Silver Spoons: Award Winners!

Best New Restaurant
1. Lola
2. Ty Fun
3. Sergio’s Saravá

Best Local Chef
1. Michael Symon, Lola/Lolita
2. Pete Joyce, Blue Point Grille
3. tie: Rocco Whalen, Fahrenheit/Doug Katz, Fire Food & Drink

Best Fine Dining
1. Blue Point Grille
2. tie: Fire Food & Drink/ Ristorante Giovanni’s

Best Cheap Eats
1. Tommy’s
2. Yours Truly

Best Cheap Eats (chain)
1. Chipotle

Best Seafood
1. Blue Point Grille
2. Blake’s Seafood Restaurant
3. Pier W

Best French/Continental
1. Sans Souci
2. Chez François

Best Italian
1. Mama Santa’s
2. Ristorante Giovanni’s

Best Indian
1. Cafe Tandoor
2. Saffron Patch

Best Chinese
1. Pearl of the Orient
2. Hunan on Coventry
3. Hunan by the Falls

Best Japanese
1. Shuhei
2. Otani
3. Sushi Rock
 

Best Other Asian
1. tie: Lemon Grass/ Phnom Penh
3. tie: Pad Thai/#1 Pho

Best Mexican
1. Luchita’s
2. tie: Lopez/ Nuevo Acapulco

Best Greek
1. The Mad Greek
2. Niko’s on Detroit
3. Opa on 25th

Best Middle Eastern
1. Aladdin’s
2. Taza Lebanese Grill

Best German or Other Central European
1. Balaton
2. Der Braumeister
3. Sokolowski’s University Inn

Best Spanish/ Portuguese
1. Mallorca
2. Marbella
3. Viva Barcelona

Best Caribbean/ Puerto Rican/ Latin American
1. tie: Johnny Mango World Cafe/Lozada’s

Best Caribbean/ Puerto Rican/ Latin American (chain)
1. Bahama Breeze

Best Ribs
1. Damon’s
2. Hoggy’s

Best Steak
1. Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse
2. Delmonico’s
3. Red the Steakhouse

Best Pizza
1. Geraci’s
2. Mama Santa’s
3. tie: Angelo’s/Marotta’s

Best Hamburger
1. Heck’s Cafe
2. Yours Truly
3. Boulevard Blue

Best Barbecue
1. Bubba’s-Q
2. Hot Sauce Williams
3. Hoggy’s

Best Barbecue (chain)
1. Smokey Bones

Best Appetizers
1. tie: The Cabin Club/ Delmonico’s

Best Desserts
1. Max’s Deli
2. Moxie the Restaurant
3. Blue Point Grille

Best Desserts (chain)
1. Cheesecake Factory

Best Sandwich
1. Max’s Deli
2. Slyman’s
3. Alvie & Gary’s Jack’s Deli

Best Soup
1. The SouperMarket
2. Salmon Dave’s

Best Soup (chain)
1. Panera

Best Vegetarian Selections
1. Tommy’s
2. Aladdin’s
3. Mustard Seed Market & Cafe

Best Wine List
1. Blue Point Grille
2. Swingo’s
3. Lockkeeper’s