The Hartford Advocate’s 2010 Best of Hartford Readers’ Poll results were released. Congrats to:
- La Paloma Sabanera — third place for Best Local Coffeehouse
- The Russell — third place for Best Jamaican Restaurant and third place Best Soul Food
- Tangiers — second place for Best Middle Eastern Restaurant (not in Hartford)
- O’Porto — Best Portuguese Restaurant
I take food seriously and was glad to see these folks made the list.
Congrats also to:
- Jumping Frog — third place Best Indie Book Store
- WWUH — second place Best College Radio Station (not in Hartford)
- Urban Compass — third place for Best Local Blog (should have ranked first, in my opinion)
- Connecticut Science Center — Best Local Attraction
- Maria Rodriguez — Best Local Hero
- West End — Best Neighborhood*
- Frog Hollow – third place Best Neighborhood*
- Bushnell Park — second place Best Park
Asterisks indicate problematic category, as second place winner for Best Neighborhood is not in Hartford and is more of a business district than actual neighborhood.
Karma
For these reasons I have practically gotten to the point where I don’t even bother to look up the winners (lets not even mention the beer-related categories). Rather irksome.
Kerri Provost
I had to look because of the blog category, and then I got sucked in. Personally, I think Heather should have gotten first, second, and third place because of the incredible amount of research, thought, and writing ability that goes into and is displayed on her blog.
Helder
Thanks for posting those. Some of them are very warranted, some naturally, piss me off. Perhaps, Karma, we should just conduct our own Best Of… and award them on our websites. Like, best places to bike/walk to.
Kerri Provost
Not a bad idea. Maybe we can have like a Hartford Bloggers’ Best of Hartford and Beyond Poll? Seems time for an HBA meeting anyway.
Chris
I think Corbin’s Corner is a much more vibrant neighborhood than Blue Back Square.
Kerri Provost
Elmwood. Only because every time I say it, I’m reminded of Jake and Elwood from Blues Brothers.
Jokolok
Who can we get to FOI the results who won’t look like their doing it out of spite? My own theory is that some results are tied into ad revenue. Obviously not things like Best Neighborhood or Best Blog, but I’ve been on a kick of wanting to FOI a newspaper, maybe this can be the fun exercise. 🙂
Kerri Provost
One of my students actually complained in class (months ago when the poll was open) about how the poll was surrounded by ads. He thought that this was showing a certain bias and leading people to vote in one way or another. I thought this was an astute observation.
Kerri Provost
I am thinking you’re joking about FOI-ing a newspaper, but not sure. In any case, can regular people do that? I’d like for them to publish the actual vote counts. That’d be telling.
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Richard
I have always thought that the “Best of this and that,” was a very foolish adolescent waste of time but what can one expect from the culturally acceptable counter culture rag the advocate. Wouldn’t even spend the time to open up that paper.
Kerri Provost
Not even for the crossword puzzle?
Richard
Nope. Not even for the ads.