Readers' Choice Winners 2012
Who's the best plumber in town? Who serves the best breakfast? Here are your picks for Readers' Choice in H-F.
All this summer you've nominated and voted for your favorite local businesses in categories including best taco to best preschool.
We've tallied all the poll votes and now it's time to announce the winners. See below for our complete list of Readers' Choice winners
Entertainment
Best Place for a Date - Tie
- Winners: Fresh Starts Restaurant & Cilantro
Best Movie Theater (Southland)
- Winner: Marcus Theatres Orland Park
- 2nd Place: AMC Showplace 14 in New Lenox
Best Summer Festival (Southland)
- Winner: Frankfort Fall Festival
- 2nd Place: Taste of Orland
Food & Drink
- Winner: Blueberry Hill
- 2nd Place: Egg & I
- Winner: Pop's Beef
- 2nd Place: Twisted Q BBQ
- Winner: Cilantro
- 2nd Place: Burrito Express
- Winner: Eat Rice
- 2nd Place: Asian Harbor
- Winner: Plush Horse in Palos
- 2nd Place: Zarlengo's Italian Ice in Chicago Heights
Kids & Family
Best Day Care - Tie
- Winners: Bright Starts, Stepping Stones Child Care & Salem Lutheran
- Winner: Piano Lessons with Tom Parsons
- Winner: Homewood-Flossmoor Park District
- Winner: Centennial Park Aquatic Center (Orland Park)
- 2nd Place: White Water Canyon Water Park (Tinley Park)
Health & Beauty
- Winner: The Hart Wellness Center
- Winner: Marc Alan Salon & Day Spa
- Winner: The Center for Dental Excellence
- Winner: Child Life Center in Flossmoor
- Winner: Mokena Animal Clinic
- 2nd Place: Bremen Animal Hospital
Home
- Winner: Haggerty Landscape
- Winner: Aleck Plumbing
Best Painter - Tie
- Winners: AB Decorating & Murphy Painting
Services
- Winner: Salina's Pizza in Tinley Park
- 2nd Place: Heinie McCarthy's in Orland Park
Best Funeral Home - Tie
- Winners: Ryan Funeral Home, Tews Funeral Home and Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home
- Winner: Great Lakes Bank
Sports & Fitness
Best Place to Cycle (Southland)
- Winner: Old Plank Trail
- 2nd Place: Bachelor Grove Woods (151st Street, Orland Park/Oak Forest)
Shopping
- Winner: Walt's Foods
Previous Picks
In an earlier version of Readers' Choice, you selected other local favorites:
- Best Pizza: Aurelio's Pizza
- Best Mechanic: R&R Maintenance and Automotive
For more information about local businesses, check out our business directory.
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Fresh Starts Restaurant
1040 Sterling Ave, Flossmoor, IL -
AMC Showplace 14
1320 W Maple St, New Lenox, IL -
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Marcus Theatres Orland Park
16350 S la Grange Rd, Orland Park, IL -
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Egg & I
222 Dixie Hwy, Chicago Heights, IL -
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Zarlengo's Italian Ice & Gelato
257 W Joe Orr Rd, Chicago Heights, IL -
Homewood-Flossmoor Park District
2920 183rd St, Homewood, IL -
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Panozzo Bros Funeral Home
530 W 14th Pl, Chicago Heights, IL -
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Walt's Foods
2345 183rd St, Homewood, IL -
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Blueberry Hill Pancake House
2155 183rd St, Homewood, IL -
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Pop's Beef and Sausage
18328 Governors Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Twisted Q BBQ and Bakery
2053 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL -
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Cilantro Cocina Mexicana
18755 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Flores Burrito Express
17932 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
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Eat Rice
18065 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Asian Harbor
1930 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL -
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Bright Start Child Care & Preschool
1800 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL -
Stepping Stones Child Care
17560 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Salem Lutheran Early Childhood Center
18328 Ashland Ave, Homewood, IL -
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Piano Lessons with Tom Parsons
1243 Hickory Rd, Homewood, IL -
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The Hart Wellness Center
18141 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
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Marc Alan Salon & Day Spa
3319 Vollmer Rd, Flossmoor, IL -
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The Center for Dental Excellence
19615 Governors Hwy, Flossmoor, IL -
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Child Life Center
19550 Governors Hwy, Flossmoor, IL (Ste. 2500) -
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Haggerty Landscape
2115 Evans Rd, Flossmoor, IL -
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Aleck Plumbing
18027 Crawford Ave, Homewood, IL -
AB Decorating
1915 183rd St, Homewood, IL -
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Ryan Funeral Home
18022 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Tews Funeral Home Inc
18230 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
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Great Lakes Bank
2034 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL -
Aurelio's
18162 Harwood Ave, Homewood, IL
