best place to look at art

1 San Jose Museum of Art 110 S Market St, San Jose; 408.294.2787

2 Anno Domini 366 S First St, San Jose; 408.271.5155

3 Triton Museum 1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara; 408.247.3754

best local festival

1 San Jose Jazz Festival Downtown San Jose

2 Mountain View Art & Wine Festival On Castro Street between El Camino Real and Evelyn Ave, downtown Mountain View

3 Gilroy Garlic Festival 7473 Monterey St, Gilroy

best local blog

1 Sanjoseinside.com www.sanjoseinside.com

2 Southbayhiphop.com www.southbayhiphop.com

3 Missingtoof.com www.missingtoof.com

best art house movie theater

1 CinéArts 3088 Olsen Dr, San Jose; 408.554.7000

2 Camera 12 201 S Second St, San Jose; 408.998.3300

3 Camera 7 1875 S Bascom Ave, Campbell; 408559.6900

best mainstream movie theater

1 Camera 12 201 S Second St, San Jose; 408.998.3300

2 AMC 20 Mercado 101 Freeway and Great American Parkway, Santa Clara; 408.871.2AMC

3 Century at Oakridge 925 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose; 408.225.2200

best video arcade

1 Dave & Buster's 940 Great Mall Dr, Milpitas; 408.957.9215

2 Nickel City 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose; 408.448.3323

3 Santa Cruz Boardwalk 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831 426.7433

best open-mic night

1 Barefoot Coffee Roasters 5237 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara; 408.248.4500

2 The Cypher at Johnny V's 31 E Santa Clara St, San Jose; 408.947.8470

3 Iguana's 330 S Third St, San Jose; 408.271.9772

best local theater company

1 San Jose Repertory Theatre 101 Paseo De San Antonio. San Jose; 408.367.7266

2 City Lights 529 S Second St, San Jose; 408.295.4200

3 TheaterWorks 1028 El Camino Real, San Carlos, 650.551.0050

best standup comedy venue

1 Improv Comedy Club 62 S Second St, San Jose; 408.280.7475

2 Rooster T. Feathers 157 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale; 408.736.0921

3 ComedySportz 288 S Second St, San Jose; 408.985.5233

best local winery

1 Bonny Doon Vineyard 10 Pine Flat Rd, Santa Cruz; 831.425.4518

2 David Bruce 21439 Bear Creek Rd, Los Gatos; 408.354.4214

3 Ridge Vineyards 17100 Montebello Rd, Cupertino; 408.867.3233

best microbrewery

1 Gordon Biersch 33 E San Fernando St, San Jose; 408.294.6785

2 Rock Bottom 1875 S Bascom Ave #700, Campbell; 408.377.0707

3 Tied House 65 N San Pedro St, San Jose; 408.295.2739

best college radio station

1 KSJS-FM (90.5) San Jose State University, Hugh Gillis Hall, Room 132, San Jose; 408.924.4548

2 KSCU-FM (103.3) Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara; 408.554.4413

3 KFJC-FM (89.7) Foothill College 12345 S El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills; 650.949.7260

best local radio jock

1 Greg Kihn KFOX-FM (98.5) 1420 Koll Circle #A, San Jose; 866.985.KFOX

2 Audio Dru KSJS-FM (90.5) San Jose State University, Hugh Gillis Hall Room 132, San Jose; 408.924.4548

3 Sarah & No Name [email protected]; 415.478.3697

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