Readers' Choice Winners 2012 Announced
Who has the best pizza in town? How about the best customer service? Here are your picks for Readers' Choice.
All this summer you've nominated and voted for your favorite local businesses in categories ranging from Best Hot Dogs and Best Casino to Best Grocery Store and Best Place to Buy Shoes.
We've tallied all the poll votes and now it's time to announce the winners.
Joliet, Channahon, Minooka and Shorewood voters had two catagories in which one business scored 100 percent of the vote. There were two ties and one was a three-way tie.
See below for our complete list of Readers' Choice winners. The first listed business won the catagory and the second listed business took second place.
- Jody's Hot Dogs (40 percent)
- Babe's Hot Dogs (33 percent)
- Cemeno's Pizza (22 percent)
- Maurie's Table (17 percent)
- Heroes West Sports Grill (25 percent)
- Jody's Hot Dogs (18 percent)
- Walt's Ice Cream
- Minooka Creamery, Oberweis Dairy and Frosty Tips (17 percent each)
- Hollywood Casino (66 percent)
- Harrah's Casino (33 percent)
Best Location for a Children's Party
- Family Fun Zone (75 percent)
- YMCA (25 percent)
- Kids Crossroads Preschool (50 percent)
- Kids Connection (20 percent)
- Home Cut Donuts (29 percent)
- Milano Bakery (29 percent)
- David Nelson (46 percent)
- Rogers and Hollands (30 percent)
- Ultra Foods (40 percent)
- Food 4 Less, Mitchell's Meat Market (30 percent each)
- Chignoli Auto (85 percent)
- Shoe Carnival (67 percent)
- Kohl's (28 percent)
- Karen's Pet Groomer (52 percent)
- The Dog Wash (44 percent)
- Walgreens in Channahon (66 percent)
- Basinger Pharmacy in Joliet, Osco in Minooka and Ranch Pharmacy in Channahon (11 percent each)
- Shear Envy Salon (83 percent)
Best Barber Shop
- Banana Joe's Barber Shop (50 percent)
- Zolpers Auto Restoration, Lockport (66 percent)
- Lawson Auto Rebuilder (33 percent)
- Walt's Automotive, Crest Hill (40 percent)
- Jack's Car Wash & Lube Center, Midas Joliet or Integrity Automotive (Minooka), all tied for first place. (33 percent each)
- D&A Landscape in Joliet (100 percent)
- Kim Noonan, ReMax and Bridgette Laux-Stewart at Zip Realty tied for first place (50 percent each)
- C R Leonard Plumbing & Heating (66 percent)
- Lockwood Furnace (100 percent)
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Minooka Creamery
111 E McEvilly Rd, Minooka, IL -
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Jody's Hot Dogs
326 Republic Ave, Joliet, IL -
Babe's Hot Dogs
2600 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL -
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Cemeno's Pizza
1630 Essington Rd, Joliet, IL
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Maurie's Table
2360 Glenwood Ave, Joliet, IL -
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Heroes West Sports Grill
1530 Commerce Ln, Joliet, IL -
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Hollywood Casino Joliet
777 Hollywood Blvd, Joliet, IL -
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Home Cut Donuts
1317 E Washington St, Joliet, IL -
Milano Bakery
433 S Chicago St, Joliet, IL -
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David Nelson Exquisite Jewelry
1312 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL -
Rogers and Hollands Jewelers
3340 Mall Loop Dr, Joliet, IL -
Ultra Foods
1590 N Larkin Ave, Joliet, IL -
Chignoli Auto Sales
1850 Essington Rd, Joliet, IL -
Shoe Carnival
2706 Plainfield Rd, Joliet, IL -
Walgreens
27155 W Eames St, Channahon, IL -
Basinger's Pharmacy
2130 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL -
Jewel Osco
2051 Ridge Rd, Minooka, IL -
Ranch Pharmacy
24715 W Eames St, Channahon, IL -
Shear Envy Salon
3131 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL -
Banana Joe's Barber Shop
718 N Raynor Ave, Joliet, IL -
Jack's Car Wash & Lube Center
1720 Essington Rd, Joliet, IL
Patrick Pendergast
10:38 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
"Catagories"???? Come on Dawn.
Cry me a river
7:36 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2012
Seems like a free add or plug rather than truth with most establishments. Just saying!
Emily
2:37 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Scam these places such as Karens grooming are horrible establishments I would not ever step foot in there again.