Creative Loafing Tampa Awards Best In Bay Area Food, Arts, People, Events

The winners of the 2010 Best of the Bay awards were recently announced. For the last 20 years Creative Loafing Tampa has issued its staff and reader-voted list of the best food, arts, people and events in the Tampa Bay area. Food and drink honorees include Greg Baker, chef and owner of Tampa’s The Refinery, as “Best Chef,” and Seminole Heights’ The Independent as “Best New Restaurant.” Other selections include St. Pete’s Cafe Bohemia for “Best Falaffel,” Lutz’s Felicitous Coffee for Best Iced Coffee, The Living Room on Main for “Best new reason to go to Dunedin for dinner.” The Mindy Solomon Gallery off Beach Drive in St. Petersburg was selected as “Best Gallery” and St. Petersburg’s American Stage was selected “Best Theater Company.” Mayor Pam Iorio was selected “Best Local Politician” and high-speed rail was selected for “Best New Idea for Tampa Bay” in the Readers’ Poll. Read the complete list of winners.