But like Elway, other 1988 winners have kept making headlines – and earning accolades. In 1988, Chuck Morris Entertainment was honored as Best Music-Biz Manager on a Roll, and now, after thirty years in the promotions business, you’d think that Morris would have nothing left to prove – except, perhaps, to himself. He’s opened such storied clubs as Tulagi and Ebbett’s Field and turned ramshackle Mammoth Gardens into Fillmore Auditorium. But after leaving Live Nation last year for Anschutz Entertainment Group, Morris is ready to roll the dice on another grand plan: the Mile High Music and Arts Festival, planned for next summer in City Park. “I’m as excited about this as anything I’ve ever done,” says Morris. Sounds like another winner to us. Here are the winners from 1988:
Best of Denver 1988
SURVIVAL
Best Neon Strip – E. Colfax to I-25
Best Place to Wait Out a Blizzard – Rip Griffin truck stop I-70 west of Limon
Best Name Change – The former John W. Kriss
Best Joke by a Colorado Cleryman on the "Tonight Show" – "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to go".
Best Song About Gary Hart – Tom Paxton's "The Ballad of Gary Hart"
Best Award for Gary Hart from a Colorado Group – Blazing saddle award with a cow pie cluster.
Best Christmas Tree at the Festival of Trees – The Rockwell International tree.
Best Christmas Light Gawking – 4200 block of Bryant
Best Graveyard Walking – Riverside Cemetery
Best Place to Get Saved at Lunch Hour – The 16th street mall
Best April Fool's Joke- Tag Team Ascended Mistresses Channeling Classic
Best Colorado Aphrodisiac – Cattle gallstone
Best Monument to Worker Productivity – Memorial to mama CSU Dairy Center
Best Graffiti – The Greenway
Best Reserved Parking – 3400 block of Fox
Best Reason Not to Fly – Billy Morency (8 year old pilot).
Second Best Reason Not to Fly – Lot #2 at Stapleton Airport
Best Bumper Sticker – "Denver - piss on your lawns". (Signed by the Friends of the South Platte)
Best Proof of Why Punctuation is Important Bumper sticker "Save lives. Support Head on 83".
Best Imitation of The Shining – 1600 block of Utica.
Best Place to Live in The Entire Country – Pueblo
Best Joke About Pueblo – A patient with a terminal illness is told to move to Pueblo. The patient asked if they had a cure there. The response was, no you won't live any longer it will just seem that way. (Senator Dave Wattenberg)
Second Best Joke About Pueblo – "Remember to flush, Pueblo needs the water."
Best News for An Also-ran city – Fort Collins gets a bigger dot on Rand McNally maps.
Best Place to Say, "Another Round Please" – Colorado Front Range
Best Place to Say, I Don't Know, What Do You Think? – Denver (highest per capita of Psychiatrists than anywhere else in the country.)
Best Place to Just Say Yes – Western Slope of Colorado (highest per capita use of mind altering drugs in the nation).
Best Activity for Prison Inmates This Side of Making License Plates- Canon City inmates who were involved in tax fraud ring.
Best Confession – Jaime Quesada confessed to unpaid taxes and a murder in Milwaukee.
Best Colorado Judgment – Judge Zita Weinshienk's decision that regulations banning mention of abortion to patients at federally funded family clinics were unconstitutional.
Best Good Samaritan Act – Terry Hance, who was pulled over for speeding - proceeded to turn her car around and flash her headlights to warn oncoming traffic.
Second Best Good Samaritan Act – C.L. Nordstrom and his wife's refusal of social security.
Best Request of the Denver Courts – Quintin Wortham's request to get a new haircut before his trial.
Best New Legal Trend – Defendants are increasingly asking for their own attorneys.
Best Pro Bono Lawyer – Ken Gordon
Best Person to Call if You're a City Employee Who Has Just Been Filmed by Paula Woodward – Wayne Whitney
Best Colorado Performance by a Former President- Jimmy Carter's imitation of Carson's "Carnac the Magnificent".
Best Use of a Flag – Pat Schroeder's pose for Ms. Magazine in Old Glory.
Best Reason to Vote Again and Again for Tim Wirth – Wirth's seminar in Washington.
Second Best Reason to Vote for Tim Wirth – Wirth's idea that the next US/USSR cultural exchange should be a rodeo.
Best Turnover by a Governor – Romer's warning that if the airport bill did not pass, that the Far East might buy up Colorado.
Best Resolution by the State Legislature – For Denver to "hold the plow" and city motorists to "hold the Key".
Best Debate in the Colorado House – The House's proposal to ban food from the House floor and committee rooms.
Best Senate Session – The state Senate's meeting for six minutes on April 2.
Best Bureaucratic Preventative Medicine – The Boulder County Attorney’s issue of an anti-toilet paper memo to all county offices.
Best Mother-daughter Performance at a Public Hearing – Jennifer and Susie Octant’s debate over a curfew for Greenwood Village youth.
Best Bureaucratese – University Park Postal Station
Best Bureaucrat – Jim Griesemer
Best Suburb – Aurora
Best Neighborhood – Globeville
Best Place to Buy a House Cheap – The 100-1200 block between Knox and Perry.
Best Place to Buy a Mansion Cheap – Martin Davis' Cherry Hills home.
Best City Agency – Denver's Forester's Office
Best Excuse for Getting Out of a Parking Ticket – Distraction by dinosaur
Best Denver Councilmember (tie) – Stephanie Foote, Cathy Donohue
Best Press Hog – Norm Early
Best Pension Plan – Denver Police and Firefighters
Best Rambo Imitation – Mike Silva
Second Best Rambo Imitation – The Denver Police
Best Weenie Response to the Rambo Like Displays – Channel 9's explanation for Silva's Silva's act.
Best Hairdo on a TV Anchor – Monica Gayle
Best Pompadour – John Lindsey, KMGH
Best Local Commercial – The carpet contractors.
Best Local News Story – The Denver Post's story entitled "Man not asleep".
Best Headline in the Denver Post – "Man Hacked to Death had lead tough life."
Best Classified Ad – Frances Evans ad in the Loveland Reporter Herald.
Best TV Weatherman – Nick Carter, KUSA
Best Television Sportscaster – Les Shapiro, KCNC
Best Radio Talk-show Host- Ken Hamblin
Best Newspaper Columnist- Francese Melrose
Best Unsung Colorado Celebrity- Ann B. Davis
Best Colorado Celebrity- T.D. Lingo
Best Local TV Anchor – Ed Sardella, KUSA
Best Local News – 10 p.m., KUSA
SPORTS & RECREATION
Best Bimbo Watching – Spring on the Metro State College campus
Best Hunk Alerts – Summer at any inner-city municipal swimming pool.
Best Sports Lawsuits – Patrick Rowley vs. Erie High School
Best Skill-Crane – Pistol Pete's
Best Armchair Adventures – South American Explorers Club
Best Field Trip – Fungophile'd Mexico
Best Annual Sporting Event – University of Colorado-Boulder Alumni Football Game
Best Guess for When the Broncos Will Win the Super Bowl – Never
Best Bronco – John Elway
Best Place to Buy Bronco Tickets When No One Else Has Them – Four mile house
Best Reportorial Enterprise – KCNC reporter who bribed his way into a ticket line for an AFC championship game
Best Shorts Story – Bill Armstrong sends Reagan a Bronco t-shirt, and Pat Schroeder sends Bronco shorts
Best Anatomical Mix-up – Vance Johnson's Rocky Mountain News "Super Bowl Diary"
Best Correct Use of Anatomy – Linda Kirchner paints herself blue and rides through Denver on an orange horse.
Best Crystal Balls- Colorado Psychic Center Only Giving Three Picks to the Broncos Super Bowl Score
Best Example of Giving One's All for the Game – Mrs. Coet's dedicated viewing of Bronco games - until her heart attack
Best Slap at Denver – CBS news reporter Bob McNamara report on the Broncos Super bowl loss
Best Proof We Deserved It – Denver officials coming up with their own list of Denver firsts
Best Explanation for the Broncos Loss – 3 patients at Mt. Airy Psychiatric center were convinced that they were controlling the Broncos with their brain
Best Proof that Pig-skin Players Aren't Necessarily Pig-headed – The Metropolitan State College Football Club has established a scholarship fund for single mothers
Best Nugget – Fat Lever
Best Short Guy- Michael Adams
Best Lunch Hour Pickup for Basketball – Downtown YMCA
Best Baseball Stadium – Sky Sox Park
Best Golf Course – Riverdale
Best Caddy – Frank Copperfield
Best Golf Lessons – Bryan Smith
Best Reason Not to go Golfing – One of Sam Cohen's golf balls hit a moving car, and Cohen was later assaulted by the driver
Best Mountain Bike Ride – Crested Butte to Aspen
Best Mountain Bike Ride in the Mountains – Highway 34, Drake to Glen Haven
Best Classic Bike Shop – Retro Cycle
Best Stress Relieving Bicycle Club – Chiropractic Cycling club
Best New Sport Invented in Colorado – Mountain Bike polo
Best Wheel and Deal – Portia Masterson's Golden Unicycle Club
Best Place to Find a Skate Bike and Probably the Means of Your Demise – Fad Tastics
Best Train Trip – Cumbres & Toltec Railroad Antonito
Best Place for a Model Train Fanatic to Spend the Afternoon – Caboose Hobbies
Best Train Fanatics – Ken & Stephanie Olsen
Second Best Train Fanatics – Earl & Betty Thorne
Best Place to Skateboard Downtown – RTD Civic Center Terminal
Best Place for Teenagers to do What Comes Naturally – Sand Creek Park
Best Place for Teenagers to go in Drag – Bandimere Speedway
Best Place to Learn to be James Bond – ESI 500 W. Main, Aspen
Best Place to Learn Not to be a Stick in the Mud – Off road driving school of America
Best Four Wheel Drive Trail – Tin cup pass
Best Mountain Drive – Omigod Rd.
Best Car Ride to put Cranky Kids to Sleep – Through Morrison to Echo Lake
Best Way to Hoof it Through Colorado – Backcountry Llamas
Best Ski Area – Winter Park/Mary Jane
Best Luxurious Ski Rental – Trapper's Cabin
Best Way to Rent a Ski Condo – Community Action Development Corporation
Best Daypacks – Jefferson County Nature Center
Best Picnic Shelters – Robert F. Clements Park
Best Urban Bird Watching – Downtown Denver
Best Bird Watching Project- The Colorado Bird Atlas Partnership
Best Place to see Prairie Dogs – Plains conservation center
Best Way to Thank Mother Nature – Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Best Do-it-Yourself Recreation – "Guide to Colorado Natural Resource Recreation"
Best Way to Spend a Lazy Sunday Afternoon – City Park Paddle Boats
Best Public Weightlifting Gym – Rude Park
Best Training Ground for the Wildly Unfit – Rocky Mountain Lake Park
Best Drug Wall – Voorhies Memorial, Civic Center Park
Best Urban Park – Inspiration point
Best Public Garden Park – Alamo Placita Park
Best Urban Amenity – The parks people
Best Down-And-Dirty Range War – Saturday morning radio.
Best Gardening Plot – The Botanic Gardens Community Vegetable Gardening Program.
Best Pool Hall – Family Fun Center
Best Pool Hall from the Twilight Zone – Tramway recreation
Best Pool Shark – Danny Medina
Best Local Invention if you Insist on Courting Skin Cancer – The Cool spray, Michael J. Butler.
Best Public Swimming Pool – Westminster City Park, Recreation Center Pool
Best Swimming Pool High Diving Board – Columbine Country Club
Best Place to Learn Scuba Diving – Denver Divers supply and Training Center
Best Wet Spectator Sport – Boulder Aqua teens Synchronized swim team
Best Hot Spring Partying – Valley View Hot Springs
Best Hot Spring - Male or Female Bonding – Indian Springs Resort
Best Bolleyball Court – Robert Clements Park
Best Windsurfing – Bear Creek Lake Park
Best Small Scale Re-creation of Miami Vice – Richard Brad ford’s Mile High Modelers
Best In-town Walk on the Wild Side – Under the 20th Street viaduct.
Best Walk for Mothers To Be – Aurora Mall
Best Easy Hike with the Kids – Elk Mountain
Best Playground – Cheesman Park
Best Sight to See Before it Disappears – South Platte River Canyon
Best Free Fly-fishing Lessons – The Flyfisher
Best Bamboo Fishing Rods – Charlie Jenkins
Best Hand-tied Flies – Bob's Rod and Tackle Shop
Best Artificial Bait – Lucky Lou's Artificial Eggs
Best Place to Fish and Never Catch Anything – Evergreen Lake
Best Fishing Reel Collection – Gary Reynolds
Best Local Monument to the Sport of Fishing – The Del County Fishing Museum, Forney Transportation Museum
Best Vicarious Mountain Climbing Thrill – REI Climbing Extravaganza
Best Horseback Ride – Mt. Falcon Park
Best Place to Meet Cowboys During the Stock Show – Denver Coliseum Basement
Best Way to Get a Jump on the Competition – Skip-Its Douglas Elementary School
Best Recreational Club – Chickens from Heck Motorcycle and Bridge Club
Best Classes if You're Hot to Foxtrot – Michael Masciocci
Best Recreational Class – Food sculpture at the Jewish Community Center
Best Place to Learn a Refined Sport – Denver Croquet Club
Best in a Category by Itself – Bang-a-Way Gun Club and Kennels
Best Curling Team – Denver Curling Club
Best Turkey Caller – Roger Trundell
Best Skeet-Shooting – Broadmore Hotel
Best Shuffleboard – Colorado Springs Shuffleboard Acia Park
Best New Sports Trend – Pig Racing
Best Roller Ball Player – Bob Lyons
Best Soccer Field – The Denver Kicker Clubhouse
Best Soccer Referee – Greg Todd
Best Used Sports Equipment – Sports Plus
HALL OF FAME
Best Bike Path – Cherry Creek Bike Path
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Best Place to Spend Money and Have Nothing to Show For It – The Ramses Gift Shop, The Denver Museum of Natural History
Best Annual Slimy Event- Frog rodeo, Empire
Best Annual Buckskinned Event – Buffalo Bill's Birthday party, The Buckhorn Exchange
Best Annual Naked Fundraiser- Shotgun Willie's Annual Gourmet Breakfast, charity donation and show
Best Annual Clothed Fundraiser- Left-footer's ball
Best Comeback- Tiny Town
Best Place to Take the Kids – Nickel Days at Lakeside
Best Place for Well-Heeled Single Parents to Meet – May D&F University Hills Mall
Best Friday Night Single Mingling – Shangri-La Night Club
Best Place to Spend a Lonely Wednesday Night- Saturday's
Best Place to Waste a Tuesday Afternoon – Dog Court
Best Colorado Ambassadors to the World – Horse Sense
Best Colorado Ambassador to the Johnny Carson Show – Baxter Black
Best Colorado Ambassador to Costa Rica – Dylana Jensen
Best Local Girl Makes Good – Jill Sobule
Best Local Boy to Make it Big and Stop Returning Phone Calls – Dave McKay
Best Music Biz Manager on a Roll – Chuck Morris Entertainment
Best Ticket Deal – The Ticket Bus
Best Museum Novelty – The Sabre- Toothed Tiger Donation Bank, The Denver Museum of Natural History
Best New Museum- Canyon City
Best Reason for Adults to Go to the Children's Museum - The Hugh M. Woods' Transparent House Exhibit
Best Museum Gift Shop – The Colorado History Museum
Best Move to Put Denver on the National Art Map- Denver Art Museum's Touring Shows
Best Unappetizing Art Exhibit – "If Your Stomach Had Eyes", University of Colorado at Boulder
Best Mural – Art Modern
Best Solution for Unwanted Art – Ec-lec-Tic Art
Best Artists Business Card – Christine Moughamin Vision of the Quest
Best Art Openings – The Gang of Four 900 block of Broadway (Ink fish, Joan Robey, Alpha, Brigitte Schuler Galleries)
Best Art Openings Kegger Class – Pirate: a Contemporary Art Oasis
Best highly controversial art show with police harassment – "Denver Throw-Down” Progresso Gallery
Best art auction – Annual Pirate: A contemporary Art Oasis Fundraiser
Best Art performance - One-act, one artist – "Religious Rapture - Las Pintas de Jesus" Steven Batura, Edge Gallery
Best Art Performance - Multi-Act, Multiple Artists – George Monchank Pirate: a Contemporary Art Oasis
Best Art Event – Art Barn
Best Photography Gallery – 2/c - A Photographer's Co-op
Best New Gallery – Edge Art Gallery
Best Child Memorization Act – Kid Skits
Best Theatre Production- "The Price" - Denver Center Theatre Company
Best Theatre Ensemble- "12 Angry Men" Rocky Mountain Theatre Guild
Best Actress – Sandra Ellis Lafferty
Best Actor – Terry Burnsed
Best Director – Frank Georgianna
Best Costumes – Janet Morris "Koozy's Piece"
Best Community Theatre – Eulipions Cultural Center
Best New Company – Montage Productions
Best Reason to Look Forward to Next Year's Theatre Season – Waiting for Godot with all female rolls at DCTC
Best Prize on a Game Show – Trips to Colorado from the state's tourism board
Best Performance by Coloradoans on a Game Show – 17 Denverites on "Jeux Sans Frontiers'
Best Saturday Morning Cowboy Shows – KDVR, channel 31
Best Late-Night Movie Programming – KUBD, channel 59
Best Movie Theatre Popcorn – AMC Theatres
Best Movie Theatre Snack Bar – The Mayan Theatre
Best Armrest Drink-Holders – The Tivoli
Best Low-Budget Revival of the John Travolta Story- Super Saver Cinema 8 Bear Valley Shopping Mall
Best Place to Observe Technical Difficulties While Watching an English Movie- The Mayan
Best Rambo-in-Drag – Jan Hallez
Best Place for Hydrophobes – Colorado Plaza 6
Best Place for Hungry Claustrophobics – Cooper 7 Theatres
Best Place to Experience Multiple Marquee Changes During a Single Showing – U-Hills Cinema
Best Second-Run Programming – Muenzinger Auditorium, University of Colorado
Best Movie Theatre – The Mayan
Best Drive-In – E.88th Ave. Drive In
Best Free Help if You Forgot to Say No – Addiction Free Radio
Best DJ for Hire – Ira Gordon
Best DJ – Sam Ferra, KTCL
Best Rock Radio Station – KTCL, 93.3 FM
Best Jazz Station – KUVO, 89.3 FM
Best Classical Radio Station – KVOD, 99.5 FM
Best Move by Barry Fey – Reopening the Rainbow Music Hall
Best Concert Promoter – Nobody in Particular Presents
Best Concert – Roy Orbison, Paramount Theatre
Best Convention – The Nacho Men International Fan Club
Best Way to Just Say No to Heroin- Buddhism
Best Solution for Keeping Local Musicians Solvent – The Moment's Notice Orchestras
Best Supporter of Local Music – Rocky Mountain Music Association
Second -Best Supporter of Local Music – Roxanne, KBCO
Best Recording Studio – JMC Music Group
Best Local Rock Band- The Fluid, "Clear Black Paper"
Best Local Jazz Record – The Jazz W.O.R.M.S, "Crawling Out"
Best Recording by a Long-Dead Performer – Denver Symphony Orchestra with George Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue"
Best Performance by an Experimental Group – Gitanjali
Best Freudian Slip – Duane Wolfe's announcement of "Porgy and Breast"
Best Place to Attend a Classical Concert – Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Best Opera – Madame Butterfly, Central City Opera
Best Classical Performance Art- Academy in the Wilderness' performance of "Facade" with readings by Gully Stanford and Jeanna Wearing
Best Collaboration with an Established Star – Runaway Express with John McEuen
Best Local Musician's National Break – Steve Conn
Best Place to Picnic Before a Concert – Chautauqua Park
Best Original Songs – "Blue water" - Big Head Todd and the Monsters "Broken Bracelets"- Electric Third Rail "Deep in the Mighty Jungle" - Zulu "The Good Life"- Bobby Allison "I Can't be the one you want me to be tonight" - Hollywood Rodeo Band "Let's Rock Again"- The Rock Advocates "Rio Grande Zephyr"- Tony Roam "Rosalie"- Bop Street "Tight Pants, Boots and Electric Guitars"-Dick and the Chicks Honorable mention: "Attention K-Mart Shoppers (Blue Light Special on Love)"- Great Exhume
Best Local Band with a Conscience – The Korvettes
Best Underground Band – Legion of Death
Best Dance Band- Orchestra King Mama
Best Jazz Group – Freddie Rodriguez and the Jazz Connection'
Best Fusion Band – Wu Wei
Best Highbrow Jazz Group – Paul Warburton and Dale Bruning
Best Swing Band- Sam Biven's New Wave Orchestra
Best Country & Western Band – The Stardust Lounge House Band
Best Rap Artist – Lisa G
Best Rock Band- Wanker
Best Hungry Young Band – Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Best Longevity in a Local Band – The Rock Advocates
Best Band – Subdudues
Best Place to Run into Jake Jabs – Anywhere the Lawmen play
Best Shredded Stage Wear – Bob Drake
Best Band Mobile – The Rock Tots' 1967 Cadillac hearse
Best Band Packaging- Alarming Trends
Best Band Name – Tri-State Kill Spree
Best Gentlemen Bouncers – John DeAlva and Sam Collins
Best Audience for Live Music- Hampden Cafe
Best Club – The Casino Cabaret
Best Showcase for Local Talent- The Garage at XXIII Parrish
Best Club for a New Band - (tie) Longhorn Saloon
Best Metal Head Venue – Bangel's
Best Blues Club – Ziggie's
Best Place to Dance – Teletunes Night at Rock Island
Best Jazz Club – El Chapultepec
Best Club for People Watching Under the Guise of Listening to Jazz- The Regas Cafe
Best View at a Concert- Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Best Name for a Cocktail Lounge- The My-O-My Room at the Golden Bell Diner
Best Globeville Drinking Route – The Blue Blaze Bar, 5300 Washington The Riverfront Cafe, 3100 Arkins Court The Two Mule Inn, Denargo Market Dan's Corner Tavern, 5302 Brighton Blvd., The Welcome Inn, 3759 Chestnut Place
Best Singles Bar – The Paramount Cafe
Best After-Hours Club – XXIII Parrish
Best Bathroom – Club L.A.
Best C & W Club- Charlie Horse II
Best Sports Bar – Campus Lounge
Best Mountain Bar – The Gold Coin, Central City
Best Neighborhood Bar – Downtown – The Wazee
Best Neighborhood Bar - Central – The Bay Wolf
Best Neighborhood Bar - East – Iliff Park Saloon
Best Neighborhood Bar -South – Piazza di Fiore
Best Neighborhood Bar - West – Edgewater Inn
Best Neighborhood Bar - Boulder – Juanita's
GOODS &SERVICES
Best Present for the Anal-Retentive Female in your Family – Harley-O-Gram
Best Tattoo Artist – Chas Budde, Rocky Mountain Tattoo
Best Holiday Tattoo Deal- Wizard's Workshop, Body Tattoos and Emporium of Design
Best 24-Hour Fireworks Store – Roger's Wholesale Fireworks
Best Cross-Checking – Christian Check Designers, Inc.
Best New Age Bookstore – Together Books
Best Crystal Prices – Journey
Best Crystal Ball Prices – Hall's Of Denver
Best Occult Store- The Faerie's Garden
Best Apothecary- Moon- Sun Emporium
Best Psychic- Jan Main
Best Tarot Reader – Kim Landers
Best Career Change – Wayne Pound
Best Rocks and Dinosaur Supplies – Nature's Own
Best Place to Dawdle During Lunch Hour – The Great Train Store, Tabor Center
Best Mall for Teen Metal-Head Action – Westminster Mall
Best Mall Mix – Alameda and Sheridan
Best Place to Buy a Wedding Gift for the Couple Who Has Everything – In-Tech Design
Best Import Store – Mesa Imports
Best Place to Buy a Gown that Makes you Look like Miss America – Shoyer's Boutique, Tabor Center
Best Cool Chatchkas and Hip Fashions – Applause
Best Crafts & Jewelry – The Artisan Center
Best Place to Buy a Kimono – Kobun-Sha Imports
Best Tophats and Derbies- Blands
Best Vintage Hats – The Treasured scarab
Best Women's Shoe Collection – Garbarini
Best Men's Shoe Selection – The Wild Pair
Best Tie Selection – Disabled American Veterans Thrift Store
Best Party Ties – Double Exposure neckties
Best Square Dance Dresses – Bobbi's Corner
Best Western Wear Store – PMM Western Wear and Saddlery
Best Vintage Western Wear Displays- Rockmount Ranchwear
Best Vintage Store – Candy's
Best Thrift Store- Clothes – Value Village
Best Thrift Shop - Stuff- S-O-S Indoor Flea Market
Best Sixties Retro – Pop-A-Rama
Best Nursery – Schlichenmayer's Old Farm Nursery
Best Combination Business – Dino-Gram and The Garden Doctor
Best Place to Learn How to Build a Log Cabin – The Rocky Mountain Log
Best Stainless Steel Kitchen Containers – United Glassware and China
Best Antique Doorknobs – Grandpa Snazzy's Hardware
Best Cheap Antique Wicker and Wicker Repair – Wicker and Wood
Best Antique Store- Packrat Antiques
Best Place to Buy a Murphy Bed – Queen City Salvage
Best 976 Number – The Bedtime Collection
Best Phone Service – Ask-a-nurse
Best Buy at Pace Warehouse – Condoms in bulk
Best Infertility Testing – Family Fertility Center
Best Pregnancy Tests – Lutheran Medical Center
Best Place to be Tested for AIDS – Planned Parenthood
Best Clinic for Ailing Downtown Office Workers – Larimer Health Care Center
Best Hospice – Hospice of St. John
Best Hospital Room – Rose Medical Center's Six North Suites
Best Mom and Pop TV & Appliances – Valas Stores
Best Place to Buy Obsolete Recordings – Don's Discs
Best Record Store Selection – Music Disc
Best Record Store for Late Night Vinyl Junkies – Sparky G's
Best Compact Discs – Listen Up Disc Connection
Best Hangout for Jazz Fans – Jazz Record Revial
Best Guitar Shop if You're a Rock and Roll Star – Prosound Music Center
Best Guitar Shop if You are a Hummer and a Strummer – H.B. Woodsong's
Best Violin Restorer – R.T. Eggen
Best Relief for Music Maniacs – Cinema Graphics
Best Video Rentals - Service- Critic's Choice Video
Best Video Rentals - Selection – Screenplay Superstore
Best Video Store if You're a Foreign Film Buff – Video Phile
Best Women's Bookstore – The Book Garden: A Women’s Bookstore
Best Used Bookstore – Strindberg & Son
Best Save Your Ass Emergency Printer – Kinko's Copies
Best Cheap Software – The Generic Software Place
Best Vintage Hairdos – Cleo's Styling Salon
Best Soviet Manicurist – Hair Cartel
Best Person From Whom to Rent a Virgin Sacrifice Costume – Laura at the American Costume Co.
Best Framing Supplies – Rocky Mountain Molding
Best Craft Supplies – Thompson's Hobbies and Crafts
Best Fabric Selection – Denver Fabric
Best Place to Buy Styrofoam – Styro Materials Co.
Best Map Store – Pierson Graphics Corp.
Best Lifestyle Accessory for the Rich and Messy – Man Maid Services
Best Private Detective – Ken Deshaies, Deshaies & Assoc.
Best Antidote to a Bad Day at the Office – Art Morris' Stressbuster Massage, Rocky Mountain Health Touch
Best Shoe Repair by an Ex-CEO – St. Simeon Shoe Repair Shop
Best Shoe Repair by an Ex-Strip Joint Owner – Sid King's Drive Thu Shoe & Boot Repair
Best Old World Tailor – John's Tailor Shop
Best Rug Restorers – Robert Mann Oriental Rug Restoration
Best Doll Maker – Helen Kish
Best Way for Kids to Make an Impression – The Happy Stamper
Best Kid’s Haircut – The Deziners Kid's Salon
Best Kids Newsletter – Think, Inc.
Best Place for Pagan Kids to Mingle – The Pagan Children's Gathering, Isis New Age Center
Best Place for a Kid to Get Some Respect – The Young Americans Bank
Best Kids Dentist – Elizabeth Barr
Best Baby Paraphernalia – Lionel Playworld
Best Children's Clothes – Broadway Southwest
Best Auto Body Work – Beverley Hills Auto Body
Best Subaru/Mazda junkyard – Subaru-Maz Stuff
Best Windshield Replacement While U Wait – Edgewater Glass & Mirror Inc.
Best Auto Advisor – C. Brian Robertson
Best Curbside Flower Show – East Colfax and Colorado Blvd.
Best Really Free School – Emily Griffith Opportunity School
Best Japanese Classes – Nipponkan
Best Casual Way to Learn a Language – The Denver Free Spanish Network
Best Way to Find the Lost Pet When the Situation is Hopeless – Sherlock Hound
Best Holistic Vet – Dr. Cade Gurney – Aspen Park Veterinary Hospital
Best Pet Adoptions – High Country Basset Hound Rescue and Adoption Service
Best Colorado Kitty Litter – Kitty Box
Best Pet Insurance – Animal Health Insurance Co.
Best Birdbuster – Signal Broadcast Productions, Inc.
Best Diet Dog Food – Golden Days Dog Food
Best Deal for Dogs – Colorado School of Dog Grooming
Best Pampered Pet Paradise – Petsmart
Best Grocery-Store Copy Machine – Safeway
Best Grocery Store Bags – Alfalfa's
Best Entertainment in a Grocery Store Produce Section – Safeway
Best Grocery Store – Safeway
Best Candy Disguised as Health Food – The Mountain Man Nut & Fruit Co.
Best Place to Buy Dried Squid Snacks – Pacific Mercantile
Best Coffee Bean Selection – Coffee Hut
Best Bakery – Wheatridge Dairy & Bakery
Best Produce – Jak-N-Jil Country Market
Best Game Cookbook – The Colorado Catch Cookbook
Best Long-Distance Piece of Cake- HB Bakery Connection
Best Alternative to Ground Round- Dale's Exotic Game Meats
Best Organic Chicken – Alfalfa's
Best Little Italy – Mancinelli Italian market
Best Way to Take Something the Rest of Us Get Almost for Free and Make Big Bucks From It - Colorado Glacier Water
Best Wine Store – The Wine Company
Best History of Moonshining Art – Universal Liquors
HALL OF FAME
Best Bookstore – The Tattered Cover.
Best Record Store- Wax Trax
Best Used Record Store – Albums on the Hill
Best Movers – Movemasters
FOOD & DRINK
Best Host and Raconteur – Punch Bohn, Eddie Bohn's Pig 'n Whistle
Second Best Host and Raconteur – Pierre Wolf
Best Wisecracking Waitresses – Lotus Room
Best Jewish Mother at an Oriental Restaurant – Linda, Erawan Cafe.
Best Unofficial Uniforms – Alicia Gonzalez, Lorraine Padilla and Brenda Aerts at La Fiesta Supper Club
Best Official Uniforms – Bobby McGee's Conglomeration
Best Restaurant Inspector – Dick Hann
Best Perk at the 1988 Restaurant Show- Free Plastic Cockroaches
Best business strictly from hunger – Food Bank of the Rockies
Best Restaurant Tour of Colfax – Beth Fischer And Don Elliot
Best Name for a Defunct Restaurant – Ciao!
Best Taped Music in a Restaurant – Mandarin Cafe
Best Unexpected Folk Art in a Food Court – Lakeside Mall
Best Unexpected Folk Art in a Fountain – Maria's Bakery
Best Use of Chicken in Decor – Lakewood Omelette Parlor
Best Use of Geometry in Decor – Cashmere
Best Use of Available Space – Today's Gourmet
Best Restaurant When Someone Else is Paying – Rattlesnake Club
Best Setting for a Seduction – The Manhattan Cafe
Best Romantic Restaurant – The Amethyst Room at Cliff Young's
Best Restaurant with a View - Downtown – McDonald's
Best Restaurant with a View - Mountains – The Fort
Best All-Around Restaurant- Strings
Best Food as a Night-Out Scheme – Tante Louise
Best New Restaurant – Zenith, The Tivoli
Best Cup of Coffee (Not to Mention Best Place to Meet a Foreign Exchange Student) – The Market
Best Price on Kona Coffee – Pacific Mercantile
Best Cheap Breakfast – Chef Zorba's Cuisine
Best Hangover Cure by Waitress – Benny's Place
Best Hangover Cure by Gutbomb – Davie's Chuckwagon Diner
Best Hangover cure by grease- Lighthouse Cafe
Best Hangover Cure by Menudo – Mexico City Lounge
Best Eggs Benedict – Today's Gourmet
Best Cinnamon Rolls – Mama Pirogi's & Other Pleasantries
Best Sunday Brunch – DeVine Cafe
Best Buffet with T& A – Shotgun Willie's
Best Lunch Buy – The Old Spaghetti Factory
Best Summer Cappuccino Break – Paris on the Platte
Best Island of Serenity in a Crazy City – Japanese Teahouse, Denver Botanic Gardens
Best High Tea – Heatley's Teahouse
Best Free Happy Hour Food – Satsuma
Best Inexpensive Happy Hour Food – McCormick's Fish House
Best Dinner Under $5 – Furr's Cafeteria
Best Desserts – Lincoln 100
Best Munchies at 3 a.m. – Mary & Lou's Cafe
Best Soda Fountain – Watson's
Best Food Court Booth – The Steakman
Best Lemonade – Shish-Kabob
Best House Drink – Tequila Sunrise/Seven Seas
Best Beer Buy – White Spot
Best Wine List - Value – Lincoln 100
Best Wine List - Quality – The Normandy
Best Beer Selection - Boiler Room – The Tivoli
Best Non-Alcoholic Wine & Beer List (Not to Mention Best Glass of Water) Tuscany - Loew's Giorgio
Best Outdoor Cafe- Fusion – 1735 Arapahoe
Best Diner – The Lariat Cafe
Best Soul Food- Ethel's House Of Soul
Best Fast-Food Chain – Popeye's Famous Fried chicken
Best Place to Eat Cheap with the Family – Dino's Italian Food Dino's Other Place
Best Kid's Meal Deal – Peter Piper Pizza
Best Children's Menu- Racine's
Best Chicken Noodle Soup- The Cafe
Best Sandwich Buffet – McGuire's Restaurant
Best Fried Egg Sandwich – The DU Diner
Best Peanut Butter Sandwich – The Atrium Bar and Grille
Best Bologna Sandwich and Peanut-Butter Pie Special – Cugino's
Best Delicatessen – Bagel Deli
Best Sauerkraut – Auerbach's Delicatessen
Best Hash- Chesby's
Best Turkey Dinner – 20th street cafe
Best Roast Pork – Flynn's Inn
Best Chicken Fried Steak – Gala Gardens
Best Fried Chicken – Foucher's Creole Cafe
Best Barbecue – Smokey's Barbecue House
Best French Fries – Boardwalk Fries - Tabor Center
Best Hamburger – The Parlour Bar and Restaurant
Best Hotdog – Mustard's Last Stand
Best Restaurant for Non-Smokers – New York Connection
Best Steakhouse – Morton's of Chicago
Best American Restaurant – Juniper Valley Ranch
Best Game Restaurant – Red Lion Inn
Best Health Food Restaurant – Green's Natural Foods Cafe
Best Salad Bar – Denver Salad Co.
Best Healthy Takeout – Bon Marche
Best Oysters- McCormick's Fish House and Bar
Best Cioppino – Fresh Fish Comp
Best Seafood Restaurant and Market – Mostly Seafood
Best Calamari – The Athenian
Best Greek Restaurant- Central 1 Restaurant
Best Indian Restaurant – Royal Peacock
Best Middle-Eastern Restaurant – The Sultan
Best French Restaurant - Traditional – The Normandy
Best French Restaurant - Nouvelle – John's Restaurant
Best German Restaurant – The Black Forrest Inn
Best Italian Restaurant – Al Fresco
Best Spaghetti – The Saucy Noodle Ristorante
Best Meat-Filled Cannoli – Mama Mia Italian Ristorante & Pizzeria
Best Pizza – Slice – Scotto's
Best Pizza – Armando's Pizzeria of Cherry Creek
Best Moroccan Restaurant – Mataam Fez
Best Jamaican Restaurant – The Pepper Pot
Best Tempura – L'Auberge Zen
Best Sushi – Sushi Heights
Best Country Japanese – Domo
Best Japanese – Samurai Nippon Restaurant
Best Split Personality – Daylight Donuts
Best Thai Restaurant – Chao-Praya
Best Chao Gio – Kim-Ba
Best Vietnamese Restaurant – Kim's Vietnamese Cuisine
Best Crossover – Chez Thoa
Best Dim Sum – China Terrace
Best Chinese Takeout – New China Restaurant
Best Cantonese – Mee Yee Lin
Best Chinese – Imperial
Best Central American Accent – The Rattlesnake Grill, The Tivoli
Best Southwestern Restaurant – Las Brisas
Best Imitation of a Real Mexican Restaurant – Fajita's
Best Performance by a Mexican Restaurant – Chubby Burger Drive-In.
Best Chips & Salsa – Monterrey House
Best Green Chile – La Casa De Rey
Best Quesadillas – Juanita's Uptown
Best Red Chile Sauce – Betty's Take-out
Best Batch of Chili by a Colorado Congressperson – Pat Schroeder's chili for the Twelfth Annual Congressional Club Chili Cook-off
Best Breakfast Burrito – Benny's Place
Best Fajita Salad – Tosh's Hacienda
Best Chile Relleno – Rosalinda's Mexican Cafe
Best Smothered Bean Burrito – Taqueria Patzcuaro
Best Tacos – La Casa de Manuel
Best Margaritas – Sonora Inn
Best Mexican Restaurant – RosaLinda's Mexican Cafe
HALL OF FAME:
Best Ice Cream – Lickity Split
Best Chile Rellenos - Crispy – La Fiesta