Readers, you voted for your favorite businesses in a bunch of fun categories this year, from restaurants to doggy daycares to fitness spots. Before the winners of our Best of City South 2019 contest are announced in July, here are the top three finalists in each category (listed alphabetically). Congratulations to the finalists! Tune in here and in the print magazine on July 1 to see who takes home the gold.
BEST PATIO DINING
Amore Uptown
CRAVE American Kitchen & Sushi Bar—West End
Rojo Mexican Grill
BEST RESTAURANT
Martina
Red Cow Uptown
yum! kitchen and bakery—St. Louis Park
BEST TAVERN/BAR/BREWERY
Park Tavern
Steel Toe Brewing
Yard House—West End
BEST BREAKFAST
French Meadow Café & Bluestem Bar
Uptown Diner
yum! kitchen and bakery—St. Louis Park
BEST BUILDER
Anchor Builders, LLC
Bizal Built
Gonyea Custom Homes
BEST REMODELER
Anchor Builders, LLC
Lake Country Builders
Platinum Remodeling & Handyman Services
BEST INTERIOR DESIGNER
Jackie Thein (Anchor Builders)
Lenox House Design
Sarah Bernardy Design
BEST LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Bachman's Floral, Gift & Garden—Lyndale Ave.
Landscape Love
Tangletown Gardens
BEST SENIOR LIVING RESIDENCE
Mount Olivet Home, Careview and Day Services
Parkshore Senior Campus
TowerLight Senior Living
BEST NURSERY/GARDEN CENTER
Bachman's Floral, Gift & Garden—Lyndale Ave.
Sunnyside Gardens
Tangletown Gardens
BEST HOME FURNISHINGS STORE
Mama's Happy—St. Louis Park
Patina
Woody's Furniture—St. Louis Park
BEST FITNESS STUDIO/YOGA STUDIO/GYM
CorePower Yoga—St. Louis Park
Life Time Athletic—St. Louis Park
Pure Barre Minneapolis—St. Louis Park
BEST DENTAL PRACTICE
Calhoun Dental
Linden Hills Dentistry
Park Dental St. Louis Park
BEST ORTHODONTIC PRACTICE
Advances in Orthodontics—Golden Valley
Family Orthodontics, P.A.
Mint Orthodontics
BEST CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE
Clear Health Chiropractic
Lake Pointe Wellness
West End Chiropractic & Wellness
BEST PEDIATRIC PRACTICE
Park Nicollet Clinic—St. Louis Park
Partners in Pediatrics—Calhoun Clinic
Pediatric Services P.A.—St. Louis Park
BEST EYE PRACTICE
Park Nicollet Clinic—St. Louis Park
Uptown Vision Clinic
Whiting Clinic LASIK + Cataract
BEST DERMATOLOGY PRACTICE
Market Street Dermatology
Park Nicollet Clinic—St. Louis Park
Uptown Dermatology & Skin Spa
BEST MEDSPA
LifeSpa at Life Time Athletic—St. Louis Park
Mesna Plastic Surgery
Skin Deep by Angie—St. Louis Park
BEST SALON/SPA
The Hair District Collective St. Louis Park
Phresh Spa Salon—St. Louis Park
Revolution Salon
BEST APPAREL BOUTIQUE
Apricot Lane Boutique
Evereve—The Shops at West End
Primp—The Shops at West End
BEST GIFT SHOP
Bibelot + Good Things—Linden Hills
Mama's Happy—St. Louis Park
Patina
BEST FLORIST
Arts & Flowers
Bachman's Floral, Gift & Garden—Lyndale Ave.
Brown & Greene Floral Minneapolis
BEST SPECIALTY FOODS/KITCHEN STORE
Kitchen Window
Linden Hills Co-op
Trader Joe's
BEST DOGGY DAYCARE/KENNEL
ADOGO Pet Hotel—MSP Airport
Lulu and Luigi
Pampered Pooch Playground
BEST PRIVATE PRESCHOOL/CHILDCARE
Kid Zone Early Learning Center
Kids Place—St. Louis Park
Mount Olivet Child Day Program
BEST LAW FIRM
Held Law Office
Latz Law Office: Ronald S. Latz, P.A.
SeilerSchindel, PLLC
Sutor Law Firm
BEST VETERINARY PRACTICE
All Paws Animal Hospital—St. Louis Park
Lake Harriet Veterinary
Oak Knoll Animal Hospital
BEST LEARNING/TUTORING CENTER
Mathnasium—St. Louis Park
BEST PLACE FOR KIDS' ACTIVITIES
Kenwood Gymnastics Center
Westwood Hills Nature Center—St. Louis Park
Wild Rumpus
