2018 City's Choice Awards Winners

The 2018 favorites have been chosen! Votes poured in from everywhere – nearly 15,000 of them – and we’re happy to publish the list of your choices in nearly 200 categories. Our thanks to all the voters and congratulations to the winners!

Food & Drink

24-hour Restaurant: Starlite Coney Island
Bagels: Big Apple Bagels
Barbeque: Beale Street Smokehouse BBQ
Beer Selection: Red Baron Tap Room & Brew Pub
Bloody Mary: Red Baron Tap Room & Brew Pub
Breakfast: Omega Deli
Burgers: The Torch Bar & Grill
Cheap Eats: Omega Deli
Chicken Wings: Guido’s Premium Pizza – Grand Blanc
Chinese: Canton Chinese Restaurant
Classic/Artisan Cocktail: Churchill’s Food & Spirits
Coney Island: Leo’s Coney Island
Cookies: King Arthur’s Pasties & Bakery
Cupcakes: King Arthur’s Pasties & Bakery
Deli: Hoffman’s Deco Deli & Café
Dive Bar: The Torch Bar & Grill
Doughnuts: Donna’s Donuts
Family Restaurant: Omega Deli
Fine Dining: Black Rock Bar & Grill – Davison
Fish 'n' Chips: Whitey’s Restaurant
French Fries: The Corner Bar & Grill – Fenton
Gluten-free Menu: 501 Bar and Grill
Gourmet Market: Oliver T’s Market
Greek Menu: Leo’s Coney Island
Happy Hour: Bar Louie
Ice Cream Parlor: Uncle Ray’s Dairyland
Independent Coffeehouse: Café Rhema
Indian: Grill of India
Italian: Italia Gardens
Japanese: Sagano Japanese Bistro
Locally-Made Beer: Tenacity Brewing
Locally-Owned Bakery: Crust-A Baking Company
Locally-Produced Food: Brand Koegel Meats
Mexican Food: Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
Middle Eastern Food: Taboon
Nightcap Spot: Churchill’s Food & Spirits
Outdoor Dining/Patio: Brick Street of Grand Blanc
Pancakes: IHOP
Pizza: Guido’s Premium Pizza – Grand Blanc
Raw Juice or Smoothie: Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Restaurant Ambience: Black Rock Bar & Grill – Davison
Restaurant Dessert: Black Rock Volcano
Ribs: Beale Street Smokehouse BBQ
Romantic Restaurant: Cork on Saginaw
Sandwich: Hoffman’s Deco Deli & Cafe
Seafood (non-chain): Whitey’s Restaurant
Service (attentive): Red Baron Tap Room & Brew Pub
Steak House (non-chain): Redwood Steakhouse & Brewery
Sunday Brunch: Corner Bar & Grill
Sushi: Sagano Japanese Bistro
Thai: Bangkok Peppers-Fenton
Wine List: Black Rock Bar & Grill

Shopping

Antiques
Collette’s Vintage & Antique Mall

Appliances
Best Buy

Athletic Wear
Dunham’s Sports

Auto Dealership
LaFontaine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

Beer/Liquor Store
Whigville Party Store

Bike Shop
Assenmacher Cycling Centers

Bridal Shop
David’s Bridal

Candy
Sweet Variations

Comic Books
Comic Relief

Electronics
Best Buy

Ethnic Food
Oliver T’s Market

Farmers' Market
Flint Farmers’ Market

Fish
Colony’s Quality Meats

Furniture
Art Van Furniture

Gourmet Market
Oliver T’s Market

Hardware Store
ACE Hardware

Jewelry
Medawar Jewelers

Meat
Colony’s Quality Meats

Men's Clothing
Bridge Street Exchange

Nursery/Greenhouse
Wojo’s

Organic Produce
Flint Farmers’ Market

Pet Supplies
PetSmart

Produce
Flint Farmers’ Market

Resale/Consignment
Gotta Have It Consignments

Specialty Cakes
Tasty Layers Custom Cakes

Sporting Goods
Dunham’s Sports

Trendy Fashions
Eclections

Used Books
Totem Books

Vintage
Collette’s Antiques & Vintage Mall

Wine
Oliver T’s Market

Women's Fashions
Elixer

Services

Bank/Credit Union: Huntington Bank
Barber: Consolidated Barber Shop
Caterer: Cork on Saginaw
Charity/Non-profit: Whaley Children’s Center
Child Day Care: Creative Learning Academy
Doggie Day Care/Kennel: Four Paws Hotel & Day Resort
Dry Cleaner: Jan’s Professional Dry Cleaners
Florist: Gerych’s Distinctive Flowers & Gifts
Hair Salon: Pure Bliss Salon & Spa
Heating/Cooling: Blessing Plumbing & Heating Co.
Insurance Agency: Peabody Insurance
Makeup Artist