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Last Week for Voting - Best of Independent Toronto

Posted by Tim / January 24, 2008

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We're into our final week of voting for this year's Best of Independent Toronto poll. Looking at the results to date there are some very tight races in categories like Best New Restaurant, Best Burger, Best Latin American, Best Splurge Sushi, Best Sandwiches, Best Korean, Best Gelato, Best Cafe, Best Fitness Club, Best Bike Shop, Best Green Organization, Best Green Retailer, Best New Store, Best Place to Pick Up Stuff Made by Local Designers, Best Cards, Paper or Stationery, Best DIY Spot, Best Art Supplies Store, Best Unconference and Best Photoblog.

* Start the Web + Tech Survey Here
* Start the Health + Environment Survey Here
* Start the Arts + Music + Film Survey Here
* Start the Food + Drink Survey
* Start the Fashion + Design Survey

Voting will be open until the end of January.

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kit / January 25, 2008 at 12:39 am
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i'm sorry but for someone who works in the food industry, this list is horrible (I even work at a spot thats nominated and thats not enough to make up for it)
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Tim / January 25, 2008 at 09:06 am
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We had a call for nominations back in December. We then took those plus nominations by blogTO contributors and came up with the final list. Which specific nominees do you have issues with?
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kit / January 26, 2008 at 01:41 pm
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haha, pizza is a big one(no bintondo's?), korean (yummy bbq is the best value for a meal in the city), burgers (the hero burger in hazlton lanes), no gazelle for falafels, no alex's cheese, and the pub list I could prob add another half dozen.

I know that these are just my personal opinions, but I gotta believe that besides maybe the hero burger one that all of those are extremely well known toronto spots
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Jerrold / January 26, 2008 at 02:10 pm
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Perhaps they're extremely well-known because they're well-liked and good? This vote doesn't aim to determine the "most obscure but good." It is a reader survey, and if the list is missing your faves it's probably because not enough people nominated them. Maybe next year?

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tim / January 26, 2008 at 03:34 pm
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Hey Kit,

Here Burgers isn't on the list b/c it's a chain and this is the Best of *independent* Toronto. For falafels, I think it's important to realize that there are plenty of good spots not in the Annex. Bitondo's made our list two years ago and nobody voted for it. Alex's isn't as good as the other cheese places on the list (IMO) and is also regarded by many as way overpriced. As far as Yummy BBQ, which Korean place on the list is it better than? Not any of them IMO.
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Sarah / January 28, 2008 at 05:37 pm
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just fyi - gazelle has another location other than in the annex (on college st). but i wouldn't recommend it because i got food poisoning from there!
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