The 2009 Midnight Sun Best of the Best of the Best award list
What, did you think I was kidding?
Did you think there weren't really any Best of the Best of the Best awards?
Think again.
Not only did I come up with some wild and crazy categories (a few of which were actually thought up by Midnight Sunner Patchen), I had famed Baltimore Sun designer Carrie Lyle put them together. I had Curry printing print them out.
And I frantically ran to Dollar Tree yesterday to buy some faux-wood frames to put them in. Also, thanks to Midnight Sunner Jmgiordano for helping me frame them.
I've also got to thank all of the bar owners who turned out to accept the awards in person -- especially considering they had no idea what they were getting an award for. Hee hee.
Without further delays, here is the full list of the 2009 Best of the Best of the Best Awards ...
Category: Seriously, who buys enough of these toys to keep you afloat?
Winner: Atomic Pop
Best In-House DJs and Picklebacks
Idle Hour
Bar We Most Love to Hate
Lagers Pub
Most Awkward Time and Place to be Handed a Condom
Lunchtime at RA Sushi
Best Way to Skirt the Smoking Ban
Max's Tobacco Company
Biggest Meathead Magnet
MaGerk's Pub & Grill
Second Biggest Meathead Magnet
The Greene Turtle
Coldest Bathrooms
Friends
Best Place to Get Molested by a Bachelorette Party
Power Plant Live
Best Bar to Get Day Drunk
Woody's Rum Bar & Island Grill
Most Redundantly Named New Bar
Muggsy's Mug House
King Of Wikipedia and Other Online Sourcing
GDA
Most Royal, Regal Commenter
Queen Colleen
Most Connected Commenter
Mark Twain
Best Elvis Impression
BA
Best Snarky Comments
Jmgiordano
Midnight Sun Mixologist
Evan
Best "Who's On First" Franchise
Don't Know Tavern and No Idea Tavern
We Can't Stand Hipsters But We Keep Coming Back
Club Charles
Most Maniacal Laugh
Joe Edwardsen of Joe Squared Pizza
Nobody Writes About Local Hip-Hop Like You, Baby
Al Shipley
The Best Brewpub in all of Mount Vernon
The Brewer's Art
Editor's note: Sorry for the lateness of this post. Since our computer system is apparently deserving a Worst of the Worst of the Worst award, I didn't receive any of Sam's messages asking me to publish this post. No cool framed award for that, though.
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
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Posted by: Sarah | March 7, 2009 8:46 AM
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