From now until Aug. 31 at 11:59 p.m., voting is open for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s Best of the Bay (BOTB).
This year’s poll is even bigger and better, and we need your help. We want to know what you, the readers, think is the best this Bay has to offer—from restaurants, nightlife, recreation, retail, and everything else you think deserves a little local love.
For the unfamiliar, BOTB is Tampa Bay’s longest running annual celebration of “The Best” this area has to offer. For 33 years, CL has relied on the public to nominate their favorites, and this year you delivered.
For 2023, readers can vote across nine categories:
- Arts
- Beauty and Wellness
- Drink
- Entertainment
- Food
- Goods
- People
- Places
- Entertainment
Readers Choice BOTB winners will be announced at CL’s annual Best of the Bay issue release and party happening on Thursday, Sept. 27 at Tampa’s Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
The event—which gathers BOTB finalists and winners along with vendors and entertainers from across the Bay area—is open to the public, and tickets are on sale now via botbtampabay.com starting at $35.
If you’re among the list of 2023 CL Best of the Bay nominees, voting marketing materials are available. Any questions can be answered by emailing botb@cltampa.com.
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This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2023.