The results are in for the first ever Harold Leeder’s Choice Awards! While we do appreciate everyone voting, these were technically “my choices”. I’ve posted the readers results at the bottom because my wife made me but the real winners are my choice and Ruth will only be printing up the certificates she made on Microsoft Paint for my picks.
2016 Harold Leeder’s Choice Awards Winners:
Category: Best Place To Get A Six-Pack
Harold’s Choice: Liquor Barn
“I love Liquor Barn because if I see anyone I know, I can pretend to be shopping for some sort of specialty cheese instead of a gallon of Thunderbird wine and party hats. And quite frankly, you’d need a lot of Thunderbird to get me into a hot yoga class with Alan Cutler…..again.”
Category: Best Place To Catch A Flick
Harold’s Choice: Regal Cinemas
“I love the leather recliners and I love that it’s not Movie Tavern. Any place that sends someone over every 5 minutes to interrupt my movie can rot in hell. And I personally have bad memories at Fayette Mall after seeing ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ there and sitting in front of Jerry Tipton during allergy season.”
Category: Biggest Waste Of Money
Harold’s Choice: Thoroughbred Park ($8 million)
“While the Goodman boy’s haircut is a disaster, Thoroughbred Park cost us a few million dollars for some metal horses at a busy intersection. Millions of dollars and not one single roller coaster to ride? But for some strange reason, Ruth loves it. Can’t keep her off the #3 horse to save my life.”
Category: Best Place To Be Treated For Spasms
Harold’s Choice: Shaker Village
“I was down in Shaker Village a few years ago and bought one of those big Amish dressers they make for Ruth. While loading it into the ol’ station wagon, I threw my back out and things got weird. One of them big ol’ boys, Jebediah, picked me up off the ground, held me like a newborn baby and shook me until I couldn’t remember my name. It was weird but I didn’t have an issue with my back again (or large Mennonites picking me up). It’s also in my Top 5 favorite places to buy salt and pepper containers.”
Category: Best House Of Worship
Harold’s Choice: Waffle House
“For me, hashbrowns smothered and covered is as close to Heaven as I’ll ever get. Also, Ruth once saw Mary Magdalene in her waffle, so there’s that.”
Category: Best Band In Lexington
Harold’s Choice: The UK Marching Band
“Any band that can pep me up after watching two quarters of UK football gets my vote.”
Reader’s Results:
Best Place To Get A Six Pack: Liquor Barn
Best Place To Catch A Flick: Regal Cinemas
Biggest Waste Of Money: Centerpointe
Best Place To Treat A Spasm: Shaker Village
Best House Of Worship: Waffle House
Best Band In Lexington: Billy Gillispie Banned (from Griffin Gate)