COMFORT & SUSTENANCE
Best new restaurant: WildFox
Best restaurant with a view: Caprice
Best restaurant with live entertainment: Café Amsterdam
Best restaurant for outdoor dining: Sam's Anchor Café
Best restaurant wine list: El Paseo
Best restaurant for wines by the glass: Il Davide
Best breakfast menu: Dipsea Café (both)
Best Chinese restaurant: Jennie Low's (both)
Best Japanese/sushi restaurant: Sushi Ran
Best Thai restaurant: Thep Lela
Best Indian restaurant: Lotus Cuisine of India
Best Mexican restaurant: Las Camelias
Best Italian restaurant: Il Davide
Best French restaurant: Left Bank
Best pizza: Amici's
Best burger: Phyllis' Giant Burgers
Best steak: Marin Joe's
Best seafood: Pacific Café
Best burrito: Lucinda's
Best bakery: Emporio Rulli
Best pastry shop: Emporio Rulli
Best grocery store: Whole Foods (both)
Best place to buy fresh fish: Whole Foods (both)
Best gourmet deli: Woodlands Market
Best caterer: Delicious! Inc.
Best coffee house: Peet's
Best health food/vitamin store: Whole Foods
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MERRYMAKING
Best place to hear live music: Rancho Nicasio
Best place to go dancing: Rancho Nicasio
Best live theater: Belrose Theatre
Best happy hour: Broken Drum
Best microbrew pub: Marin Brewing Co.
Best wine shop: Michael's Wine Cellar
Best local hotel: Panama Hotel
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LOOKING FINE
Best women's boutique (over 35): Sandbox
Best women's boutique (under 35): Viva Diva
Best vintage clothing: (tie) Deja Nu and Shadows
Best consignment store: Encore
Best fine men’s clothing: Nordstrom
Best custom jewelry: Stephan-Hill
Best hair salon (women): di Pietro Todd
Best hair salon (men): (tie) Benvenuto and Shy Locks
Best hair removal service: (tie) Kean & Yarish and Norma Jean's The Beauty Studio
Best manicure: Happy Nails
Best full-service day spa: Stellar Spa
Best optician: Toso Optical
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KEEPING FIT
Best martial arts class: West America Tae Kwon Do
Best health club/gym: Gold’s Gym
Best Pilates studio: Fit First Pilates
Best massage: Celeste Nadine Binnings
Best place for dance lessons: RoCo Dance & Fitness
Best bike store: Mike's Bikes (all locations)
Best outdoor equipment: Marin Outdoors
Best ski shop: Any Mountain
Best golf course: San Geronimo
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HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
Best furniture-traditional: Sunrise Home
Best furniture-contemporary: Scandinavian Designs
Best furniture-consignment: Home Consignment Center
Best futon shop: Mary's Futons
Best place to buy a bed: Sunrise Home
Best home appliances: Sears
Best carpeting store: Rafael Floors
Best Oriental rugs: Alexander's Decorative Rugs
Best gardening store: Sunnyside Nursery
Best interior designer: Stacey Lapuk
Best art gallery: Art Works Downtown  
Best frame shop: Cheap Pete's
Best camera shop: Seawood Photo
Best bookstore: Borders
Best home audio store: Circuit City
Best musical instrument store: Bananas at Large
Best place to buy a hot tub: Creative Energy
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PROBLEM SOLVERS
Best dry cleaners: Marin Cleaners  
Best plumber: Ongaro & Sons
Best building contractor: Alan Taylor
Best real estate agent: Kiki Judd (with Frank Howard Allen)
Best travel agency: R & R Travel
Best bank: Bank of Marin
Best Pet Supplies: Petco  
Best auto repair-foreign: Easy Automotive
Best auto repair-domestic: Mike Gomez Automotive
Best auto dealer-foreign: (tie) R.A.B. Motors and Marin Honda
Best auto dealer-domestic: (tie) John Irish and Novato Ford
Best place to buy tires: Cains Tire
Best car wash: Royal Coach Car Wash
Best auto insurance: AAA (includes CSAA, USAA)
Most responsive healthcare insurance: Kaiser
Best car audio store: Marin Auto Stereo & Alarm
Best Film Processor: Marin Film Works
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HEARTTHROBS
Best how-we-met-story: Carol and Gabriel Fregoso
Best cat in the North Bay: Uno, nominated by James Kennedy
Best dog in the North Bay: Tallulah Barkhead, nominated by Gerrda Focardi
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