best Holistic Healing

  1. Creative Wellness
  2. Gemstone Hideaway Hut
  3. Center of the Healing Arts

 

Best Home Healthcare Company

  1. Sparrow Home Care
  2. Stoneleigh Residence & Hospice of Lansing
  3. Bee’s at Home

 

Best Insurance Agency

  1. Rathbun Insurance
  2. Grace Braatz-Opper Modern Woodmen Of America
  3. Trinesha Goebel – State Farm

 

Best Landscape Company

  1. Turf Jockeys
  2. R&D Landscape
  3. Snyder’s Landscape Design

 

Best Laser Hair Removal

  1. Douglas J Salon & Medspa
  2. Mirkin Electrology
  3. MSU Aesthetics & Laser Treatment Center

 

Best Law Firm

  1. Foster Swift Collins & Smith
  2. Conklin Law Firm
  3. Grewel Law

 

Best Local YouTube Channel

  1. WKAR Public Media
  2. Mango the Quirky Cat
  3. Q106

 

Best Massage Studio

  1. Health & Harmony Massage & Wellness Center
  1. Functional Mobility and Health
  2. Douglas J Salon & Medspa

 

Best Med Spa

  1. Skin Boss Med Spa
  2. Douglas J Salon & Medspa
  3. NECTAR Body•face•skin

 

Best Moving Service

  1. Two Men and a Truck
  2. College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving – Lansing
  3. Kingsley Moving Systems

 

Best Music Lessons

  1. Elderly Instruments
  2. School of Rock
  3. Okemos Music Academy

 

Best Nail Salon

  1. Polished Nail Salon
  2. Douglas J Salon & Medspa
  3. Jenny Nails

 

Best News Source

  1. City Pulse
  2. WKAR Public Media
  3. Michigan Public Radio Network

 

Best Non-Profit Organization

  1. Allen Neighborhood Center
  2. Capital Area Humane Society
  3. Constellation Cat Cafe

 

Best Pet Grooming

  1. Paw City Pet Care
  2. Old Town Tails
  3. Wag ‘N Tails Pet Resort

 

Best Pet Rescue

  1. Capital Area Humane Society
  2. Constellation Cat Cafe
  3. Saved by Zade

 

Best Pharmacy (locally owned)

  1. Apothecary Shop
  2. Sparrow Pharmacy Plus
  3. Central Pharmacy – Lansing (tie) MSU Health Care Pharmacy (tie) Ware’s Pharmacy

 

Best Photography

  1. Ariniko Artistry
  2. Jena Hovey – McShane Photography
  3. Autumn Luciano

 

Best Plumbing Service

  1. Michigan Plumbing
  2. Aaron’s Plumbing & Mechanical
  3. Frook Plumbing & Mechanical

 

Best Radio Station

  1. WKAR 90.5
  2. WITL 100.7
  3. WDBM 88.9 (tie) WHZZ 101.7

 

Best Residential Remodeling Company

  1. Odd Fellows Contracting
  2. Honey Home Interiors
  3. Custom Built Design & Remodeling

 

Best Security Service

  1. Honey Home Interiors
  2. Securitas Security Services

 

Best Senior Care Facility

  1. Burcham Hills
  2. Red Cedar Lodge
  3. The Willows at East Lansing

 

Best Senior Living Community

  1. Burcham Hills
  2. Independence Village Grand Ledge (tie) The Willows at East Lansing

 

Best Storage Unit Facility

  1. U-Haul Moving & Storage – Waverly Rd
  2. AC&E Rentals and Self Storage (tie) Storage Sense – Lansing

 

Best Tanning

  1. J2 Tanning Grand Ledge
  2. Uptown Sun Company
  3. Pacific Sun & Wellness – South Cedar

 

Best Tattoo Parlor

  1. Devils Day Tattoo
  2. Splash of Color Tattoo & Piercing Studio
  3. Fish Ladder Tattoo Co.

 

Best Therapy/Therapist Service

  1. Rooted Counseling
  2. Wild Ferns Wellness
  3. Therapy Today Counseling and Consulting

 

Best Towing Company

  1. P.J.’s Towing
  2. Northside Service Inc.
  3. H&H Mobil Towing

 

Best Veterinarian Service

  1. Evergreen Veterinary Clinic
  2. MSU Veterinary Medical Center
  3. Waverly Animal Hospital

 

Best Wedding Services

  1. The Northfork Estate
  2. All Grand Events + Floral
  3. Tunes by T

 

Best Wifi/Internet Service Provider

  1. Metronet Telecom
  2. Xfinity
  3. T-Mobile

 

Best Yoga Studio

  1. Peoples Yoga Studio Lansing
  2. Yoga Connect Haslett
  3. East Lansing Hot Yoga

 

Best Antique Shop

  1. The Mega Mall
  2. Little Red Schoolhouse
  3. Antiques Market of Williamston

 

Best Art Gallery

  1. Broad Art Museum
  2. Katalyst Art Gallery & Gift Boutique
  3. Saper Galleries and Custom Framing

 

Best Art Supply Store

  1. Odd Nodd Art Supply
  2. Michaels
  3. Hobby Lobby

 

Best Auto Dealership

  1. Shaheen Chevrolet of Lansing
  2. Williams Subaru
  3. Spartan Toyota

 

Best Beer Selection in a Retail Store

  1. Horrocks Farm Market
  2. Mega-Bev
  3. (Oades) Big Ten Party Store West

 

Best Bookstore (locally owned)

  1. Schuler Books
  2. Deadtime Stories
  3. Hooked

 

Best Butcher Shop

  1. Monticello’s Market & Butcher Block
  1. Mert’s Specialty Meats
  2. Westlund’s Apple Market

 

Best Candy Store

  1. Fabiano’s Candies
  2. Horrocks Farm Market
  3. Peanut Shop

 

Best Cheese Department

  1. Horrocks Farm Market
  2. The Cheese Lady
  3. MSU Dairy Store

 

Best Clothing Store (locally owned)

  1. Grace Boutique of Old Town
  2. Capital Hippie
  3. Birch Rack Clothier

 

Best Farmer’s Market

  1. Meridian Township Farmers Market
  1. Allen Farmer’s Market
  2. Holt Farmers Market

 

Best Florist

  1. Van Atta’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop
  1. Horrocks Farm Market
  2. Hyacinth House

 

Best Furniture Store

  1. Pilgrim House Furniture
  2. Dicker & Deal Furniture & More
  3. Bradly’s HG

 

Best Game Shop

  1. Summit Comics & Games
  2. Homebrew Tabletop Game Lounge
  3. Hoplite Games

 

Best Gardening Center

  1. Van Atta’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop
  1. Horrocks Farm Market
  2. Christians Greenhouse

 

Best Gas Station

  1. Costco Gas Station
  2. Speedway – East Michigan
  3. Sam’s Club Gas Station

 

Best Gift Shop

  1. Bad Annie’s Sweary Goods
  2. Keans
  3. Old Town General Store

 

Best Grocery Store (locally owned)

  1. Horrocks Farm Market
  2. Westlund’s Apple Market
  3. Eastside Lansing Food Co-Op

 

Best Hardware Store

  1. Vet’s Ace Hardware
  2. Great Lakes Ace Hardware
  3. Grand Ledge Ace Hardware

 

Best Jewelry Store

  1. Sweet Custom Jewelry
  2. Becky Beauchine Kulka Diamonds and Fine Jewelry
  3. Jean Jean Vintage

 

Best Lingerie Store

  1. Cirilla’s

 

Best Liquor Store

  1. Mega-Bev
  2. (Oades) Big Ten Party Store West
  3. Tom’s Party Store and Wine Shop

 

Best Metaphysical Store

  1. Coyote Wisdom Bookstore
  2. Triple Goddess Bookstore
  3. Oracle’s Apothecary

 

Best Musical Instrument Store

  1. Elderly Instruments
  2. Marshall Music Co.
  3. Meridian Winds

 

Best Organic/Natural Market

  1. Trader Joe’s
  2. Clean Refillery
  3. Eastside Lansing Food Co-Op

 

Best Pet Store

  1. Preuss Pets
  2. PetSmart
  3. Fur Real Dog Snacks

 

Best Quality Dairy

  1. Quality Dairy, 2233 Cedar St., Holt
  2. Quality Dairy, 2400 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
  3. Quality Dairy, 3332 E. Lake Lansing Road, East Lansing

 

Best Record/CD Store

  1. Flat Black & Circular
  2. The Record Lounge
  3. Westlund’s Apple Market

 

Best Sex Shop

  1. Cirilla’s
  2. Metro Retro
  3. Deja Vu Love Boutique

 

Best Thrift or Consignment Shop

  1. Thrift Witch
  2. St Vincent de Paul Society and Thrift Store
  3. Volunteers of America Thrift Store

 

Best Tire Store

  1. Discount Tire – Okemos
  2. Discount Tire – S. Pennsylvania
  3. Belle Tire

 

Best Used Car Dealership

  1. Williams Subaru
  2. Sundance Chevrolet
  3. Spartan Toyota

 

Best Vape Shop

  1. Wild Bill’s Tobacco
  2. Puff Puff Tobacco – East Lansing
  3. Mister-E’s Vape Shop

 

Best Wine Shop

  1. Horrocks Beer Garden
  2. Dusty’s Cellar
  3. Vine & Brew

 

Best Axe Throwing Venue

  1. High Caliber Karting and Entertainment
  1. Zap Zone XL
  2. Moriarty’s Pub

 

Best Category We Didn’t Think of

  1. Best STUPID – Lansing
  2. Best Handyman Services
  3. Best Appetizer

 

Best Eye Candy Building

  1. Preuss Pets
  2. Michigan State Capitol
  3. Broad Art Museum

 

Best Facebook Group or Page (local)

  1. STUPID – Lansing
  2. Lansing Foodies
  3. 517 Living Community

 

Best High School

  1. Grand Ledge High School
  2. East Lansing High School
  3. Okemos High School

 

Best Historical Place

  1. Big Penny, the Truck-Munching Bridge
  1. Michigan State Capitol
  2. Old Town

 

Best Instagram Account (local)

  1. Lansing Facts
  2. Old Town Lansing
  3. Avenue Lansing

 

Best Local Art Festival

  1. East Lansing Art Festival
  2. Old Town ScrapFest
  3. A Festival of Oddities

 

Best Local Event/Festival

  1. Lansing Pride
  2. East Lansing Art Festival
  3. A Festival of Oddities

 

Best New Business

  1. Phillips Cider Bar and Market
  2. The Cheese Lady
  3. Dunk’d

 

Best Outdoor Adventure Venue

  1. Hiking the Ledges at Fitzgerald Park
  2. Lansing River Trail
  3. Uncle John’s Cider Mill

 

Best Place to Cry in Public

  1. Frandor Parking Lot
  2. Big Penny, the Truck Munching Bridge 
  3. Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale

 

Best Place to Find Quiet

  1. Fenner Nature Center
  2. Constellation Cat Cafe
  3. That weird lighted waterfall by Marshall Music

 

Best Place to Work

  1. Constellation Cat Cafe
  2. Preuss Pets
  3. Flour Child Bakery  (tie) Michigan State University

 

Best Shop Pet

  1. Pancake the Stingray || Preuss Pets
  2. Morrison and Hendrix || Deadtime Stories
  3. Zeus || Soulful Earth Herbals

 

Best Staycation Hotel in Lansing

  1. The English Inn
  2. Graduate East Lansing
  3. Wild Goose Inn

 

Best Vehicle Ever Made in Lansing

  1. Oldsmobile 442
  2. Olds Delta 88
  3. REO Motors Speedwagon

 

Best Wifi Spot

  1. Constellation Cat Café
  2. CADL – Downtown Lansing
  3. Flour Child Bakery

 

Cleanest Public Restroom

  1. Flour Child Bakery
  2. Capital Region International Airport
  3. Pizzano’s

 

In Memoriam: Businesses Lost

  1. DeLuca’s Restaurant
  2. Curvaceous Lingerie
  3. October Moon

 

Most Trustworthy Business

  1. Playmakers
  2. Preuss Pets
  3. Deadtime Stories

 

Worst Eyesore

  1. Garno Trump House on Michigan Avenue
  1. SkyVue Apartments
  2. Broad Museum

 

Worst Pothole (Specific Location)

  1. Grand River from Frandor heading west
  1. Mt. Hope near Aurelius
  2. All of Kalamazoo Streeta
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