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2015 Readers' Choice Awards: Dining & Drinks

Sep 29, 2015 05:35PM ● By David Norby

Photography by Dante Fontana © Style Media Group

Favorite Overall Restaurant

1. The Independent Restaurant and Bar

2. Heyday Café

3. TIE: Brick’s Eats & Drinks AND Taste Restaurant and Wine Bar

Favorite Chinese Restaurant

1. China City

2. Hong Kong Inn

3. Diamond Chinese

A very close #4: Shanghai Restaurant

Favorite Pizza Place

1. Wally’s Pizza Bar

2. Danette’s Brick Oven Pub

3. Pizza Bene

Favorite Breakfast Restaurant

1. Sweetie Pie’s Restaurant & Bakery

2. Train Station Coffee Shop

3. The Greenhouse Café

Favorite Brunch Restaurant

1. ZacJack Bistro

2. Sweetie Pie’s Restaurant & Bakery

3. The Independent Restaurant and Bar

Favorite BBQ Restaurant

1. Back Forty Texas BBQ

2. Hog Wild Bar-B-Que

3. Sierra Smokehouse BBQ

Favorite Burger & Fries Joint

1. Old Town Grill

2. Bubba’s Burgers Two

3. TIE: Bones Roadhouse AND Tom’s Burgers & Frosty

Favorite Sushi/Japanese Restaurant

1. Amerikan Ichi Sushi

2. TIE: Shilla Teriyaki & Sushi Bar AND Kobe Surf & Turf

3. Sky Sushi

Honorable mentions: Twins Sushi AND Yuki Sushi

Favorite Mexican Restaurant

1. Casa Ramos

2. Cascada Restaurant & Cantina

3. Durango’s Bar & Grill

Honorable mention: Colina de Oro

Favorite Seafood Restaurant

1. Powell’s Steamer Co. & Pub

2. The Snooty Frog

3. Fernando’s Costa del Sol Restaurant

Favorite Steakhouse

1. Henry’s Steakhouse at Red Hawk Casino

2. Fifty Grand Steakhouse

3. The Snooty Frog

Favorite Ice Cream/Frozen Treat Place

 

1. TIE: Zia’s Italian Caffe & Gelato Bar AND Whistle Stop Yogurt

2. Sweet Score

3. Baskin Robbins

Favorite Italian Restaurant

1. Papa Gianni’s Ristorante

2. Visconti’s Ristorante

3. Teresa’s Place

Favorite Independent Coffee/Tea Place

1. Bean Barn

2. Caffe Santoro

3. Cuppa Coffee & More!

Favorite Bar

1. El Dorado Saloon

2. Durango’s

3. Bricks Eats & Drinks

Favorite Happy Hour

1. Casa Ramos

2. Bricks Eats & Drinks

3. Placerville Brewing Company

Favorite Cocktail Place

1. Cascada Restaurant & Cantina

2. The Snooty Frog

3. The Independent Restaurant and Bar

A very close #4: Sauce’d Pizza and Cocktail House

Favorite Indian Restaurant

1. India House

2. Curry Club Indian Bistro

3. Ruchi Indian Cuisine

Favorite Thai Cuisine

1. Thai Basil Restaurant

2. Taste of Thai

3. Chantara Thai Cuisine

Favorite Vegetarian Grub

1. The Argonaut Farm to Fork Café

2. TIE: Cozmic Café AND Crystal Basin Bistro

3. Z Pie

Favorite Salad Place

1. Z Pie

2. Heyday Café

3. Smith Flat House

Favorite Bakery

1. Sweetie Pie’s Restaurant & Bakery

2. Farmer’s Delicatessen and Bakery

3. Way Back Bakery

Favorite Romantic Restaurant

1. Café Mahjaic

2. Taste Restaurant & Wine Bar

3. Smith Flat House

 Favorite Family Restaurant

1. Casa Ramos

2. The Original Mel’s Diner

3. Diamond Springs Hotel

Favorite Bartender 

1. Stacy Calhoun at Casa Ramos 

2. Michelle Stahlman at Durango’s 

3. Sheena Dalton at The Independent Restaurant and Bar 

Favorite Winery 

1. Boeger Winery 

2. TIE: Crystal Basin Cellars AND Narrow Gate Vineyards 

3. Miraflores Winery 

Honorable mention: Madroña Vineyards 

Favorite Sports Bar 

1. 36 Handles 

2. TIE: Wally’s Pizza Bar AND PJ’s Roadhouse 

3. Slingshots 

A very close #4: Danette’s Brick Oven Pub 

Favorite Chef

1. John Evans at ZacJack Bistro

2. John Sanders at Old Town Grill

3. Christian Masse at Allez!

Honorable mention: Keith Erickson at Danette’s Brick Oven Pub

Favorite Outdoor Dining

1. Placerville Brewing Company

2. The Independent Restaurant and Bar

3. Smith Flat House

Favorite Takeout Restaurant

1. Allez!

2. Z Pie

3. Danette’s Brick Oven Pub

Favorite Wine Bar

1. Heyday Café

2. The Wine Smith

3. H. Art Lounge

Favorite Casual Restaurant

1. Bricks Eats & Drinks

2. Buttercup Pantry

3. Wally’s Pizza Bar

Favorite Waitperson

1. Danette Inman at Danette’s Brick Oven Pub

2. Jake Brekke at The Independent Restaurant & Bar

Gularte’s Diamond Deli

 3. Brad Geers (formerly at ZacJack Bistro)

Favorite Caterer

1. Diane Wilkinson Catering

2. Beth Sogaard Catering

3. Table Nectar Catering & Events

Honorable mention: The Barley Loaf 

Favorite Deli

Two Cooks on Main

1. TIE: Two Cooks on Main AND Gularte’s Diamond Deli & Pizza

2. Archer Butcher Block - Meat Market & Deli

3. Main Street Melters