Best of Cleveland 2015: Readers' Picks

Your favorites in more than 60 categories. 

by Magazine staff | Sep. 22, 2015 | 4:00 AM

Jason Miller

Jason Miller

FOOD AND NIGHTLIFE

Bloody Mary Bar
Market, 1137 Linda St., Rocky River, marketbeer.com

Brunch
Pier W, 12700 Lake Ave., Lakewood, pierw.com

Burgers
B Spot, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, bspotburgers.com 

Chocolatier
Malley's Chocolates, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, malleys.com


Craft Cocktails
Velvet Tango Room, 2095 Columbus Road, Cleveland, velvettangoroom.com

Doughnuts
Jack Frost Donuts, 4960 Pearl Road, Cleveland, 216-351-3638

Gourmet Cupcakes
A Cookie & A Cupcake, 2681 W. 14th St., Cleveland; 13953 Cedar Road, South Euclid, acookieandacupcake.com

Gourmet Pizza
Angelo's Pizza, 13715 Madison Ave., Lakewood, angelosonline.com

Happy Hour
Pier W, 12700 Lake Ave., Lakewood, pierw.com

Hot Dogs
Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland; 11625 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, happydogcleveland.com

Ice Cream
Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, mitchellshomemade.com

Independent Coffee Shop
Rising Star, 1455 W. 29th St., Cleveland; 2187 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, risingstarcoffee.com

Independent Tea Shop
Cleveland Tea Revival, 1434 W. 29th St., Cleveland, clevelandtearevival.com

Juice Bar 
Beet Jar Juice Bar And Takeaway, 1432 W. 29th St., Cleveland, beetjar.com

Live Music Club
Music Box Supper Club, 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland, musicboxcle.com

Local Bakery
Blackbird Baking Co., 1391 Sloane Ave., Lakewood, blackbirdbaking.com

Local Brewery
Great Lakes Brewing Co., 2516 Market Ave., Cleveland, greatlakesbrewing.com

Sandwich Shop
Dave's Cosmic Subs, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, davescosmicsubs.com

Small Plates/Tapas
Bodega, 1854 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, bodegacoventry.com

Steakhouse
Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, hydeparkrestaurants.com

Sushi
Ginko, 2247 Professor Ave., Cleveland, ginko.danteboccuzzi.com

Tacos
Barrio, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, barrio-tacos.com

Vegan Selection
Cleveland Vegan, 17112 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, clevelandvegan.com

Wine Bar
Wine Bar Rocky River, 1313 Linda St., Rocky River, rockyriverwinebar.com

Wings
Winking Lizard, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, winkinglizard.com

HOT SPOTS

Downtown Hot Spot
The 9, 2017 E.Ninth St., Cleveland, metropolitancleveland.com

Little Italy Hot Spot
Mama Santa's, 12301 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, mamasantas.com

Ohio City Hot Spot
TownHall, 1909 W. 25th St., Cleveland, townhallohiocity.com

Shaker Square Hot Spot
Fire Food & Drink, 13220 Shaker Square, Cleveland, firefoodanddrink.com

Suburban Hot Spot (East)
Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar, 28601 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 900, Woodmere, paladarlatinkitchen.com

Suburban Hot Spot (West)
Around the Corner, 18616-20 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, atccafe.com

Suburban Hot Spot (South)
Cork & Cleaver Social Kitchen, 8130 Broadview Road, Broadview Heights, ccsocialkitchen.com

Tremont Hot Spot
The Treehouse, 820 College Ave., Cleveland, treehousecleveland.com

University Circle Hot Spot
L'Albatros Brasserie & Bar, 11401 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, facebook.com/albatrosbrasserie

PERSONALITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT

Artist
Kristopher J. Petrenko, getwineboxes.com

Band
Post Road, postroadcountry.com

Browns Player
Joe Haden, @joehaden23

Cavaliers Player
Lebron James, @Kingjames

Club DJ
DJ EV, @DjEV

Comedian
Mike Polk Jr., @mikepolkjr

Indians Player
Jason Kipnis, @TheJK_Kid

Instagram Account
Clefoodies, instagram.com/clefoodies

Morning News Team
Fox 8, @fox8news

News Anchor (Female)
Stefani Schaefer, Fox 8, @Stefani Schaefer

News Anchor (Male)
Russ Mitchell, WKYC, @RussWKYC

Sports Anchor
Jim Donovan, WKYC

Sports Announcer
Tom Hamilton, Cleveland Indians

Team Mascot
Slider, Cleveland Indians, @SliderTheMascot

Twitter Account
Terminal Tower CLE, @TowerLightsCLE

Weather Forecaster
Betsy Kling, WKYC, @BetsyKling

RETAIL AND SERVICES

Bike Shop
Century Cycles, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, centurycycles.com

Boutique (East)
Blush Boutique, 1783 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, facebook.com/blushcleveland

Boutique (West)
Banyan Tree, 2242 Professor Ave., Cleveland, shopbanyantree.com

Butcher Shop
K & K Portage Market, 3364 Warren Road, Cleveland, kkportage.com

Cigar Shop
Cigar Cigars, 21808 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River; 2718 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, restyourash.com

Cleveland Flea Vendor
Cuyahoga Collective, cuyahogacollective.com

Independent Gym (East)
Titans Gym, Locations throughout Northeast Ohio, titansgym.com

Independent Gym (West)
Tremont Athletic Club, 2306 W. 17th St., Cleveland, tremontathletic.com

Local T-shirt Company
CLE Clothing Co., 342 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, cleclothingco.com

Shoe Store
Amy's Shoes, 19134 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River; 28601 Chagrin Blvd., Woodmere, amysshoes.com

Wine Shop
Rozi's Wine House, 14900 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, rozis.com

Yoga Studio
Cleveland Yoga, 11461 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 3355 Richmond Road, Beachwood, clevelandyoga.com

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