AOL Inc. announced the launch of the 2010 City's Best program, providing a guide to the best local food, entertainment and lifestyle options in 25 U.S. cities.
San Francisco has been selected as one of the featured cities.
According to a release, City's Best editors and writers in San Francisco have visited and selected the best food, entertainment and lifestyle venues, creating a local directory of listings. Now, AOL will engage San Francisco residents to vote for - and ultimately determine - the 'best of the best' that San Francisco has to offer.
San Francisco residents are invited to join the quest for its 'City's Best' by visiting citysbest.com or downloading City's Best applications for iPhone and Android to vote for their favorite businesses within a variety of food, entertainment and lifestyle categories.
City's Best voting will run through November 30. Individuals will 'vote' for their favorite spots from a list of top businesses in specific categories. A winner will be determined for each of the categories in San Francisco and announced on December 14. Categories include:
-- Best After Work Bars
-- Best Burgers
-- Best Places to Break Up
-- Best Cocktails
-- Best Cheap Eats
-- Best Breakfast & Brunch
-- Best Day Drinking
-- Best Desserts
-- Best Chinese Restaurants
-- Best Dive Bars
-- Best Hotels
-- Best Family Friendly Restaurants
-- Best Hook Up Spots
-- Best Italian Food
-- Best Gay & Lesbian Nightlife
-- Best Kid's Clothing
-- Best Live Music
-- Best Mexican Restaurants
-- Best Pet Culture
-- Best Pizza
-- Best Movie Theaters
-- Best Salons
-- Best Seafood
-- Best Romantic Restaurants
-- Best Spas
-- Best Sports Bars
-- Best Steakhouses
-- Best Wine Bars
-- Best Thrift Shops
-- Best Sushi & Japanese Restaurants
-- Best Women's Clothing Boutiques
-- Best Tattoo & Piercing Parlors
'City's Best is a unique opportunity for San Francisco residents to engage in their community and be a part of recognizing outstanding local businesses for the exceptional services they provide,' said Heather Rudulph, AOL West Regional Editor. 'City's Best is where neighbors and experts find and share what is best in their city. And who else would be better suited to decide San Francisco's best food, entertainment and lifestyle venues than San Francisco residents and local experts who experience the quality of these businesses every day.'
'Simply put, City's Best is the easiest way to find and engage with what's best in our cities,' said Jon Brod, President of AOL Ventures, Local and Mapping. 'Launching City's Best is an important step in AOL Local's goal of providing the highest quality, most relevant and most accessible local information, from hyper-local to major-metro markets. We are tapping into professional editors and writers, in addition to community members through their participation in the voting process to find and share the best in San Francisco.'
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