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Welcome to Portland’s Best Readers Poll 2008! Votes are in, and now it’s time to showcase the winners! There’s tons of stuff in here, so choose a category from below to get started...

Food + Drink

Best New Restaurant, Sushi, Dive Bar, Pig-Out Vegan Restaurant, and more...

The Best Bowl of Weeds

The Best Ice-Cream Parlor

The Best Lesson from a Master

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Shopping

Best Vintage-Clothing Store, Massage, DVD Rental, Liquor Store, and more...

The Best Bike Shop

The Best Bookstore (New and Used)

The Best Canine Mascot

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Arts + Entertainment

Best DJ, Museum, Graffiti Artist, Undiscovered Reading Series, and more...

The Best Art Gallery

The Best Dish with Extra Cheese

The Best First-Run Movie Theater

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City Life

Best Pick-Up Spot, Non-Profit, Bike Route, Place to Chat Up a Flapper, and more...

The Best Bartender

The Best Best-kept Secret

The Best Make-Out Point

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Winners List

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Category List

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RANDOM PICK

North Star Café
Folk Venue and Best Free Wi-Fi and Best Lesbian Bar
in Arts + Entertainment

Loved by the lesbians, the laptoppers, the folksters, and the masses, the North Star Café made a clean sweep in nearly all the categories they were nominated for...Read Full Article >

WINNERS A-Z

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CATEGORIES A-Z

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