Best 10 Seconds of Biking Bliss (2015)

Eucalyptus Alley

Best 10-Minute Caffeinated Vacation (2015)

Hale Kai Lana

Best Alternative to Cookies and Milk (2015)

Randy Lange

Best Beach (2015)

Carmel Beach

Best Breakfast Dish Shaped Like a Geologic Feature (2015)

Egg Volcano

Best Excuse to Support a Chain (2015)

BJ’s Brewhouse Avocado Egg Roll

Best French Reason to Come to the Wharf (2015)

Crepes of Brittany

Best Homegrown Rapping Chanteuse (2015)

Shady Lady

Best Ingenious Idea of 2014 (2015)

 Friends of Salinas Public Library

Best Item to Roll Through Town (2015)

Lefty Junior, the Giant Inflatable Testicle

Best Jumbo Money (2015)

Farmers Market Big Bucks

Best Kind of Plastic to Ban Next (2015)

BYOS

Best Left-Field Valentine’s Day Destination (2015)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 811 

Best LiquEfied Artichoke (2015)

Perfectly Pressed Juice Bar ’n’ Cafe

Best Local Ag Educator (2015)

Hartnell College, Ag Business and Technology Institute

Best Local Version of Yosemite’s Half Dome Hike (2015)

Steep and Narrow Section of Pinnacles National Park’s High Peaks Trail

Best Place for a Vision Quest (2015)

The Indians

Best Place to Pretend to be a Tourist (2015)

Cannery Row, Monterey

Best Place to Re-Enact Airport Movie Scenes (2015)

Golden Tee Restaurant at Monterey Regional Airport

Best Place to Shop for Top and Bottom Shelf Goods (2015)

Food Corner Market

Best Place to Sleep with the Fishes (2015)

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Best Reason to Bike to Moss Landing and Beyond (2015)

Kermit

Best Reason to Not Shop at Sand City Big Box Stores (2015)

They Love Plastic Bags

Best Reason to Stand on the Sidewalk (2015)

El Charrito 

Best Scandal (2015)

King City Police Department

Best Small Plates (2015)

Hula’s Island Grill

Best Spot for a Pop-Up Concert (2015)

The Sidewalk in front of Vinyl Revolution

Best Stairway to Nowhere (2015)

Seal Rock Picnic Area

Best Thing to Put on Your Shrimp and Tilapia and Tortillas (2015)

Secret Soy Butter

Best Tribute to Mitch Hedberg (2015)

Smokehouse Club Sandwich

Best Underwater Toy (2015)

Voyeuristic Village

Best Use of Happy Hour (2015)

Monthly Singer-Songwriter Showcase at The Shadow Box 

Best Use of Screws and Old Planks (2015)

Affina 

Best Use of a Hammer in Your Lunch (2015)

The Schnitzel Sandwich 

Best Use of an Overused Name (2015)

Inspiration Point

Best Wait, What? Moment (2015)

La Tapatia Restaurant

Best Way To Get Your Cowgirl On – or Up (2015)

Kristy Parker, Line Dance Instructor

Best Way to Deal with Stray Cats (2015)

Salinas Animal Shelter/Monterey County Animal Service 

Best Way to Relive Your Childhood

Vesuvio’s Grown-Up Happy Meal