Our City’s Best: As Told By AOL

July 23, 2008 11:00 AM 25 comments


Everyone has a personal opinion on the best places to eat, drink and be merry in town. We’re fiercely defensive of McDougal’s for chicken fingers, Joey’s for pizza and Baja Burrito for, well, burritos – but we know that others will die fighting for Pizza Perfect or Chile Burrito. 

AOL’s City’s Best contest aims to settle the score. Votes have been tallied and they’ve released their conclusive list of the “best” in a score of categories. We found that sometimes our favorites wound up second or third, but it’s still a great go-to list when you’re craving barbeque but want to try something new, or if you’re trying to come up with a list of the best country bars you’ve never been to for your visiting friends. 

  • http://mwparker2.wordpress.com/ Anonymous

    do locals actually call it “PanPan”?

  • http://lalaiscool.blogspot.com/ Stephanie D

    Oh man I love me some Pizza Perfect! YUM! Even the sandwiches are PERFECT!

  • http://www.morganautumn.com Morgan Levy

    @Anon – I can't say that I've ever heard anyone refer to the Pancake Pantry as PanPan. Point taken.

  • http://tempusestnunc.blogspot.com/ Diana

    What's up with all the misspellings? Province Breads? Mafiazo's? Yeesh.

    And Martin's is number 5 on the Family Restaurants list and not even listed on the Barbecue list. ???

  • http://mwparker2.wordpress.com/ Mark

    @Morgan. It's a good name though. Maybe we should start. I think I'll suggest it to all my out-of-town friends.

  • http://mwparker2.wordpress.com/ Anonymous

    do locals actually call it “PanPan”?

  • Christy Frink

    @Mark Yeah, I've really never heard of someone calling it that, but I bet we could make it catch on.

  • http://lalaiscool.blogspot.com/ Stephanie D

    Oh man I love me some Pizza Perfect! YUM! Even the sandwiches are PERFECT!

  • http://chris.quietlife.net Chris Wage

    I think I'll just refer to it as LineLine (sorry, I can't bring myself to wait in line for pancakes, no matter how good they are)

  • http://www.nashvillehotchicken.com/ WheeeGuy

    No category for Hot Chicken? Terrible oversight. Then again I don't want tourists jamming up Boltons.

    And @Mark; PanPan, while sort of awful, would be a great thing to teach out-of-towners to use so they are even more easily identified. Commence!

  • http://www.morganautumn.com Morgan Levy

    @Anon – I can’t say that I’ve ever heard anyone refer to the Pancake Pantry as PanPan. Point taken.

  • http://tempusestnunc.blogspot.com/ Diana

    What’s up with all the misspellings? Province Breads? Mafiazo’s? Yeesh.

    And Martin’s is number 5 on the Family Restaurants list and not even listed on the Barbecue list. ???

  • http://nashvillest.com Christy Frink

    @WheeeGuy: Amen. As the chicken lover of Nashvillest, I'm sort of disappointed. And weirdly enough, I was actually reading reviews on nashvillehotchicken.com earlier today. I love it!

  • http://mwparker2.wordpress.com/ Mark

    @Morgan. It’s a good name though. Maybe we should start. I think I’ll suggest it to all my out-of-town friends.

  • Christy Frink

    @Mark Yeah, I’ve really never heard of someone calling it that, but I bet we could make it catch on.

  • http://chris.quietlife.net Chris Wage

    I think I’ll just refer to it as LineLine (sorry, I can’t bring myself to wait in line for pancakes, no matter how good they are)

  • http://www.nashvillehotchicken.com/ WheeeGuy

    No category for Hot Chicken? Terrible oversight. Then again I don’t want tourists jamming up Boltons.

    And @Mark; PanPan, while sort of awful, would be a great thing to teach out-of-towners to use so they are even more easily identified. Commence!

  • nm

    How can anything in this poll be taken seriously? The voters named PF Chang's the best Asian restaurant, which is a sure sign of not knowing a damn thing about food.

  • http://nashvillest.com Christy Frink

    @WheeeGuy: Amen. As the chicken lover of Nashvillest, I’m sort of disappointed. And weirdly enough, I was actually reading reviews on nashvillehotchicken.com earlier today. I love it!

  • nm

    How can anything in this poll be taken seriously? The voters named PF Chang’s the best Asian restaurant, which is a sure sign of not knowing a damn thing about food.

  • matt

    Maniac's Chicken takes McDougal's out back, kicks it in the balls, breaks its legs, rips out its heart, sets it on fire and leaves it for dead. That is all.

  • http://www.morganautumn.com Morgan Levy

    @matt – Don't tell Christy. I don't eat chicken, so I'll have to take your word on it.

  • matt

    Maniac’s Chicken takes McDougal’s out back, kicks it in the balls, breaks its legs, rips out its heart, sets it on fire and leaves it for dead. That is all.

  • http://www.morganautumn.com Morgan Levy

    @matt – Don’t tell Christy. I don’t eat chicken, so I’ll have to take your word on it.

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  • http://miamiyellowpages.org Tracy/Miami

    Any steak restaurant ?