Oktoberfest

2. Taste of Cincinnati

3. Tall Stacks

4. MidPoint Music Festival

5. Desdemona

Photo By: Jon Hughes/Photopresse.com

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 Dating Service: Match.com

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

Best Findlay Market Vendor: Madison Farms

Mount Adams

2. Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens

3. Newport on the Levee

4. Kings Island

5. Cincinnati Museum Center

Photo By: Joe Lamb

Best Hiking Trail: Cincinnati Nature Center

Best Neighborhood: Northside

Best Park: Ault Park

Best Place for a Picnic:Ault Park

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

Best Playground: Sawyer Point, Downtown

Best Romantic Hideaway: (TIE) Eden Park

Wildwood Inn Tropical Dome and Theme Suites
7809 U.S. 42, Florence, 859-371-6300

Best Use of Public Funds: Parks