Lakewood Is 'Best Of' Almost Everything

It's a good day to be a Lakewood resident.

The city, its business and people were named in 26 different Best of Clevleland Awards by Scene Magazine this year.

Two of the more notable honors included Best Suburb and Best School District.

Here's the list of Lakewood's award winners:

Best local photographer

Frank Lanza (Lakewood resident)

Best place for free fun

Cleveland Metroparks (main entrance at the end of Sloane Avenue)

Best Sandwich Shop

Melt Bar & Grilled

Best Seafood & Most Romantic Restaurant

Pier W

Best Sub Shop

Dave's Cosmic Subs

Best Beer List

Buckeye Beer Engine

Best Pizza

Angelo's

Best Indian Food

India Garden

Best Cheap Lunch & Best Middle Eastern Restaurant

Aladdin's Eatery

Best Latin

Barroco Grill

Best Wings

Winking Lizard

Best local entrepreneur

Matt Fish (Lakewood resident)

Best Local Comedian & Best Local Author

Mike Polk (Lakewood resident)

Best suburb

Lakewood

Best school district

Lakewood

Best Place to Buy Music

The Exchange

Best Consignment Shop

Avalon Exchange

Best Smoke Shop

Daystar Boutique

Best chocolate /candy shop

Malley's

Best Barbershop/Men's Salon

Crazy Mullets

Best Bowling Alley

Mahall's

Best skate park & Best playground

Lakewood Park

Editor's note: Lakewood Patch Editor Colin McEwen's family owns Mahall's Twenty Lanes.