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Best old thing (Cincinnati Zoo), best ethnic market (Jungle Jim's), best neighborhood (Hyde Park), best festival event (Taste of Cincinnati), best public school (Walnut Hills High) and much more.

Mar 29, 2010 at 2:06 pm

NEW THING: Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Multiple locations
2. Kroger Marketplace, Newport
3. Streetscape in Gateway Quarter, Over-the-Rhine

OLD THING: Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
3400 Vine St., Avondale, 513-281-4700
2. Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine
3. Union Terminal, West End

APARTMENT COMPLEX: The Lofts at Shillito Place
151 W. Seventh St., Downtown, 513-651-1661
2. One Lytle Place, Downtown
3. The Drexel, Oakley

BUILDING: Union Terminal
1301 Western Ave., West End, 513-287-7043
2. Music Hall, Over-the-Rhine
3. New School for Creative and Performing Arts, Over-the-Rhine

CHURCH FESTIVAL: Panegyri Festival at Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas
7000 Winton Road, Finneytown, 513-591-0030
2. Nativity, Pleasant Ridge
3. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cherry Grove

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY: University of Cincinnati
2. Xavier University
3. Northern Kentucky University

ETHNIC MARKET: Jungle Jim’s
5440 Dixie Hwy., Fairfield, 513-674-6000
2. Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine
3. Dean’s Mediterranean Imports, Over-the-Rhine

FESTIVAL EVENT: Taste of Cincinnati (May)
2. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati (September)
3. MidPoint Music Festival (September)

FINDLAY MARKET VENDOR: Kroeger & Sons Meats

2. Taste of Belgium
3. Herbs & Spice

FREE WIFI SPOT: Panera Bread

Multiple locations
2. Fountain Square, Downtown
3. Coffee Emporium, Over-the-Rhine/Hyde Park/Xavier University campus

HIKING TRAIL: Cincinnati Nature Center
4949 Tealtown Road, Batavia, 513-831-1711
2. Loveland Hike/Bike Trail, Loveland
3. Ault Park, Mount Lookout

NEIGHBORHOOD: Hyde Park

2. Clifton
3. Northside

SUBURB: Anderson Township
2. West Chester
3. Mariemont

PARK: Ault Park (Mount Lookout)

2. Eden Park (Mount Adams/Walnut Hills)
3. Sharon Woods (Sharonville)

PLACE TO TAKE A VISITOR: Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

3400 Vine St., Avondale, 513-281-4700
2. Jungle Jim’s, Fairfield
3. Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine

PLACE TO WORSHIP: Crossroads

3500 Madison Road, Oakley, 513-731-7400
2. Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University, Evanston
3. Vineyard Communiy Church, Tri-County

PLAYGROUND: Sawyer Point (Downtown)

2. Cincinnati Children’s Museum at Union Terminal (West End)
3. Lunken Airport Playfield (East End)

PRIVATE ELEMENTARY/HIGH SCHOOL: St. Ursula Academy

1339 E. McMillan Ave., Walnut Hills, 513-961-3410
2. St. Xavier High School, Finneytown
3. Cincinnati Country Day School, Indian Hill

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY/HIGH SCHOOL: Walnut Hills High School

3250 Victory Pkwy., Walnut Hills/Evanston, 513-363-8400
2. Oak Hills High School, Green Township
3. School for Creative and Performing Arts, Over-the-Rhine