Best Restaurants 2009

It's time to vote for your favorite restaurants!

Every year, Bangor Metro publishes a Best Restaurant issue. This is your opportunity to highlight the restaurants you love best and learn about new ones. So far, only 16 ballots have been turned it, which definitely doesn’t represent the entirety of the restaurant lovers in the area.

So that means YOU need to fill out the ballot pages found in the May issue of Bangor Metro! The voting deadline is June 1, 2009, so get your ballot in before time runs out!

Here are the categories:

Best lobster shack
Best family restaurant
Best romantic dinner
Best place to watch the game
Best chowder
Best steak
Best pizza
Best value for money
Best coffee
Best dessert
Best salad/salad bar
Best brunch
Best sandwich
Best place to bring a group
Best cocktails
Best wine list
Best neighborhood pub
Best service
Best destination restaurant
Best vegetarian
Best buffet
Best Chinese takeout


Below are the rules:

1. One vote per person. That’s why we ask for your name and contact info.

2. Any restaurant in the 8 counties of the Bangor metro is eligible. (Penobscot, Hancock, Waldo, Knox, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington, and Aroostook.)

3. Fill out only those categories you feel strongly about.

4. Vote for any place located in the metro, even those off the path. We’ll mention some of the runners-up.

5. No photocopies allowed this year, due to ballot-stacking by over-eager restaurateurs.

6. Grab a ballot in the May issue, fill it out, and mail it back to us—or drop if in person—or pick an official ballot up at our offices at One Cumberland Place, Suite 316 in Bangor.