A few categories missing from CU's Best of Columbus

I am a sucker for "best of" lists. Crowdsourced reviews of the year gone by. A city-wide I [heart] list of events and places.

But, always, I want to add my own categories - the extra things in need of applause or judgment. Here are a few of my 2008 favorites:

• Best microbrew: Columbus Brewing Company's Apricot Ale


• Best server: Toss up- Derrick at Easy Street or Dan at Due Amici


• Best holiday event: Village Lights in German Village


• Best yard sale: Victorian Village


• Best brunch: Due Amici


• Best brunch cocktail: Sage American Bistro (nearly any from lengthy mimosa menu)


• Best chocolatier:  Daniel at Pure Imagination


• Best Flickr event: March snowstorm


• Best community response: Race for the Cure


• Best make-good of a would-be disaster: Mud slides and mud body paint at rainy Comfest


• Best response to the wicked hot summer: Mist fans at Park Street


• Best pre-movie advertisement: Easy Street (Yay, George!)


• Best grilled cheese sandwich: (I know you're thinking Bodega, but I swear:) Blackcreek Bistro


• Best comfort food update: Deep fried cheese curds at Brothers


• Best carb: Raisin-walnut bread at Katzingers


• Best dairy: Jeni's Crème Fraîche with Amarena Cherries (come on, get over the salty carmel already)
  


• Best produce: Honey Crisp apples from the Greener Grocer


• Best commercial art: Toss up: PBR consumer-generated campaign or Wegman's glorious weimaraners draped all over downtown


• Best shocking local news photo: Cars washed up onto the sidewalks of German Village after that first brutal rainstorm this summer


• Best store concept: Wine, pet food and dog clothes at The Dog Works


• Best cupcake flavor: Buckeye at Bakery Gingham

Comments

[Walker Evans]

Nice list! :D We might have to make room for some new additions next year.

[Sara]

Hi Leigh,

Have you tried the 3-cheese panini at Best of the Wurst (North Market)? I think it's a close second for best grilled cheese sandwich.