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Readers' Vote 2012: Pick Your Favorite Businesses in Orland Park

The nominations are in and the time has come to vote for your favorite businesses in Orland Park. We need you, the local experts on local business, to make your choices in a variety of categories.

 

Everyone has their favorites.

Where it’s a mechanic, landscaper, beer garden, beef sandwich or hairstylist, over time we develop our choice places for what we need in town, and Orland Parkers are no exception.

Orland Park Patch compiled your nominations, and now it is time to vote for your favorite businesses in town, in our revamped Readers’ Choice polls. The listed links will take you to individual contests, where you can cast a vote for your favorite local hotspot right above the comments section.

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Voting runs until end of the day on Aug. 17. Whichever business gets the most votes will be named the Readers' Choice winner.

Food & Drink

1. Best Beer Garden

2. Best Beer Selection

3. Best Sushi

4. Best Italian Beef

5. Best Ice Cream in the Southland

Services

1. Best Caterering in the Southland

2. Best Dry Cleaners

3. Best Accountant

4. Best Veterinarian in the Southland

Home

1. Best Landscapers

2. Best Plumbers

Kids & Family

1. Best Day Care

2. Best Pool in the Southland

3. Best Vacation Bible School

4. Best Senior Living Center

Health & Beauty

1. Best Places to Bike in the Southland

2. Best Hairstylist

3. Best Gym

Entertainment

1. Best Movie Theater in the Southland

2. Best Summer Festival in the Southland

3. Best Place for Nightlife

Automotive

1. Best Mechanic

2. Best Auto Dealership

Shopping

1. Best Florist

2. Best Gift Shop/Thrift Store

While you're at it, give a shoutout to your chosen local venue in our Patch business directory. Think of your recommendation as a public service, telling residents the best places to go in Orland Park and Orland Hills.

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voklst

1:26 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012

I had no idea there would be categories...
Where is 'favorite antique store'?
I've lived in Orland 42 years. Thank God the Orland Park Bakery stayed.
Stores I really miss:
Hawkens-best 'notions'
Robert Hall, Pooches-Paul Bunyan burgers
Jardines-carved ham, Lang-Lee...
All the antique stores and dealers that used to be on Beacon Avenue.
Coast to Coast Hardware,
Did I mention Randy's?
Ace Hardware.
I still love going to the General store
Antiques and the other stores on Union
Ave. I have lots of the antiques and hardware still from these stores. But the food, good deli meat, and bakery goods are only passing great smells in my ol factory
Memories.....

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Ben Feldheim

1:34 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012

Antiques this time was put under gift shops/thrift stores. Folks have already suggested that antiques be a separate category, and that's been brought up when talking about the whole thing, so hopefully that will change for the next time we do it.

voklst

2:39 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012

Our family has whole new wardrobes and we've been getting really great furniture and chotchkeys (spelling?) from SPREE.

So we are on pins & needles waiting this week ...
To see what Savers has to offer.

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Ben Feldheim

9:06 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012

That's an interesting idea. I'll add to the list of possibilities for the next time we do this. Thank you.

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