Voting for the 2015 Good “Burger awards recognizing the best in St. Pete ends August 21.
The end of voting for awards hosted by the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce also marks the final day for purchasing discounted tickets for the award celebration on September 3 at Jannus Live from 6-9 p.m.
Winners will be announced at the event and is expected to include some “surprises.”
The Chamber also announced in an email blast there will be an after party “you won’t want to miss. More details about the event will be announced next week.
This year’s nominees include:
Some local “eats and treats” nominated include:
- Bella Brava
- Central Avenue Oyster Bay
- Chief’s Creole Café
- Harold Seltzers Steakhouse
- La V – Vietnamese Fusion
- Lucky Dill
- Noble Crust
- Ricky P’s Orleans Bistro
- Sylvia’s
- The Hangar Restaurant and Flight Lounge
- theAvenue
“Hot Spots and Hangouts” nominees are:
- 3 Daughters Brewing
- Al Lang Field – Tampa Bay Rowdies
- First Night
- Green Bench Brewing Co.
- Jannus Live
- Mandarin Hide
- Shuffleboard Club
- Sundial
- The Ale & the Witch
- The Canopy
- Tradewinds Island Resort
Arts and Culture hopefuls are:
- American Stage Theater Company
- Duncan McClellan Gallery
- Florida CraftArt
- Florida Holocaust Museum
- freeFall Theater Company
- Great Explorations Children’s Museum
- Morean Arts Center
- Museum of Fine Arts
- SPIFFS
- Petersburg Museum of History
- Studio@620
Community Conscious nominees include:
- Catholic Charities, Diocese of St. Petersburg
- Edible Peace Patch
- Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County
- Metro Wellness Community Center
- NE Exchange Club
- Police Athletic League of St. Petersburg
- Pete Free Clinic
- Pete Preservation
- Pete Pride
- Suncoast Center
- The James B. Sanderlin Center
- USF St. Petersburg
Cool Companies: Small (fewer than 10 employees)
- ActionCOACH Tampa Bay
- Banana’s Music
- Bayprint
- Cerulean Blu
- Furnish Me Vintage
- Gush Juice
- I Love the ‘Burg
- LED ProServices
- PetersBARK!
- The ElectricMarina Inc.
- The Iron Yard
- The Shave Cave
- Wannemacher Jensen Architects
Cool Companies: Medium (11-50 employees)
- CONCEPTBAIT
- Dermazone Solutions
- Eagle Datagistics
- Hollander Hotel
- Hotel Indigo
- Kahwa Coffee
- Lumastream
- Paradigm Learning
- Pinellas County Urban League
- Pure Natural Nail Salon
- Symphoni
- Tampa Bay Club Sport
- The Palladium
- The Poynter Institute
Cool Companies: Large (more than 51 employees)
- ASI
- Bankers Financial
- Bright House Networks Business Solutions
- C1 Bank
- Fidelity Information Services
- Genius Central Systems
- Great Bay Distributors
- HSN
- Jabil
- Kobie Marketing
- Raymond James
- SRI International
- Anthony’s Hospital
- USAmeribank
- Valpak
The nominees were chosen by a committee of volunteers with the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce. They chose 97 total nominees selected out of suggestions from the more than 1,000 chamber members.
“We’d like to think of our nominations as a ‘love note’ from the Chamber on behalf of citizens of St. Pete,” the contest’s web page reads.
Tickets for the celebration are $15 for Chamber members and $20 for non-members.
Last year’s MVB went to All Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Jonathan M. Ellen. The year before that for the inaugural Good ‘Burger awards, HSN CEO Mindy Grossman took the top honor.
