You have until 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 5, to write in your first-round favorites
Orlando, you have one last weekend to carefully ruminate and submit your nominations in the first round of this year’s Best of Orlando® Readers’ Poll.

You have until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, May 5, to write in your local favorites, so head over to our Best of Orlando® website and start typing!

You’ll have the chance to nominate in nearly 350 categories — from the best bars and dog parks to politicians to ramen to bands and artists and many, many more. The 10 categories covered are Drinking + Nightlife, Shopping + Retail, Services, Arts + Entertainment, Local Music, Attractions + Recreation, Local Notables, City Life, Food + Dining, and Health Beauty + Wellness.

Celebrate what makes Orlando unique by nominating locally owned businesses and favorite faces in the City Beautiful wherever possible. In this first round, any name can be written in. One vote will not be enough to get your favorites through to the second round, so spread the word.

The top nominees from the first round will move on to the Best of Orlando® Finals round, from June 2 to July 14. So head over to our Best of Orlando® website, get in those nominations and make your tastes known!

Winners will be revealed in our Best of Orlando® issue, out on Aug. 20.

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This article appears in Apr 30 – May 6, 2025.