Best Of Phoenix^® 2001

A lot of us have lived here a very long time - baking in the sun, basking in the joys of year-round shirt-sleeve weather. We well-settled villagers have tracked down the best of everything and, like a lot of spoiled children, we've hoarded many of these secrets. We've jealously kept our favorite finds to ourselves - squirreling away the address of the best place to buy a baguette, the only place to experience autumn, the number to call for gourmet delivery service. Until now. Here, in a sincere display of largess, the staff of New Times shares its best-kept secrets. In these pages, we - and, in our popular Readers' Choice poll, you - fess up about where to go to get the good stuff.

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Best Of Phoenix® 2001

Best Of Phoenix®

Megalopolitan Life

Readers' Choices

Best Professional Athlete (Individual Sport)

Vassily Jirov

Best Place To See A Skiploader Up Close

Empire Machinery

Best Public Art

Ceiling of the Special Proceedings Courtroom

Best Public Art At A Shopping Mall

Sandcasting Garden

Best Politician

Grant Woods

Best Reason To Forgive Bad Signage

Michael Todd's Furniture

Best Sports Franchise

Arizona Diamondbacks

Best Sports Radio Host

Evan Andeen

Best Radio Personality

Tony Femino

Best TV Ad Campaign

Goldberg & Osborne, Attorneys at Law

Best Cure For Your Knickknack Jones

The Enchanted Garden at the Old Brick House

Best Place To Buy A Christmas Tree

The Home Depot

Best Art House Movie Theater

Valley Art Theatre

Best Discount Movie Theater

Tempe Cinemas

Best Scottsdale Branch Of A Thailand Whorehouse

Giligin's

Best Tourist Trap

Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse

Best Web Site Devoted To A Local Celebrity

www.acquanetta.com

Best Spanish-language News Radio Station

KNAI-FM 88.3

Best Place To People-watch

Terminal Four at Sky Harbor International Airport

Best Mobile Masseuse Who Does Ear Coning, Feng Shui And Aromatherapy

Holly Kish

Best Place To Hug A Hyena

Out of Africa Wildlife Park

Best Place To Spend Saturday Night In Your Car

Scottsdale Six Drive-In

Best Place To Open A Business If You're Not Good With Names

Downtown Mesa

Best Couch Art

Z Gallerie

Best Museum Of Contemporary Art

Arizona State University Art Museum

Best Place For A First Kiss

The Vintage Market

Best-decorated Dentist Office

Will Hoskyns, D.D.S.

Best Professional Athlete (Team Sport)

Luis Gonzalez

Best Baseball

Arizona Fall League Baseball

Best Radio Commentary

Gregg Paul's Politically Incorrect Touching Moment

Best Standup TV Reporter

Blair Meeks

Best TV Newscaster

John Hook

Best Place To Be Dear To A Bear

Southwest Wildlife Rehabilitation and Educational Foundation

Best Place To Hang With Elvis

Casino Arizona

Best Movie Theater Snacks

Harkins Theatres

Best Place For Smokers, Strippers, Swappers And Soothsayers

Gene's Hickory Smoked BBQ

Best Eye Job

Governor Jane Dee Hull

Best Hole In The Sky

"Knight Rise"

Best Of Phoenix^® 2001

Best Of Phoenix^®