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Em agosto de 2006, numa ação de promoção ao Need for Speed Most Wanted, a Electronic Arts exibiu numa convenção em Leipzig, Alemanha, um PS2 personalizado, desenvolvido pela Spiritplayer, empresa especializada em customização. William R. Plaza – Hardware. 03 jul 2024 O console foi transportado para uma miniatura do automóvel que estampa a capa de NFS Most Wanted, uma versão custom da BMW M3 GTR.…

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Looking at Where Chicago Works

This article is part of our November Design special section, which focuses on style, function and form in the workplace.

Lee Bey stood under the rotunda at the James R. Thompson Center, 13 stories of mirror-glass balconies rising around him in tiers, and shiny elevators (now off-limits without official business) zipping up and down.

The idea of the center, which opened in 1985 at the corner of Clark and Randolph streets, was to make a new indoor civic space downtown, with state government offices supported by the retail outlets and a food court. You can also eat at Taco Bell. “It embodies the idea of transparent democracy,” he said. “You can see all the elements at work.”

Even the so-bad-they-are-good 1980s colors in the atrium have meaning: “It takes the elements of a traditional government building” — the dome, the flag — “and plays with them. The red, white and blue becomes a salmon and a teal.”

Mr. Bey, 54, a former Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic, photographer and author of a new book, “Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side,” had planned an all-day tour of Chicago work spaces, some serving their original functions, others adapted to 21st-century uses. Where better to begin than in a building designed to put government dollars on display?

Several Illinois governors have wanted to sell the building, designed by Helmut Jahn and long plagued by maintenance and heating and cooling problems. But Mr. Bey thought that was the wrong move: “I would keep it and restore it,” he said. “It was built here for a reason,” with an L connection and adjacency to City Hall, a free interior public space as well as the plaza with its eye-catching Jean Dubuffet sculpture out front. “It is a metaphor for democracy; it wants you to walk around it and check it out.”

After the Thompson Center, Mr. Bey took a blocklong shortcut through City Hall and turned left, walking to the Reliance Building at Washington and State streets, one of the Loop’s original skyscrapers, designed by Burnham and Root with slim, delicate-looking white terra-cotta cladding. “When this building was designed in the 1890s, electric light was a rare thing,” Mr. Bey said. The windows were made “really big to let natural light in.” The 14-story building’s original tenants, doctors, dentists and watchmakers, took full advantage.

“As typical with Chicago architecture, there’s a function at the base of everything. So the modernists from Europe come over, they are pushing for more glass, less wall,” but, Mr. Bey said, they realize “these guys have done it already.”

And the modernists did come, and stayed. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated to Chicago in 1937, where he was given a number of important commissions, including the Chicago Federal Center, completed in 1974, a few blocks south of the Reliance Building on Dearborn. The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse occupies one coffee-colored Mies building in the center, federal offices a second and the third, a one-story glass-and-steel pavilion, is the Loop branch of the United States Postal Service.

There’s no better place to admire the precision of Mies’s grids than from within the post office, with its Eames Tandem Sling seating, custom stainless mail tables and bookmatched black walnut paneling. “One of the most everyday and ordinary things you can do is buy stamps, mail a letter, drop a package off,” Mr. Bey said. “This puts nobility behind the act.”

Across from the rear of the post office on Clark Street, Mr. Bey stopped in at the Central Standard Building at 231 South LaSalle, a 1924 building by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White that is now the headquarters of Wintrust Bank. Up an escalator, a vast neoclassical banking hall stretches the length of the block, wrapped by a mural depicting ancient civilizations and quotations about financial probity. “This is our Wall Street,” Mr. Bey said of the building and its twin, the Federal Reserve Bank across LaSalle. “The architecture connotes stability, permanence, beauty.”

Mr. Bey next headed south, by taxi, to the edge of Grant Park. There he encountered a different type of grandeur — the groovy kind — at the 1972 Ebony/Jet building on South Michigan Avenue, once the headquarters for Johnson Publishing and the first downtown high-rise designed by an African-American architect, John Moutoussamy.

The 11-story building is “buttoned-down,” said Mr. Bey, with tan granite-faced balconies overlooking the park. Inside, however, was a different story: “distinctly black spaces with a fearless mixture of colors and textures” designed by Arthur Elrod and William Raiser. The radical interiors are mostly gone now, like the lime, orange and swirling laminate Ebony Test Kitchen, which was claimed by the Museum of Food and Drink. But other striking elements remain. Mr. Bey called the brass front door hardware, which twists like a Möbius strip, “the Wakanda door handle,” after “Black Panther’s” stunning Afro-futurist sets.

But Chicago wasn’t built on office work alone. The last two stops on our tour are on the far South Side where, as Mr. Bey said, “we are closer to Indiana than we are to Downtown Chicago.” A 230-foot-tall wind turbine marks the 2015 Method soap factory, a LEED-platinum plant by the sustainable design pioneers William McDonough + Partners. An open wetland with green and purple prairie plants sets off the boxy concrete building, striped with rainbow banners and topped with a 75,000-square-foot greenhouse operated by Gotham Greens.

“This was a former brownfield, the site of the Ryerson Steel factory,” Mr. Bey said. “This land is returning to its industrial roots.” There are once again blue-collar jobs, in a largely blue-collar area, he said, “part of a first wave of industry coming back.”

Our final destination is the long-closed Pullman Clock Tower and Administration Building, which looms over its low-lying neighborhood.

Historic Pullman was founded in 1880 as a model workers’ village by George Pullman, founder of the Pullman Palace Car Company, which manufactured luxury railroad cars.

The district was declared a National Monument in 2015, recognizing its historic design by the architect Solon Spencer Beman and the landscape architect Nathan F. Barrett and its place in labor history.

In the administration building, extensively damaged by arson in 1998 and rebuilt, we see the factory’s iron bell, crumpled like tinfoil by the heat of the flames. Tracks running crosswise through the building would have carried half-built cars inside where they could be completed.

Generous brick houses once set aside for the bosses front the factory grounds on 111th Street, with shady rows of smaller workers’ housing stretching away for blocks. “Congrats on the book, Mr. Bey!” shouts a woman, waving from across the street, while a man in a pickup pulls over to chat. Mr. Bey has lived in one of those rowhouses for 10 years and, on a sidewalk outside the clock tower, it is clear that he is, after a long day touring, home.

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Essay 2 Final

William Wood                                                                                                          

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29March2018

Old and still standing but why?

Time and time again, a lonely 42 year old South Tucson building was initially a Dairy Queen ice cream parlor built in 1975. Designed to serve as a space for a restaurant, it has seen its fair share of small businesses including the original Dairy Queen, Filiberto’s Mexican Food, Belo’s Mexican Food, some other small independently owned local fast foods and now the Jason’s Mexican Food. This small commercial space has sucked them in and spat them out as fast as they were established. This building shares a corner space on 6th St and Valencia the other commercial space next to it is a tire shop that is load and has open space in the front that stores cars so not only is it not appealing but it give false interpretation for entry and parking which the restaurant does not provide It is limited to space and drive thru, causing potential traffic interruption on the main road of Valencia.

What basis and or purpose has kept this building afloat, absorbing small businesses trafficking in and out for 42 years considering the not so ideal location immediately off an extremely busy road, age, size of only 1,050 SQFT and most importantly limitations it holds in general which I have described. Why would anyone invest in the leasing this particular commercial space knowing the prior unsuccessful patterns? I will be analyzing the reason why the building owner continues to keep the location open and why small business owners continue to utilize this location even in consideration of surrounding competitors.

 Due to the progression and upcoming surroundings consisting of supermarkets and other restaurants this particular location was once ideal, serving the South Tucson and the Elvira Community by providing the only Dairy Queen on this side of town at that time. It was greatly appreciated by the community and often served high traffic clientele during the hot summer days and triple digits which Tucson is famous for. I remember going weekly considering my grandparents and other relatives lived only blocks away as a child my parents would take us often. We would sit on the concrete benches and tables under the classic Dairy Queen colored umbrellas out front and enjoy Blizzards, Floats, and Dilly bars. Back then traffic was mild and the building was in its prime. This was a well-known and much appreciated business. Since the closing of this franchise to which I am unsure of the locals within the community assume that the population expansion high road traffic and surrounding businesses that opened up including Rasapados (Mexican Style shaved Ice shops) and other Mexican cultured Meat Markets. The building remained and was the leased out to multiple small business investors particularly restaurants of Mexican style fast food.

Considering the progression of Tucson since 1975, the surrounding businesses also flourished and failed some were successful and some plazas expanded, the surrounding community grew and other types of commercial spaces established and progressed meaning that there was room for other types of restaurants to come in and make their mark such as Burger fast food restaurants, meat markets and bakeries of Mexican culture dollar stores and the opening of the outdoor mall called the Spectrum that is only approximately a 5 to 8 min drive depending traffic from the ran down location. South Tucson has grown significantly and has opened up banks, supermarkets, hardware stores, grocery outlets, meat markets bakeries, third-party businesses locations, schools and housing so that being said this smalltime commercial space became outnumbered and stood longer than it has supposed to passing its time.

 This location is smack in the middle of Valencia Road which is a high traffic route for South Tucson so this location is not ideal any longer obtaining horrible entry and exit points which are extremely difficult especially during rush hours, which are obviously great for business just not this one. The location and space is very small considering the other convenient surrounding businesses that are within a 2 mile radius this location does not make sense any longer and is not visually attractive. It has been poorly kept up looking like a ghost town forgotten hole in the wall. Having conversation with the locals in this community it has been often said that there has been bets placed on the duration of time that each small investor will hold this establishment that ranges from six months to a year that a restaurant will stay open for business. It seems that they go as quickly as they come but what is mind boggling is that investors still pursue this commercial space considering the patterns that this location has undergone, It is not successful for holding longevity. Understanding that the surrounding areas in communities are of Mexican American heritage I have counted over 15 fast food Mexican restaurants and sit in diners of this style of food within a 5 mile radius, competitors are not only excessive but aggressive in their advertisement. I believe the owner of this commercial space continues to hold the building a float due to the consistent ins and outs of the small investing traffic that they experience.

I believe if there were no interest and if the building remained vacant reconsideration for keeping this commercial space would be a great possibility. Small business high traffic within this commercial space is as fast as the traffic in the lanes on Valencia road. Tucson has outgrown this location and it has become a sore for the community based of the simple comments I hear often by them “they should just tear that building down”.  

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Best of Arkansas 2017

Cream of the shops, and more

The best, the greatest, nonpareil, primo, boss, a perfect 10. The Colosseum and the Louvre Museum. The tops! That's how Arkansas Times readers judge the businesses, from lingerie shops to veterinarians to HVAC repair, you'll read about below. 

Use the results of our annual survey for advice, or look for your own business in the list. Send us your disputations or back up what we print here. You may read that our own senior editor, Max Brantley, won best newspaper writer and squeal "Rigged!" (It is not!) You'll read that Riverfest won best music festival and sigh, "What a shame!" You'll see our readers' choice for worst Arkansan is Sen. Jason Rapert and exclaim, "Just so!"

You'll read reporter Jacob Rosenberg's piece on his trip to Oaklawn and wonder, "Did he come out ahead?" (Answer: Yes.) Along with the Oaklawn feature, we give you a little more info on other winners and finalists, like Bang-Up Betty (artisan), Crying Weasel (vintage clothing), Good Earth (garden store), Flyway Brewing (Arkansas-brewed beer) and WordsWorth Books (bookstore), and our annual editor's picks, which include a feature on a business you should know, the Little Rock Violin Shop.

BEST LIST of 2017

Goods and services

Shopping center

The Promenade at Chenal

Finalists: Midtowne, The Outlets of Little Rock, Park Plaza Mall, Pleasant Ridge Town Center Grocery store

Kroger

Local winner: Edwards Food Giant

Finalists: The Fresh Market, Natural Grocers, Whole Foods Market

Women's clothing

Dillard's

Finalists: Box Turtle, E. Leigh's, Fringe Clothing, Indigo, Scarlet

Men's clothing

Dillard's

Finalists: Barakat Bespoke, Baumans, Greenhaw's Fine Men's Wear, Mr. Wicks

Hip clothing

Fringe Clothing

Finalists: Box Turtle, Indigo, Maddox, Scarlet

Children's clothing

The Toggery

Finalists: Bologna Joe's, Carter's, The Children's Place (Conway), Dillard's

Vintage clothing

Goodwill

Local winner: Crying Weasel Vintage

Finalists: Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Savers, South Main Creative

Lingerie

Cupids

Finalists: Adam and Eve, Dillard's, Seductions, Victoria's Secret

Shoes

Dillard's

Local winner: Rock City Kicks

Finalists: DSW, Shoe Carnival, Warren's Shoes

Antiques

Mid-Towne Antique Mall

Finalists: Blue Suede Shoes, Fabulous Finds, Sweet Home/Clement, South Main Creative

Furniture

Hank's Fine Furniture

Finalists: Ashley Furniture, Cantrell Furniture Design Center, Galaxy Furniture, Howse

Garden store or nursery

The Good Earth Garden Center

Finalists: Botanica Gardens, Hocott's Garden Center, Plantopia, River Valley Horticultural

Hardware/home improvement

Fuller and Son

Finalists: Ace Hardware (Cantrell), The Home Depot, Kraftco Hardware and Building Supply, Lowe's Home Improvement

Eyewear

James Eye Care

Finalists: Burrow's and Mr. Frank's Optical, Family Eye Clinic, Kavanaugh Eye Care, Little Rock Eye Clinic, Success Vision

Fresh vegetables

Hillcrest Farmers Market

Finalists: Argenta Farmers Market, Bernice Garden Farmer's Market, Fayetteville Farmers Market, Little Rock Farmers' Market

Outdoor store

Ozark Outdoor Supply

Finalists: Academy Sports and Outdoors, Bass Pro Shops, Gene Lockwood, Gearhead Outfitters

Bicycle shop

Chainwheel

Finalists: Angry Dave's Bicycles, The Community Bicyclist, The Ride, Spokes

Gun store

Fort Thompson Sporting Goods

Finalists: Arkansas Armory Inc., Bass Pro Shops, Bullseye Guns and Ammo, Don's Weaponry Inc.

Commercial art gallery

Gallery 26

Finalists: Boswell Mourot Fine Art, Cantrell Gallery, Greg Thompson Fine Art, M2 Gallery

Mobile phone

AT&T

Finalists: Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon

Internet service provider

AT&T

Finalists: Centurylink, Comcast, Conway Corp., Hyperleap

Residential real estate agency

The Janet Jones Co.

Finalists: The Charlotte John Co., Crye-Leike, Keller Williams Realty, Pulaski Heights Realty

Commercial real estate agency

Moses Tucker Real Estate

Finalists: Colliers International, Coldwell Banker, Rector Phillips Morse, Flake & Kelley

Auto service

Austin Brothers Tire and Service

Finalists: Christian Brothers Automotive, Discount Tire & Brake Inc., Foster's Garage, Jett's Gas and Service

Auto stereo

Arkansas Car Stereo

Finalists: Auto Audio, Best Buy, Bryant Audio

Travel agency

Poe Travel

Finalists: AAA Travel (Fayetteville), Small World Big Fun, Sue Smith Vacations, The Travel Shop

Hotel

Capital Hotel

Finalists: 21c Museum Hotel (Bentonville), 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa (Eureka Springs), Little Rock Marriott, The Waters (Hot Springs)

Private school

The Anthony School

Finalists: Catholic High School for Boys, Episcopal Collegiate, Little Rock Christian Academy, Pulaski Academy

Public school

Central High School

Finalists: Jefferson Elementary, North Little Rock High School, Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School, Pulaski Heights Elementary

Apartment complex

The Pointe Brodie Creek

Finalists: Bowman Pointe, Fountaine Bleau West, The Park at Riverdale, The Ridge at Chenal

Bank

Arvest Bank

Finalists: First Security Bank, Centennial Bank, Regions, Simmons Bank

Barbershop

Jerry's Barber Shop

Finalists: The Art of Men's Cuts (Bryant), The Local Hair Shop, Sport Clips, Sullivan Barber Service

Salon

Suite.102.Salon

Finalists: Fringe Benefits, Joels, Joey Edwards Salon, Red Beauty Lounge

Nail salon

Fashion Nails

Finalists: Chic Nails, Ethereal Spa, Heights Nail and Spa

Spa

Wellness Revolution

Finalists: Ava Bella Day Spa, Caracalla Salon and Body Spa, Indulgences Day Spa, Rejuvenation Day Spa

Diet/Weight Loss Center

Onyx Nutrition and Fitness

Finalists: Diet Center, Nutrition Hub, TruBalance Health, Wellness Revolution

Jeweler

Sissy's Log Cabin

Finalists: Cecil's Fine Jewelry, Jones & Son Fine Jewelry, Kyle-Rochelle, Roberson's Fine Jewelry

Pharmacy

Cornerstone Pharmacy

Finalists: CVS, Kroger, Rhea Drug Store, Walgreens

Auto dealer

Steve Landers Toyota

Finalists: Everett GMC, McClarty Nissan, Russell Honda, Parker Lexus

Car

Subaru Outback

Finalists: Honda Civic, Honda Pilot, Toyota Camry

Home entertainment store

Best Buy

Local winner: Arkansas Record and CD Exchange

Finalists: Audio Dimensions, Bedford Camera, Walmart

Sporting goods

Academy Sports + Outdoors

Local winner: Ozark Outdoor Supply

Finalists: Bass Pro Shops, Fort Thompson, Gene Lockwood's

Toys

Toys "R" Us

Local winner: The Toggery

Finalists: Box Turtle Kids, The Knowledge Tree, Target

Florist

Tanarah Luxe Floral

Finalists: About Vase, Empty Vase, Frances Flower Shop, Tipton & Hurst

Plumber

Ray Lusk Plumbing

Finalists: Advantage Service Co., Don Houff Plumbing, Brad Peoples, Russell & LeMay, Sanders Plumbing

HVAC Repair

Middleton Heat and Air

Finalists: Bob & Ed's Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Chenal Heat and Air, Dash Heating & Air, Russell & LeMay

Gift shop

Box Turtle

Finalists: Bella Vita Jewelry, The Crown Shop, The Full Moon, Green Corner Store, Moxy Modern Mercantile

Veterinarian

Hillcrest Animal Hospital

Finalists: ALLPETS Animal Hospital, Bellevue Animal Clinic, Bowman Road Animal Clinic, Pleasant Valley Animal Clinic, Pinnacle Valley Animal Hospital

Dry cleaners

Moose Cleaners

Finalists: Hangers Cleaners, Max Cleaners, Oak Forest Cleaners, Schickel's Cleaners

Artisan

Bang-Up Betty (jeweler)

Finalists: Bella Vita (jewelry), Sarah DeClerk (baker), Katherine Strause (painter), V.L. Cox (mixed media)

Designer/decorator

Debi Davis Interiors

Finalists: Tom Chandler, Tobi Fairley, Garry Mertins Design Inc., Jill White Designs

Hobby shop

Hobby Lobby

Local winner: The Water Buffalo

Finalists: Art Outfitters, Game Goblin, Michaels

Music equipment

Guitar Center

Local winner: Dogtown Sound

Finalists: Best Buy, CKC Music, Jacksonville Guitar Center

Bookstore

WordsWorth Books & Co.

Finalists: Barnes & Noble, Dickson Street Bookshop (Fayetteville), Nightbird Books (Fayetteville), River Market Books and Gifts

Pawn shop

iPawn

Finalists: A-1 Gun and Pawn Inc., Braswell & Son Pawnbrokers, Cbay Trading & Loan, Pawnderosa Pawn Shop

Funeral home

Ruebel Funeral Home

Finalists: Olmstead Funeral Home, North Little Rock Funeral Home, Roller Funeral Homes, Smith Funeral Home

Retirement community

Parkway Village

Finalists: Fox Ridge Assisted Living, Good Shepherd Community, The Manor, Woodland Heights

Place to take a yoga class

Barefoot Studio

Finalists: Arkansas Yoga Collective, Blue Yoga Nyla, Little Rock Athletic Club, Wellness Revolution

Chiropractor

Brady DeClerk

Finalists: Beverly Foster, John Vincent, Natural State Health Center, Rose Livingston (Hot Springs)

Tattoo

7th Street Tattoos & Piercing

Finalists: Black Cobra, Forever Yours, The Parlor, Tried and True Tattoo Co. by Rick Medina (Russellville)

Vape shop

Rogue Vapors

Finalists: Abby Road, RAO Video, Vapor World

Investment adviser

Heath Harper (Morgan Stanley)

Finalists: Brian Bush (Stephens), Barry Corkern, Kelly Ross Journey (Edward Jones), Larry Root (Ameriprise Financial Services)

Company to work for

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Finalists: The Janet Jones Co., Inuvo, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Youth Home Inc.

Recreation

Place to swim

Little Rock Racquet Club

Finalists: Little Rock Athletic Club, Greers Ferry Lake, Lake Ouachita, Wild River Country

Park

Burns Park

Finalists: Allsopp Park, Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Riverfront Park, Two Rivers Park

Cheap date

Movies in the Park

Finalists: Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas Travelers, Big Dam Bridge, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville)

Weekend getaway

Hot Springs

Finalists: Eureka Springs, Mount Magazine, Bentonville, Petit Jean State Park

Resort

Red Apple Inn

Finalists: Arlington Hotel (Hot Springs), Gaston's White River Resort, The Lodge at Mount Magazine, Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa

Golf course

Pleasant Valley Country Club

Finalists: Chenal Country Club, Country Club of Little Rock, Rebsamen Golf Course, War Memorial Golf Course

Athletic club

Little Rock Athletic Club

Finalists: 10 Fitness, Little Rock Racquet Club, Omnis Crossfit, Wellness Revolution Crossfit

Hiking trail

Pinnacle Mountain State Park

Finalists: Allsopp Park, Ouachita Trail, Petit Jean Mountain, Two Rivers Park

Place to mountain bike

Burns Park

Finalists: Allsopp Park, Camp Robinson, Pinnacle Mountain, Slaughter Pen (Bentonville)

Marina

Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa (Lake Ouachita)

Finalists: Fairfield Bay (Greers Ferry Lake), Heber Springs Marina (Greers Ferry Lake), Jolly Roger's Marina (Lake Maumelle), Brady Mountain Marina (Lake Ouachita)

Entertainment

Musician or band

Amasa Hines

Finalists: Chris DeClerk, Adam Faucett, Rodney Block and the Real Music Lovers, Tragikly Whit

DJ

Gforce

Finalists: DJ Mario Luna, Seth Baldy, Kramer, rob O.

Place for live music

Revolution Music Room

Finalists: Cajun's Wharf, South on Main, Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack, White Water Tavern

Place to dance

Club Sway

Finalists: Club Level, Discovery, Electric Cowboy, Ernie Biggs

Live music festival

Riverfest

Finalists: Hot Water Hills Festival (Hot Springs), King Biscuit (Helena/West Helena), Legends of Arkansas, Toad Suck Daze (Conway), The Valley of the Vapors (Hot Springs)

Neighborhood festival

Hillcrest HarvestFest

Finalists: Block Street Block Party, Cornbread Festival, Chili Fights in the Heights, Patio in Park Hill

Late-night spot

Midtown

Finalists: Discovery, Ciao Baci, Ernie Biggs, Four Quarter Bar

Gay bar

Club Sway

Finalists: 610 Center, Discovery, Triniti

Sports bar

The Tavern Sports Grill

Finalists: Dugan's Pub, Prospect Sports Bar, Twin Peaks, West End Smokehouse & Tavern

Movie theater

Riverdale 10

Finalists: UA Breckenridge 12, Cinemark Colonel Glenn 18 (Rave), Chenal 9, Ron Robinson Theater

Museum

Museum of Discovery

Finalists: Arkansas Arts Center, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville), Clinton Presidential Center, Historic Arkansas Museum

Performing arts group

Arkansas Repertory Theatre

Finalists: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Arkansas, Red Octopus, River City Men's Chorus

Place to gamble

Oaklawn Racing & Gaming

Finalists: Gold Strike Casino (Tunica, Miss.), Southland Park Gaming and Racing (West Memphis), Choctaw Casino (Oklahoma), Cherokee Casino (Oklahoma)

Food and Drink

Food festival

Greek Food Festival

Finalists: Chili Fights in the Heights, Cornbread Festival, Jewish Food Festival, Main Street Food Truck Festival

French fries

Big Orange

Finalists: Buffalo Grill, David's Burgers, McDonald's, The Root Cafe

Onion rings

Sonic Drive-In

Finalists: Arkansas Burger Co., Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Dugan's Pub, Leo's Greek Castle

Cheese Dip

Dizzy's Gypsy Bistro

Finalists: El Porton, Heights Taco & Tamale Co., La Hacienda, Mexico Chiquito

Ribs

Whole Hog Cafe

Finalists: Sims Bar-B-Que, Corky's Ribs and BBQ, McClard's Bar-B-Q, Penguin Ed's Bar-B-Que (Fayetteville)

Wine list

So Restaurant-Bar

Finalists: By the Glass, Crush Wine Bar, Samantha's Taproom, Zin Urban Wine and Beer Bar

Arkansas-brewed beer

Lost Forty

Finalists: Diamond Bear Brewing Co., Flyway Brewing, Ozark Beer Co., Rebel Kettle

Liquor store

Colonial Wines and Spirits

Finalists: 107 Liquor (Sherwood), Legacy Wine and Spirits, O'Looney's Wine and Liquor, Sullivant's Liquor Store

Sushi

Sushi Cafe

Finalists: Hanaroo Sushi Bar, Kemuri, Kiyen's, Mt. Fuji, Oceans at Arthur's

Salad

ZAZA Fine Salad and Wood-Oven Pizza Co.

Finalists: Cheers, Jason's Deli, Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe, The Root Cafe

Business lunch

Cache Restaurant

Finalists: Capital Bar and Grill, Samantha's Taproom, South on Main, Trio's Restaurant

Brunch

Red Door Restaurant

Finalists: Boulevard Bistro, Lost Forty, The Root Cafe, YaYa's Euro Bistro

Cocktail

Cajun's Wharf

Finalists: Big Orange, Capital Bar and Grill, The Pizzeria, South on Main

Milkshake

Purple Cow

Finalists: Big Orange, Loblolly Creamery, Sonic Drive-In, Shake's Frozen Custard

Vegetarian

The Root Cafe

Finalists: North Bar, Star of India, Three Fold Noodles and Dumpling Co., The Veg

Bread

Boulevard Bread Co.

Finalists: Arkansas Fresh, Community Bakery, Old Mill Bread and Flour Co., Mylo Coffee Co., Panera Bread

Caterer

Catering to You

Finalists: Alan Bennett, RX Catering, Simply the Best, Trio's Restaurant

Outdoor dining

Brave New Restaurant

Finalists: Cajun's Wharf, Local Lime, The Root Cafe, U.S. Pizza Hillcrest

People and Politics

Artist

V.L. Cox

Finalists: Guy Bell, Kevin Kresse, John Kushmaul, Matt McLeod

Celebrity

Mary Steenburgen

Finalists: Beth Ditto, Bill Clinton, Judge Reinhold, Jeff Nichols

Photographer

Joshua Asante

Finalists: Brian Chilson, Lily Darragh, Rita Henry, Matt White

Politician

Joyce Elliott

Finalists: Tom Cotton, Clarke Tucker, Warwick Sabin, Kathy Webb

Athlete

Rawleigh Williams III

Finalists: John Daly, Hunter Henry, Darren McFadden, Leah Thorvilson

Liberal

Max Brantley

Finalists: Matt Campbell, Joyce Elliott, Warwick Sabin, Kathy Webb

Conservative

Tom Cotton

Finalists: Asa Hutchinson, Jeremy Hutchinson, Rex Nelson, Bill Vickery

Worst Arkansan

Jason Rapert

Finalists: Wendell Griffen, French Hill, Mike Huckabee, Leslie Rutledge

Charity

Youth Home Inc.

Finalists: Habitat for Humanity, Lucie's Place, Our House, The Van

Charity event

Eggshibition (Youth Home)

Finalists: Soup Sunday (Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families), Paws on the Runway (CARE for Animals), Race for the Cure, Walk for the Waiting (foster care)

Misuse of taxpayer funds/property

Ten Commandments monument

Finalists: 30 Crossing, charter schools, Ecclesia College, Robinson Center

Media

Radio station

Alice-FM, 107.7

Finalists: KABF-FM, 88.3; KUAR-FM, 89.1; The Buzz-FM, 103.7; The Wolf-FM, 105.1

Radio personality

Heather and Poolboy

Finalists: Bobby Bones, Tommy Smith, Lisa Fischer, Roger Scott

TV station

KATV, Channel 7

Finalists: KARK, Channel 4; Fox 16; KTHV, Channel 11; AETN

TV personality

Dawn Scott

Finalists: Alyson Courtney, Craig O'Neill, Donna Terrell, D.J. Williams

TV weatherman

Todd Yakoubian

Finalists: Barry Brandt, Tom Brannon, Ed Buckner, Ned Perme

TV sports

Steve Sullivan

Finalists: D.J. Williams, Mary Dunleavy, Wess Moore

Newspaper writer

Max Brantley

Finalists: Gwen Moritz, John Brummett, Wally Hall, John Lynch

Blog

Arkansas Blog

Finalists: Blue Hog Report, The Mighty Rib, Rex Nelson's Southern Fried, Rock City Eats

Website

arktimes.com

Finalists: bluehogreport.com, earnspendlive.com, fayettevilleflyer.com, mysaline.com

Twitter feed

@bluehogreport

Finalists: @ademillo, @austinkellerman, @johnbrummett, @jefflongUA

Instagram feed

@annpotterbaking

Finalists: @bangupbetty, @hannahacarpenter, @tnorman23

Author

Kevin Brockmeier

Finalists: Bryan Borland, Garrard Conley, Mara Leveritt, Nate Powell

Best of Arkansas 2017