We asked you to "pick" your favorite local businesses for nomination and voting in our 3rd annual Lafayette Macaroni Kid GOLD Daisy Awards! With over 1,000 votes, here are the 2017 winners:
✿ Best Indoor Place for Kids: Imagination Station
Honorable Mentions: Get Air & My Gym
✿ Best Outdoor Place for Kids: Columbian Park Zoo/Park/Water Park
✿ Best Place or Program for Kids: Columbian Park Zoo Programs
Honorable Mentions: My Gym & YMCA
✿ Best Family Friendly Event: Purdue Spring Fest
Honorable Mention: Feast of the Hunter's Moon
✿ Best Birthday Party Venue: Columbian Park Zoo
Honorable Mentions: Elite Air & My Gym
✿ Best Place for a Date Night: 9 Irish Brothers
Honorable Mentions: Goodrich Quality Theaters & McGraws
✿ Favorite Family Friendly Restaurant: Lafayette Chick-fil-A
Honorable Mentions: Arni’s & Texas Roadhouse
✿ Best Dessert Place: The Pink Walrus
Honorable Mentions: Silver Dipper & Igloo
✿ Best Place to get Pampered: Christina & Co
Honorable Mentions: Bliss Day Spa & Love’s Hair Etc. & Spa
✿ Best Family Photographer: Velvet Lotus Photography
Honorable Mention: Annie Hill Photography
✿ Best Preschool: Montessori School of Greater Lafayette
Honorable Mention: Lafayette Christian School
✿ Favorite Store Ran by a Local Mom: Little Bird Lane Consignment
Honorable Mention: Pink Walrus
✿ Favorite Independent Consultant: Melissa White
Honorable Mention: Erin Toth
✿ Best Place for Coffee: Starbucks
Honorable Mention: Greyhouse Coffee
✿ Best Youth Sports Organization: GLRSA Youth Soccer
Honorable Mentions: McAllister Recreational Center & YMCA
✿ Best Place to Buy Kid’s Clothing: Once Upon a Child
Honorable Mention: Little Bird Lane Consignment
✿ Best Hot Spot for Teens: Faith Community Center
Honorable Mentions: Goodrich Theaters & Tippecanoe Mall
✿ Favorite Pediatric Dentist: Dr. Mark Ditto
Honorable Mention: Dr. John Bozic
✿ Favorite Pediatrician: Dr. Johari Miller
Honorable Mentions: Dr. Catherine Bell & Dr. Woods
✿ Best Local Business: Mary Lou Donuts
Honorable Mention: Arni’s
✿ Best Childcare: Burgett’s Learning Center
Honorable Mentions: Purdue University Early Care and Education Center & Grace Day Care
Congrats to all and thanks to everyone for voting!
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2017 Lafayette Macaroni Kid GOLD Daisy Awards are a nominations-based contest. Businesses with the most validated nominations moved on to the voting round. Businesses with the most validated votes won their category! Contact bethc@macaronikid.com for more information about this contest or for more information about Lafayette Macaroni Kid.