Best of Topeka & Northeast Kansas 2004

Topeka Capital-Journal, The, May 22, 2004 by Capital-Journal

1. American Family Insurance

2. State Farm Insurance

3. R.E. Dunn Agency

4. Farmers Insurance Group

5. Shelter Insurance

BEST LAWYER

1. Larry Tenopir

2. Mark Bennett

3. Lawrence Ireland

4. Jerry Berger

5. Billy Rork

BEST PLACE TO BOWL

1. Gage Bowls

2. West Ridge Lanes & Family Fun Center

3. Southwest Bowl

4. AMF Meadow Lanes

BEST GARDEN STORE

1. Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse

2. Skinner Garden Store Inc.

3. Jackson's Greenhouse

4. Blackburn Nursery & Lawn Service Inc.

5. Heifner Nursery & Garden Center Inc.

BEST LAWN SERVICE

1. Trugreen Chemlawn

2. Michael's Lawn Care

3. Scotts LawnService

4. Lawns by Bryce

5. (tie) One on One

5. (tie) Stouffer Lawn & Landscape

BEST CARPET CLEANER

1. Chavez Cleaning & Disaster Restoration Services

2. Mike's Dry Carpet Cleaning

3. Stanley Steemer Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

4. Bob's Janitorial Service & Carpet Cleaning

5. Steamatic of N.E. Kansas

BEST GOLF COURSE

1. Lake Shawnee Golf Course

2. Topeka Country Club

3. Western Hills Golf Course

4. Shawnee Country Club

5. Topeka Public Golf Course

BEST AUTO DEALER

1. Laird Noller Ford

2. Holthaus Motors Inc.

3. Ed Bozarth Chevrolet

4. Briggs Super Center

BEST AUTO SERVICE

1. Holthaus Motors Inc., Osage City

2. Lube Stop

3. Gregg Tire

4. Ed Bozarth Chevrolet

5. Goodyear Auto Service Center

BEST FURNITURE STORE

1. Marlings Home Furnishings

2. Discovery Furniture

3. Furniture Barn Inc.

4. Lewis Furniture

5. Room Makers

BEST WAIT STAFF

1. Harrah's Casino

2. Constantino's

3. Annie's Place

4. Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

5. McB's Sports Bar

BEST RETIREMENT HOME

OR SENIOR CENTER

1. Aldersgate Village

2. Brewster Place Retirement Community

3. McCrite Plaza Retirement Community

4. Lulac Senior Center

5. Plaza West Care Center

BEST BUSINESS TO

SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY

1. Harrah's Casino

2. Capitol Federal Savings

3. Payless ShoeSource

4. Hallmark Cards Inc.

5. Security Benefit Group of Cos.

BEST PLACE TO BUY TIRES

1. Goodyear Tires

2. Gregg Tire

3. Harold's Tire Service

4. Rex's Tire Co.

5. Sam's Club

BEST HEATING

AND AIR SERVICE

1. A-1 Plumbing Heating Cooling

2. McElroy's Inc.

3. Lower Heating & Air Conditioning

4. Blue Dot Co.

5. Young's Inc.

BEST CONVENIENCE STORE

1. The Market

2. Kwik Shop

3. Petro-Deli

4. Casey's General Store

5. Gas and Shop Convenience

BEST VETERINARIAN

1. Dr. Don Hrenchir, Burlingame Road Animal Hospital

2. Dr. Gaylord Post, Aid Animal Clinic

3. Dr. Tom Mah, Animal Clinic of North Topeka PA

4. (tie) Potwin Pet Clinic

4. (tie) Westport Animal Clinic

BEST FLORIST

1. Dillons grocery stores

2. Porterfield's Flowers

3. Stanley Flowers

4. University Flowers

5. Custenborder Florists

BEST SECURITY COMPANY

1. Protection One

2. ADT Security Services Inc.

3. Lighthouse Security

4. PSI Alarm Services

5. Brinks Home Security Systems & Alarm Services

BEST CELL PHONE SERVICE

1. Sprint PCS

2. Cingular Wireless

3. Verizon Wireless

4. T-Mobile

5. Alltel

BEST CASINO

1. Harrah's Casino

2. Sac & Fox Casino

3. Golden Eagle Casino

4. Ameristar, Kansas City, Mo.

BEST JEWELRY STORE

1. Briman's Leading Jewelers

2. White Lake's Jewelers

3. Donaldson's Jewelers Inc.

4. Diamonds by Design Inc.

5. Helzberg Diamonds