Best of Chico 2001—Reader’s Choice
Winners of our annual readers’ vote.
Our readers’ ‘bests’
GOODS & SERVICES
Best record store
Tower Records
Wherehouse
Melody
Best used-records store
Underground
Wherehouse
Best computer store
Circuit City
Computers Plus
A.S. Computer Works
Best florist
Flower Market
San Francisco Flowers
Christian & Johnson
Best bike shop
Campus Bikes
Pullins
Sports LTD
Best thrift store
Salvation Army
Thrifty Bargain
ARC
Best secondhand clothing store
Lulu’s Fashion Lounge
Artifax
ARC
Best place to buy men’s clothing
The Gap
Corwin & Son
Men’s Wearhouse
Best place to buy women’s clothing
Lulu’s Fashion Lounge
Gottschalks
Ross Dress for Less
Best place to buy shoes
In Step Shoes
Payless Shoe Source
Lulu’s Fashion Lounge
Best place to blow your last $20
Centerfolds Cover Girls
Duffy’s
98 cent store
Best bookstore
Barnes & Noble
The Bookstore (used books)
A.S. Bookstore
Best place to buy groceries
WinCo
Safeway
S&S Produce
Best place to rent a video
All the Best
Blockbuster Video
Hollywood Video
Best hair salon/barbershop
Trends for Hair
Supercuts
Campus Cutters
Best day spa
Molly Coddle
Body Essentials
Body Resort
FOOD & DRINK
Best burger
Chico Brewhouse
Nobbies
In & Out
Best burrito
Speedy Burrito
Tacos de Acapulco
Aca Taco
Best smoothie
Island Smoothies
Jamba Juice
Juice Whirled
Best dessert
Jon & Bon’s
Shuberts Ice Cream and Candy
Cold Stone & Upper Crust—tie
Best pizza
Celestino’s Pizza
Round Table
Woodstock’s
Best bakery
Upper Crust
Great Harvest Bread Co.
Mim’s
Best Mexican food
La Familia
Tres Hombres
La Hacienda
Best Asian food
Windy’s Chinese
Happy Garden
Gen Kai and Grayatip Thai—tie
Best Italian food
Sicilian Cafè
Italian Cottage
Franky’s
Best place to get a vegetarian meal
Shadetree
Humboldt Cafè
Kramore Inn
Best breakfast
Morning Thunder Cafè
Sin of Cortez
Golden Waffle
Best lunch
Black Crow
Cory’s
Jasco’s and Hula’s—tie
Best dinner
Black Crow
5th Street Steakhouse
Sicilian Cafè
Best coffee
Starbucks
Bidwell Perk
Naked Lounge
Best new restaurant
Rawbar
In & Out
Humboldt Cafè and Bustolini’s—tie
NIGHTLIFE
Best bar
Duffy’s Tavern
Normal Street Bar
Riley’s Bar
Best place to dance
LaSalles
Crazy Horse
Mr. Lucky
Best place for an intimate conversation
Bidwell Park
Home
Naked Lounge
Best place to hear live music
LaSalles
Brick Works
Concert in the Park
Best happy hour
LaSalles and Normal Street—tie
Duffy’s, Madison Bear Garden, Riley’s—tie
University Bar
Best sports bar
The Graduate
Riley’s
Team Players
RECREATION
Best health club
In Motion Fitness
Chico Sports Club
North Valley Athletic Club
Best place to shoot pool
Team Players
Graduate
University Bar
Best playground
Caper Acres
Bidwell Park
Hooker Oak Park
Best swimming hole
Bear Hole
Brown’s Hole and One Mile—tie
Salmon Hole
Best community race
Wildflower Century
Almond Bowl Run
Relay for Life
MISCELLANEOUS
Best local TV news
KHSL
KNVN
KRCR
Best radio station
KZFR
107.5 The Point
106.7 Zrock
Best local scandal
Royal Courtain firing
Resdistricting Plan 5
Measure A
Best community event
Farmers’ Markets
A Taste of Chico
Concerts in the Park
Best local band
Electric Circus
Spark ‘n’ Cinder
Mystic Roots
Best local personality
DNA
Royal Courtain
Anthony Watts
Best art gallery
University Art Gallery
Drive By gallery on 7th Street
Thomas Kinkade Gallery and Vagabond Rose Gallery—tie
Best theater company
Blue Room
Chico State
Shakespeare in the Park
Best movie theatre
Tinseltown
Pageant
El Rey
Best place to get away from it all
Upper Park
Bidwell Park
Home
Best thing about Chico
People
Bidwell Park
Trees
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