The Reflector’s 2013 Readers’ Choice results

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    The results are in for our first annual Readers’ Choice contest.

    We intentionally did not establish a “primary” system. We wanted each individual’s votes to be reflective of their true favorites and not a vote for the best of the rest. While this process is admittedly unscientific, it was still interesting to see your choices for your favorites.

    Our news and advertising sales departments were not involved in either the gathering or tabulation of the voting results.

    We offered 68 categories for the readers’ consideration and were able to determine 37 winners. Most voters chose not to vote in every category. We are very appreciative of those who took the time to share their favorites with us and hope that participation in this contest will grow in subsequent years.

    In some categories, we were not able to determine clear winners as a result of too few votes or too little consensus (or both).     Twenty-eight individual K-12 teachers received at least one vote. The same was true of the hair salons category. A couple of the contests were decided by only one vote.

    The Reflector 2013 Readers’ Choice favorites are:

Asian food - Golden Tusk Thai Cuisine (BG)

Bakery - Battle Ground Bakery

Breakfast – Hockinson Café (BG)                   

Business lunch – Mill Creek Pub (BG)

Coffee – Old Town Battle Grounds                 

Hamburger – Old Town Burger & Breakfast (BG)

Happy hour – Rusty Grape Vineyard (BG)                               

Mexican food – El Rancho Viejo (BG)

Milkshake – Burgerville (Multiple Locations)                                 

Pizza – Rusty Grape Vineyard (BG)

Restaurant – Mill Creek Pub (BG)                             

Sandwich – Subway (Multiple Locations)

Appliances – DeWils  (Vanc)                                       

Auto parts – NAPA Auto & Truck Parts (BG)

Feed store - Wilco  (BG)                                          

Florist – Main St. Floral (BG)

Grocery – Chuck’s Produce (Vanc & SC)                             



Home improvement – Home Depot (Multiple Locations)

Jewelry – Fred Meyer (Multiple Locations)                                       

Tractors – Dan’s Tractor (BG)

Pet store – Wilco (BG)                                               

Pharmacy – Fred Meyer (Multiple Locations)

Tires – Dick’s Tire Factory (BG)                                   

Walking Area – Lewisville Park (BG)

Festival – Harvest Days (BG)                                     

Golf Course – The Cedars Golf Club (BP)

Waitperson – Mary Urban (Rusty Grape Vineyard - BG)            

Winery – Rusty Grape Vineyard (BG)

Bank – IQ Credit Union (Multiple Locations)                                        

Carpet Cleaning – Brad’s Carpet Cleaning (BG)

Chiropractor – Opdahl Chiropractic (BG)                                  

Dentist – Above & Beyond Dentistry (BG)

Manicure – Purple Pear Body Therapy (BG)               

Massage – Purple Pear Body Therapy (BG)

Spa – Purple Pear Body Therapy (BG)

Optometrist – Watters Vision Care (BG)                       

Veterinarian – Alder Creek Veterinary Clinic (BG)

BG = Battle Ground  Vanc = Vancouver  SC = Salmon Creek  BP = Brush Prairie

Congratulations to the winners!