Culture + Nightlife Readers' Poll Results

Best new bar/club
Over the Bar Bicycle Café, South Side
2^nd New Amsterdam, Lawrenceville
3^rd Round Corner Cantina, Lawrenceville

Best dance club
Matrix, Station Square
2^nd Diesel, South Side
3^rd Zen Social Club, Station Square

Best hipster bar/club
Brillobox, Bloomfield
2^nd Kelly's Bar & Lounge, East Liberty
3^rd Belvedere's, Lawrenceville

Best strip club
Cheerleaders, Strip District
2^nd Blush, Downtown
3^rd Club Erotica, McKees Rocks

Best happy hour
Mad Mex, various locations
2^nd Kaya, Strip District
3^rd Tamari, Lawrenceville

Best lounge bar
Firehouse Lounge, Strip District
2^nd Lava Lounge, South Side
3^rd Red Room, East Liberty

Best karaoke bar
Nico's Recovery Room, Bloomfield
2^nd Cappy's Café, Shadyside
3^rd Lava Lounge, South Side

Best sports bar
Sports Rock Café, Strip District
2^nd Buffalo Blues, Shadyside
3^rd Carson City Saloon, South Side

Best no-bullshit bar
Jack's, South Side
2^nd Gooski's, Polish Hill
3^rd Dee's Café, South Side

Best bar for pub games
Silky's, multiple locations
2^nd Brillobox, Lawrenceville
3^rd Dee's Café, South Side

Best bar for a first date
Nakama Japanese Steakhouse, South Side
2^nd Kelly's Bar & Lounge, East Liberty
3^rd Dish, South Side

Best bar for a last date
Jack's, South Side
2^nd Dee's Café, South Side
3^rd Kelly's Bar & Lounge, East Liberty

Best bar/club to see the beautiful people
Zen Social Club, Station Square
2^nd Nakama Japanese Steakhouse, South Side
3^rd Firehouse Lounge, Strip District

Best LGBT-friendly bar
5801 Video Lounge, Shadyside
2^nd Cattivo, Lawrenceville 
3^rd Spin Bartini, Shadyside

Best local music venue
Mr. Small's Theatre, Millvale
2^nd Club Café, South Side
3^rd Thunderbird Café, Lawrenceville

Best solo musician
Joy Ike
2^nd Brooke Annibale
3^rd Bill Deasy

Best blues band
Jill West & the Blues Attack
2^nd The Olga Watkins Band
3^rd Shot O' Soul

Best pop/rock band that isn't The Clarks
Donora
2^nd Bon Journey
3^rd Gramsci Melodic

Best cover band
Bon Journey
2^nd Velveeta
3^rd Into the Arena

Best jazz band
Opek
2^nd (tie): Boilermaker Jazz Band / Etta Cox
3^rd N/A 

Best themed DJ night
Dirty Disco with DJ Digital Dave
2^nd '80s Night at Belvedere's with DJ Hatesyou
3^rd Pandemic Global Dance Party

Best hip-hop performer(s)
Wiz Khalifa
2^nd Formula 412
3^rd Kellee Maize

Best art gallery
The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side
2^nd The Mattress Factory Museum, North Side
3^rd Wood Street Galleries, Downtown

Best local theater company
City Theatre, South Side
2^nd Pittsburgh CLO, Downtown
3^rd (tie): Quantum Theatre / Public Theater

Best dance company
Attack Theatre
2^nd Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
3^rd Dance Alloy

Best movie theater
AMC Loews Waterfront, Homestead
2^nd SouthSide Works Cinema, South Side
3^rd The Oaks Theater, Oakmont

Best place to take the kids for the afternoon
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Highland Park
2^nd Carnegie Science Center, North Side
3^rd Children's Museum, North Side

Best free outdoor cultural event
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Downtown
2^nd Hartwood Acres concerts, Allison Park
3^rd Free movies at Flagstaff Hill, Oakland 

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