Beach Plum, 22 Other Eateries Up for Best Of NH

The voting period for the annual New Hampshire Magazine Best of NH awards is underway, and the Seacoast area is well represented in 2013 installment of the festivities.

A total of 23 Hampton and North Hampton restaurants are nominated for Best of NH 2013, while the nominees for the shops, services and people awards won't be released until Friday, March 1.

Al's Seafood tops the local list for the most nominees, while numerous perennial contenders and new businesses are also up for bragging rights across a diverse mix of categories.

The following Hampton and North Hampton businesses are up for awards (the name of the "Best Of" category is listed after the business' name):

• Boardwalk French Fries — French Fries
• Fast Eddie's Diner — Onion Rings, Diner
• Las Olas Taqueria — Nachos, Taqueria
• Al's Seafood — Clam Chowder, Fried Clams, Seafood Restaurant, Lobster Roll
• The Galley Hatch — Clam Chowder
• The Beach Plum — Fried Clams, Lobster Roll, Seacoast Region Ice Cream
• Joe's Meat Shoppe — Delicatessen, Butcher Shop
• The Old Salt — Sunday Brunch
• Bonta — Sunday Brunch, Italian Restaurant
• KB's Bagels — Bagel
• Wild Orchid Baking Company (formerly of North Hampton, since moved to Dover) — Cakes, Cupcakes
• Sanborn's Candies — Chocolatier
• Wicked Good Cupcakes — Cupcakes
• Jumpin' Jacks Java — Seacoast Region Coffee Shop, Cup of Coffee
• Throwback Brewery — Local Brewery
• Smuttynose Brewery (building a new headquarters and restaurant in Hampton) — Local Brewery
• Bella Rose Brick Oven Pizza — Gourmet Pizzeria
• The Community Oven — Gourmet Pizzeria
• Flatbread Company — Gourmet Pizzeria (Regional Chain)
• Ronaldo's — Italian Restaurant
• Ocean Wok — Chinese Restaurant
• Bai Cha — Thai Restaurant
• Locals Restaurant and Pub — New Restaurant

[Editor's note: Businesses are listed in order of first appearance on the Best of New Hampshire survey. Also, there are many more Seacoast-area businesses on up for awards, although this list has been kept to just Hampton and North Hampton for brevity's sake. The full list can be found here.]

You can cast your vote in more than 100 categories here. Voting for the restaurant awards ends March 22.

Which business do you think is most worthy of its nomination? Which category do you think will be a close race, and which businesses were snubbed in the nominations? Tell us in the comments!

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