Best of Dayton: 20 most popular categories so far with a week left to nominate

We’re more than a week into nominations for Best of Dayton, and we’ve already seen the usual high excitement from the community in Dayton’s original reader’s choice contest.

As always, some of our categories see even more competition. We checked for the categories seeing the most action so far. See if this list spurs any thoughts on who you want to nominate.

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A reminder that the number of times a person or place is nominated plays a gigantic role in who the finalists will be, and you can nominate once per day in each contest.

Timeline

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» Nominations: Aug. 8-Aug. 22

» Then, we choose the finalists

» Voting: Sept. 6-26

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Here’s a look at our most-nominated categories, in order of number of nominations:

Best Pizza
Best Bakery
Best Donut Shop
Best Breakfast
Best Hamburger
Best Family Restaurant
Best Mexican Food
Best Coffee Shop
Best Brewery/Distillery
Best Ice Cream
Best Bar/Lounge
Best Hair Salon/Stylist
Best Hidden Gem Restaurant
Best Square-Cut Pizza
Best Appetizers
Best Italian Food
Best Japanese Food/Sushi
Best Chinese Food
Best Local Celebrity
Best Wings

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