Nominations from readers shaped the list of 16 restaurants. After three rounds of voting, with each weeklong round cutting the field in half, The Sole and Joey's were left standing.
The Sole upended One Eleven Chop House, an affiliated restaurant, by collecting 52.95% of the 1,169 total votes. Joey's topped Mare E Monti, collecting 61.04% of the 1,743 total votes. Need a break?