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THE BESTT
he annual Best of Windsor contest hasbeen growing incrementally over thepast six years as merchants and resi-
dents alike have developed an increasing inter-est.
Last year, for example, we had the most par-ticipation ever — just over 1,000 ballots weresubmitted. That was up about 150 from the yearbefore.
It only seemed to reason that this year wewould see another increase of about 100-200votes.
Imagine our surprise as piles and piles of bal-lots were ushered through our doors over thepast two weeks. We knew were on our way toanother record-shattering performance.
What we didn't know is that the number ofballots we would eventually count would be not1,200, or 1,500, or 2,000, or even 3,000.
The number easily exceeded 5,000.After tossing out ballots that were perfect
duplicates, we wound up with 4,047 legitimateballots — more than four times what we countedlast year.
Another new wrinkle this year — online voting— produced 2,666 votes.
So what caused the Best of Windsor contestto really take off?
We believe that the public has finally discov-ered just how fun this contest is. We are pretty
sure that it became a contest for one-year brag-ging rights.
We even overheard a couple merchantsbragging about how they would only allow theircustomers to leave the premises after they hadfilled out a ballot.
We also heard about some merchants “part-nering.” That is, they would have their customersvote for a neigboring business if the customersof that neighborning business voted for theirs.
And, so it went.The results have been wonderful.We had several new winners (Theo's Pizza
comes to mind) and some businesses win inmultiple categories (The Border and Austin'sHomestead are just a couple of these).
No one will ever assert that this contest is ascientific representation of real data. However,we should all know by now that this is a fun con-test that has no losers — just winners.
Thanks to all the voters and many, manythanks to all the merchants who got their com-petitive juices flowing this year.
We eagerly look forward to next.And, now, the winners are . . .
David Persons
EDITOR
Best of Windsor 2011, published
Saturday, February 26, 2011 in the
Windsor Beacon
Design and layout: Michael St.
Clair
Editor: David Persons
Reporters: Laura Crosbie, April
Malone, Collette DeWitt
Photographers: Carol Hirata, Don
Reichert
4 THE BORDER COOKS
COMPETITION WITH FOUR AWARDS
4 Best Restaurant
4 Best Mexican
4 Best Dinner
4 Best Lunch
6 CAFFE VICTORIA
6 Best Caterer
7 AUSTIN’S HOMESTEAD
7 Best Steak
7 Best Hamburger
7 Best Happy Hour
8 DAIRY QUEEN RULES ICE CREAM CATEGORY
8 Best Ice Cream
9 Best Fast Food
9 Best Asian
9 Best Coffee Shop
9 Best Sub Sandwich
9 Best Breakfast
10 THEO’S TOSSES ASIDE
COMPETITION TO WIN BEST PIZZA
10 Best Pizza
11 MOODY NAMED BEST MASSAGE THERAPIST
11 Best Massage Therapist
12 Best Chiropractor
12 Best Doctor
12 Best Veterinarian
12 Best Photographer
12 Best Insurance Agent
12 Best Dentist
12 NELSON FINALLY CAPTURES
BEST DENTIST HONOR
13 NEW OPTOMETRIST NAMED
BEST EYE DOCTOR
13 Best Eye Doctor
14 MAIL ‘N COPY GRABS BEST
PRINTER TITLE
14 Best Auto Care
14 Best Printer
15 Best Electric Company
15 Best Plumbing Company
15 Best Dry Cleaner
16 4 AND 20 BLACKBIRDS
16 Best Gift Shop
17 Best Flower SHop
17 Day Spa
17 Best Salon/Barber
17 Best Pet Grooming
18 Best Bank
18 Best Liquor Store
19 Best Health Club
19 Best Convenience Store
20 DUKE OF WINDSOR GRABS
TWO BEST OF WINDSOR AWARDS
21 Best Bar
21 Best LIve Entertainment
21 Best Band
21 Best Non-Profit Organization
21 Best Golf Course
21 Best Car Wash
21 Best Art Gallery
22 Best Customer Service
B E S TM E X I C A N
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B E S TR E S T A U R A N T
The Border 189Austin’s Homestead 135Main Street Grill 86
By Collette DeWitt
FOR THE BEACON
One restaurant sizzled the competi-tion in this year’s Best of Windsor con-test.
The Border Restaurant has beennamed the winner in arecord-setting four cate-gories: Best Restaurant,Best Lunch, Best Dinner,and Best Mexican.
“Really? You’re kid-ding!” said Leslie Buck,owner of The Border.
“That’s cool,” sheadded. “It feels great.”
What was her secretto success?
Buck said all her wait-resses ask everyone to fillout a ballot.
What makes thisrestaurant the best?
“Probably the peoplethat work here,” Bucksaid, “and we have goodfood.”
THE BORDERTHE BORDER COOKS
COMPETITION WITH FOUR AWARDS
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Leslie Buck, the owner of The Border restaurant, along with her head waitress Kay Ihe,
hold some of the most popular items in the restaurant (hamburger/burrito) and show
off their menu. The Border is a multiple award winner this year in the Best of Windsor
contest.
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BESTD I N N E R
The Border 83Main Street Grill 71Austin’s Homestead 61
BESTL U N C H
The Border 196Bungalow 80Austin’s Homestead 37
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FOR THE BEACON
Caffe Victoria is reallycatering to Windsor resi-dents.
The local business,which does a lot ofcatering, has beennamed the Best Catererin the 2011 Best ofWindsor contest.
“We’re so thrilled,”said Victoria Queen,owner of Caffe Victoria.
To make her catering the best in town, Queen says it takes theright mixture of ingredients and passion.
“We really care about the food and use top quality ingredients,”Queen said. “We cook with high integrity and make a great product.”
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Caffe Victoria 67Bungalow 17Austin’s Homestead 11
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Victoria Queen shows off some of the pastries that helped her earn the Best of Windsor award for Best Caterer.
By Laura Crosbie
FOR THE BEACON
Austin’s Homestead is Windsor’s equivalent of a triple threat.Austin’s won Best Happy Hour, Best Hamburger and Best Steak in the 2011
Best of Windsor contest.“This is great,” said Kirk Silos, gen-
eral manager of Austin’s.Austin’s has been named Best
Steak in town two years in a row.“Our steak is great because it is
hand cut. We use 1855 Black Angusbeef. It makes our steak better thanmost,” Kirk said.
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BESTS T E A K
Austin’s Homestead 108Main Street Grill 52The Border 41
BESTHAMBURGER
Austin’s Homestead 200The Border 157Main Street Grill 37
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Austin’s Homestead 69Duke of Windsor 51Bungalow 44
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FOR THE BEACON
Windsor residents believe DairyQueen has the best ice cream in town.
That was evident as Dairy Queenwas the winner in the Best Ice Creamcategory of the 2011 Best of Windsorcontest.
“That’s awesome!” said DonyelKorgan, manager of Dairy Queen.
Korgan said taking pride in her workis what makes Dairy Queen’s icecream the best.
“We strive to make the best productwe can,” Korgan said. “Customer serv-ice is the most important to us.”
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Theo’s Pizza isn’t split-ting dough; they’re thebest.
The pizzeria, located at520 Main Street, is thisyear’s Best Pizza winner inthe 2011 Best of Windsorcontest.
“This is great,” saidowner Stasi Keramidis.“We love that we won,because it shows peopleappreciate us.”
The business is still rela-tively new, only having its doors open in Windsor since September2009.
“My dad always told me that if you make your pizza like you’re mak-ing it for yourself, you’ll do okay,” Keramidis said. “It sounds cheesy,but we’re the best because we care.”
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If you’re looking to relax with a good massagego to Danielle Moody.
That’s what Windsor residents believe as theyvoted Moody to be the Best Massage Therapistin the 2011 Best of Windsor contest.
“This is super cool,” Moody said happily uponreceiving the news. “It’s definitely a compliment.”
Moody has operated her business in Windsorfor eight years.
One thing that makes her good at what shedoes is the fact that she’s a “100 percent peo-ple person.”
This allows her to be more personal with her clients.“I truly care about helping people,” Moody said.Her business, Mood Ease Massage, is located at 1230 W. Ash Street (inside Stine
Chiropractic).
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DANIELLE MOODYMOODY NAMED BEST MASSAGE THERAPIST
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Danielle Moody, working at Rocky Mountain Chiropractic, was chosen as this year’s Best Massage Therapist in the Best of Windsor.
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T H E R A P I S T
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BESTCHIROPRACTOR
Brent Hexell 195Jill Althoff 124Kreager Chiropractic 121
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Dr. Jonathan Nelson 109Dr. Pat Weakland 60Dr. Judson Valstad 37
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NELSON FINALLY CAPTURES BEST DENTIST HONOR
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Dr. Jonathan Nelson works on patient Julie
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cern for his patients’ dental health earned
him the 2011 Best Dentist award in the Best
of Windsor contest..
By Collette DeWitt
FOR THE BEACON
Dr Jonathan Nelson has
been voted Best Dentist in the
2011 Best of Windsor con-
test. “It’s very exciting con-
sidering we have been here in
Windsor a little over three
years,” Nelson said. “It’s a
great feeling.”
Nelson was excited, recall-
ing how close he had been
the past two years.
“We came in third one
year, we were second last
year,” Nelson said. “We have
slowly been working our way
up.”
So, what makes his dentist
office special?
“We treat everyone as fami-
ly,” Nelson said.
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D R . B R E N T P H I N N E YNEW OPTOMETRIST NAMED BEST EYE DOCTOR
By April Malone
FOR THE BEACON
Brent Phinney, a relatively new optometric physi-cian in Windsor, has been named the Best EyeDoctor in the 2011 Best of Windsor contest.
Phinney’s business, Windsor Eye Care and VisionCenter, is located at 515 Main Street.
“We didn’t know what to expect the first year butit definitely feels good,” Phinney said. “It seems thatkind of confirms we are doing the right thing.”
The clinic, which opened in September of last
year, offers a variety of services such as comprehen-
sive examinations, special fitting for contact lenses,
optical dispensing, laser vision correction and eye
therapy and a variety of surgeries.
They also sell several different kinds of frames and lens
features.
“We would like to say to the community thank you
very much for voting for us and we’ll work hard to
provide service to assure that we’ll win it every year,”
Phinney said.
BESTEYE DOCTOR
Brent Phinney 72Judith Groves 47
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Mail ‘N Copy has been voted the Best
Printer in the 2011 Best of Windsor con-
test.
“It’s a huge honor,” said Eric Greene,
owner of Mail ‘N Copy, 1298 Main Street,
Unit A. “We try to keep up with the latest
and greatest technology.”
In addition to printing and copying, Mail
‘N Copy offers a variety of products and
services including custom-made post-
cards, brochures, wedding invitations and
office supplies.
They also offer marketing and design
for things like advertisements, business
cards, CD and DVD printing and Web
sites.
The independent shipping and copying
retailer has been in Windsor for 15 years.
“We have really good service and great
staff,” added Greene.
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Mail n’ Copy employees, from left to right, are Kapricel Renke, Gina Price, owner Eric Greene and Shawn Logan. Mail n’ Copy won
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Windsor residents voted 4 and 20
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“This is wonderful,” said owner Lynn Rauer.
“We feel honored and grateful.”
Rauer says winning the 2011 Best of
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This is the first time there has been a Best
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Windsor contest.
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