Our fan favorite “Best for FAMILIES” is featured in our July 2014 magazine! We’ve received thousands of responses to our “Best for FAMILIES” annual survey and have tallied the votes. Each year we want to know what you think about everything from your kids’ favorite birthday party venues to the DJ who helps us endure DC traffic. Given the vast number of great businesses, people, and fun things to do in theDC area, we could not fit all of the results in our print magazine, butwe have posted the FULL survey results below!
We hope you enjoy and keep a look out for next year’s survey!
Due to the overwhelming amount of entries, FAMILY Magazine apologizesfor any errors that may occur in the following results. Some entries were edtied for style and content.
Best for FAMILIES
2014 Results!
BEST BAKERY: Amphora Bakery
FINALISTS: Actually Cupcakes • Alexandria Pastry • Best Buns • Bittersweet • Breeze Bakery • Buzz • Carlos Bakery • Castro’s • Cenan’s Bakery •Chantels • Chesapeake Bagel • Confections • Cookie Ride • Corner Bakery • Costco• Crumbs • Dulce de Yum • Edibles Incredible • Einstein Bagel • Firehook • Freckles • Georgetown Bakery • Georgetown Cupcake • Giant • Great Harvest Bread • Happy Eatery • Harris Teeter • Heidelburg Bakery – Arlington • Hollin Hall Pastry • Hot Breads • Hot Foods • Jireh • Just Ask Mo • La Madeline • Le Delice – Rockville • Lola’s • Mama’s Pie Bakery • Mary Lee Desserts • Northside Social • Out of the Bubble Bakery • Panera • Patisserie Randolf • Paul’s • Randolph’s • Royal Bakery – Germantown • Rudolph’s • Safeway • Shila’s Bakery • Slyla’s – Vienna • Starbucks • Sweetz • Swiss Bakery • Ted’s Bakery • Victoria’s Cakery • Wegman’s
BEST CUPCAKE SHOP: Georgetown Cupcake
FINALISTS: Actually Cupcakes • Alexandria Cupcake • Amphora Bakery • Baked & Wired • Bittersweet • Buzz • Cake Love • Carlos Bakery • Chantels • Confections Cupcakery • Crumbs • Cupcake Heaven • Cupcakes Actually • DC Bakesale • Dulce de Yum • Edibles Incredible • Expo • Fabulous Fetes • Fernando Flores – Fairfax • Fluffy Thoughts • Giant • Gooble Cakes – Blacksburg • Heidelburg Bakery • Home • Lavender Moon Cupcakes – Alexandria • Lily Magily’s • Mary Lee Desserts • Occasionally Cake • Out of the Bubble Bakery • Panera • Red Velvet • Reston Cupcake • Safeway • Sprinkles Cupcake • Sweetz • Vienna Cupcake • Wegman’s
BEST ROMANTIC RESTAURANT: L’Auberge Chez Francois
FINALISTS: 1789 • 2951 • Bazins • Bellisimo • Bethem Bistro – Fredericksburg • Bistro Cacao • Bollywood Bistro • Bonefish Grill • Café La Ruche • Chart House • Chesapeake Bay • Christopher Columbus Restaurant • Citronelle • Clyde’s • Dante Ristorante • Equinox • Filomena’s • Fiola’s • Giardino • Harth • Inn at Little Washington • Iron Shore Grill • Jasmine Café • La Talla • Landini Brothers Restaurant • Legal Seafood • Lightfoot • Matchbox • McCormick & Schmick’s • Melting Pot • Mon Ami Gabi • Old Hickory Steakhouse • Pada’s • Palladio • Parallel Wine Bistro • Passionfish • Rasika • Restaurant Eve • Roots Steak • Russia House • Ruth’s Chris • Sequoia Restaurant • Sweetwater Tavern • That’s Amore • The Kitchen at Peter’s Inn • Tollhouse Restaurant • Trio • Tuskies • Vermillion • Villa Mozart • Vintage 50 • Wine Kitchen
BEST CHEAP-EATS RESTAURANT: Chipotle
FINALISTS: Anita’s Mexican Restaurant • Auld Shebeen • B-7 • BGR • Burger Counter • Burger King • Café Rio • California Tortilla • Chick-fil-A • CiCi’s Pizza • Clare N Don’s • Coastal Flats • Costco • Country P • District Taco • Dogfish Head • Dominion Deli • El Pollo Rico • Famous Dave’s • Fan Fare • Five Guys • Ford Fish Shack • Glory Days • Guapos • Kapao • La Madeline • Los Tios • Luzmilla’s • Masala Wok • Matchbox • McDonald’s • Moby Dick’s • Moe’s • Noodles & Co. • Nordstom Café • Old Brogue • Old Country Buffet • Olive Garden • On the Border • Panera • Pei Wei • Pie-Tanza • Platka Grill • Prince Café • Qdoba • Quizno’s • R- Deli • Red Robin • Santini’s • Sila Thai • Silver Diner • Song Que – Eden Center • Subway • Sweetwater Tavern • Taco Bell • TGIF • Tropical Smoothie • Wendy’s
BEST SPORTS BAR: Glory Days
FINALISTS: BBW • Bernie’s • Brittany’s Sports Bar • Buffalo Wing Factory & Pub • Bungaloo Billiards • Champs • Crystal City Sports Pub • Dogwood • ESPN Zone • Finnegan’s • Gadsby’s Tavern • Green Turtle • Greveys • Hooters • Hops • Jackson’s • Jimmy’s • La Bar • Madrigans • Mellow Mushroom • Ned Divines • Primetime • Ramparts • Rustico • Santinis • TGI Fridays • The Bottom Line • Turtles • Velocity Five
BEST CUP OF COFFEE: Starbucks
FINALISTS: 7-Eleven • Bean Bar • Black Rooster • Bullet Proof Coffee • Caribou Coffee • Dean & Delucca • Dolcezza – Merrifield • Dunkin Donuts • Einstein Bros. Bagels • Firehook • Grape and Bean • Green Mountain • Home • Java Loco – Alexandria • Katies Coffee • Killer ESP • King Street Coffee • La Columbe • Mishas • Nespresso’s • Nordstrom Café • Panera • Pitango • Saxby’s • Shoes • Sip of Seattle • St. Elmo’s • Star Nut Café • Swings Coffee
BEST FINE DINING WITH KIDS: Clyde’s
FINALISTS: Amphora Diner • Argias • Bertucci • Big Bowl • Brix • Cafesano • California Pizza Kitchen • Capital Grille • Carmine’s • Chart House • Cheesecake Factory • L’Auberge Chez Francois • Chima • Ciros • Coastal Flats • Cocosala • ESPN • Fanding Farmers – DC • Fish Bone • Fuego – Arlington • Greek Taverna • Guapos • Home • Hook • IHOP • Jackson’s Mighty Fine Food • Joe’s Mexican • Lansdowne Resort • Legal Seafood • Logan’s • Macaroni Grill • Maggiano’s • Magnolia’s • McCormick & Schmick • Mokayma Sushi • Nagoya • Olive Garden • Otani Japanese Steakhouse • Otties • Outback • Overwood • Passion Fish • PF Changs • Pupatella • Rasica • Red Robin • Ruth’s Chris • Savoir Faire Restaurant • Seasons 52 • Sequoia Restaurant • Shake Shack • Silver Diner • Sweetwater Tavern • Texas de Brazil • TGI Friday • The Palm • Tuskies • Uno’s • Vapiano • Wine Kitchen
BEST HEALTH FOOD STORE: Whole Foods
FINALISTS: Food Market • Fresh Fields • Fresh Market – Ashburn • Giant • GNC • Mrs. Green’s Natural Market • Harris Teeter • Healthway Natural Foods • Lifetime Fitness Café • Mom’s Organic Market • Roreks • Salud GF • Sweet Leaf • Trader Joe’s • Wal-Mart • Wegman’s
BEST ICE CREAM STORE: Cold Stone Creamery
FINALISTS: Baskin Robins • Ben & Jerry • Boardwalk Pizza • Brusters • Carvel • Cold Spoon • Dairy Godmother • Dairy Queen • Froyo • Haagen Daaz • Killer ESP • Klines • Larry’s Ice Cream • Lazy Sundae • Maggie Moos • Milwaukee Custard • Nelson Custard • Pinkberry • Pitango • Pop’s • Sugar Mama’s • Sweet Frog • Sweet Green • Sweet Shop • Toby’s • Tutti Frutti • Woody’s • Yo Yummy – Herndon • York Castle • Zinga
BEST OUTDOOR/PATIO DINING: Clyde’s
FINALISTS: Blue Ridge Grill • Brix • Carrabba’s • Chef Geoff’s • Choices by Shawn • Clare N Don’s • Coastal Flats • Corner Bakery • Firehook • Greek Taverna • Home • Iggie’s Pizza • Joe’s Crab Shack • Kalypso’s • Klines • Los Tios • Mad Fox • Neyla • Old Town Alexandria • Open Road • Phillips Seafood • Reston Town Center • Rio Grande • Sequoia • Sweetwater Tavern • The Counter • The V • Uncle Julio’s • Waterfront
BEST PIZZA DELIVERY: Papa John’s
FINALISTS: Bertucci • Boardwalk Pizza • Bolis • Broadlands Brick Oven • Buon Appetito • Deli Italiano – Arlington • Deli Monaco • Domino’s • Fireworks Pizza • Flippin Pizza • Homemade Pizza Co • Jimmy’s • Johnny’s New York Style • Juliano’s • King’s • Ledo’s • Lucia’s • Manginos • Manhattan Pizza • McLean Pizza • Mediterranean Breeze • Monterey’s • Naked Pizza • NY Pizza • Paisano’s • Pizza Hut • Pizza Pomodoro • Pizzaolio • Potomac Pizza • Primo’s • Rubenos • Santini’s • Sicilian Gourmet • Slice of Rockville • Vocelli • Z Pizza
FINALISTS: 355 Diner • American Steakhouse • Applebee’s • Café Rio • California Pizza Kitchen • Cheesecake Factory • Chipotle • Chuck E Cheese • Clyde’s • Del Ray Pizza • Don Pablo • Finnegan’s • Fosters • Fuddrucker’s • Green Turtle • Gregorio’s Trattoria • Hard Times Café • IHOP • Kapao • Ledo’s • Legal Seafood – Tysons • Mac Grill • Melting Pot • Moe’s • Old Country Buffet • Olive Garden • On the Border • Rainforest Café • Red Robin • Silverado • Sweet Water Tavern • Texas de Brazil • The Old Brogue • Wildfire
YOUR KIDS’ FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza
FINALISTS: Baguette • Berries • Cauliflower Curry • Cheese Omlette • Cheese Sandwich • Chicken • Chicken Fingers/Nuggets • Chicken Pot Pie • Chick-fil-A • Chinese Food • Chips & Guacamole • Cookies • Cucumbers • Eggs • Enchiladas • Fettucicni Alfredo • Fish • Fish Sticks • Five Guys • French Fries • Fried Rice • Grilled Cheese • Hamburger • Hash Browns • Honey Mustard • Hot Dog • Ice Cream • Indian Food • Indian Lentils & Rice • Italian Food • Kabob • Kumo Sushi • Lamb • Mac & Cheese • Mangos • McDonald’s • Mexican Food • Moe’s • Noodles • Nutella • Oreos • Outback • Pancakes • Paneer • Pasta • Pho • Popcorn • Pupatella • Quesadillas • Ribs • Sandwich • Shrimp • Spaghetti • Steak • Sushi • Tacos • Tortalina y Alfredo
BEST ANIMAL AT THE ZOO: Giant Panda
FINALISTS: Anteater • Apes • Armadillo • Baby Panda • Bald Eagle • Bear • Birds • Bobcat • Buffalo • Camel • Cheetah • Chimpanzee • Dolphin • Elephant • Fish • Flamingo • Free Range Monkeys • Giraffe • Gorilla • Groundhogs • Hippo • Horse • Howler Monkeys • Humans • Kangaroo • Kimodo Dragon • Koala • Liger • Lion • Llama • Meerkats • Miniature Donkeys • Monitor Lizard • Monkeys • Naked Mole Rat • Octopus • Orangutans • Otters • Owl • Peacock • Penguins • Platypus • Polar Bear • Pony • Porcupine • Prairie Dogs • Primates • Rabbit • Red Panda • Rhino • Sea Lions • Seal • Sloth • Snakes • Tigers • Tortoise • Wildcat • Zebra
BEST FAMILY BOARDGAME: Monopoly
FINALISTS: Amazing Labryinth • Apples to Apples • Balderdash • Bananagrams • Battleship • Beat the Parents • Betrayal at the House on the Hill • Bingo • Blokus • BrainQuest • Candyland • Cards Against Humanity • Catan • Checkers • Chess • Chutes and Ladders • Clue • Connect 4 • Cranium • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cheese Touch • Disney Trivial Pursuit • Dominion • Dominoes • Equate • Funland • Golden Gate • Hedbandz • Hello Kitty • Hoot Owl Hoot! • Hoyaopoly • I Can Do It • I Spy • Jenga • Labyrinth • Left Center Right • Lego Creationary • Life • Mancala • Manza • Memory • Mexican Dominos • Mousetrap • Never Eva • Operation • Parcheesi • Payday • Pictionary • Pictureka • Quelf • Quirkle • Ranger Rickopoly • Ratrace • Reverse Charades • Risk • Scattergories • Scotland Yard • Scrabble • Scrambled States of America • Sequence • Settlers of Catan • Seven Wonders • Smiling Faces • Sorry • Spot It • Taboo • Tally Ho • Telestrations • Thomas the Train • Ticket to Ride • Tic-Tac-Toe • Trivial Pursuit • Trouble • T-Shirt Game • Twister • Uno • Who’s Behind the Door? • Wizard • Yahtzee • Zingo • Zoofari
BEST FESTIVAL OR CELEBRATION FOR FAMILIES: Christmas
FINALISTS: 4H Fair • 4th of July • Agricultural History Farm Park Harvest Festival • Alexandria Fall Festival • Apple Blossom Festival – Winchester, VA • Arlington County Fair • Autumn Leaf Festival, Clarion, PA • Birthdays • Boo at the Zoo • Bramfest • Broadlands Live • Burke Center Festival • Butler’s Orchard Pumpkin Festival • Catholic Mass • Celebrate Fairfax • Celebrate South Riding • Cherry Blossom Festival • Cherry Festival Traverse City, MI • Chili Cookoffs • Claude Moore Colonial Farm Colonial Fair • Cochcella • Comic Con • Congregation Beth El Purim Carnival • Cox Farms • Deevali • Diwali • Easter • Easter Egg Hunt • Eggstravaganza • Eid • Embassy Row for Kids • Fair • Fair Lakes Fallfest • Fairfax Days • Fairfax Fair • Fall Festival • Fall for Fairfax • Falls Church Fall Festival • Festival of Lights • Figment DC • First Baptist Church of Alexandria Fall Festival • First Night Alexandria • Folk Fest – DC • Folk Life • Fort Belvoir Oktoberfest • Gaithersburg Book Festival • Goblin Trot • Good Shepherd International Festival • Great Country Farm Marshmallow Contest • Great Wolf Lodge • H Street Festival • Halloween • Haymarket Day
