Urban Life Readers Picks

BEST CHURCH: Crossroads Community Church File Photo

BEST CHURCH:
1. CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH
3500 Madison Road, Oakley, 513-731-7400
2. VINEYARD CHURCH NORTHWEST
9165 Round Top Road, Springdale, 513-385-4888
3. CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF THE ASSUMPTION
1140 Madison Ave., Covington, 859-431-2060
4. ST. CECILIA
5313 Madison Pike, Independence, 859-363-4314
5. FIRST UNITARIAN
536 Linton Road, Avondale, 513-281-1564

BEST ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PROVIDER: Mercy Health Partners
Multiple locations

BEST APARTMENT COMPLEX: Lofts at Shillito Place
151 W. Seventh St., Downtown, 513-651-1661

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: eHarmony

BEST ETHNIC MARKET: Jungle Jim’s
5440 Dixie Hwy. (Route 4), Fairfield, 513-674-6000

BEST FESTIVAL: Taste of Cincinnati

BEST FINDLAY MARKET VENDOR: Kroeger & Sons Meats

BEST HIKING TRAIL: Cincinnati Nature Center
4949 Tealtown Road, Milford, 513-831-1171

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD: Clifton

BEST PARK: Ault Park
Observatory Avenue, Hyde Park

BEST PLACE TO GET WET: The Beach Waterpark
2590 Waterpark Drive, Mason, 513-398-7946

BEST PLACE TO TAKE VISITORS: Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
3400 Vine St., Avondale, 513-281-4700

BEST PLAYGROUND: Sawyer Point
Central Riverfront, Downtown

BEST ROMANTIC HIDEAWAY: Blind Lemon
936 Hatch St., Mount Adams, 513-241-3885

BEST USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS: Proposed streetcar line downtown and Over-the-Rhine

THE TICKER: Hats off to repeat winners The Beach Waterpark (Place to Get Wet) for the eighth year in a row; Sawyer Point (Playground) for the eighth time in nine years; and Crossroads (Church) and Panegyri (Church Festival) for the seventh year in a row. … First-time winners in Urban Life include Mercy Health Partners (Alternative Health Provider), Shillito Lofts (Apartment Complex), eHarmony (Dating Service) and Blind Lemon (Romantic Hideaway).