AOL CityGuide Announces 2006 Winners of Annual City's Best Program.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- More than 2.5 Million Votes Cast for Best Burgers, Bagels, Crab Cakes, Cheesesteaks, Bars, Karaoke, Theme Restaurants, and Much More; Complete List Available at aolcityguide.com In its annual recognition of excellence of the country's best dining and nightlife, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. CityGuide today announced the 2006 City's Best winners in 37 markets across the country. More than 2.5 million votes were cast by local consumers who picked winners among each city's 350 nominated establishments. A complete list of winners in each city is available free on the Web at www.aolcityguide.com and www.aol.com. The City's Best(TM) program's wide range of categories include 25 in Dining, such as Best Restaurant, Pizza, Desserts, Thai, Barbecue, Wine List, Burgers, Breakfast, Sushi, Late-Night Dining and Mexican, and 15 in Nightlife, including Best Karaoke, Bars, and Dance Clubs. Some of the city-specific cuisine categories include Cheesesteak The cheesesteak, known outside the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area as the Philadelphia cheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak, or steak and cheese is a sandwich principally of thinly sliced pieces of steak and melted cheese on a long roll. (Philadelphia), Crab Cakes (Baltimore), Surfside surf·side adj. Situated or sited at or near the seashore: surfside parties; a surfside road. Dining (Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ), Jewish Delis (New York), Theme Restaurants (Orlando), Southern Cooking (Atlanta), among others. "With our annual City's Best program, we let the real experts select the best places to go for food and entertainment - the local consumers who frequent these establishments," said Scott Richman, VP and GM, AOL(R) CityGuide. "The incredible number of votes we received this year shows the demand for the kind of localized information we provide to our millions of users." All City's Best establishments were nominated based on recommendations from AOL CityGuide's local correspondents who live and work in the cities they cover, the editorial insights of CityGuide editors and user feedback. Consumers' votes ultimately determined which venues were chosen #1 in their categories. The number of votes cast this year was more than double the 2005 City's Best campaign. AOL CityGuide is a one-stop destination for people who want to know where to go and what to do in more than 300 cities. AOL CityGuide's information offerings focus on restaurants, bars, and events, with detailed information like, directions, editorial recommendations, and live event tickets to more than 40,000 events at more than 6,000 venues, making it the most comprehensive ticketing resource online. Formerly known as the Digital City(R) service, AOL CityGuide is available free on the Web through both http://www.aolcityguide.com and http://www.aol.com. About America Online See AOL. , Inc. America Online, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate a leading network of Web brands and the largest Internet access See how to access the Internet. subscription service in the United States. Brands include the AOL(R) service, the AOL.com(R) website, and the AIM(R), MapQuest(R), Moviefone(R), Netscape(R), CompuServe(R) and ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. (R) services. America Online offers a range of digital services including the TotalTalk(R) voice service. The company also has operations in Canada and Europe. America Online, Inc. is based in Dulles, Virginia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. |
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