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Best Pair Of Aged Intoxicants

The Big Screen & Booze at the Paramount

The historic Paramount's revivals of vintage film classics is sweetened by the sale of beer, wine, and spirits at the concession counter.

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Best Concept Band

The Administration

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Best Concept Bar

Cedar Street Courtyard

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Best Gay Tavern With Possibilities

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Best Hand Stamp Rivalry

TIE: Electric Lounge; Emo's

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Best Happy Hour Deal Downtown

Manuel's Half-price appetizers

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Best In-your-face Club

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Best New Band Name

Earthpig & Fire

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Best New Bar

Casino el Camino

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Best Obscure Bar

Miller's Hillside Bar

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Best Place To Find A Girlfriend

Lady Longhorn Games

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Best Place To See A Musician Onstage

Salvage Vanguard Theater

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Best Re-invention Of An Eastside Tradition

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Best Reason Not To Serve Liquor

Waterloo Brewing Co.

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Best Reason To Still Be In Your Jammies At 5pm On A Saturday

Cartoons at LoveJoys

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Best Salsa Dancing

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Best Thing To Happen To Poster Art Since The Seventies

Lyman Hardy, Lindsey Kuhn, Jason Austin, & Lee Bolton

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Best Twofer Fix

Coffee & a Movie in the Village Shopping Center

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Best Vegas Flashback

The Margo Lee Show

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Biggest Art Mystery

Tabletops from La Zona Rosa

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Biggest Piano Bar

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Highest Expression Of The Lowest Form Of Humor

O. Henry Pun Off

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Making The Best Of A Bad Situation

The Ancho's Singers

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Most Friendly Poetry Slam

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Next Best Thing To Having Don Walser At Your House

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Sweetest Door Folks