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FOCUS Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards Nominees and Voting BY CHERYL JOHNSTON
2017 Nominees Best Asian Wasabi Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar 813 Chinese China One Lin’s Express
Popeye’s Plant City Hometown Buffet Publix
Best BBQ Smokin’ Aces BBQ First Choice BBQ Johnson Barbeque Uncle Mike’s Smokehouse Sonny’s BBQ Best Breakfast Brick House Café Fred’s Market Restaurant Snellgroves’s Restaurant Brooklyn Bridge Waffle House Best Chicken Wings Smokin’ Aces BBQ Beef O’Brady’s Nick’s Pizza O’Brien’s Dukes Brewhouse Best Coffee Dunkin’ Donuts Hole In One Krazy Kup Starbucks WaWa
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ear Readers: It’s Readers’ Choice Awards voting time again! Each January we invite you to tempt your taste buds with fresh visits to our local eateries and then vote your favorites. Those establishments receiving the most votes in each category will receive their award for BEST at our annual Focus Anniversary party at Keel & Curley Winery. Save the date now and plan to attend as we celebrate 17 years of sharing good news on February 16. Your votes matter and even one can make a difference. Please vote online at focusplantcity.com between January 15 and February 5, 2017 for one nominee in each category. We love honoring the winners that our decision-making readers select in this contest. Winners will be recognized and receive their awards at our 14th Anniversary Party. We hope you’ll join us!
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Best Steak Outback Steakhouse Johnson Barbeque Uncle Mikes’s Smokehouse Grill Smokin’ Aces BBQ Carrabba’s Italian Grill Best Italian Esposito’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant Carrabba’s Italian Grill Olde Town Pizzeria & Pasta Co. Nick’s Pizzeria & Wings Bella Mare Ristorante Best Hometown Cookin’ Fred’s Market Restaurant Brick House Café’ Snellgrove’s Restaurant Plant City Hometown Buffet Buddy Freddy’s Best Salad Olde Town Pizzeria & Pasta Co. ABC Pizza Johnson Barbeque Applebee’s The Corner Store
Best Cuban Strawberry Hut Brooklyn Bridge Norma’s Ybor City Cubans Dairy Queen Strawberry Town Best Dessert Dairy Queen Twistee Treat Tani’s Dessert Room Chili’s Outback Best Fried Chicken Maryland Fried Chicken Fred’s Market Restaurant
Best Milkshake Dairy Queen Parksdale Farm Market Strawberry Hut Twistee Treat Wayback Burgers Best Pizza Olde Town Pizzeria & Pasta Co. ABC Pizza Esposito’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant Nick’s Pizzeria & Wings Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Best Seafood Linda’s Crab Shack Outback Steakhouse Uncle Mike’s Smokehouse Grill Johnson Barbeque Best Mexican Taco Rey El Rincon Mexicano MiCasa Mexican Restaurant El Mirasol Nidia’s Latin Grill Best Soup Carrabba’s Italian Grill The Corner Store Outback Steakhouse Whistle Stop Best Strawberry Shortcake Parksdale Farm Market Dairy Queen Strawberry Hut Twistee Treat Fred’s Market Restaurant Best Hamburger Brick House Café’ Beef O’Brady’s Chili’s Wayback Burgers Snellgrove’s Restaurant Best Overall Service Olde Town Pizzeria & Pasta Co. Fred’s Market Restaurant Johnson Barbeque Brick House Café’ Snellgrove’s Restaurant Best Server Write in your favorite Plant City server. Best Bartender Write in your favorite Plant City bartender.
To Place Your Vote Visit:
focusplantcity.com