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How People's Picks works

The annual NWsource People's Picks contest is your opportunity to support your favorite local businesses and people. This year, our site visitors voted on their favorite local places and people in more than 70 different categories, including restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping, services and more.

Voting took place at NWsource between May 1 and June 1. Site visitors were allowed to vote in each category once a day. On each category page, visitors entered their votes into a text box or chose from a random list of other readers' suggestions. To ensure that the votes were cast by real people and not a computer program, voters were required to enter a code at the bottom of each page.

In the few cases where we weren't able to recognize a vote as a legitimate entry, we reserved the right to discard it. NWsource further reserved the right to make final editorial decisions in cases of multiple ties. No special preference is ever given to advertisers or any business patronized by The Seattle Times Company. NWsource reserves the right to disqualify from the competition any businesses or individuals who attempt to unfairly influence the outcome.

See this year's winners.

Come back again next year to help support your favorite places to eat, shop and play!