2017 Staff Picks for Best...

• Best Alternate-Universe Nick Young
• Best Attempts to Sell a Product No One Wants
• Best Bartender
• Best Bike Thrill Ride
• Best CVS Facade
• Best Chef
• Best Chronicling
• Best D.C. Sports Meme
• Best Deceased Local Blog
• Best Freshman D.C. Councilmember
• Best Get-Me-Out-of-Here Zoo Animal
• Best Hip-Hop Criticism
• Best Historical Landmark Tourists Don’t Know About
• Best Hospitality Pro
• Best Inexplicably Continuing Feature
• Best Late Deadline Excuse

• Best Library With a View
• Best Line
• Best Local Bike Race
• Best Local Fashion Icon
• Best Local Government Conciliator
• Best Low-Cost Multimodal Adventure
• Best Mall Memorial You Forgot About
• Best Movie Theater That Feels Like Someone’s Really Cool Basement
• Best New Trail Connection
• Best Not-An-Embassy Embassy
• Best Of
• Best Online Trash Talker
• Best Persistent Case of Awful Typography
• Best Place to Aimlessly Wander Around Before it All Changes
• Best Place to People-Watch Dog People
• Best Place to Shout About Stressful Things

• Best Place to Slay Kthulu
• Best Place to Take Your Dog
• Best Place to Trespass
• Best Place to Watch Men Shower Seductively
• Best Political Head Fake
• Best Political Nickname
• Best Reform Movement
• Best Resiliency
• Best Survivor
• Best Swamp
• Best TV Show on Which to Exploit Your Business
• Best Uniform as Political Statement
• Best Use of Emoji
• Best Waste of Talent
• Best Yuppie Virtue Signaling
• Best “Born This Way” Politician