Monday, June 11, 2012

Local Indy's 2012 Best of the Triangle Winners


The Independent Weekly, an alternative Triangle weekly, is famous for many things, including outstanding music and entertainment reporting, groundbreaking investigative pieces and high quality and in-depth local news reporting.

But perhaps one of its most visible features is the "Best of the Triangle" series in which people vote for a broad range of best in everything - from a radio station to a strip club, with restaurants, bakeries, groceries, music stores, and anything-else-you-can-imagine thrown in between. And, as in most years, the Ninth Street and its adjacent area business did not disappoint.

In fact, it is striking how many of "best in the triangle" establishments of all sorts are located within a one-mile radius of Ninth Street. From a music venue to a pool bar, a jeweler to a fabric store, a dance studio, top-notch french food, fantastic breakfast, sea food, coffee shop, bookstore, B&B, cake-maker, and frozen desert, one cannot walk more than a few feet without bumping into an establishment of one sort or another that has been voted Best of the Triangle.

A full list, clocking at a staggering 23 different categories of best in the Triangle Ninth Street businesses is after the break.


 

Jewelry store in Durham County

Jewelsmith
2200 W Main St, Durham
919-286-2990
www.jewelsmith.com

Local bookstore

The Regulator
720 Ninth St, Durham
919-286-2700
www.regulatorbookshop.com

Local fabric or yarn store

Cozy
770 Ninth St, Durham
919-286-3400
www.cozyon9th.com

Place to buy musical instruments

High Strung Violins & Guitars
1116 Broad St, Durham
919-286-3801
www.highstrungdurham.com

Retail beer selection

Sam's Quik Shop
1605 Erwin Rd, Durham
919-286-4110
samsquikshop.com

Place to see music before 10 p.m.

Broad Street Cafe
1116 Broad St, Durham
919-416-9707
www.thebroadstreetcafe.com

Place to shoot pool

The Green Room
1108 Broad St, Durham
919-286-2359

Barista

Dave Chapman, Bean Traders
105 W NC Hwy 54, Durham
919-484-2499
116 W Barbee Chapel Rd, Chapel Hill
919-968-9292
714 Ninth St, Durham
919-286-6087
www.beantraderscoffee.com

Place for a blind date in Durham County

Sarah P. Duke Gardens
2114 Hillsborough St, Raleigh
919-821-7766
www.hr.duke.edu/dukegardens

Bed & breakfast

The King's Daughters Inn
204 N Buchanan Blvd, Durham
919-354-7000
thekingsdaughtersinn.com

Dance studio

Ninth Street Dance
1920-1/2 Perry St, Durham
919-286-6011
www.ninthstreetdance.com

Holistic medicine practitioner

Oriental Health Solutions, Ken Morehead
907 Broad St, Durham
919-286-9595
www.orientalhealthsolutions.com

Wine & Dine


Bang for your buck restaurant

Chubby's Tacos
Various locations
www.chubbystacos.com

Birthday cake

Mad Hatter Bakeshop & Café
1802 W Main St, Durham
919-286-1987
www.madhatterbakeshop.com

Breakfast

Elmo's Diner
776 Ninth St, Durham
919-416-3823
elmosdiner.com

Chef in Durham County

Amy Tornquist, Watts Grocery
1116 Broad St, Durham
919-416-5040
www.wattsgrocery.com

French

Vin Rouge
2010 Hillsborough Rd, Durham
919-416-0466
www.vinrougerestaurant.com

Frozen dessert

Locopops
2604 Hillsborough Rd, Suite A, Durham
919-286-3500
231 S Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill
919-286-3500
1908 Hillsborough St, Raleigh
919-286-3500
www.ilovelocopops.com

Late-night munchies

Cosmic Cantina
1920-1/2 Perry St, Durham
919-286-1875

Seafood

Blu Seafood and Bar
2002 Hillsborough Rd, Durham
919-286-9777
bluseafoodandbar.com

Steak & cheese

Jersey Mike's
Various locations
www.jerseymikes.com

Sunday brunch in Durham County

Watts Grocery
1116 Broad St, Durham
919-416-5040
www.wattsgrocery.com

Wait staff in Durham County

Elmo's Diner
776 Ninth St, Durham
919-416-3823
elmosdiner.com


















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