Feeling lucky? After a recent $320 million expansion project, including a new 20-story hotel, a 113,000-square-foot gaming floor, 2,400 slot machines, and 50 live table games, our readers take the ride to Southland for their gaming thrills.

Best Casino

The pawty don&rsquo;t start &lsquo;til the pups walk in, and, boy, do they raise the woof at The Outback. Named after all dogs&rsquo; favorite chain restaurant (just kidding), this dog park offers more than 100 acres of open fields, ponds, and unpaved trails for off-leash fun and a pawsitively good time.

Best Dog Park

Do you ever look at your family at dinner and think they&rsquo;re a bunch of animals? Well, bring them where they belong: the Memphis Zoo. Not only does the zoo have fellow animals galore (more than 3,500 of them), but you can always count on the award-winning, state-of-the-art operation for a good time, whether that&rsquo;s during regular hours or at any of their special events, from Zoo Boo to Zoo Lights and everything in between.

Best Family Entertainment

According to you, our faithful readers, the Cooper-Young Festival is where it&rsquo;s at. What is &ldquo;it&rdquo;? Perhaps, it&rsquo;s the live Memphis-grown music, or maybe it&rsquo;s the 435 artisans from around the country who set up shop, or maybe it&rsquo;s the people and the memories. Whatever &ldquo;it&rdquo; is, we can say this festival has had the it-factor for the last 35 years.

Best Festival

Stop and smell the roses &mdash; and check out the bomb artwork at Memphis Botanic Garden. With an indoor gallery always full of paintings and drawings (usually by local artists) and this year&rsquo;s spectacular &ldquo;Rich Soil&rdquo; by Kristine Mays bringing the art outside, MBG never disappoints.

Best Gallery

The site of the annual FedEx St. Jude PGA tour event takes home another trophy for the best links in Memphis.

Best Golf Course

Let&rsquo;s just state the obvious: The Orpheum Theatre is gorgeous &mdash; chandeliers, gilded moldings, just so much architectural beauty that you could spend all day just looking at &mdash; if not for the many Broadway shows, concerts, comedy acts, family entertainment, magic shows, ballets, and more taking place on the stage.

Best Live Theater

Oddly, there are bands named Almost Famous in several U.S. cities, all specializing in recreating classic radio hits. But the Memphis version has an edge: its members, as world-class players, have played on 23 gold and platinum records, having participated in projects garnering nine Grammy-nominations and three Emmy-wins.

Best Local Band

When brothers Project Pat and Juicy J co-founded Three 6 Mafia with DJ Paul in 1991, they couldn&rsquo;t have guessed they&rsquo;d be headlining the Beale Street Music Festival as recently as 2022. And while the sudden loss of Gangsta Boo this year shook the Three 6 community, they carry on.

Best Local Rapper/Hop Artist

Having been a top 13 finalist for the 8th season of American Idol in 2009, Grace has pursued her own star resolutely. That&rsquo;s also included acting in Trailer Park Boys and Hallmark's Wedding at Graceland, but she really shines in her live musical performances.

Best Local Singer

Our readers have once again voted the National Civil Rights Museum as the Best Museum in Memphis, and our readers aren&rsquo;t the only ones with this opinion. The museum&rsquo;s unflinching look at the Civil Rights Movement, through interactive exhibits, historic collections, dynamic speakers, and special events, has earned it national recognition.

Best Museum

Oh, give me a park where the buffalo roam, where runners, kayakers, and families play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day. We could sing high praises for Shelby Farms Park all the day long, no wonder Memphis has voted it the best of the best.

Best Park

Best Performing Arts Venue

The area occupied by the Shell has always hosted open air performances, even before the Shell was built in 1936. It's the perfect setting for music, with an historical legacy of timeless musical performances over the decades that elevates every new artist appearing there.

Best Place to See Live Music

Do you need a gourmet grilled cheese station? How about a mashed potato bar? What about breakfast or box lunches for dozens of people? If so, Pink Flamingo Catering has you covered. Need to feed 100 for a wedding? They do that, too.

Best Catering Company

From house parties to Memphis&rsquo; own celebration of Queen Bey herself, DJ A.D. has proven to facilitate the ultimate DJ experience. With class reunions and weddings under her belt, DJ A.D. provides immaculate vibes to any (and every) event they book.

Best DJ

Whether you need to set up an intimate dinner, a crucial meeting, or a sprawling convention, this full-service event company is innovative and professional. Example: the hugely successful &mdash; and delicious &mdash; annual Memphis Black Restaurant Week. Plan away!

Best Event Planner

If the day has to be perfect or the event has to impress, there&rsquo;s no better backdrop for it than the Memphis Botanic Garden. With huge gathering spaces both indoors and outdoors, there&rsquo;s a place for your next event somewhere on the Garden&rsquo;s gorgeous 96 acres.

Best Event Rental Venue

Another family business success story, Pugh&rsquo;s is run by the sons of Bill Pugh, who co-founded the business in 1976. Known for their service, they&rsquo;ll deliver seven days a week. As for reliability, Teleflora ranks Pugh's as one of the nation&rsquo;s 100 largest floral order senders.

Best Florist

For 25 years, Bella Vita has become the byword for quality gifts in the region. Says co-owner Stephanie, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so blessed to be able to do what I actually have a passion for. We dig deep. I refuse to go backwards &mdash; probably why we are where we are today.&rdquo;

Best Gift Shop

When it comes to making you look your best, Gould&rsquo;s comes out on top with Flyer readers, year after year.

Best Place for Hair Styling

Hello Gorgeous! Kasey Acuff has glammed those glamorous Grizz Girls and some of the most beautiful brides. Kasey&rsquo;s glam skills are guaranteed to give a flawless face, no filter needed.

Best Place for Makeup Artistry

&ldquo;We are really bullish on downtown,&rdquo; said Patrick Reilly, who owns The Majestic Grille with his wife Deni, when speaking to WREG News recently. &ldquo;We feel like we&rsquo;re on the way up.&rdquo; They&rsquo;ve embraced the new Tom Lee Park design and have even resumed their Sunday brunch menu lately.

Best Place for Rehearsal Dinner

The best endorsement of Kelly and Madi&rsquo;s work at Kelly Ginn Photography are the sample images of their clients. The relaxation of the couples portrayed is palpable, and leads to some of the warmest, most intimate moments any two people in love could hope for.

Best Wedding Photographer 

Let them eat (cup)cakes &hellip; and pies &hellip; and cookies! What can we say? Muddy's baked goods &mdash; all baked from scratch every day &mdash; are delightful gastronomic revolutions.

Best Bakery

Best Bar Food

Whether it&rsquo;s the ribs, sandwiches, brisket, wings, nachos, smoked turkey, or even a pork barbecue chef salad(!), Central BBQ is Memphis&rsquo; favorite.

Best Barbecue

Sitting on the patio of this Overton Square mainstay with one of their famed Bloody Marys is a great way to spend your evening. Or day.

Best Bloody Mary

It&rsquo;s an argument as old as time: What do you want to eat? And when it comes to breakfast, the choice wasn&rsquo;t easy for our readers, who landed our Best Breakfast in a tie between Brother Juniper&rsquo;s and Sunrise Memphis. But how can we blame them? Both of these restaurants have diners starting their days with full, happy tummies.

Best Breakfast

Best Brunch

Bow before your king! The Huey burger rules from its throne with an iron first, locking up yet another year of Best Burger (and the restaurant nabbed several other Food &amp; Drink awards as well). The genius is in the simplicity, with Huey&rsquo;s signature dish a comforting dinner option for hungry Memphians citywide.

Best Burger

Whether you&rsquo;re looking for a casual happy hour libation, a hearty bowl of duck and sausage gumbo, or a late-night, after-shift snack, the Overton Square stalwart is popular with everyone. As a bonus, it&rsquo;s probably the only place in town that serves alligator meat on the regular.

Best Cajun/Creole

Best Chef (name and company)

Chicken fried rice? Lo mein? Hot &amp; sour soup? Szechuan beef? Mulan&rsquo;s multiple locations have all sorts of delectable American Chinese classics. And if you&rsquo;re feelings bit more adventurous, there are so many tasty treats on the extensive authentic Szechuan menu.

Best Chinese

Let your cup be filled with coffee from the best fresh beans, roasted in small batches, and served with love. Two locations in town can be found by just following the aroma and you&rsquo;ll be more than a sipper, you&rsquo;ll be part of a community.

Best Coffee Roaster

Here is a thing of beauty, with outstanding seafood, a patio with a stunning view, and a perfect spot to go on a date. There&rsquo;s standard fare but also scrumptious mixes, like oysters and sorbets. And so much more that&rsquo;s rated Mmmmmm.

Best Date-Night Restaurant

When pups see the leash and harness come out, they know they&rsquo;re in for a good time. When that trip involves a car ride and a walk around this veritable playground plus a bunch of pets from new friends, dogs love Loflin Yard as much as their human counterparts.

Best Dog-Friendly Restaurant/Bar

Whether it&rsquo;s a tried-and-true glazed, a plain cake, or the savory maple bacon donut, Memphis has a sweet tooth for Gibson&rsquo;s.

Best Donut Shop

Scrumptious is the word for this long-time favorite restaurant. The intimate, elegant place has been serving perfectly done dishes since 1977 and promises a well-done experience. Unless you prefer medium or rare.

Best Fine Dining/New American

Winning two of the hardest fought BOM categories is an exceptional feat. TACOnganas&rsquo; food truck empire stretches from Midtown to Cordova, and their fans can&rsquo;t get enough of Memphis&rsquo; favorite street food.

Best Food Truck

Gus&rsquo; cast-iron skillet-cooked fried chicken is a Memphis legend whose renown has spread nationwide&ndash;or dare we say worldwide? The long lines outside tell the story of this culinary classic&rsquo;s overwhelming popularity.&nbsp;

Best Fried Chicken

The fried catfish is the star attraction at Soul Fish. But don&rsquo;t sleep on the rest of the menu, which has a full selection of Southern comfort food. We&rsquo;re not sure if a Cuban sandwich counts as soul food, but nevertheless, it&rsquo;s delicious.

Best Home Cooking/Soul Food

In a competitive market, Donald Crump has served up some of the best wings in the city for more than three decades. Honey hot? Memphis Gold? Classic buffalo? Whatever the sauce, Crumpy&rsquo;s wings will have you gnawing on that bone until it&rsquo;s clean.

Best Hot Wings

Open the door, and the warm scent of naan and jasmine rice floats out of India Palace. The Midtown staple boasts a warm and inviting atmosphere with over 50 authentic Northern Indian dishes. And please don&rsquo;t sleep on their famed lunch buffet. After loading up on lamb meatballs, leave room for kheer or gulab jamun.

Best Indian

In addition to seeing your favorite Italian menu items, you&rsquo;ll probably also see your favorite people at this iconic Memphis restaurant on Park Avenue. People have been known to wait over an hour if they don&rsquo;t have a reservation just to eat at this popular restaurant. And try the steaks and fried or grilled chicken, too.

Best Italian

Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant

The Bartosch Brothers (Davin and Kellan) and their dedicated Wiseacre team have helped Memphis drink local beer for a decade now. They also continue to push their brand (and name recognition for the city) into more and more markets across the U.S.

Best Local Brewery

Otherlands is Otherlands. It doesn&rsquo;t need to change in the trendy winds. It&rsquo;s a bedrock staple in keeping Midtown &ldquo;funky.&rdquo; Solid coffee? Check. Incense and hippy handbags? Also check. &nbsp;

Best Local Coffeehouse

For more than 40 years now, Molly&rsquo;s La Casita has been serving up delicious Tex-Mex and its signature margarita in the bright peach, adobe building on Madison Avenue. Thanks to its legion of dedicated fans, it stands to reason that Molly&rsquo;s could be there for 40 more.

Best Margarita

How would you describe everything at Las Delicias? Why, delicious, of course! It&rsquo;s right there in the name at Antonio Martinez&rsquo;s authentic Mexican restaurant, serving up delicious plates of everything from tamales to burritos.

Best Mexican

Come for the super sandwich, and stay for Casablanca&rsquo;s renowned tea. It seems I stayed too long for the tea, with servers bringing the kettle back to my table for refills until it was completely empty. But that&rsquo;s the generosity Flyer readers love at Casablanca, shawarma and all.

Best Middle Eastern

With everything imported straight form Ireland, DJ Naylor&rsquo;s new East Memphis restaurant dazzles with upscale Irish food and old classics like fish and chips. The Guinness taps are always flowing, and there&rsquo;s plenty of whisky for everyone. Another round!

Best New Restaurant

Best Patio

Go with the standard plain cheese, vegetable supreme, or barbecue chicken &mdash; our readers pick this Memphis staple as tops, no matter how you top it.

Best Pizza

Best Restaurant

Best Ribs

The hype has been real for 10 years. Sandwich lovers from across the Mi-South have flocked to the humble shack in the Lowe&rsquo;s parking lot since it opened in 2013. They haven&rsquo;t stopped. The new Elwood&rsquo;s on Park is slated to open this month.

Best Sandwiches

Best Seafood

Calvin Bell wins &ldquo;Best Server&rdquo; year after year. And it&rsquo;s easy to see why. He&rsquo;s the perfect server as well as a great guy. He goes the extra mile. And you want to be one of his &ldquo;regulars.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s what makes Rendezvous a classic Memphis restaurant.

Best Server (name and company)

Whether you&rsquo;re searching for a treat after an intensive Pilates session, or the tastiest meal replacement, Smoothie King has you covered. From smoothie classics to the innovative Acai bowls, Smoothie King provides the ultimate treat.

Best Smoothies/Juices

Best Steak

Best Taco

Flyer readers love Bangkok Alley&rsquo;s Thai classics (think chicken satay and massaman curry), and &hellip; hold on, they&rsquo;ve got top-notch Thai food and sushi? Well, guess there&rsquo;s something for everyone at Bangkok Alley.

Best Thai

When this writer&rsquo;s boyfriend suggests City Silo for dinner, this vegetarian says, &ldquo;Hell yeah!&rdquo; And so do our readers. With a menu packed with sandwiches, salads, bowls, smoothies, and more, this eatery has something for everyone &mdash; vegans, vegetarians, and omnivore boyfriends.

Best Vegetarian/Vegan

What exactly is the secret for their perfectly crispy yet soft lemongrass tofu? How about the seasoned batter on those chicken wings? And that nectar of the gods that is a bowl of Pho Binh&rsquo;s pho? Flyer readers get it.

Best Vietnamese

Tapestries, incense, T-shirts &mdash; oh, and all the alternative smoking accessories your heart desires? The shop&rsquo;s literally got whatever you&rsquo;re looking for &mdash; seriously, not just, like, whatever, man.

Best Alternative Smoke Shop

Give yourself an afternoon if you&rsquo;re going treasure hunting at Sheffield&rsquo;s. This isn&rsquo;t a rush-in-rush-out place. It&rsquo;s enormous. Aisle after aisle of antiques and decor items. In fact, give yourself all morning and afternoon.

Best Antiques Store

Best Beer Selection (in a store)

Memphians just call it &ldquo;Outdoors&rdquo; and the shop has gotten the city on two wheels for nearly 50 years. Outdoors can outfit the elite athlete for a competition and kids looking to peddle the Greenway.

Best Bicycle Shop

Here&rsquo;s a Novel idea: Go have lunch and then browse the shelves of this East Memphis treasure. Or browse the shelves first. Either way, like Novel, you&rsquo;re a winner.&nbsp;

Best Bookstore

We were Impreza-ed when we went Outback to Crosstrek the winner of Best Car Dealership: Jim Keras Subaru!

Best Car Dealership

Ounce of Hope is more than just a CBD dispensary, it&rsquo;s an ever-evolving experiment in new hemp-based products. They grow their own, using an innovative aquaculture system, and refine it into a constantly changing lineup of legal medicinal and recreational uses.

Best CBD Store

Two venues at opposite ends of the city tied for the title of Best Farmers Market, proving that east and west can both, er, produce great produce.

Best Farmers Market

For more than 70 years, Dan West Garden Center has offered the best in plants, trees, shrubs, and gardening supplies. And they&rsquo;re still growing!

Best Garden Center

Palladio offers a great selection of fountains, planters, urns, statuary, architectural antiques, gates, and much more. That&rsquo;s why they&rsquo;re the best.

Best Home Decor

Got rooms? This place has furniture and d&eacute;cor for anyplace in your home and there&rsquo;s a lot of it. The inventory is huge and has a variety of looks and collections. You&rsquo;ll be comfortable and delighted no matter where you go in your house.

Best Home Furnishings

What does it mean when your thoughts turn to bustiers, babydolls, waist cinchers, chemises, fishnets, garters, and steel boned corsets? Gracious, don&rsquo;t make us spell it out for you. But Coco &amp; Lola&rsquo;s will gladly guide you through things sheer and lacy to bring about the desired result.

Best Lingerie Shop

Buster&rsquo;s was already a destination spirits shop before its 2015 expansion. If Buster&rsquo;s doesn&rsquo;t have what you&rsquo;re looking for now, you probably don&rsquo;t need it. (If you still do, though, they can probably order it.)

Best Liquor Store

Best Local Athletic-Goods Store

Since 1891, this store has been dripping Memphis with bling. Getting engaged? Going to a gala? Granny of a graduate? Their famous personal service will help you find what you&rsquo;re looking for.

Best Local Fine Jewelry Store

Founded in Memphis by the Stepherson brothers in 1944, Superlo today is employee-owned and locally operated &mdash; and still the community favorite.

Best Local Grocery Store

Having opened its doors in 1859, Oak Hall has long been a trailblazer in ready-to-wear menswear. Today, they offer women&rsquo;s clothes as well, not to mention custom tailoring, and Oak Hall now stands as one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the nation.

Best Local Store for Men's Clothing

The same family has owned and operated Kaufman Shoes since 1947, making it a local institution among fashion-savvy customers. They&rsquo;re also dedicated to community service, hosting shoe drives, teddy bear drives, and food drives to benefit local charities.

Best Local Store for Shoes

A wise woman once said that she liked her money, where she could see it&hellip;in her closet. If you&rsquo;re looking to curate a wardrobe that could rival that of Carrie Bradshaw, look no further than Indigo. With stylish pieces for every season, Indigo promises to never disappoint.

Best Local Store for Women's Clothing

Having served the Memphis area for over a century, Amro connects customers directly to local musical history. They&rsquo;re living proof that traditional musicianship lives on here, offering lessons, maintenance, and a staff that includes some of the city's finest players.

Best Music Equipment Store

Memphis&rsquo; cats and dogs have ruled Hollywood Feed as the reigning Best Pet Store. With several convenient locations, a friendly staff, and shop pups, Hollywood Feed is the place to get whatever your pet needs. (And, yes, your pup needs that cupcake-shaped treat from the bakery.)

Best Pet Store

If you&rsquo;re looking for a vintage shirt that looks like something Desi Arnaz&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ricky Ricardo&rdquo; would wear on I Love Lucy, or some platform shoes like John Travolta&rsquo;s &ldquo;Tony Manero&rdquo; wore in Saturday Night Fever, Goodwill is your place. Everything comes through their stores.

Best Place to Get Vintage/Used Clothing

The instincts of the tastemakers at Goner Records are uncanny: they just have a knack for finding inventive bands. That makes them a force of nature here, from records released on the Goner label, to the collectibles and new obscurities they sell, to bands brought to town via Gonerfest.

Best Record Store

Shopping is exercise. Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy, and happy people voted the Shops of Saddle Creek as the best shopping center in town. With its trendy shops unique to Memphis and iconic brands sold worldwide, it&rsquo;s no wonder Saddle Creek is the one-stop shop for all your fashion, beauty, home, and technology needs.

Best Shopping Center

You don&rsquo;t need a golden ticket to gain access to the city&rsquo;s favorite candy shop. Founded in 1902, Dinstuhl&rsquo;s has had our readers coming back for chocolate, fudge, cashew crunch, and more, for over a century.

Best Specialty Treat Shop

Scroll through FOX 13 broadcaster Jeremy Pierre&rsquo;s Facebook and it&rsquo;s easy to see why he&rsquo;s endeared himself to Memphians. Wade through the horrors of violent-crime news stories and Pierre (who&rsquo;s not from Memphis) beams with positivity and love for the city. For example, he knows Crumpy&rsquo;s chicken is best &ldquo;fried HARDT!&rdquo;

Best Broadcast Reporter

One of the most talented players to ever grace the Grizzlies jersey, Ja Morant takes the organizations to new heights every season. Almost literally, when keeps trying to dunk over his 7 foot opponents. We can&rsquo;t wait for his return to the court in December.

Best Local Athlete

Aye mane, say mane it&rsquo;s your favorite Instagram account mane. With its viral and authentic content, it&rsquo;s no surprise that Unapologetically Memphis has become a staple in Memphis&rsquo; social media culture. Whether it&rsquo;s a shoutout to your favorite neighborhood, or a Dixie Queen meme, this page has got you covered.

Best Local Instagram

Ron and Karen (and typically not one without the other) are household names in Memphis. They woke up the city for over 12 years on FM 100. Fans rejoiced when the duo reunited for mornings on 104.5 The River.

Best Local Radio Show

The Daily Memphian&rsquo;s Geoff Calkins is a perennial winner in this category and he&rsquo;s written his way into being number one in your hearts again this year.

Best Newspaper Columnist

V101&rsquo;s Stan Bell has long been one of Memphis' most beloved radio personalities. He&rsquo;s also a teacher at Wooddale High School and number one on your dial.

Best Radio Personality

Praise the Lord, Christian-oriented radio station 95.7 &ldquo;Hallelujah FM&rdquo; has taken the title of Best Radio Station.

Best Radio Station

It&rsquo;s the sporting heartbeat of the city, the high-octane core of young basketball players that grew out of grit and grind, led by stars Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson, Jr., Desmond Bane, aquamane, and so many other important supporting characters. It&rsquo;s the Grizz!

Best Sports Team

Best TV News Anchor

He&rsquo;s been sports director at Action News 5 for a year and has already made an impression. He knows his stuff having played football at the University of Memphis and also in the NFL and CFL, so let him tell you the score and more.