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Readers' Choice Awards

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE Best Bar Gold Crow's Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr., SC 476.4560 Silver Henfling's 9450 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond 336.8811 Bronze Cloud's Downtown 110 Church St., SC 429.2000 Best Bar for Fifty+ Crowd Gold Crow's Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr., SC 476.4560 Silver Cloud's Downtown 110 Church St., SC 429.2000 Bronze Severino's 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos 688.8987 Best Bartender Gold Andra Farstad at Crow's Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr., SC 476.4560 Silver Sandy Luskutoff at Henfling's 9450 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond 336.8811 Bronze Deborah at Tampico 820 Pacific Ave., SC 425.9820 Best Cafe Scene Gold Jahva House 120 Union St., SC 459.9876 Silver Caffé Pergolesi 418 Cedar St., SC 426.1775 Bronze Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company 1330 Pacific Ave., SC 459.0100 Best Well Drinks Gold Crow's Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr., SC 476.4560 Silver Blue Lagoon 923 Pacific Ave., SC 423.7117 The Catalyst (tie) 1011 Pacific Ave., SC 423.1336 Bronze The Red Room 1003 Cedar St., SC 426.2994 Cloud's Downtown (tie) 110 Church St., SC 429.2000 Best Club DJ Gold DJ Adrian Silver DJ Rebbiel Bronze DJ Taylor Best Dance Night Gold Blue Lagoon 923 Pacific Ave., SC 423.7117 Silver Club Dakota 1209 Pacific Ave., SC 454.9030 Bronze Tuesday night at the Blue Lagoon 923 Pacific Ave., SC 423.7117 Best Happy Hour Gold Crow's Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr., SC 476.4560 Silver The Catalyst 1011 Pacific Ave., SC 423.1336 Bronze El Palomar 1336 Pacific Ave., SC 425.7575 Best Live Music Club Gold The Catalyst 1011 Pacific Ave., SC 423.1336 Palookaville (tie) 1133 Pacific Ave., SC 454.0600 Silver Moe's Alley 1535 Commercial Way, SC 479.1854 Bronze Kuumbwa 320-2 Cedar St., SC 427.2227 Best Local CD Gold Shed Some Skin--Slow Gherkin Silver Santa Cruz Still Sucks--Compilation Bronze For Lack of a Better Word--Fury 66 Oliver Eats Five Hot Dogs--Oliver Brown (tie) Blue Bottle Cafe--Dresden (tie) Best Local Musician Gold Bob Brozman Silver Sista Monica Bronze Dizzy Burnett Best Local Band Gold Slow Gherkin Silver Pele Juju Bronze Wally's Swing World Best Place to Dance Gold Blue Lagoon 923 Pacific Ave., SC 423.7117 Silver The Catalyst 1011 Pacific Ave., SC 423.1336 Bronze Moe's Alley 1535 Commercial Way, SC 479.1854 Best Place to Play Darts Gold Poet & Patriot 320 Cedar St., SC 426-8620 Silver One Double Oh Seven 1007 Soquel Dr., SC 425.9589 Bronze Rosie McCann's 1220 Pacific Ave., SC 426.9930 Best Place to Play Pool Gold Fast Eddy's 4300 Capitola Rd., Capitola 462.1882 Silver Santa Cruz Billiards 325 Soquel Ave., SC 425.7665 Bronze The Catalyst 1011 Pacific Ave., SC 423.1336 Best Singles Bar Gold Blue Lagoon 923 Pacific Ave., SC 423.7117 Silver Crow's Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr., SC 476.4560 Bronze Club Dakota 1209 Pacific Ave., SC 454.9030 ARTS Best Art Gallery Gold Many Hands Gallery 1510 Pacific Ave., SC 429.8696 510 Bay Ave., Capitola 475.2500 Silver Santa Cruz Art League 526 Broadway, SC 426.5787 Bronze Santa Cruz Mountains Arts Center 9341 Mill St., Ben Lomond 336.3513 Best Artist Gold Zach Gaylord Silver Mattie Leeds Bronze Harry Federico Best Festival or Community Celebration Gold First Night Santa Cruz Silver Capitola Art and Wine Festival Bronze Greek Festival Open Studios (tie) Best Local Writer Gold James Houston Silver Cheri Lovedog Bronze Jeanne Houston Best Movie of 1998 Gold Saving Private Ryan Silver Shakespeare in Love Bronze Life Is Beautiful Best Movie Theater Gold Nickelodeon 210 Lincoln St., SC 426.7500 Silver Santa Cruz Cinema 9 1405 Pacific Ave., SC 457.3500 Bronze Rio Theatre 1205 Soquel Ave., SC 423.2000 Best Museum Gold Museum of Art and History 705 Front St., SC 429.1964 Silver Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Dr., SC 429.3773 Bronze Santa Cruz Surfing Museum In the Lighthouse, West Cliff Dr., SC 420.6289 Best Radio Personality Gold Mr. Hedge of KPIG Silver Eric Schoeck of KUSP Bronze Mica and Adam of KZSC Best Radio Program Gold KSJO's Mandatory Metallica (10pm M-F) Silver KZSC's Gangsterbop (2-4pm Sat.) Bronze KUSP's Land of 1,000 Dances (6-8pm Sat.) Best Radio Station- AM Gold KSCO 1080 Silver KGO 810 Bronze KNBR 680 Best Radio Station- FM Gold KPIG 107.5 Silver KUSP 88.9 Bronze KZSC 88.1 Best TV News Station Gold KSBW 8 Silver KION Channel 46 Bronze KCBA Fox 35 Best Theater Troupe Gold Shakespeare Santa Cruz Silver Um ... Gee ... Um Bronze Mountain Community Theater Best Worst Movie of 1998 Gold Titanic Silver John Carpenter's Vampires Bronze Godzilla BEST SPORTS & RECREATION Best Beach Gold Cowell Silver Twin Lakes Beach Bronze Seacliff State Beach Best Bike Ride Gold Wilder Ranch State Park Silver West Cliff Drive Bronze Nisene Marks State Park Best Bird-Watching Spot Gold Elkhorn Slough Silver Natural Bridges State Park Bronze Neary Lagoon Best Golf Course Gold DeLaveaga Golf Course & Lodge 401 Upper Park Rd., SC 423.7212 Silver Pasatiempo Golf Club 18 Clubhouse Rd., SC 459.9155 Bronze Boulder Creek Golf & Country Club 16901 Big Basin Hwy, Boulder Creek 338.2121 Best Hiking Spot Gold Nisene Marks State Park Silver Big Basin State Park Bronze Wilder Ranch State Park Best Jogging Trail Gold Nisene Marks State Park Silver West Cliff Drive Bronze Fall Creek Best People-Watching Spot Gold Pacific Garden Mall Silver Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Bronze West Cliff Drive Best Pickup Basketball Gold Jade Street Park Silver Louden Nelson Center Bronze Meder Street Park Best Roller Skating/Blading Spot Gold West Cliff Drive Silver Santa Cruz Roller Palladium Seabright Ave. and Gault St., SC 423.0844 Bronze The Rink 251 Kings Village Rd., SV 438.2222 Best Sunset-Watching Spot Gold West Cliff Drive Silver Natural Bridges Bronze Lighthouse Point [ Santa Cruz | MetroActive Central | Archives ]