But the biggest resurrection of all involved the transformation of a dilapidated building at Clarkson and Colfax that had gone through numerous incarnations – from roller rink to wrestling ring to recreational sports center. By 1999, bombed-out buildings in Beirut seemed to have more concert-venue potential than the Mammoth Events Center – but a few million dollars and a name change later, it had been transformed into Denver’s Best New Old Music Hall: the Fillmore Auditorium. With acts ranging from Dylan to the Cult to Flogging Molly, the Fillmore continues to rock this town.
Here are the rest of the Best of Denver winners from 2000
Best of 2000
People & Places
Best Way for Denver to Celebrate the Real Start of The Millennium – Party! Party! Readers Choice: Massive Multi-Block Party
Best Oscar-Night Performance by a Coloradan – Trey Parker
Best Performance by a Hollywood Actor Playing a Onetime Coloradan – Chad Lowe in Take Me Home: The John Denver Story
Best New Revelation About John Denver – His Fbi File
Best Performance by a Coloradan in a National Magazine – Jessica Biel, Posed Nude in Gear
Best Place to See Local TV Reporters Pretending to be Local TV Reporters – Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Jonbenet Mini Series
Best Local TV Commercial – Colorado Lottery Readers Choice: Rocky's Auto
Best Live Philanthropist – Sharon Magness
Best Dead Philanthropist – Bill Daniels
Best Goodwill Ambassador, at Home – John Hickenlooper
Best Goodwill Ambassador, Abroad – Charlie Papazian
Best Donation for Victims of June Fires – Grateful Dead Tapes
Best Source of News About the June Fires – www.Pinecam.com
Best Officer to Answer Your 911 Call – Sergeant Terry Riebling, Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
Best New Name for Colorado's High-Tech Hub – Mile High Tech
Best Virtual Tour – www.Archives.State.Co.Us/Govs/Mansion/Index.com
Best Move by Mayor Wellington Webb – Homeless Shelter for Women and Families
Best-Earned Retirement – Senator Dorothy Rupert
Best-Dressed Legislator – Senator Ken Chlouber
Best Political Resurrection – Roy Romer
Best Pictorial Resurrection – Roy Romer
Best Unexpected Performance by a City Administrator – Veggo Larsen
Best New City for the Tea Party to Take Over – Highlands Ranch
Best City Newsletter – Timberlines, Lone Tree
Best Speech by a Politician – Statewide Moment Of Silence, April 21, 2000, 11:21 Am
Best Toilet Paper – The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Communtiy Services Center of Colorado
Best Neighborhood to Top the Houses – Denver Country Club/Polo Grounds
Best Reuse of a Sewage Plant – Northside Park, Globeville
Best Wafting Odor – Jolly Rancher Candies
Best Guess for When Denver Will be a One-Daily Town – The Day After The Justice Dept Turns Down The Joa Application Readers Choice: 2001
Best Voice of Reason in Columbine Coverage – Gene Amole
Best Columbine Satire – The Onion, "Columbine Jocks Safely Resume Bullying"
Best PR Campaign – John And Patsy Ramsey
Best Collapse of a Pr Campaign – John And Patsy Ramsey
Best Jonbenét Mystic – Linda Arndt
Best Book on the Murder of Jonbenét Ramsey – Jonbenet: Inside The Ramsey Murder Investigation
Best TV Personality V.S. Government Official Feud – Barbara Walters V.S. Bill Owens
Best Radio Personality V.S. Public Mouthpiece Feud – Peter Boyles V.S. Andrew Hudson
Best Radio Personality V.S. Private Mouthpiece Feud – Peter Boyes V.S. Sam Riddle
Best Radio Personality V.S. Print Reporter Feud – Peter Boyles V.S. Lisa Levitt Ryckman
Best Print Reporter V.S. Print Reporter Feud, First Place – Mike Klis V.S. Tracy Ringolsby
Best Print Reporter V.S. Print Reporter Feud, Second Place – Lynn Bartels V.S. Mark Obmascik
Best Gossip Columnist – Dick Kreck, Denver Post
Best New Local Publication – In The Black
Best Collaborative Underground Comic Strip – "Hector"
Best Radio Rise and Fall – Bob Visotchy
Best Radio Shakeup – Clear Channel Merger
Best Radio Station – Kvcu-Am. Radio 1190
Best Web Radio Station – www.Localstation.com
Best Radio Talk-Show Host – Rick Barber, KOA-AM 850
Best Morning Radio Show – Bret Saunders, KBCO-FM 97.3
Best Afternoon Radio Show – The Sports Zoo, KOA-AM 850
Best Radio Double Shift – Willie B., KBPI-FM 106.7
Best Local T.V. Newscast, Morning – Channel 9 Readers Choice: Channel 9
Best Local T.V. Newscast, Evening – Channel 7 Readers Choice: Channel 9
Best T.V. Executive – Cindy Velasquez, Channel 7
Best Save – Greenland Ranch
Best Local T.V. Anchor – Adele Arakawa, Channel 9 Readers Choice: Ed Sardella
Best Local T.V. Sportscaster – Vic Lombardi, Channel 4 Readers Choice: Tom Green
Best Local T.V. Weathercaster – Marty Coniglio, Channel 7 Readers Choice: Mike Nelson
Best Impending Entry Into the Denver T.V. News Scene – Channel 31
Best Helicopter Footage – Channel 7
Best Graphic Traffic Updates – Channel 4
Best Hair on a Local Tv Personality, Male – Marc Soicher, Channel 4 Reader's Choice: Ed Green
Best Hair on a Local T.V. Personality, Female – Kyle Dyer, Channel 9 Reader's Choice: Amie Sporer
Best Name of a Denver T.V. Personality, Male – Larry Blunt, Channel 4
Best Name of a Denver T.V. Personality, Female – Jennifer Zeppelin, Channel 4
Best Proof That T.V. Attracts The Clinically Insane – Dan Daru, Channel 2
Best New Old Street – East Colfax Avenue
Best New Building – The Daniel L. Ritchie Center Readers Choice: Pepsi Center
Best New High-Rise – The Hines Tower
Best Historic Rehab – Sugar Building and Annex Readers Choice: Rei (Forney Museum)
Best Save From The Wrecking Ball – Midland Buidling
Best Renovation of a Local Landmark – The Sculptured House, Genesee Mountian
Best Surviving Example of Classic Cherry Creek Chic – Ilona Of Hungary Building
Best Bright Idea Downtown – Relighting The Facade of The Old Chamber of Commerce Building, 1726 Champa
Best New Old-Timey Building – Wynkoop Building, 1899 Wynkoop
Best Place to Take an Afternoon Nap Without Being Disturbed – The State Capitol Committee Meeting Rooms
Best Place to Take an Afternoon Nap and Feel Smart – Main Library, University Of Colorado At Boulder
Best Extracurricular Activity – Denver Neighborhood Women's History Trail, Women of The West Museum
Best Curricular Activity – Escuela Guadalupe
Goods & Services
Best Spa For Gen-X'ers – The Blue Door
Best Place to Get Tattooed, Pierced Before you get a Haircut – Twisted Sol
Best Place to a Haircut After you get Tattooed, Pierced – Urban Renewal
Best Haircuts for Little Screamers – Tortoise And The Hare
Best Place Downtown to Hail a Cab Late at Night – The Brown Palace Hotel
Best Parking-Lot Attendant – Rose Peterson, 15th And Delgany Streets
Best Lock on a Parking Spot – Cashkey, Denver Dept Of Public Works
Best Anti-Ticket Service – First Call Communications
Best Car Wash – Puddle
Best License Plate Design – Designer Plates Readers Choice: Old Green And White
Best use for Old Tires – Jaitire Industries
Best Recycled Utopia – Can Land Recycling Center
Best Place to Lighten Your Load – Family Tree Foundation
Best Alley Scavenging – 4th To 7th Avenues Between Downing St And University Blvd.
Best Incentive to get the Kids to Clean the House – BFI Landfill
Best Place to Score Marijuana in a Pinch – The Lawn Between City Hall and The State Capitol
Best New Narcotics Anonymous Meeting – Ray Of Light
Best Realtors for Gays and Lesbians – Rosnik And Associates
Best Condom-Storage Gadget – Crazy Condom Keypers, Planned Parenthood
Best Wedding Invitations – Paper Talk
Best Romantic Web Site – www.Milehighheartbeat.com
Best Job Applications – Denvergov Online and Job Application and Resume Management System, www.Denvergov.org
Best Last-Minute Schedule Checks – Rtd's Online Bus Schedules, www.Rtd-Denver.com
Best Tonic for Your Soles – Dardano's Shoes and Repair Web Site, www.Dardanos.com
Best Jills of all Trades – 2nd String Moms
Best Way to Leave a Hint – Wish Registry, Paper Pleasures.
Best Wedding Photographer – Moses Street
Best Kids' Photographer – Black & White By Krista
Best Personalized Nostalgia – Photographs and Memories
Best Place to Pamper Your Poodle – Shylo Country Club For Dogs
Best Place to Worship Your Cat – The Cat Hospital Of Wheatridge
Best Service Pets – Alliance of Best Friends
Best Service for Pets – Anesthesia-Free Teeth Cleaning Clinics, Pet World
Best 24-Hour Service – Walgreen's 24 Hour Pharmacy Readers Choice: 7-11
Best Emergency Service – Urban Wildlife Rescue Readers Choice: 911
Best Free Service -- Denver Water Dept's Xeriscape Seminars, Info and Demonstration Garden Readers Choice: 16th Street Mall Shuttle
Best Xeriscape Handbooks – Denver Water Dept, www.Denverwater.org
Best General Garden Center – Echter's Greenhouse and Gardens
Best Neighborhood Greenhouse – Groundcovers Greenhouse and Nursery
Best Neighborhood Garden Nook – The Potted Garden
Best Garden Pagodas – Barong Collection
Best High-Altitude Cultivars – Pleasant Avenue Nursery
Best Class for Snowbound Gardeners – Make Your Own Tabletop Fountain Wildflowers
Best Herbs – Lily's Herbery
Best Zen Shopping – Now And Zen
Best Adult Paraphernalia – Pandora's Toy Box
Best Introduction to Capitalism – Glendale Public Library
Best Store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center – Illuminations Readers Choice: Neiman Marcus
Best Store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Jr. – The Children's Place
Best Store at Park Meadows – Lauren Brooks Readers Choice: Nordstrom
Best Shop at DIA – Us Post Office Readers Choice: Body Shop
Best Flight Out of DIA – Frontier Flight 771, 9:35 Am To Las Vegas
Best Store Anywhere on Colfax Avenue – Temple of Being/Bound By Design Readers Choice: Kitty's
Best Place to Find High-Altitude Balls – Game-Set-Match
Best Used Sporting Goods Store – Sports Plus
Best Place to Buy Coins and Estate Jewelry – Tebo Coins
Best Place to Sober Up in a Hurry – Rei Denver Flagship Store
Best Place to Chill Out – Tattered Cover Lodo
Best Tilemaker – Mosaica Mexican Tile
Best Banister – Native American Trading Co.
Best Stone – Colorado Stone Company
Best New Looks for Old Fireplaces – Victorial Treasures
Best Furniture Imports – Foreign Accents Int'l Furnishings
Best Lampshade Salesperson – Lynda Ferris, Lampshade Gallery
Best Mickey Mouse Bathrooms – Bath & Kitchen Design Center
Best Video Store – Video Station
Best New-CD Store – Wax Trax
Best Used-CD Store – Twist And Shout
Best Used-Vinyl Store – Don's Discs
Best Anti-Theft Device at a Record Store – Jerry's Record Exchange
Best Place to Turn Jagged Little Pill Into a Five-Dollar Bill – Cheapo Discs
Best Used Books – The Book Stack, Mary Reed Building, DU Campus
Best Kids' Bookstore – The Bookies
Best Eclectica – Five Green Boxes
Best Judaica – Boulder Arts & Crafts Cooperative
Best Cultural Collision – Ameri-Mart
Best Place to Buy an Irish Sweater – Thistle & Shamrock
Best T-Shirts – Cargo
Best Handbags – Alice's Tapestries
Best Hole-In-The-Wall Kids' Boutique – Beez Kneez
Best Kids' Resale Emporium – Once Upon A Child
Best Handmade Frocks and Overalls – Ladonna's House Of Design
Best Handmade Toys – Sweet Lily's Toy Company
Best Toques for Tykes – Sur La Table, Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Best Great Big Beautiful Dolls – The Doll Shop
Best Sock Dolls – Marcia's Kids
Best Flower Fairies – Konvalinka Porcelain Doll Art, Susan Lee Danaher
Best Mini Flower Fairies – The Tended Thicket
Best Alien Collection – Sci-Fanime
Best Alien Mugs – The Clayhouse
Best Hello Kitty Collection – Hello Kitty World At Min Min
Sports & Recreation
Best New Sports Venue – Magness Arena, Ritchie Center For Sports And Wellness
Best Gift for the Sports Fan/Architect – Blueprints Of The New Denver Broncos Stadium
Best Name for The New Football Stadium – Mile High Stadium Readers Choice: Mile High Stadium
Second-Best Name for The New Football Stadium – Qwest Stadium
Best Bronco – Terrell Davis Readers Choice: Terrell Davis
Best Broncos Super-Bowl Coverage in a Year The Broncos Weren't in The Super Bowl– AM 950- The Fan
Best New Reasons to Canonize John Elway – Brian Griese And Gus Frerotte
Best Local Jock Quote – Bubby Brister, "Back In The Day..."
Best Rockie – Todd Helton Readers Choice: Todd Helton
Best Performance By a Rockies Starting Pitcher – Pedro Astacio, June 3
Best Use of Parking Spaces – Co Rockies Wheelchair Softball League, Coors Field, North Parking Lot
Best Nugget – Antonio Mcdyess Readers Choice: Antonio Mcdyess
Best Av – Peter Forsberg Readers Choice: Peter Forsberg
Best Acquisitions – Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk
Best Fan Banner – "Stick a Bourque in 'Em!"
Best Pro Sports Announcer – Mike Haynes, Am-950/The Fan
Best Rapid – Junior Agogo Readers Choice: Marcelo Balboa
Best University of Denver Hockey Player – Mark Rycroft
Best University of Colorado Football Player – Daniel Graham
Best Air Force Academy Athlete – Shane Rogers
Best College Athlete You've Never Heard of – Kara Wheeler
Best Examples of Genuine Athletic Role Models – Colorado's Scholar Athletes
Best Reason to Wear Vaseline in The Cheap Seats – Denver Police Dept
Best High School Athlete – Alicia Salas
Best Local Sports Team, Amateur – Columbine High School Football Team Readers Choice: Cu Football (Buffalo)
Best Local Sports Team ,Professional – Rockies Readers Choice: Avalanche
Best Sports Coach, College – Mike Dunlap, Metro State Basketball Readers Choice: Sonny Lubick
Best Sports Coach, Professional – Bob Harley, Avalanche Readers Choice: Mike Shanahan
Best-Dressed Coach – Mike Shanahan Readers Choice: Bob Harley
Best New Use for Purple – Rockie's New Uniforms
Best Monsters – Dragons Of Komodo, Denver Zoo
Best Dinosaur – Cedarosaurus Weiskopfae, Weiskopf's Cedar-Reptile
Best Off-Leash Dog Park – Stevens Grove, Chatfield State Park, Littleton
Best Birdwatching, West – Chatfield State Park
Best Birdwatching, East – Denver Int'l Airport
Best Place to Catch a Trout Without Leaving Town – City Park
Best South Suburban Alternative to Clement Park – The Ridge at West Meadows Regional Park
Best New Bowling Alley – Fat City
Best Old Bowling Alley – Sport Lanes And Billiards
Best Tours for Tourists – Gunslingers, Ghosts and Gold Walking Tours
Best Tours for Locals – Walking Tours By Phil Goodstein
Best Ski Guide – Kyle Bartlett
Best Canoe Trips – Swallow Hill Canoe Trips
Best Place to Plan Your Campout – Co State Parks Activities And Facilities Web Page, www.Coloradoparks.org
Best Winter Camping Trips – Co State Parks Yurts, State Forest and Ridgeway State Parks
Best Leks – Wray
Best Place to Cuddle an Alpaca – Switzer-Land Farm, Estes Park
Best Kids' Nature Programs – Co Bird Observatory, Www.Cbobirds.Org
Best Kids' Recreation Programs – Ritchie Center For Sports And Wellness
Best Kid Place That Really Lives Up to Its Name – Funtastic Fun
Best Birthday Parties for Active Kids – Gymnastics Parties At Meadowood Reacreation Center
Best Kids' Gardening Experience – Mr. McGregor's Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens
Best Flying Pumpkins – Denver Urban Garden's Jack-O-Launch Contest
Best Community Project – Box Canyon Restoration, City Park
Best Sports Date Night – March 17, 2000, Stevie Johnson Vs. Julio Alvarez
Best Fitness Retreats for Women – Women's Quest Fitness Retreats
Best Locale to Place Your Bets – Red & Jerry's
Best Racing Greyhound – Shootyz Groove
Best Thoroughbred Racehorse – Moonlight Maverick
Best Place to Bag a Bull – Game Management Unit 201, Moffat County
Best Place to go When You Absolutely Must Fill Your Tag – Game Management Unit 20, Near Estes Park
Best Place to Check Out Shred Betties – Loveland Ski Resort Readers Choice: Copper Mountain
Best Quick Ski Fix – Rtd's Ski-N-Ride To Eldora
Best Black Diamond Ski Run – The Plunge, Telluride
Best Public Golf Course – Arrowhead Golf Club
Best Golf Shot – David Toms, 1999 Sprint Int'l
Best Tennis Courts, Public – Gates Tennis Center
Best Tennis Courts, Private – Greenwood Athletic Club
Best Tennis Player – Jeff Loehr
Best Swimming Pool – Wheatridge Rec Center
Best Climbing Wall – Rock Cliffs Outside of Morrison
Best Mountain-Bike Ride on Which to Break Your Neck – Dakota Ridge, Jefferson Cty Readers Choice: Apex
Best Road-Bike Ride on Which to Burst Your Lungs – High Grade Road, Littleton to Conifer
Best Casual Bike Tours— Blazing Saddles
Best Bicycles Built for Two – Tandem Cycle Works Of CO
Best Bike-Riding Lesson – Pedal Magic
Best Trail Run – Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
Best Race to Forget You are Running – Colorado Run
Best Race to Run a Personal Record – Evergreen Town Race Readers Choice: Bolder Boulder
Best Place to Ruin a Personal Record – Us Vertical Kilometer
Arts & Entertainment
Best Free Entertainment – Lutheran Medical Center Lobby Readers Choice: 16th Street Mall
Best Entertainment for Under $1 – 3am #15 Bus Eastbound on Colfax Readers Choice: Kitty's
Best Ticket Deals – Hot Tickets, www.Artstozoo.org
Best Movie-Theater Popcorn – Mayan Readers Choice: Mayan
Best New Concession Item – Italian Sodas, Chez Artiste
Best Before- and After-Movie Watering Hole – Bistro Adde Brewster
Best Movie Theater, High-Tech – IMAX, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Best Movie Theater, Traditional – Mayan
Best Denver Film Festival Movie – Nic (Nothing), Poland
Best Denver Film Festival Sleeper – Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, Japan
Best Specialty Film Festival – Aurora Asian Film Festival
Best Community Film Series – Boulder Film Alliance "Best of" Series
Best Arts Festival – Salida Artwalk
Best Politically Correct Tourist Greeting – Judith Francisca Baca's "La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: Colorado (The Memory of Our Land), Jeppesen Terminal, Level 5, Dia
Best Reunion – Front Range Women in The Arts, Boulder Museum of Cont. Art
Best Comedy Revolution – A.C.E.'S Aspen Comedy Fringe Fest
Best Karaoke Host – Mel Apodaca
Best Dance Caller – Chris Kermiet
Best Place to Fiddle Around – Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp, YMCA Camp Shady Brook, Deckers
Best of The Best – Co Performing Arts Hall of Fame
Best Local Kids' Recording – Wheeee: Songs and Stories for Kids by Front Range Artists, Boulder County's Community Music School
Best Place to Curl Up With a Harry Potter Book – Children's Library, Denver Central Library
Best Scientific Web Site for Kids – Web Weather for Kids, www.Ucar.Edu/40th/webweather
Best Artsy Kids' Site – Denver Art Museum, www.Wackykids.org
Best New Public Art (Since June 1999) – "Full Fathom Five" By Tim Prentice Readers Choice: Ground Beef at Colorado and Alameda
Best Blockbuster Museum Exhibit – Matisse From The Baltimore Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum Reader's Choice: Matisse
Best Political Use of an Art Show to Get a Bigger Building – Impressionism, Denver Art Museum
Best Thing to Ever Happen to The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver – Director Mark Masuoka
Best Opportunity to Catch Up on The Latest International Art Buzz – Contemporary British Artists, Denver Art Museum
Best Imitation of a Museum Show – John F. Carlson and Artists of The Broadmoor Academy, David Cook Fine Art
Best Rediscovery of Hidden Treasures – Vanguard Art in Co: 1940-1970, Boulder Museum of Cont. Art
Best Salute to Colorado's Contemporary Art Scene – CO Abstration: 1975-1999, Arvada Center for The Arts and Humanities
Best Unexpected Exhibit -- Jazz: Tracing The Roots, Dia
Best Group Drawing Show – Master Drawings, Co Springs Fine Arts Center
Best Solo Painting Show, Emerging Artist – Bill Brazzell, Align, Ilk@Pirate
Best Solo Painting Show, Established Artist – Steven Altman, Untitled, Ilk on Santa Fe
Best Painting Duet – Tracy And Sushe Felix, New Work By Felix & Felix, William Havu Gallery
Best Temporary Mural – Stephen Batura, Floodplain, Pirate
Best Solo Sculpture Show, Emerging Artist – Melanie Hoshiko, Traverse, Gallery At Guiry's
Best Solo Sculpture Show, Established Artist – John Deandrea, Fragments, Singer Gallery
Best Career-Establishing Show – Bryan Andrews, Dopplegangers, Artyard
Best New York School Show – Carl Andre and Melissa Kretschmer, Rule Modern and Cont. Gallery
Best Place This Side of The Ozarks to See Carved Wood – North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center
Best Upstart Exhibition Organizer – Jason Thomas, Director Gallery at Guiry's
Best Combination of Funky And Fancy – Shows Organized By Jim Robischon and Jennifer Doran, Robischon Gallery
Best Example of The Work Ethic as Applied to The Fine Arts – Chuck Parson
Best Photo Show, Solo – Hal D. Gould: Visual Legacy, Camera Obscura Gallery
Best Photo Show, Group – Photography and The Creative Process, Co Photographic Arts Center and The Carol Keller Gallery
Best Show to Highlight a Playboy Photographer – Ted Williams, Tone Poems, Gallery M
Best Print Show, Solo – Emilio Lobato, Printmaker's Portfolio, William Havu Gallery
Best Print Show, Group – Works On Paper: A Riverhouse Retrospective, Republic Plaza
Best Art Show to Include Images Via Computer – Susan Goldstein, Life Layers, Edge Gallery
Best Friend to Colorado's Ceramic Artists – Rodger Lang
Best Solo Ceramics Show – Scott Chamberlain Twelve Years, Museum of Cont. Art Denver
Best Ceramics Duet – Time in Tandem: James And Nan Mckinnell Retrospective, Arvada Center for The Arts And Humanities
Best Group Ceramics Show, Historical Division – Colorado Kilns, Co History Museum
Best Group Ceramics Show, Contemporary Division – High Degrees, Metro State Center for The Visual Arts
Best Curatorial Gesture Linking Colorado with The Outside World – Ron Otsuka's Takashi Nakazato, Denver Art Museum
Best Installation Show, Solo – Gail Wagner, Edge Gallery
Best Installation Show, Group – Western Vernacular: Colorado Installation, Museum of Cont. Denver
Best Local Gallery Show, Solo – William Stockman, Sketchbook, Ron Judish Fine Arts Readers Choice: Kung Fu Kitchen, Aaron Alden
Best Local Gallery Show, Group – Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Spark Gallery Readers Choice: Kung Fu Kitchen
Best Local Theater Production – The Winter's Tale, Dctc Readers Choice: Quixote
Best Musical – Side Show, Phamaly
Best Musical Ménage – Bed And Sofa, Trouble Clef Theater Co
Best Urban Legends – Shadow Theater Company
Best Do-Right Man – Paul Borrillo In to Kill a Mockingbird, Arvada Center for The Arts and Humanities
Best Heroine in The Making – Sara Smith
Best Out-of-Body Experience – Martha Greenbert in Wings, Aurora Fox Theater Co.
Best Fish Tale – Paul Page in The Ice-Fishing Play, Aurora Fox Theater Co.
Best Noh Brainer – Suddenly Last Summer, Germinal Stage
Best Hard-Boiled Blarney – The Beauty of Queen Leenane, DCTC
Best (Theatrically Speaking) Political Farce – Nixon's Nixon, Aurora Fox Theater Co.
Best Androgynous Turn – Brian Houtz in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, The Theater Group
Best Dysfunctional-Family Play – Pig, Tracer Productions
Best Children's Production – Babe, The Sheep-Pig, Arvada Center for The Arts and Humanities
Best Community-Theater Production – Of Mice and Men, Morrison Theater Co.
Best Environmental/Experimental Production – Picasso at The Lapine Agile, The Avenue Theater
Best New Play – Waiting to Be Invited, DCTC
Best One-Person Show – Deborah Persoff in Full Gallop, Curious Theater Co.
Best Director – Chip Walton, Curious Theater Co.
Best Ensemble – Street Scene, Central City Opera
Best Supporting Actor – John Hutton, DCTC
Best Supporting Actress – Mercedes Perez
Best Actor – Tony Church, DCTC
Best Actress – Sheila Ivy Traister
Best Local Theater Company Season – Aurora Fox Theater Co. Reader's Choice: DCPA
Best Place to Tangle with Tango Dancers – Mercury Cafe
Best Salsa Club – Sevilla Readers Choice: Sevilla
Best C&W Club – Stetson Paradise Readers Choice: Stampede
Best Rock Club – 15th Street Tavern Readers Choice: Herman's Hideaway
Best Punk Club – The Raven Readers Choice: 15th Street Tavern
Best Punk Rocker, for a Cop – Officer Steve Gonzales
Best Dance Club – Soma Readers Choice: The Church
Best Jazz Club – El Chapultepec Readers Choice: El Chipoultepec
Best Blues Club – Brendan's Pub
Best After-Hours Club – Club Synergy Readers Choice: Amsterdam
Est New Club – Bash Readers Choice: Bash
Best Disguise of a Playground as a Concert Venue – Wonderground
Best Way to Kill Time Before a Show at The Bluebird – Ps Lounge
Best Place to Watch Really White People Dance – The Supreme Court
Best Split-Personality Club – La Rumba/Trinity
Best Impromptu Karaoke in a Mexican Dive Bar – Satire Restaurant And Lounge
Best Place to Pretend It's 1940 – Turk's Supper Club
Best Club Dj – Dj Fury
Best Juke-Friendly Jukebox – Skylark Lounge
Best Jukebox – Goosetown Tavern
Best Halloween Dance Party – The Church
Best Place to Get High and Jam – Nederland Acid Jams, Wolf Tongue Brewery
Best Chance to Offend Peta – Harp Seal Pinata
Best Band Name – 404 Not Found
Best Place to Get Whupped, and Like it – Central Wrestling Org. Matches at The Aztlan Theater
Best Hip-Hop Show – Basementalism, Kvcu-Am 1190
Best Blues Radio Show – Strictly Blues, Kkhk-Fm 99.5
Best Holy Hour of Radio – Gospel Chime, Kgnu-Fm 88.5
Best Live-Music Radio Show – Cabaret, Kgnu-Fm 88.5
Best Local Jazzbo – Hugh Ragin
Best Local-Music Site – www.Denver-Rocks.com
Best Online Ranting About Local Music (and Everything Else) – The Hooligan, www.Thehooligan.com
Best Li'l Independent Slice Of Cybernet Pie – Www.Joesgrille.Com
Best Local-Music How-to – Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: How to Survive and Prosper by Dick Weissman
Best Music-Scene Organization– Co Music Association
Best Creative Music Promoter – Alex Lemski
Best Music-Industry Scandal – House Of Blues Vs. The Backstreet Boys
Best Success Story – String Cheese Incident
Best Rapper on The Verge – Don Blas
Best Rapper With a Super Bowl Championship Ring – Terrell Davis
Best Rapper to Foretell and then Prevent The Apocalypse – Apostle
Best Reason to Surf the Flatirons, Dude – Maraca 5-0
Best Proof of Life After Boulder – Fat Mama
Best Inexplicable Band – Devotchka
Best Charity Gig by a Bunch of Drunks – Buzz Bomber And The M-80s
Best Rockin' Mama – Chanin Floyd
Best Approximation of a Mean Old Coot – Munly
Best Unabashed Use of a Theremin – Hoochie
Best Addition to Coffee and Crullers – Ron Bucknam
Best Approximation of a Turn-of-The-Century Strip Show – Burlesque as it Was
Best Local Rendition of "Blue Moon" – Mariachi Vasquez
Best Sinatra Lounge Singer – John Potter
Best Chanteuse – Mary Ann Moore
Best Unretirement – Vic Cionetti
Best Defunct Act – 32-20 Jug Band
Best Dang Recording – Nounsville, Dang Head
Best Local Recording – Local Shakedown Readers Choice: Saxxon Woods, Here And Now
Best New Label – Owned And Operated, www.Oandorecords.com
Best Nutritious Release – Get Your Beans, Mr. Tree and The Wingnuts
Best Local-Music Reissue – New Music for Bowed Piano, Stephen Scott
Best Friend to Have in a Recording Studio – Bob Ferbrache/Absinthe Studios
Best Guitar Tone – John Common
Best Pedal-Steel Guitar Player – "Uncle" Dick Meis
Best Sound in a Theater – Fox Theater
Best New Old Music Hall – The Fillmore Auditorium
Best Plan to Renovate an Old Venue – Red Rocks Amphitheater
Best Place to Hear Public Enemy in a Classical European Setting – Gothic Theater
Best Concert in a Club – Gil Scott-Heron, Lion's Lair
Best Concert (Since June 1999) – Tom Waits, Paramount Theater Readers Choice: Kiss
Food & Drink
Best Restaurant when you're on the Atkins Diet – Denver Buffalo Company
Best Restaurant when you're in the Zone – Mercury Cafe
Best Restaurant when you're Sugar-Bustin' – Petra's
Best Restaurant when you're on the See-Food-and-Eat-it Diet – World Buffet
Best Restaurant when you're on the Doughnut Diet – Chuck's Do-Nuts
Best Cinnamon Rolls – Racines
Best Scones – Devil's Food The Bakery
Best Chocolate Cake – Pasquini's Pizzeria
Best Pie – Papa Frank's
Best Pre-Ski Pastries – Butterhorn Bakery and Cafe
Best Long John – Henderson's
Best Reason To Go To The John – Brunos' Italian Bistro
Best Meal to Test Your Intestinal Fortitude – The Fort's Awful Offal Dinner
Best Dessert Menu – Palettes
Best Late-Night Desserts – Cafe Cero
Best Milk Pudding – Senorita's Cantina
Best Bread Pudding – Radex Bistro
Best Breads – Tasteez Market and Bakery
Best Bakery – Bluepoint Bakery
Best Bakery for Folks who Don't Like Desserts – Vinh Zuong Bakery
Best Pâtisserie – La Patisserie Francaise
Best Panadería – El Alamo Bakery
Best Wedding Cakes – Barkley Eberline, Eat Dessert First
Best Greek Bakery – Omonoia Bakery
Best Aprés-Ski Coffee Shop – Inxpot
Best Place to Drink a Latte While Eavesdropping on State Legislators – Penn Street Perk
Best Coffeehouse – St. Mark's Coffeehouse
Best Teahouse – Gemini Tea Emporium
Best Authentic English Tea – The Gift Box
Best Chai – Common Grounds
Best Cheap Breakfast – Breakfast Palace Readers Choice: Pete's Kitchen
Best Sunday Brunch Buffet – Garden Terrace at the Inverness Hotel
Best a la Carte Brunch – Strings
Best French Toast – Jou Jou at the Teatro Hotel
Best Crêpes – Trattoria Stella
Best Steak-and-Eggs Breakfast – Mccoys Breakfast
Best Power Breakfast – Village Inn Cherry Creek Readers Choice: Racine's
Best Power Lunch – Bistro Adde Brewster Readers Choice: The Palm
Best Power Lunch, Non-Power-Trip Division – Lafiesta Supper Club
Best Place for a Nooner – Sambuca Jazz Cafe
Best Lunch Wagon – O'brien's Wings and Things
Best Lunch Buffet – Santino's
Best Place to Hear the Cubs Lose – Chicago
Best Power Dinner – Meritage at the Omni Interlocken Resort Readers Choice: Morton's
Best Dinner Under $5 – Yan-Kee Noodle
Best Place to Eat Dinner After 10 P.M. – Sacre Bleu
Best Place to Eat Dinner After 1 A.M. – Breakfast King Readers Choice: Pete's Kitchen
Best News – The Buck Snort Lives!
Best Spot for Grazing – Mel's Bar And Grill
Best Spot for Gazing – The Beehive
Best Monday-Night Special – Rodney's
Best Tuesday-Night Special – The Fourth Story
Best Wednesday-Night Special – Swanky's
Best Thursday-Night Special – Wazoos
Best Friday-Night Special – Sabor Latino
Best Saturday-Night Special – D.C. Deli Cafe
Best Sunday-Night Special – Hemingway's Key West Grille
Best Sunday Happy Hour – Andrew's Pub and Lounge
Best Happy-Hour Shrimp – Anita's Crab Company
Best Happy-Hour Oyster Bar – Willie G's
Best 16th Street Mall Vendor – The Philadelphia Filly Readers Choice: The Hot Dog Guy
Best Food-Court Vendor – Falafel King Readers Choice: Falafel King
Best Outdoor Patio, Rural – Chautauqua Dining Hall
Best Outdoor Patio, Urban – Highland's Garden Cafe
Best Food at Six Flags Elitch Gardens – Pizza Alley
Best Gourmet to Go – Tom's Home Cookin'
Best Salad – California Pizza Kitchen
Best Caesar Salad – Piatti
Best Sides – Restaurant Rue Cler
Best Vegetarian Restaurant – Watercourse Foods Readers Choice: Watercourse Foods
Best Vegetarian Dish in a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant – Tante Louise
Best Kids' Menu – Roy's Cherry Creek
Best Kids' Menu for Divorced Parents – Govnr's Park
Best Sandwiches – Treehouse Cafe
Best Panini – Panini Grill
Best Tuna Melt – Ambrosia Bistro
Best Chicken Noodle Soup – The Soup Kitchen
Best Cream of Mushroom Soup – Diane's Good-to-Go
Best Soup Kitchen – Attivo Pizza And Italian Deli
Best Burger – Bang! Readers Choice: The Cherry Cricket
Best Late-Night Burger – Pint's Pub
Best Bar Burger – Dazzle
Best French Fries – Piscos Readers Choice: McDonalds
Best Fish ´N' Chips – Clancy's Irish Pub
Best Lamb – Ilios
Best Ham – Nono's Cafe
Best Spam – Yoko's Express
Best Steakhouse – Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House Readers Choice: Morton's
Best Prime Rib – El Rancho
Best Roast Duck – Vesta Dipping Grill
Best Roast Chicken – Mountain View Cafe
Best Fried Chicken – Caldonia's Bar-B-Que
Best Chicken Wings – Calypso
Best Chicken Little – Little India
Best Chicken a La King – The Blue House
Best Fried Calamari – Seven 30 South
Best Barbecued Ribs – Brothers BBQ Readers Choice: Brother's BBQ
Best Barbecued Brisket – Blest Bar-B-Que Of The Rockies
Best Barbecued Buffalo – Buffalo Corral
Best Burnt Barbecue – We're Smokin' BBQ
Best Plate of Spaghetti – The Saucy Noodle
Best Lasagne – The Cherry Tomato
Best Pasta Restaurant – Cucina Colore
Best Pizza – Parisi Readers Choice: Beau Jo's
Best Late-Night Pizza – Two Fisted Mario's
Best Wine-Tasting Parties – Cook Street School of Fine Cooking
Best Colorado Wine – Canyon Wind Cabernet Sauvignon, 1996
Best Wine List, Price – 240 Union
Best Wine List, Selection – Flagstaff House
Best Wine List, by the Glass – The Fourth Story
Best Wine List, Californian – California Café
Best Wine List, South American – Sabor Latino
Best Wine List, French – Le Central
Best Wine List, Italian – Barolo Grill
Best New Bar – Sacre Bleu Readers Choice: Blue 67
Best Old Bar – My Brother's Bar Readers Choice: My Brother's Bar
Best Brewpub – Great Northern Tavern Readers Choice: Wynkoop
Best Bartender – Doug Halloran, Manhattan Grill Readers Choice: Jeremy at the Park Tavern
Best Martini – The Avenue Grill
Best Piano Bar – Janleone
Best Sake Lounge – Mori Japanese Restaurant
Best Sock-it-to-Ya Drinks – Twin Dragon
Best Make-Me-Overs – Skylark Lounge
Best Margarita – Dixon's Downtown Grill, Racines, Goodfriends Readers Choice: Rio Grande
Best Chips and Salsa – La Fabula Readers Choice: Benny's
Best Breakfast Burrito – Amigos Cafe
Best Taco – El Senor Sol, Villa Del Sol Readers Choice: Taco Bell
Best Late-Night Taco – Taco Express
Best Make-Your-Own Taco – The Hornet
Best Burrito – Chez Jose Readers Choice: Chipotle
Best Burrito The Size of a Volkswagen – Piney Creek Grill
Best Vegetarian Burrito – Wahoo's Fish Taco
Best Chicharrones Burrito – Bandido's
Best Store-Bought Pork Rinds – La Popular
Best Barbacoa Burrito – Chipotle Mexican Grill
Best Fajitas – Alamos Verdes
Best Upscale Tamales – The Painted Bench
Best Chile Relleno – Chelo's Readers Choice: Benny's
Best Green Chile – La Casa De Manuel Readers Choice: Brewery Bar
Best Gringo Green Chile – Citygrille
Best Green Chile at the 19th Hole – El Curso Viejo, City Park Golf Course
Best Red Chile – Armida's
Best All-Purpose Chile, Ristra and Piñon Stand – Hatch New Mexico Chile
Best Southwestern Restaurant – Table Mountain Inn Restaurant
Best New American Restaurant – Potager
Best All-American Restaurant – Sam's No. 3
Best Regional American Restaurant – Hugh's Bistro
Best South American Restaurant – Cafe Brazil
Best Caribbean Restaurant – Rhumba
Best Seafood Restaurant – Roy's Cherry Creek Readers Choice: Jax
Best Sushi Restaurant – Sushi Den Readers Choice: Sushi Den
Best Sushi Rolls – Banzai Restaurant
Best Japanese Restaurant – Sushi Wave Readers Choice: Domo
Best Chinese Restaurant – La Chine Readers Choice: Pf Chang's
Best Noodle House – Oshima Ramen
Best Thai Restaurant – Thai Bistro Readers Choice: Tommy's Thai
Best Vietnamese Restaurant – New Saigon Readers Choice: New Saigon
Best Indian Restaurant – Star of India Readers Choice: Little India
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant – Phoenicia Grill Readers Choice: Jerusalem
Best Greek Restaurant – South Central Ii
Best Mediterranean Restaurant – Aubergine Cafe
Best Italian Restaurant – Carmine's on Penn Readers Choice: Carmine's on Penn
Best French Restaurant -- Tante Louise Readers Choice: Le Central
Best Restaurant when Someone Else is Paying – Papillon Cafe Readers Choice: Morton's
Best Romantic Restaurant – The Penrose at the Broadmoor
Best Resurrected Restaurant – Zenith
Best New Restaurant – The Biscuit Readers Choice: Senorita's Cantina