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2010 Index of Winners

Best Sandwiches BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
Alon's Bakery and Market - Dunwoody (Featured)

Best Bakery BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Alon's Bakery and Market - Dunwoody (Featured)

Runner-up: Highland Bakery


655 Highland Ave., 404-586-0772, www.highlandbakery.com

Best Cookies BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Alon's Bakery and Market - Dunwoody (Featured)

Runner-up: The Cookie Studio


747 E. College Ave., Decatur, 404-373-8527, www.thecookiestudio.net

Best Sandwiches BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Alon's Bakery and Market - Dunwoody (Featured)

Runner-up: Star Provisions


1198 Howell Mill Road, 404-365-0410, www.starprovisions.com

Best New Restaurant BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
Antico Pizza Napoletana (Featured)
Which restaurant has changed the face of Atlanta dining the most since opening in the past year? The restaurant that finally brought us world-class pizza. ANTICO PIZZA NAPOLETANA had more of an impact on the deliciousness of our city than all the New Southern, farm-to-table places combined. There's nomore...
Which restaurant has changed the face of Atlanta dining the most since opening in the past year? The restaurant that finally brought us world-class pizza. ANTICO PIZZA NAPOLETANA had more of an impact on the deliciousness of our city than all the New Southern, farm-to-table places combined. There's no one thing that explains why Antico is so great, but there are plenty of things worth mentioning: the ovens and flour and tomatoes and workers imported from Italy; the blaring opera music; the convivial seating arrangements, where you might have to eat beside strangers at a metal table in the kitchen. But oh, when those pizzas arrive with their hot, crusty, thin, perfectly balanced crusts, and their tangy, sweet tomato sauce, that's when Antico becomes akin to a religious experience. It's the church of pizza. Consider us converted. 1093 Hemphill Ave. 404-724-2333. www.anticopizza.it. less...

Best Desserts BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Café Intermezzo - Midtown

Runner-up: Piece of Cake


307-A E. College Ave., Decatur, 404-378-8585, www.pieceofcakeinc.com

Best Desserts BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Cafe Intermezzo (Permanently Closed)

Runner-up: Piece of Cake


307-A E. College Ave., Decatur, 404-378-8585, www.pieceofcakeinc.com

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Flying Biscuit Cafe - Howell Mill Village

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Flying Biscuit Cafe - Toco Hills

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Flying Biscuit Cafe - Roswell

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Flying Biscuit Cafe - Kennesaw

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Flying Biscuit Cafe - Midtown

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
The Flying Biscuit Cafe - Buckhead

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Flying Biscuit Cafe - Sandy Springs

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Breakfast BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Flying Biscuit Cafe - Candler Park

And other metro Atlanta locations.

Runner-up
Thumbs Up Diner
573 Edgewood Ave., 404-223-0690, www.thumbsupdiner.com
And other metro Atlanta locations.

Best Overall Restaurant BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
Holeman & Finch

Best Gallery BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Poets, Artists, & Madmen » Critics Pick
Beep Beep Gallery
Throughout its nearly five-year existence, Poncey-Highland hole-in-the-wall BEEP BEEP GALLERY has been a major factor in transforming Atlanta's underground and emerging art scenes, from shows featuring local talent such as the Plastic Aztecs' Matt Relkin to founding the subterranean arts fest ARTlantismore...
Throughout its nearly five-year existence, Poncey-Highland hole-in-the-wall BEEP BEEP GALLERY has been a major factor in transforming Atlanta's underground and emerging art scenes, from shows featuring local talent such as the Plastic Aztecs' Matt Relkin to founding the subterranean arts fest ARTlantis to partnering with local java joint Aurora Coffee on any number of art/music extravaganzas. less...

Best Tattoo Studio BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Consumer Culture » Critics Pick
Only You Tattoo (Featured)

Spin City: Best reason to blow up the soundsystem BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
Predator's 'Honest Man' (Rob's House)
Predator's debut single, "HONEST MAN" (Rob's House), catches the band at its anxiety-ridden finest. Three cuts of razor-sharp guitar, bass and drums collide with two-part vocal chants, oozing with self-loathing and punk perfection. www.myspace.com/atlpredator

Best Acoustic Music Club/Venue BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Eddie's Attic (Featured)

Runner-up: Smith's Olde Bar


1578 Piedmont Road N.E., 404-875-1522, www.smithsoldebar.com/

Best After Hours Spot BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Clermont Lounge (Featured)

Runner-up: El Bar


939 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E., 404-888-8755

Best Concert of the Past Year BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Piedmont Park (Featured)

Runner-up: U2 and Muse at the Georgia Dome


1 Georgia Dome Drive, 404-223-9200, www.gadome.com

Best Band Name BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Pelvis Breastlies

www.pelvisbreastlies.com


Runner-up: Uncle Daddy and the Kissin Cousins


www.myspace.com/uncledaddyandthekissincousins

Best Local Band That Broke Up BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Despised AND The Judies

www.despisedatlanta.com


www.myspace.com/thejudies

Best Band to Blow the Roof Off of the Joint BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
The Constellations
By law, Atlanta's local watering holes have to close their taps at 2:30 a.m., but that doesn't mean the party's over. The after-hours scene is no place for the faint of heart, and THE CONSTELLATIONS' electro-debauchery provides an insider's look at what makes the South so dirty. The group's 2010 album,more...
By law, Atlanta's local watering holes have to close their taps at 2:30 a.m., but that doesn't mean the party's over. The after-hours scene is no place for the faint of heart, and THE CONSTELLATIONS' electro-debauchery provides an insider's look at what makes the South so dirty. The group's 2010 album, Southern Gothic, is a sleazy, sweat-soaked rollercoaster ride into the excesses of the night, with a cast of shady characters along for the ride. Your mother might not be their biggest fan, but their lecherous ways landed them on Virgin Records and helped them score a spot opening for Snoop Dogg on stages across the country. And you know Snoop don't party with amateurs. www.theconstellationsmusic.com less...

Best Local Rock Act BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
Noot d' Noot
No one gets a party started quite like NOOT D' NOOT. If the collective experience of eight musicians who've spent their time in the trenches, wrapping their heads around everything from punk, funk, math rock, soul, jazz and hip-hop has taught the group anything, it's how to make bodies move. The linemore...
No one gets a party started quite like NOOT D' NOOT. If the collective experience of eight musicians who've spent their time in the trenches, wrapping their heads around everything from punk, funk, math rock, soul, jazz and hip-hop has taught the group anything, it's how to make bodies move. The line between artists and audience disappears when the polyrhythms take over. Noot d' Noot is all about altitude, not attitude, and regardless of gender, creed or color, the group's songs always speak in tongues. www.myspace.com/nootdnoot less...

Best Dance Music Club BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
the Sound Table (Permanently Closed)

Best Bartender/Mixologist BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Tie: Brook at Flatiron Restaurant & Bar AND Miles Leon's Full Service

Runner-up: David at Mary's


1287 Glenwood Avenue S.E., 404-624-4411, marysatlanta.com/

Best Bar to Hook Up BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Graveyard Tavern (Permanently Closed)

Runner-up: Blake's on the Park


227 10th St. N.E., 404-892-5786, www.blakesontheparkatlanta.com/

Best Blues Club BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Northside Tavern (Featured)

Runner-up: Blind Willie's


828 N. Highland Avenue N.E., 404-873-2583, www.blindwilliesblues.com/

Best Bowling Alley BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Midtown Bowl (Featured)

Runners-up:


300 Atlanta


2175 Savoy Drive, 770-451-8605, www.threehundred.com/atlanta.html


AND


Ten Pin Alley


261 19th St. N.W., 404-872-3364, www.dolcegroup.com/

Best Burlesque Troupe BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
Blast-Off Burlesque

Best Burlesque Troupe BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Blast-Off Burlesque

www.blastoffburlesque.com


Runner-up: Dames Aflame


www.damesaflame.com/

Best Local Albums BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
'Georganne' (Double Phantom)
"GEORGANNE" (Double Phantom), the latest indie brat rant from the Balkans is a melodic ride where Frankie Broyles' musings on isolation bleed into a haze of lo-fi textures and dramatic ups and downs. www.myspace.com/thebalkans

Best Club Event BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
D'jango Kitchen and Saloon (Permanently Closed)

Runner-up: Laserbeam Kitty


644 N. Highland Avenue N.E., 404-874-5756, www.thehighlandinn.com

Best College Bar BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Opera Nightclub (Permanently Closed)

Runner-up: Moondogs


3179 Peachtree Road N.E., 404-231-4201

Best Concert Venue BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Tabernacle

Runner-up: Variety Playhouse


1099 Euclid Avenue N.E., 404-524-7354, www.variety-playhouse.com/

Best Bar to Hook Up BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Johnny's Hideaway

Runner-up: Social Vinings


3621 Vinings Slope S.E., 770-432-9772, www.greatfoodinc.com/Social_Vinings/Social_Vinings.html

Best Local Country Music Act BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
Sodajerk

Best Country Music Club BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Wild Bill Wholesale (Permanently Closed)

Runner-up: Cowboy's


1750 N. Roberts Road N.W., 770-426-5006, www.cowboysatl.com/

Best Cover Band BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Yacht Rock Revue

Best Cover Band Best of Atlanta Award

The best cover bands in Atlanta. | more...

www.yachtrockrevue.com


Runner-up: Men in Blues


www.myspace.com/meninbluesband

Best Dance Music Club BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
MJQ Concourse (Featured)

Runner-up: Opera


1150 Cresent Ave. N.E., 404-874-3006, www.operaatlanta.com/

Best Dive Bar BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Northside Tavern (Featured)

Runner-up: Lenny's Bar


486 Decatur St. S.E., 404-577-7721, www.lennysbar.com/

Best Club/Party DJ BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
DJ Kemit
You already know: Nowadays everybody's a damn DJ. But DJ KEMIT is so much more. A former founding member of early '90s alt/hip-hop group Arrested Development, Kemit's ascent has come by force of nature rather than cult of personality. His musical palette runs the gamut from deep house to hip-hop to globalmore...
You already know: Nowadays everybody's a damn DJ. But DJ KEMIT is so much more. A former founding member of early '90s alt/hip-hop group Arrested Development, Kemit's ascent has come by force of nature rather than cult of personality. His musical palette runs the gamut from deep house to hip-hop to global soul, and his breakbeat production work as one-half of KemeticJust is world-renowned. But locals love him for more selfish reasons. In the last year, his Atlanta rotation has grown to include residencies at the Sound Table, Halo, and, of course, his monthly Spread Love dance parties at 595 North, where the ancestral funk he spins is so thick, you'll lose your mind trying to find your soul. www.experiencespreadlove.com less...

Best Drag Queen BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Dax Exclamationpoint

www.modelmayhem.com/70385


Runner-up: Mary Edith Pitts


www.myspace.com/maryedithpitts

Best Local Electronic Act BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
Sonen
No one has done more to foster a sense of community within the electro-rock scene than SONEN. The group's monthly Laserbeam Kitty nights at the Highland Inn Ballroom not only give a platform to such burgeoning dance-pop peers as Attention System, Judi Chicago and Sealions, they also attract a much largermore...
No one has done more to foster a sense of community within the electro-rock scene than SONEN. The group's monthly Laserbeam Kitty nights at the Highland Inn Ballroom not only give a platform to such burgeoning dance-pop peers as Attention System, Judi Chicago and Sealions, they also attract a much larger crowd than any of these bands could on their own. The secret lies in making each show a can't-miss event, complete with DJs, photo ops, and live visual artists. The whole thing comes to a head when Sonen's barreling techno/industrial stomp causes everyone in the room to vamp out on the dance floor. www.sonenmusic.com less...

Best Bands in ATL BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
Yacht Rock Revue

Best Local Experimental Music Act BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
The Back Pockets
It's easy to mistake the THE BACK POCKETS' ragged display of noise-folk and performance art for an urban art-hippie thing. But there's not a lot of peace and love going on within this marriage of broken banjo strumming, keyboards, industrial rhythms and theatrics. Frontwoman and mastermind Emily Kempfmore...
It's easy to mistake the THE BACK POCKETS' ragged display of noise-folk and performance art for an urban art-hippie thing. But there's not a lot of peace and love going on within this marriage of broken banjo strumming, keyboards, industrial rhythms and theatrics. Frontwoman and mastermind Emily Kempf leads a revolving cast of players in an all-encompassing cabaret that stands apart from Atlanta's rock 'n' roll bar scene. The sound is Of Montreal mixed with Marquis de Sade, with ramshackle musical elements unfolding alongside actors' exaggerated vignettes. The audience is armed with drumsticks, tearing down the wall between spectator and performer. Through it all, band members don face paint of jeweled shapes, clouds and flowers, taking on a feral presence that, despite its anti-pop connotations, results in songs and scenes that are compelling and catchy. www.myspace.com/thebackpockets less...

Best Gay Bar BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Mary's (Featured)

Runner-up: Blake's on the Park


227 10th St. N.E., 404-892-5786, www.blakesontheparkatlanta.com/

Best Strip Club BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Section » Archives » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » After Dark » Critics Pick
Swinging Richards (Permanently Closed)


 

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