Urban Life Readers Picks

Best Ethnic Market: Jungle Jim's Photo By: J.D. Cutter

Best Ethnic Market:
Jungle Jim’s
5440 Dixie Hwy. (Route 4), Fairfield, 513-829-1919

2. Dean’s Mediterranean Imports
Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine, 513-241-8222

3. Jagdeep’s Indian Grocery
356 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, 513-961-2699

4. Saigon Market
Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine, 513-721-8053

5. Cincinnati Asian Market
10400 Reading Road, Evendale, 513-733-1828

Best Alternative Health Provider:
Gateways to Healing
821 Delta Ave., Mount Lookout, 513-321-3317

Best Apartment Complex:
Emery Center
100 E. Central Pkwy., Over-the-Rhine, 513-651-1999

Best Church:
Crossroads Community Church
3500 Madison Road, Oakley, 513-731-7400

Best Church Festival:
Panegyri Festival
Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 7000 Winton Road, Finneytown

Best College/University:
University of Cincinnati

Best Dating Service:
Match.com

Best Festival:
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati

Best Place To Take A Vistor: Mount Adams Photo By: Joe Lamb

Best Place to Take Visitors:
Mount Adams

2. Cincinnati Museum Center

3. Eden Park

4. Cincinnati Reds game

5. Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

Best Findlay Market Vendor:
Madison Farms

Best Hiking Trail:
Cincinnati Nature Center
4949 Tealtown Road, Milford, 513-831-1171

Best Neighborhood:
Hyde Park

Best Park:
Ault Park
Observatory Avenue, Hyde Park

Best Place to Get Wet:
The Beach Waterpark
2590 Waterpark Drive, Mason, 513-398-7946

Best Playground:
Sawyer Point
Central Riverfront, Downtown

Best Romantic Hideaway:
Eden Park
Mount Adams/Walnut Hills

Best Use of Public Funds:
ArtWorks’ Mural Works project

The Ticker: Hats off to repeat winners The Beach Waterpark (Place to Get Wet) for the seventh year in a row; Sawyer Point (Playground) for the seventh time in eight years; and Crossroads (Church) and Panegyri (Church Festival) for the sixth year in a row. … The only first-timer in Urban Life is ArtWorks’ Mural Works (Use of Public Funds).