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This year, the public voted in 46 Best of Louisville categories, including Best New Restaurant, Best Brewery, Best Nail Salon and more. But we had a few more Best of's to include. Read on for our Critic's Choices.

View the reader-voted winners and finalists here.

   Best New Chef

   Paco Garcia, Con Huevos
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   For Paco Garcia, “living the dream” used to mean
   working 14-hour days.
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   Best Burlesque

   Titty Tiki Tuesdays at the Limbo
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   “Whoever can say ‘Tito’s Titty Tiki Taco Tuesday’
    three times fast wins a taco!”
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   Best Bar You Haven't Heard of (Yet)

   Odeon
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   You’d better have the chops if you’re gonna sit
   down at the piano.
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   Best Podcast

   Five Things (Louisville Public Media)
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   “But the point is not to talk about your bling. The five
   things are windows into a life.”
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   Best View of Downtown

   Gravely Brewing Co.
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   Worth it. Especially when fireworks light up the night
   sky after a Bats game.
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   Best Salsa

   El Molcajete
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   I’ve been known to arrive before the doors open at 10 a.m.
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   Best Hour of Your Life

   Field Trip Foster Program with
   Louisville Metro Animal Services
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   Since the program started, Jackson says euthanasia rates
   due to behavioral problems have dropped by half.
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   Best Sneaky Mom Trick

   Pineapple-Kale Smoothie at Bean
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   All my two young children know is that the delightfully
   bright-green drink is citrusy-sweet, cold and refreshing.
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   Best Fries

   War Fries, Monnik Beer Co.
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   The chefs at Monnik must put a spell over each order.
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   Best Bike Trail

   Pope Lick Park
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   Yellow wildflowers, rows of corn, rolls of hay,
   an old tobacco barn...
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   Best Place to Learn a New Skill

   Metro Arts Center
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   My husband and I carved wax and spun melted
   sterling silver in a centrifuge to create our wedding rings.
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