Best of the City 2011 Dining Award Winners

Best Restaurant in Roanoke (Outside of Downtown)
♦♦♦♦♦Montano’s International Gourmet
♦♦♦♦Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine
♦♦♦419 West

Best Restaurant in Downtown Roanoke
♦♦♦♦♦202 Market Restaurant
♦♦♦♦metro!
♦♦♦Frankie Rowland’s Steakhouse (tie)
♦♦♦Table 50 (tie)

Best Restaurant in Salem
♦♦♦♦♦ Blue Apron Restaurant and Red Rooster Bar
♦♦♦♦Mamma Marias
♦♦♦Mac n Bobs

Best Restaurant in Botetourt
♦♦♦♦♦Pomegranate
♦♦♦♦Lil Cucci’s Pizzeria
♦♦♦Café Asia

Best Restaurant in Floyd
♦♦♦♦♦Mickey G’s Bistro
♦♦♦♦Odfella’s Cantina
♦♦♦Dogtown Pizza

Best New Restaurant
♦♦♦♦♦ Blue Apron Restaurant and Red Rooster Bar
♦♦♦♦The Quarter
♦♦♦Shula’s 347 Grill Roanoke

Best Restaurant for Overall Experience
♦♦♦♦♦202 Market Restaurant
♦♦♦♦metro!
♦♦♦Regency Room Hotel Roanoke

Most Unique Restaurant
♦♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦♦202 Market Restaurant
♦♦♦Local Roots a Farm to Table Restaurant

Best Kept Dining Secret
♦♦♦♦♦ Shula’s 347 Grill Roanoke
♦♦♦♦Healthy Stuff
♦♦♦Mickey G’s Bistro

Best Outdoor Dining
♦♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦♦202 Market Restauarant
♦♦♦ Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine

Best Late night Fare
♦♦♦♦♦ Texas Tavern
♦♦♦♦202 Market Restauarant
♦♦♦ Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill

Best Ambience
♦♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦♦202 Market Restauarant
♦♦♦ Regency Room Hotel Roanoke

Restaurant with the Best View
♦♦♦♦♦ Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine
♦♦♦♦Bernard’s Landing
♦♦♦ Chateau Morrisette

Best Chain Restaurant
♦♦♦♦♦ Shula’s 347 Grill Roanoke
♦♦♦♦Outback Steakhouse
♦♦♦Panera Bread

Best Cheap Eats
♦♦♦♦♦ Village Grille
♦♦♦♦Famous Anthony’s
♦♦♦ Burger in the Square

Best Low Fat Fare
♦♦♦♦♦ Healthy Stuff
♦♦♦♦Elderberry’s Smoothies and Wraps
♦♦♦ Wildflour Restaurant and Bakery 4th Street

Best Place to Take Clients
♦♦♦♦♦ 419 West
♦♦♦♦ Montano’s International Gourmet
♦♦♦ Table 50 (tie)
♦♦♦ Alexander’s Restaurant (tie)

Best Neighborhood Restaurant
♦♦♦♦♦ Fork in the Alley
♦♦♦♦Village Grille
♦♦♦ Wildflour Restaurant and Bakery 4th Street

Best Restaurant to Take the Kids
♦♦♦♦♦ Grace’s Place Pizzeria
♦♦♦♦Famous Anthony’s
♦♦♦ Kabuki Japanese Steakhouse

Best Romantic Dinner
♦♦♦♦♦ Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine
♦♦♦♦Table 50
♦♦♦ Regency Room Hotel Roanoke

Best Food Presentation
♦♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦♦202 Market Restaurant
♦♦♦ Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine

Best Chef and Their Restaurant
♦♦♦♦♦ Clinton Dill @ Rockfish
♦♦♦♦Josh Lebreque @ Lucky
♦♦♦ Nathaniel Sloan @ Local Roots

Best American Food
♦♦♦♦♦ The Roanoker Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Shula’s 347 Grill Roanoke
♦♦♦ Village Grille

Best Home Cooking
♦♦♦♦♦ The Home Place
♦♦♦♦ Salem House
♦♦♦ Thelma’s Chicken and Waffles

Best Thai Food
♦♦♦♦♦Tong’s Thai
♦♦♦♦Chaba Thai Cuisine
♦♦♦ Red Jasmine Thai Cuisine

Best Cajun Food
♦♦♦♦♦The Quarter

Best Cuban Food
♦♦♦♦♦El Cubanito

Best Indian Food
♦♦♦♦♦Nawab Indian Cuisine
♦♦♦♦ Taaza Indian Cuisine

Best Mexican Food
♦♦♦♦♦Alejandro’s Mexican Grill
♦♦♦♦Rancho Viejo
♦♦♦ Baja Bistro

Best Italian Food
♦♦♦♦♦Luigi’s Italian Gourmet Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Norberto’s Italian Restaurant
♦♦♦ Mamma Marias (Tie)
♦♦♦ Mickey G’s Bistro (Tie)

Best Seafood
♦♦♦♦♦Awful Arthur’s
♦♦♦♦Rockfish
♦♦♦ Shula’s 347 Grill Roanoke

Best Chinese Food
♦♦♦♦♦Szechuan Restaurant
♦♦♦♦Red Palace
♦♦♦ Café Asia

Best Japanese Food
♦♦♦♦♦Szechuan Restaurant
♦♦♦♦Ichiban
♦♦♦ Wasabi

Best Steak
♦♦♦♦♦ Frankie Rowland’s Steakhouse
♦♦♦♦ Shula’s 347 Grill Roanoke
♦♦♦Table 50

Best Southern Soul Food
♦♦♦♦♦ Thelma’s Chicken and Waffles

Best Wings
♦♦♦♦♦ Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill
♦♦♦♦ Village Grille
♦♦♦ Buffalo Wildwings

Best Ribs
♦♦♦♦♦ Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill
♦♦♦♦ Blue’s BBQ
♦♦♦ Blue 5
Best BBQ
♦♦♦♦♦ Blues BBQ
♦♦♦♦ Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill
♦♦♦ Pit Boss

Best Organic
♦♦♦♦♦ Local Roots a Farm to Table Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Wildflour Restaurant and Bakery 4th Street
♦♦♦ Horizon Bar and Grill

Best Vegetarian
♦♦♦♦♦ Isaacs Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Blue Apron Restaurant
♦♦♦ Wildflour Restaurant and Bakery 4th Street

Best Sub Shop
♦♦♦♦♦ New Yorker  Deli and Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Jimmy V’s
♦♦♦ Firehouse Subs

Best Breakfast
♦♦♦♦♦ The Roanoker Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Thelma’s Chicken and Waffles
♦♦♦ Ernies

Best Quick Lunch
♦♦♦♦♦ Ernies
♦♦♦♦ Alejandro’s Mexican Grill
♦♦♦ Little Dipper Cafe

Best Sunday Brunch
♦♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦♦ Hotel Roanoke Regency Room
♦♦♦ Horizon

Best Healthy Business Lunch
♦♦♦♦♦ Healthy Stuff
♦♦♦♦ Little Dipper Café
♦♦♦ Elderberry’s Smoothies and Wraps (Tie)
♦♦♦ Wasabi (Tie)

Best Take-Out
♦♦♦♦♦ Burger in the Square
♦♦♦♦ Grace’s Place Pizzeria
♦♦♦ Elderberry’s Smoothies and Wraps

Best Burgers
♦♦♦♦♦ Burger in the Square
♦♦♦♦ Martin’s Downtown Grill
♦♦♦ Village Grill

Best French Fries
♦♦♦♦♦ Blues BBQ
♦♦♦♦ The Coffee Pot
♦♦♦ Thelma’s Chicken and Waffles

Best Hot Dogs
♦♦♦♦♦ Pitt Boss BBQ
♦♦♦♦ Roanoke Weiner Stand
♦♦♦ Fork in the City

Best Pizza
♦♦♦♦♦ Grace’s Place Pizzeria
♦♦♦♦ Corned Beef & Company
♦♦♦ New York Pizza

Best Salads
♦♦♦♦♦ Montano’s International Gourmet
♦♦♦♦ Macadoos
♦♦♦ Shula’s 347 Grill Roanoke

Best Appetizers
♦♦♦♦♦ Local Roots
♦♦♦♦ Table 50
♦♦♦ Shakers

Best Sandwiches
♦♦♦♦♦ Little Dipper
♦♦♦♦ On the Rise Bakery
♦♦♦ Montano’s International Gourmet

Best Wraps
♦♦♦♦♦ Little Dipper
♦♦♦♦ Elderberry’s Smoothies and Wraps
♦♦♦ Second Helping’s Café

Best Sushi
♦♦♦♦♦ Ben Gui Sushi
♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦ Wasabe

Best Pasta
♦♦♦♦♦ Norbertos Italian Restaurante
♦♦♦♦ Luigi’s Italian Gourmet Restaurant
♦♦♦  Mamma Marias

Best Soup
♦♦♦♦♦ Croc and Roll
♦♦♦♦ Little Dipper
♦♦♦  Wildflour Restaurant and Bakery 4th Street

Best Bread
♦♦♦♦♦ Bread Craft
♦♦♦♦ On the Rise Bakery
♦♦♦  Panera Bread

Best Biscuits
♦♦♦♦♦ The Roanoker Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Tudor’s Biscuit World
♦♦♦  Horizon Bar and Grill

Best Bagels
♦♦♦♦♦ Panera Bread
♦♦♦♦ Roanoke Bagel Company
♦♦♦ Mill Mountain Coffee

Best Deli
♦♦♦♦♦ Brambleton Deli
♦♦♦♦ The New Yorker
♦♦♦  Montano’s International Gourmet

Best Wine Selection
♦♦♦♦♦ 419 West
♦♦♦♦ 202 Market Restaurant
♦♦♦  Frankie Rowland’s Steakhouse

Best Beer Selection
♦♦♦♦♦ Montano’s International Gourmet
♦♦♦♦ Awful Arthur’s
♦♦♦  Blue 5

Best Wine in Southwest Virginia
♦♦♦♦♦ AmRhein’s
♦♦♦♦ Chateau Morrisette
♦♦♦  Valhalla

Best Cookies
♦♦♦♦♦ Hotel Roanoke
♦♦♦♦ Bread Craft
♦♦♦  Elderberry’s Smoothies and Wraps

Best Smoothies
♦♦♦♦♦ Elderberry’s Smoothies and Wraps
♦♦♦♦ Little Dipper
♦♦♦

Restaurant with the Best Desserts
♦♦♦♦♦ Carlos Brazilian International Cuisine
♦♦♦♦ Wildflour Restaurant and Bakery 4th Street
♦♦♦  Blue Apron Restaurant

Best Ice Cream
♦♦♦♦♦ Pops Soda Shop
♦♦♦♦ Maggie Moos
♦♦♦  Little Dipper

Best Candy Store
♦♦♦♦♦ Chocolate Paper
♦♦♦♦ Baylees Chocolates
♦♦♦  Nancy’s Candy Company

Best Bakery
♦♦♦♦♦ Bread Craft
♦♦♦♦ On the Rise Bread Company
♦♦♦  Bubblecake Bake Shop

Best Coffee Shop
♦♦♦♦♦ Cups
♦♦♦♦ Mill Mountain Coffee
♦♦♦  Star City Coffee

Best Nite Spot
♦♦♦♦♦ Martin’s Downtown Bar and Grill
♦♦♦♦ Blue 5
♦♦♦  202 Market  (Tie)
♦♦♦  Awful Arthur’s Towers (Tie)

Best Bar
♦♦♦♦♦ All Sports Café
♦♦♦♦ 202 Market Restaurant
♦♦♦  Martin’s Downtown Bar and Grill (Tie)
♦♦♦  Corned Beef and Company (Tie)

Best Sports Bar
♦♦♦♦♦ All Sports Café
♦♦♦♦ Pitt Boss BBQ
♦♦♦  Buffalo Wild Wings

Best Happy Hour
♦♦♦♦♦ Blue Five
♦♦♦♦ Corned Beef and Company
♦♦♦  Surf and Turf Grill

Best Place to Unwind after Work
♦♦♦♦♦ Montano’s International Gourmet
♦♦♦♦ Table 50
♦♦♦  Corned Beef and Company

Best Place for Dancing
♦♦♦♦♦ 202 Market Restaurant
♦♦♦♦ Corned Beef and Company
♦♦♦  Martin’s Downtown Bar and Grill

Best Place to Hear Live Music
♦♦♦♦♦ Blue 5
♦♦♦♦ Awful Arthur’s Towers
♦♦♦  Kirk Ave Music Hall (Tie)
♦♦♦  Martin’s Downtown Bar and Grill (Tie)

Place with the Most Unique Cocktails
♦♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦♦ Frankie Rowland’s Steak House
♦♦♦  202 Market Restaurant

Place with the Best Bar Food
♦♦♦♦♦ All Star Café
♦♦♦♦ Pitt Boss BBQ
♦♦♦  Village Grill

Best Wine by the Glass Selection
♦♦♦♦♦ 419 West
♦♦♦♦ metro!
♦♦♦  202 Market Restaurant

Best Kept Nightlife Secret
♦♦♦♦♦ Community Inn
♦♦♦♦ Spikes
♦♦♦  Kirk Ave Music Hall