Readers' Choice

2020 People’s Choice

Businesses, events and groups have been picked by the community as the best of their categories for the 2020 People’s Choice. Included are restaurants, events, sports teams, bars, TV personalities and others.
Businesses, events and groups have been picked by the community as the best of their categories for the 2020 People’s Choice. Included are restaurants, events, sports teams, bars, TV personalities and others.

Arts & Entertainment

2020 Best Movie Theater: Fairchild Cinemas

Fairchild Cinemas is the premier movie theater in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. Featuring premium large format screens and Dolby Atmos sound, it puts you right in the action with a premium sound experience and the sound moves around you in three dimensions.

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Bakery: Frost Me Sweet

A Food Network-featured grab-and-go bakery and patisserie, award-winning custom cakes, and a full-service restaurant previously featured on “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives”? What more could you ask for?

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Catering: CG Public House

“CG is honored and excited to hold the title of “Best Caterer” for the 4th year in a row. This honor means a lot to us because it is coming from the community that we love and serve every day.”

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Cocktails: Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar

If you’re looking to unwind at the end of a strenuous and productive workday and you need the perfect cocktail to get the job done, look no further than our reader’s top choice for Best Cocktails, Twigs Bistro & Martini Bar!

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Coffee: Roasters Coffee

In 2009, Wes and Shannon Heyden opened their first Roasters Coffee in the parking lot of the Red Lion Hotel in Pasco.

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Food Truck: El Fat Cat Grill

For the past nine years, Felix Sanchez has been testing his creations on the palates of Tri-City diners. They must like what he’s serving at El Fat Cat Grill, because they keep coming back for more.

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Italian Cuisine: Casa Mia

After nearly 30 years in Tri-Cities, Casa Mia continues to out-compete multinational chains with its handcrafted Italian cuisine based on recipes developed by Italian-American immigrants to New York in the early 1900s.

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Pizza: Brick House Pizza

Since 1998, Tim and Saundra Curet and crew have been serving up pizza, breadsticks, specialty sandwiches, wings, burgers, a fresh salad bar, local wines, and 21 on-tap brews.

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Sandwich Shop: Graze

Tri-Citians will find the best sandwiches in the area at Graze – A Place to Eat. House cured meats, fresh ingredients, and the loving touch of being homemade keeps it holding the gold.

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Seafood Restaurant: Anthony’s at Columbia Point

Anthony’s is part of a family of seafood restaurants in the Pacific Northwest with origins dating back to 1969 where it started in Bellevue, and it has mastered serving the best seafood available in the Pacific Northwest.

Eating & Drinking

2020 Best Sunday Brunch: Just Joel’s Cafe

Eggs Benedict, omelets, and steak and eggs give the menu the look of a four-star restaurant. There also are salads, sandwiches and burgers to tempt the taste buds.

Local Favorites

2020 Best Local Sports Team: Tri-City Americans

The Tri-City Americans are the longest running sports franchise in the area — just finishing their 32nd season — and they have earned the respect of the local sports fans for the third year in a row.

Local Favorites

2020 Best Sportscaster: Myck Miller

Myck Miller is a big a fan of the local sports scene, and the students, athletes and coaches have taken a liking to Miller in the year he’s been telling their stories for KEPR.

Local Favorites

2020 Best TV News Anchor: Tracci Dial

Winning the People’s Choice Awards for Best TV News Anchor has to be quite the honor, and Tracci Dial accepts the accolade with grace and humility.

Local Favorites

2020 Best Yoga Studio: Pure Yoga

We are so honored to be voted the #1 yoga studio in the Tri-Cites! When we opened our doors in the fall of 2016, we had no idea just how amazing this adventure would be.

Services

2020 Best Appliance Store: Fred’s Appliance

Fred’s Appliance in Kennewick has “a little something for everybody” looking to upgrade a kitchen, replace a laundry set or outfit a home, said store manager Brett Steinauer.

Services

2020 Best Dental Office: Family First Dental

With over 100 years of combined dental experience and eight doctors on staff at four different locations, Family First Dental’s staff has created an atmosphere that makes their customers feel at home and believe they are being treated by a staff that cares.

Services

2020 Best Florist: Lucky Flowers

During a time when reaching out to friends and loved ones with encouragement, gratitude or a laugh has never been more important, Lucky Flowers has you covered.

Services

2020 Best Lawyer/Attorney: Jeff Kreutz

After a lifetime in the Tri-Cities, Jeff Kreutz already has a lot. He’s got a successful practice, a big family and chances to coach youth sports.

Services

2020 Best Nail Salon: Nouveau Day Spa

Nouveau Day Spa is a one-stop beauty destination. In addition to luxurious spa treatments, Nouveau also offers a full array of pampering manicures and pedicures.

Services

2020 Best Pest Control: Pointe Pest Control

For nearly 10 years, Pointe Pest Control has served Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and Western Oregon, offering necessary pest control services in the most efficient and customer-friendly way.

Services

2020 Best Senior Living: Brookdale

Brookdale Senior Living is a full-spectrum care national chain of senior living and retirement communities providing both independent and assisted living options, as well as specialized memory care for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, rehabilitation services, and in-home health and nursing care.

Services

2020 Best Spa: Nouveau Day Spa

An eight-time winner of the category, Nouveau has been the Tri-Cities’ top choice since People’s Choice began in 2013.

Services

2020 Best Tire Shop: Les Schwab Tire Center

Les Schwab’s tire company had modest beginnings in Prineville, Ore., under the name of OK Rubber Welders Tire Store. Within a couple of years, Schwab had opened three tire stores, and now Les Schwab Tire Center is a well-known name across the western United States.

Services

2020 Best Used Car Dealership: Archibald’s

“We at Archibald’s are thrilled to win this prestigious award and wish to thank those who voted for us. 2020 marks our seventh year being named one of Tri-Cities’ top used car dealerships.

Shopping

2020 Best Flooring Store: Cost Less Carpet

For over 25 years, Cost Less Carpet has been the place to go for all of one’s flooring and countertop needs. Names can be deceiving, so fear not—they stock far more than just carpet.

Shopping

2020 Best Grocery Store: Yoke’s Fresh Market

Yoke’s Fresh Market remains the leading Best Grocery Store for the fifth year in a row. With four locations throughout the Tri-Cities, the grocery store chain that got its roots in 1946 has maintained its hold in a top spot in the Mid-Columbia.

Shopping

2020 Best Hardware Store

Make it eight consecutive years for Griggs Ace Hardware, which has swept this category since it began.

This story was originally published June 5, 2020 at 12:01 AM.

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