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10Best Readers' Choice, Pop Culture Edition!


It's that time again. Time for the latest batch of Readers' Choice contests, and this time, it's all about pop culture: celebrity, music, movies and TV. Paste BN 10Best experts have selected 20 nominees in the categories of Best Celebrity-Owned Restaurant, Best Musical Attraction, Best Small Music Venue, Best Outdoor Music Venue and Best Cinematic Destination (for movie and TV tourism). The nominees have been announced, and now it's your turn to crown the winners. Vote once per day in each category until the polls close on Monday, June 8 at noon ET. Click on each category below to vote, or visit 10Best.com.

The nominees in each category are as follows:

Best Celebrity-Owned Restaurant

Bedford Post - Bedford, N.Y.
Beso - Los Angeles
Bess Bistro - Austin
Craig's - West Hollywood, Calif.
Do Hwa - New York
Elway's - Denver
Gladys & Ron's Chicken & Waffles - Atlanta
Jake's - Deadwood, S.D.
JBJ Soul Kitchen - Red Bank, N.J.
Joanne Trattoria - New York
MARKET Restaurant + Bar - Del Mar, Calif.
Mermaid Inn - New York
Michael Jordan's The Steak House N.Y.C. - New York
Nobu - Various Locations
Spotted Pig - New York
Tagine - Beverly Hills, Calif.
Ted's Montana Grill
Tribeca Grill - New York
Watershed - Atlanta
Zoom - Park City, Utah

Best Musical Attraction

Abbey Road - London
Amoeba Music - Hollywood
Apollo Theater - New York
Bob Marley Museum - Kingston, Jamaica
Dollywood - Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Elliott Smith Memorial Wall - Los Angeles
EMP Museum - Seattle
Graceland - Memphis
Grand Ole Opry - Nashville
Hansa Studios - Berlin
Hotel Chelsea - New York
Joshua Tree National Park - Calif.
Kurt Cobain House/Viretta Park - Seattle
Motown Museum - Detroit
Père Lachaise Cemetery - Paris
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - Cleveland
Stax Museum of American Soul Music - Memphis
Sun Studio - Memphis
The Dakota/Strawberry Fields - New York
Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts - Stone Mountain, Ga.

Best Outdoor Music Venue

Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, Wis.
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion - Boston
Crosby Theatre - Santa Fe
Gorge Amphitheatre - Quincy, Wash.
Great Stage Park - Manchester, Tenn.
Greek Theatre - Los Angeles
Hatch Memorial Shell - Boston
Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles
Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago
Klipsch Music Center - Noblesville, Ind.
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, Md.
Mohawk - Austin
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, N.Y.
Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn!) - NY
Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, Colo.
Rumsey Playfield (Summerstage) - New York
Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga, N.Y.
Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater - Park City, Utah
Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, Mo.
Stubb's BBQ - Austin

Best Small Music Venue

40 Watt Club - Athens, Ga.
Baby's All Right - Brooklyn, N.Y.
Beerland - Austin
Black Cat - Washington
Bluebird Theater - Denver
Bowery Ballroom - New York
Brighton Music Hall - Allston, Mass.
Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, N.Y.
Crocodile - Seattle
Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, Ore.
El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles
Great Scott - Allston, Mass.
Hideout - Chicago
Largo at the Coronet - Los Angeles
Lincoln Hall - Chicago
Mohawk - Austin
The Independent - San Francisco
The Troubadour - West Hollywood, Calif.
Toad's Place - New Haven, Conn.
Union Transfer - Philadelphia

Best Cinematic Destination

Albuquerque
Australia
Berkshire, England
Bruges, Belgium
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dyersville, Iowa
Las Vegas
London
Morocco
New York
New Zealand
Paris
Petra, Jordan
Salzburg, Austria
Santa Barbara Wine Country - Calif.
Scotland
Southern Tunisia
Stockholm
Thai Islands, Thailand
Tokyo

Congratulations to all our 10Best Readers' Choice nominees!