Readers’ Choice 2023

 

Automotive

 

Best Auto Body Repair & Repair
Victor Ayers
Johnson’s Body Shop
Jeremy Massengill JM Autobody

 

Best Auto Service & Repair
Holiday Tire
D&D Tire Pros
Quality Towing and Auto Repair
Crater City automotive
Tri State Tire & Auto Center
A2Z Automotive
Commonwealth Auto Repair Services

 

Best Auto Tires
Holiday Tire
Barnett’s Tire & Auto
Crater City automotive
Commonwealth Auto Repair Services
A2Z Automotive
Tri State Tire & Auto Cener
D&D Tire Pros
Ellis Auto Sales & Service

 

Best Car Dealership – New
Tim Short Chrysler of Middlesboro
Cumberland Ford

 

Best Car Dealership – Used
Tim Short Chrysler of Middlesboro
Cumberland Ford
Bell Auto Sales & Services
Crater city Used Cars
Ellis Auto Sales & Service

 

Beauty & Wellness

 

Best Barber Shop
Harrogate Barber Shop

 

Best Chiropractic Practice
Beacon Of Light Family Chiropractic

 

Best Hair Salon
Style & Grace Boutique Salon
Hair Tech 2000

 

Best Hair Stylist
Andrea Schneider, Style & Grace Boutique Salon
Gail Long of Hair Tech 2000

 

Best Massage Therapy Practice
Blue Zen

 

Best Tattoo/Body Piercing Studio
Tazewell Tattoo

 

Drinks

 

Best Bar
Nineteen19 Grill and Bar

 

Best Coffee House
Gap Creek Coffee House
Crater City coffee
Mountain Mugs Craft and Coffee

 

Best Happy Hour
Sonic Drive-In

 

Best Package Store
Chained Rock Liquor
Liquor Mall

 

Best Soft Drink
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Pizza Hut

 

Eats

 

Best Appetizer
Shades Café & Steakhouse
Gondolier Italian Restaurant & Pizza
Nineteen19 Grill and Bar

 

Best Asian Food
Yamato’s Japanese Steakhouse
Hiro Hibachi Express
New China Express
King’s Buffet Chinese Restaurant

 

Best Bakery & Cupcakes
Flour Baby’s bakery
Food City
Mimi’s Sweet Treats
King Donuts 2
Walmart Bakery

 

Best BBQ
Haymaker BBQ
Bubby’s of Middlesboro
Conley’s Drive-In Restaurant

 

Best Biscuits
Hardee’s
KFC
Arbebell

 

Best Buffet
Bubby’s of Middlesboro
King’s Buffet Chinese Restaurant
New China Express
KFC

 

Best Burger
Conley’s Drive-In Restaurant
Frostee Freeze Drive-In
The Table Coffee House
Shades Café & Steakhouse

 

Best Comfort Food
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
The Table Coffee House
Royal Waffle King
Gondolier Italian Restaurant & Pizza
Crater City Coffee Company

 

Best Deli
Food City
Village Market IGA
Kroger
Walmart

 

Best Dessert
Mimi’s Sweet Treats LLC
Woodlake Lodge, Golf, and Country Club
Food City
Gondolier Italian Restaurant & Pizza

 

Best Ethnic Food
Yamato’s Japanese Steakhouse
Kazoku Hibachi Express
606 Eats

 

Best Fine Dining
Shades Café & Steakhouse
Leonz House of Steak and Subs
1919 steakhouse
Gondolier Italian Restaurant & Pizza

 

Best Fried Chicken
Lee’s Famous Recipe
KFC
Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

 

Best Frozen Treat
Dairy Queen Grill & Chill
Mimi’s Sweet Treats LLC
Mackies shave ice

 

Best Gourmet Food Store
Kroger
Food City
Aldi

 

Best Healthy/Organic Food Store
Middlesboro Farmers Market
Food City
Kroger

 

Best Mexican
Pelancho’s
Cumberland avenue La Esperanza
El Mariachi Mexican Grill
Cowboys Mexican Grill and Pizzeria
La esparanza

 

Best Outdoor Dining
Ike’s Artizan Pizza
The Table Coffee House
Shades Café & Steakhouse

 

Best Pizza
Papa Johns Pizza
SAUCED: Craft Pizza. Pasta. Salad. – Pineville, KY
Ike’s Artisan Pizza
Angelo’s In The Gap
Gondolier Italian Restaurant & Pizza

 

Best Salad Bar
Pizza Inn
Food City
King’s Buffet Chinese Restaurant

 

Best Sandwich & Salad Shop
The Table Coffee House
Subway

 

Best Seafood
Long John Silvers
Yamato’s Japanese Steakhouse
King’s Buffet Chinese Restaurant

 

Best Steak
Shades Café & Steakhouse
Woodlake Lodge, Golf, and Country Club

 

Best Vegetarian Options
Nineteen19 Grill and Bar
El Mariachi Mexican Grill
Yamato’s Japanese Steakhouse

 

Health & Medical

 

Best At-Home Care Service Company
Amedisys Home Health Care
Smoky Mountain Home Health & Hospice
Rest-Moore, Inc. Sleep Studies

 

Best Dental Practice
Servolution Dental Clinic
Kinder Dental
Dr. Joe Boster, Family Dentistry
Aspen Dental
Daniel Slusher

 

Best Dentist (first/last name, work)
Tyler Meister, Servolution Dental
Brent Pursiful
Audrety Kinder
Richard Barnett
Daniel Slusher Slusher Dental Middlesboro

 

Best Dermatology Practice
ARH Dermatology – Middlesboro – A Department of Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Lakeway Dermatology Associates

 

Best Eye Care Center
Huffman & Huffman, P.S.C.
Mountain Optical
Southeast Eye Associates
Kentucky Eye Institute

 

Best Family Medical Practice
Family Medical Clinic Of Harrogate PC
Tri-State Family Healthcare
FMC of Tennessee

 

Best General Physician (first/last name, work)
Lovey Stallworth, Servolution Health Care
Shawn Fugate at Grace Health Pineville
Charles Moore

 

Best Hearing Care Center
Beltone Hearing Care Center
Hearing Aid Center
Miracle-Ear Hearing Aid Center

 

Best Hospital
Claiborne Medical Center
Pineville Community Health Center
Appalachian Regional Health

 

Best Medical Equipment & Supply Store
United Medical
Middlesboro ARH HomeCare Store
PMed

 

Best Nurse (First/Last Name. Work)
Megan Harris
Lauryn Hopper
Robin Buis Middlesboro nursing home
Nancy Corkran Middlesboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility

 

Best Nurse Practitioner (first/last name, work)
Megan Rielly, Family Medical Clinic
Jessica Helton at ARH
Lindsey Hall

 

Best Nursing Home
Horizon Adult Care Center
Middlesboro Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility
Bell County Senior Citizens
Generation Center

 

Best OB/GYN Practice
Grace Health Clinic – Falls Highway
ARH Women’s & Family Health Center

 

Best Orthodontics Practice
Kinder Family & Cosmetic Dentistry
Barton Esthetic and Family Dentistry
Tackett Orthodontics
Slucher Family Dental

 

Best Orthropedics /Othropadics
Dr. James Bazzi
Kentucky Orthopedic Clinic
ARH Cumberland Valley
Dr. Durbin Orthopedics

 

Best Pharmacist (first/last name, work)
Melissa Cline, The Prescription Shop
Natasha Kroger Pharmacy
Andrew Schneider of Taylor Drug Store
Shawnaess Horton
Jamie Partin Bell Drug
Tim Lasley, Taylor Drug Store
Beth McConnell Wal Mart Pharmacy
Jeff Moore Jeff’s Pharmacy

 

Best Pharmacy
Prescription Shop
Taylor Drug Store
Kroger
Bell Drug
ARH Cumberland Valley Pharmacy
Jeff’s Pharmacy

 

Best Physical Therapy Clinic
MIddlesboro ARH Rehabilitation Services
Apex Physical Therapy
Elevation Physical & Occupational Therapy, Middlesboro

 

Best Surgeon (first/last name. work)
Dr. Robert J. Wilmoth
Jessica Enderson, Preferred Surgical Associates
Dr. Amber Peace
Dr. Jerry Woolum

 

X-Ray Technician
Tara Barton/ Middlesboro ARH
Becky Harris Tazewell, TN

 

Home Services

 

Best Electrical Company
State Electric Supply
Fuzzy’s Electrical
East Kentucky Electrical Contracting
Rains Electric
Total Electric
JC Electrical Service
Keith’s Electric Service

 

Best Heating & Air Company
Raymond Caylor Heating & Air
Graham Heating and Air
Earl Heating & Air
Complete Comfort Heating & Air
Triple Crown Mechanical
Total Comfort Heating & Air
Sunhawk Heating & Air
Howard Heating & Air

 

Best House Cleaning Service
Caylor’s Honest Cleaning
Dirt Buster Cleaning Services
TruCare Cleaning

 

Best Landscaping/Lawn Service Company
Jason Daniels
Jones Brothers Lawn Care
Busy Bee Property Care

 

Best Outdoor Building & Sheds Company
Bluegrass Sheds & More
Harlan Barns
Timberline Barns

 

Best Painting Company
Megan Whitehead
The Fix it Man Handyman Service
Bell County Drywall and Painting

 

Best Pest Control Company
Appalachian Pest Control
Emery Exterminating
Four Seasons Pest Solutions
Bug Pro’s Pest Control
Burton Pest Control

 

Best Plumbing Company
Marcum’s Maintenance Plumbing Drain cleaning & opening
Bryant’s Plumbing & HVAC
Complete Comfort

 

Best Roofing Company
Action Affordable Roofing
Larry Combs Roofing Co.
Southeast Roofing
Ortiz Roofing LLC / Hermi Ortiz Perez
Hector’s Signature Construction
Mason Construction & Custom Remodeling

 

Local

 

Best Boss (First/Last Name / Work)
Alex Cook Hearthside Bank
Stephen Cambron/ Hearthside Bank
Jessica Scott
Clayton Hess, Lincoln Memorial University
Becky Hensley at Community Trust Bank
Becky Hensley of Community Trust Bank
Elmer Kinkaid
Jeff Moore Jeff’s Pharmacy

 

Best Cabin Fever Get Away
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Norris Lake

 

Best Cell Phone Provider
AT&T
Verizon
T Mobile

 

Best Church
Pump Springs Baptist Church
Solid Rock Community Church Hwy119 Coldiron Ky
First Baptist Church of Middlesboro, KY
Binghamtown Baptist Church
Ferndale Pentecostal Pineville, KY
Our Fathers House
Hensley Chapel Baptist Church

 

Best City Employee (First/Last name/ Work)
Sandra Wilson, Middlesboro city clerk
Samantha Bishop, Pineville City Clerk

 

Best College
Southeast community and technical college
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Walter’s State

 

Best Community Event
Levitt AMP Middlesboro
Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival

 

Best Family Photographer
EJ Images, Courtney Edds
Danny Vaughn

 

Best Florist
A Touch of Class
Bo’s Accent Flowers
Just For You Flowers and More
Henry’s Flower Shop

 

Best Funeral Home
Green Hills Funeral Home
Jason Hopkins
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home Inc.
Cawood Funeral Home

 

Best Funeral Home Director (First/Last Name/ Work)
Nelson Bingham/ Green Hills Funeral Home
Paul Connor Cawood / Cawood Funeral Home
Jason Steele of Arnett & Steele

 

Best Gym
Elevation Sports Performance
Odies Gym And Family Fitness
X Treme Fitness
Flex Fitness
Legion Training Studio

 

Best High School
Cumberland Gap High School
Middlesboro high school
Bell County HS

 

Best Historical Place
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Chained Rock

 

Best Hotel
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Holiday Inn Express
Sleep Inn & Suites
Days Inn

 

Best Law Enforcement Officer (First/Last name, Work(
Floyd Patterson/ MPD
Harrison Cornett
Jake Partin, Middlesboro, KY

 

Best Museum
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Bell county historical society

 

Best Pastor/Priest (First/Last Name, Work)
Williamson Deavours, Pump Springs Baptist Church
Odie Carroll, Our Father’s House in Pineville
Shannon Harris Pineville, KY

 

Best Place to Work
Hearthside Bank
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Cawood Funeral Home
Community Trust Bank

 

Best Private School
J Frank White
Heritage Christian Academy
Gateway Christian School

 

Best Secretary
Caitlin North of Community Trust Bank
Alice Harris, Middlesboro, KY

 

Best Tourist Attraction
Iron Furnace, Cumberland Gap
Chained Rock

 

Pets

 

Best Pet Store
Tractor Supply
Petsense

 

Best Veterinarian Clinic
Russell Veterinary Services
Bell County Animal Clinic
Dr. Ann Combs

 

Professional Services

 

Best Accounting Firm
Pillion Accounting & Tax
Simpson CPA/Sally Simpson
Greene and Greene CPA’s

 

Best Bank
Hearthside Bank
Community Trust Bank
First Century Bank – Harrogate

 

Best Financial Planning Company
Hearthside Bank
Edward Jones
Merrill Lynch
John Parker- Raymond James

 

Best Insurance Agency
State Farm Insurance
Kentucky Farm Bureau
Schneider Insurance Services
Middlesboro Insurance
Jackson & Jackson Insurance
Graves Insurance

 

Best Insurance Agent (First/last name. Work)
Bob Dixon/ Farm Bureau
Justin mays/justin mays insurance
Matt Compton – State Farm Insurance Agent
Adam Patterson – State Farm

 

Best Law Firm
Moberg Law Office, PLLC
Bowling Law Office
Nagle Law Office
Hayes Law Office
The Law Offices fo Dan. F. Partin
Danny R Smith II, Attorney At Law
Yoakam Law Office
Howard Law Firm
John Brown Law Office

 

Best Mortgage Lending Company
Hearthside Bank
Community Trust Bank
ARH Federal Credit Union

 

Best Real Estate Agency
Shanda Violet, Realtor
Virginia Wilder Real Estate
Coldwell Banker Bisceglia Realty
Action Realty

 

Best Real Estate Agent
D.J. Wilder/Century 21
Virginia Wilder/Century 21
Kevin Bisceglia/Coldwell Banker
Beverly Grout/Century 21

 

Best Tax Service
Pillion Accounting & Tax
Larry’s Bookkeeping & Tax Services
Hutch Accounting & Tax Services
HR Block
Jackson & Hewitt

 

Shopping

 

Best Appliance Store
Mills Furniture and Appliance
Jim Brown Supply
American Rentals
Dream Furniture

 

Best Furniture Store
Roses Flooring & Furniture
Mills Furniture and Appliance
Cardwell Furniture
Dream Furniture

 

Best Grocery Store
Village Market IGA
Save A Lot
Long’s Pic Pac
Food City

 

Best Hardware Store
Ace Hardware
Hickman Building Supplies
Longs 1 & Up/Pro-Hardware
Jim Brown Supply

 

Best Lawn, Garden & Nursery Center
Harrogate Plant and Produce
Ace Hardware
Tractor Supply
Jim Brown Supply

 

Best Paint Store
Ace Hardware
Sherwin-Williams Paint Store
Longs 1 & Up/Pro-Hardware
Hickman Building Supplies
Jim Brown Supply

 

Best Pawn Shop
East End Pawn Shoop
Shylock’s Pawn II
Middlesboro Pawn Shop

 

Sports & Entertainment

 

Best Art Gallery/Studio
Arts In The Gap
The Pines

 

Best DJ Company
Niall Bartles
Day and Night

 

Best Girls’ Night Out Spot
Ike’s Pizza
Shades Café & Steakhouse
Pine Mountain State Resort Park

 

Best Golf Course
Woodlake Lodge, Golf, and Country Club
Wasioto Winds Golf Course

 

Best Guys’ Night Out Spot
Ike’s Pizza
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Bubby’s BBQ

 

Best Live Theatre
Levitt AMP Middlesboro
Middlesbrough Little Theatre Club

 

Best Local Athletic Event
Lincoln Memorial University
Rock the Crater

 

Best Music Venue
Levitt AMP Middlesboro
Laurel cove
Bell Theater

 

Best Park
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Harrogate City Park

 

Best Spot for Live Music
Levitt AMP Middlesboro
Papa Chum’s Music and Rarities
Bell Theater