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The Readers Respond and Earn Some Prizes
by Jon Regardie
There are three great things about placing the Best Of Downtown ballot on the Internet: 1) It is incredibly easy to fill out; 2) You never really know who or what is going to win; and 3) Anyone who votes has the potential to win some great prizes. More on that below.
This year, the easy voting led to a huge "turnout," with more than 2,500 people taking the time to cruise through the ballot that was at votebestof.com. Readers selected winners in 35 categories.
Some were runaways: Pinkberry scored 51% of the vote in the Best Frozen Yogurt category, the only candidate on the entire ballot to get a majority. Other blowout victors included the Orpheum Theatre, which secured 48% of the Best Rock Venue votes, and Ralphs Fresh Fare, which dominated the Best Grocery Goods competition with 43%. Other categories were much closer: In Best Sushi, R-23 edged Takami by a mere six votes. In the Best Upscale Restaurant category, Morton's The Steakhouse pulled 18%, edging Water Grill at 17%.
Voting had its privileges. We dispensed a batch of prizes to some of the voters who filled out complete ballots. Winners were selected randomly. The lucky few are:
Grand Prize: Nic Cha Kim will receive a night out on the town with a complimentary two-night stay in executive-level accommodations at the Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, dinner for two at one of the hotel's four restaurants, $200 spending cash, dinner for two at Morton's The Steakhouse, two tickets to the Downtown Comedy Club and a Los Angeles Con-servancy walking tour.
A Nintendo Wii: David Kennedy.
Four $100 cash prizes: Jim Marquez, Al Choy, Art Lewin and Jodi Bell.
Dinner for two at the e3rd Steakhouse & Lounge: Hykeema Moorer and Jessica Herrera.
Thanks to everyone who voted. We"ll do this again next year.
page 3, 7/21/2008
© Los Angeles Downtown News. Reprinting items retrieved from the archives are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission of the Los Angeles Downtown News. If you would like to re-distribute anything from the Los Angeles Downtown News Archives, please call our permissions department at (213) 481-1448.
This year, the easy voting led to a huge "turnout," with more than 2,500 people taking the time to cruise through the ballot that was at votebestof.com. Readers selected winners in 35 categories.
Some were runaways: Pinkberry scored 51% of the vote in the Best Frozen Yogurt category, the only candidate on the entire ballot to get a majority. Other blowout victors included the Orpheum Theatre, which secured 48% of the Best Rock Venue votes, and Ralphs Fresh Fare, which dominated the Best Grocery Goods competition with 43%. Other categories were much closer: In Best Sushi, R-23 edged Takami by a mere six votes. In the Best Upscale Restaurant category, Morton's The Steakhouse pulled 18%, edging Water Grill at 17%.
Voting had its privileges. We dispensed a batch of prizes to some of the voters who filled out complete ballots. Winners were selected randomly. The lucky few are:
Grand Prize: Nic Cha Kim will receive a night out on the town with a complimentary two-night stay in executive-level accommodations at the Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, dinner for two at one of the hotel's four restaurants, $200 spending cash, dinner for two at Morton's The Steakhouse, two tickets to the Downtown Comedy Club and a Los Angeles Con-servancy walking tour.
A Nintendo Wii: David Kennedy.
Four $100 cash prizes: Jim Marquez, Al Choy, Art Lewin and Jodi Bell.
Dinner for two at the e3rd Steakhouse & Lounge: Hykeema Moorer and Jessica Herrera.
Thanks to everyone who voted. We"ll do this again next year.
page 3, 7/21/2008
© Los Angeles Downtown News. Reprinting items retrieved from the archives are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission of the Los Angeles Downtown News. If you would like to re-distribute anything from the Los Angeles Downtown News Archives, please call our permissions department at (213) 481-1448.
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