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2008
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Best Addition to Washington Avenue
:
Flamingo Bowl
Best Ambassador for St. Louis
:
David Robertson, music director
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Best Bed & Breakfast
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The Fleur-de-Lys Mansion
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Angry Black Bitch
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Rick Sullivan, CEO
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No. 93 Midtown-South County
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St. Paul Churchyard
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Cart Escalator at Target
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Tom Schlafly
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Strange Folk
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Pine Lawn Police Department
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St. Louis Microfest
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John Chasnoff
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I.E. Millstone
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Four Seasons St. Louis
Best Kept Secret
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The Nature Institute
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:
Bob Kramer's Marionnettes
Best Lawyer
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Jim Bennett
Best Local Boy Gone Bad
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Floyd Irons
Best Local Boy Made Good
:
Gerard Craft
Best Local Girl Gone Bad
:
Patty Wente
Best Local Girl Made Good
:
Christina Machamer
Best Local Politician
:
Kacie Starr Triplett
Best Local Website
:
Keaggy.com
Best Mayor
:
Mike Swoboda
Best Mile of St. Louis
:
Cherokee Street
Best Mile of the East Side
:
Highway 100 (Great River Road), from Elsah to Grafton
Best Month to be in St. Louis
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April
Best Month to Leave St. Louis
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February
Best Moustache
:
Jason LaRue
Best New Building
:
Gateway Station
Best Old Building
:
St. Louis City Hall
Best Place for a First Date
:
Northwest Coffee Roasting Co.
Best Place for a Last Date
:
Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour
Best Place to Get Goosebumps
:
Lemp Mansion Restaurant & Inn
Best Place to Learn Spanish
:
La Tropicana Market
Best Place to Live
:
Dogtown
Best Place to Meet Single Men
:
Lambert Field Baggage Carousel M-6
Best Place to Meet Single Women
:
Parties in the Park
Best Place to People-Watch
:
Soulard Farmers' Market
Best Place to Spend the Day with Grandma
:
Plaza Frontenac
Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Guests
:
Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour
Best Public Restroom
:
CBGB
Best Sign
:
Combs Tire and Auto Service
Best Statue
:
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Memorial
Best Thing to Happen to St. Louis This Year
:
Surviving Highway 40 construction
Best View of Downtown
:
I-55 northbound, just south of the Poplar Street Bridge
Best View of Someplace Other Than Downtown
:
Top of the East Slope at Art Hill
Best Villain
:
Lori Drew
Best Volunteer
:
Gladys Stannard
Best Wi-Fi
:
Companion Bakery and Café
Best Worthy Cause
:
International Institute St. Louis
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