AOL Announces Winners of Ninth Annual City's Best Program
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More Than 2.67 Million Votes Cast for Thousands of Restaurants,
Bars and Venues Across the U.S.
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
AOL announced the City's Best 2008 winners among more than 8,000
nominees across the country. More than 2.67 million votes were cast by
local consumers who picked winners in 40 markets nationwide. A
complete list of winners is available at http://www.aol.com/citysbest.
The annual City's Best campaign is produced by AOL CityGuide, a
leading online local entertainment guide.
Each year, the City's Best program recognizes the best
restaurants, bars and venues across more than 30 categories such as
Best Burgers, Best Cheap Eats, Best Romantic Restaurants, Best Sports
Bars and much more. City's Best also highlights local dining and
nightlife with a wide-array of market-specific categories including
Best Fish Tacos in San Diego, Best Chowder in Boston, and Best Country
Bar in Nashville.
With more and more consumers accessing AOL CityGuide's local
entertainment guides while on the go, votes for Best Restaurant and
Best Bar were cast this year exclusively via mobile devices.
"Millions of consumers rely on AOL's comprehensive local
entertainment guides to help find restaurants and things to do, and
for the past nine years we've turned to our users to help us recognize
the best of the best in their cities," said Chris Spanos, General
Manager, AOL Search Verticals. "This year's City's Best program was
one of our biggest yet and consumers across the country let their
opinions be heard by casting millions of votes. Our congratulations go
out to all of the City's Best 2008 winners and nominees."
City's Best 2008 nominations were based both on insights of the
City's Best editorial team and user feedback. Consumers' votes
ultimately determined which venues were chosen No. 1 in their
categories. Voting for City's Best 2008 began on May 8, 2008 and
concluded on July 10, 2008.
For the complete list of winners for each market, please go to
http://www.aol.com/citysbest.
About AOL CityGuide
AOL CityGuide, http://cityguide.aol.com, is a leading online local
entertainment guide for people who want to know where to go and what
to do in more than 300 cities across the U.S. Its information
offerings focus on restaurants, bars and special events. AOL CityGuide
is part of the AOL Local Network, which is the largest online local
network with a monthly reach of more than 60 million unduplicated
unique visitors.*
About AOL
AOL is a global Web services company that operates some of the
most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free
software and services, runs one of the largest Internet access
businesses in the U.S., and provides a full set of advertising
solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC
and its subsidiaries have operations in the U.S., Europe, Canada and
Asia. Learn more at AOL.com.
* comScore MediaMetrix, June 2008
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