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City Life
1. | Best public official | Governor Gary Locke |
2. | Best activist/hellraiser | Charlie Chong |
3. | Best scandal of last year | Mariners’ cost overruns |
4. | Best city event | Bumbershoot |
5. | Best city park | Discovery Park |
6. | Best public art | Hammering Man |
7. | Best Sonic | Gary Payton |
8. | Best Mariner | Ken Griffey, Jr. |
9. | Best Seahawk | Joey Galloway |
10. | Best sports coach | Lou Piniella |
11. | Best bus route | No. 7 |
12. | Best new building | Benaroya Hall |
13. | Best place to park for free | Beneath Highway 99 |
14. | Best Y2K hideout | See best of the millennium. |
Arts & Entertainment
15. | Best movie theater | Cinerama |
16. | Best place to buy CDs | Tower Records |
17. | Best place to buy vinyl records | Cellophane Square |
18. | Best nightclub | ARO.space |
19. | Best radio DJ | Pat Cashman |
20. | Best club DJ | DJ Riz |
21. | Best local music act | Swamp Mama Johnson |
22. | Best local TV show | Almost Live |
23. | Best local TV personality | John Curley |
24. | Best mainstage theater | A Contemporary Theater (ACT) |
25. | Best fringe theater | Theater Schmeater |
26. | Best theatrical performance | Teatro Zinzanni |
27. | Best art gallery | Greg Kucera Gallery |
28. | Best choreographer | Mark Morris |
29. | Best used book store | Twice Sold Tales |
30. | Best place to spend New Year’s Eve | See best of the millennium. |
Food & restaurants
31. | Best new restaurant | Brasa |
32. | Best brunch | Salty’s on Alki |
33. | Best waitstaff | Buca di Beppo |
34.a) | Best restaurant for appetizers | Wild Ginger |
34.b) | Best food for an appetizer | Crab |
35. | Best french fries | Dick’s |
36. | Best burger | Red Mill |
37. | Best dessert | Dilettante Chocolates |
38. | Best happy-hour eats | McCormick & Schmick’s |
39. | Best sushi | I Love Sushi |
40. | Best vegetarian restaurant | Caf順lora |
41. | Best pizza | Pagliacci |
42. | Best grocery store | Matthew’s Red Apple Market |
43. | Best bakery | Macrina |
44. | Best Eastside eatery | Yarow Bay Grill |
45. | Best place to have your last meal… ever | See best of the millennium. |
Stores & services
46. | Best mall | Bellevue Square |
47. | Best beauty products | Vain |
48. | Best car wash | Elephant Car Wash |
49. | Best thrift/consignment store | Value Village |
50. | Best video store | Scarecrow Video |
51. | Best gym | Sound Mind & Body |
52. | Best florist | Ballard Blossom |
53. | Best shoe store | Nordstrom |
54. | Best cell-phone service provider | AT&T |
55. | Best bank | Washington Mutual |
56. | Best place to buy cheap computers | Computer Renaissance |
57. | Best kitchen supplies | Sur La Table |
58. | Best toy store | FAO Schwarz |
59. | Best nursery | Molbak’s |
60. | Best place to buy Y2K rations | See best of the millennium. |
61. | Best reason to welcome the new millennium | See best of the millennium. |
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