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BEST BEACH: Clearwater Beach

Runners-up: Ft. De Soto Beach
St. Pete Beach

BEST BRIDGE: Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Runners-up: Gandy Bridge
Howard Frankland Bridge

BEST DOWNTOWN: St. Petersburg

Runners-up: Tampa
Dunedin

BEST LOCAL BLOG: Midnight Culmination

Rachel*
Call me the American Dream - 5'10" and 125, 34-26-34, waist-length hair, blue eyes, and a big smile. I have a cool car, too!

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Rachel* Call me the American Dream - 5'10" and 125, 34-26-34, waist-length hair, blue eyes, and a big smile. I have a cool car, too!

www.sohotampa.blogspot.com/
Runners-up: BayCiti.net, www.bayciti.net
Sticks of Fire, www.sticksoffire.com/

BEST LOCAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION: Gay pride

Runners-up: Road conditions Mass transit

BEST LOCAL ISSUE THAT YOU’RE SICK OF: Terry Schiavo

Runners-up: Hurricanes
Gay pride

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD: Hyde Park

Runners-up: Seminole Heights
Old Northeast St. Petersburg

BEST PLACE TO ESCAPE TOURISTS: Home

Runners-up: Ft. De Soto
Hyde Park

BIGGEST WASTE OF TAX DOLLARS: Crosstown Expressway

Runners-up: Ronda Storms
Clearwater Memorial Causeway

Best of the Bay Slideshows

Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth

Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth

Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 2022 Best of the Bay party

Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 2022 Best of the Bay party

Best Non-Alcoholic Cocktails
Winner: Willa's Tampa
Runners-up: Ciro’s Speakeasy, The Saint
Photo via Willa’s Tampa/Instagram

Tampa Bay's best restaurants, food and drink of 2022, according to our readers

Wicked Oak Barbeque
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All of the Tampa Bay restaurants and brands sampling at the Best of the Bay Party (9/29)