People's Choice Awards WINNERS for 2019

SECTION 1 - RESTAURANTS

Best Steaks

1) Bruno’s Ajijic

2) Ajijic Tango

3) Arileo Steakhouse

Best Mexican Food

1) Viva Mexico

2) Chile Verde

tied with Teocintle Maiz

3) Maria Isabel

Best Restaurant (Overall)

1) El Jardin de Ninette

2) Viva Mexico

3) Adelita’s

Best Seafood

1) La Paceña

2) Isla Cozumel

3) Mariscos Lety

Best Pizza

1) M&J Royal

2) Purple Garlic

tied with Vegan Town

3) Jitomate

Best Hamburger

1) Trips Burger

2) Lakeside Food Container

3) Smoke House

Best International Cuisine

1) El Jardin de Ninette

2) Casa Linda

3) Palé tied with Cocinart

Best Italian Restaurant

1) Pasta Trenta

2) Alex’s Pasta Bar

3) La Taverna del Quattro Mori

Best Asian/Oriental Restaurant

1) Masayume tied w/ Chopsticks

2) Min Wah

3) Tepatate Pian Thai

Best Misc. Ethnic Restaurant

1) Johanna’s

2) Sabor del Caribe

3) Gossip’s tied with Kamellos

Best BBQ or Parillada

1) Bruno’s

2) Rangers BBQ

3) Smoke House

Best Breakfast

1) Cafe Negro

2) David’s

3) Sunrise Cafe

Best Vegetarian Food

1) Masayume

2) Vegan Town

3) Letra CH

Best Home Delivery

1) Pancho’s Deli Market

2) M&J Royal Pizza

3) Hot Rod Burrito

Best Baguette / Sandwich

1) Emma’s Deli

2) Vegan Town

3) Lakeside Food Container

Best Coffee

1) Café Grano

2) Coffee Hour

3) Coffee Tree (Arbol de Café)

Best Place to Take Guests

1) El Jardín de Ninette

2) Ajijic Tango

3) Casa Maybela

Best Desserts & Pastries

1) Vicky’s Sourdough Donuts

2) Marissa

3) Sweets & Treats

Best Economical Eatery

1) Chile Verde

2) American Legion

3) Tacos Jessica

Best Bar (Overall)

1) Cocktail Bar

2) Ironhorse Bar & Grill

3) El BarCo

Best Deli Market

1) Pancho’s Deli Market

2) Lilifher Deli

3) Emma’s Deli

SECTION 2 - QUALITY OF LIFE

Best Retirement Home

1) Casa Zoe

2) Casa Nostra

3) Mi Casita

tied with Casa Anastasia

Best Private School

1) Loyola

2) Instituto Internacional

3) Decroly

Best Medical Facility

1) Hospital San Antonio

2) Hospital Ajijic

3) Quality Care

Best Emergency Care

1) Hospital San Antonio

2) Cruz Roja/Red Cross

3) Hospital Ajijic

Most Valuable Web Site or Forum

1) AjijicNews.com

2) BestofLakeChapala.com

3) 3-way tie: Discover Lake

Chapala (FB), Gringos Ajijic

& Lakeside (FB), and Inside

Lakeside.com

Most Valuable News Media

1) AjijicNews.com

2) Guadalajara Reporter

3) El Ojo del Lago

SECTION 3 - SHOPPING AROUND

Best Clothing Boutique -New/used

1) Terry’s Tianguis

2) Mia’s Boutique

3) Bohemia

Best Supermarket

1) Pancho’s Deli Market

2) Superlake

3) Soriana

Best Bazaar/Thrift Shop/Consignment

1) Make It Cash

2) It’s Kinda Bazar...Kinda Not

3) Barbara’s Bazaar

Best Gallery or Gift Shop

1) Ana Romo Gallery

2) Diane Pearl Colecciones

3) Sol Mexicano

tied with Studio 18 Gallery

Best Furniture

1) Arden

2) Arte del Lago Bazar & Galeria

3) Home Decor

tied with Gama Art-Furniture

Best Meat Market

1) Tony’s Plus

2) Mr Bull

3) Sonora Carnes Finas

People’s Choice Awards

WINNERS for 2019

Best Fish Market

1) Costalegre

 2)Pacico

3) Indoor Market Chapala

Best Appliance Outlet

1) El Tio Sam

2) Coppel

3) Electro Venta

Best Hardware & Construction

Supplies

1) Jara Hardware

tied with Amutio

2) Ferreteria Calzada

3) Truper (Various Locations)

Best Auto Parts

1) Auto Zone

2) Orma Auto Parts

3) Rolcar

tied with Danny’s

Best Paint Store & Paint Supplies

1) Prisa

2) Comex

3) Sherwin Williams

tied with Pinturas Berel

Best Pet Supplies

1) Pet Place

2) Lakeside Friends of the

Animals

3) Memo’s tied with Pet Care

Best Pharmacy

1) Farmacia Cristina

2) Farmacias Guadalajara

(various locations)

3) Benavides Pharmacy

Best Plants & Landscaping

Supplies

1) Vivero San Antonio

2) Vivero Azucena

3) Vivero La Paz

SECTION 4 - LEISURE/DIVERSION

Best Fitness Center

1) Family Fitness Center

2) Health House Fitness Center

3) Zona Fitness

Best Diversion Overall

1) Lake Chapala Society

2) Mr Hammers Tuesday Bingo

3) Balneario San Juan Cosalá

Based on Finalist Voting conducted 12:01 A.M. AUG. 15 – 11:59 P.M. OCT. 14, 2019

Visit BestofLakeChapala.com

to submit nominees for 2020, or

to view previous winners.

Ties are designated when total vote

tallies were less than 0.01 ( 1% )

Best Family Activity

1) Balneario San Juan Cosala

2) Tobolandia Water Park

3) Movie Space Cinemas

Best Live Entertainment

1) Iron Horse Bar & Grill

2) Casa Domenech

3) Adelita’s

SECTION 5 - TRAVEL & LODGING

Best Travel Agency

1) Charter Club

2) Viajes Ajijic

3) Discover Mexico

Best Tour Service

1) Experience Mexico with Norah

2) Miguel Lemus Martinez

3) Charter Club Tours

Best Hotel

1) La Nueva Posada

2) Monte Coxala Raquet Club

3) Real de Chapala

Best B&B

1) Casa Tres Leones

2) Villa del Angel

3) Estrellitas Inn

SECTION 6 - SERVICES

Best Beauty Products & Services

1) Gloriosa

2) Yoly’s Unisex Salon

3) Christine’s European Salon

Best Massage

1) Blanca Salazar Respiro Spa

2) Total Body Care

3) Spa Termal Tlalocan

Best Legal Service

1) LCS, Lic. V. Muñoz

2) ABC Legal Azucena Bateman

3) Chapala Law Spencer McMullen

Best Insurance Provider

1) Tio Corp Business Center

2) Be

llon Insurance

3) Boomers in Paradise

Best Primary Care Physician

1) Carlos Garcia Diaz

2) Jessica Flores

3) Angelica Quintero

Best Dermatologist

1) Martha Ballesteros

2) Daniela Bañuelos

3) Tania Sanchez

Best Psychologist/Counselor

1) Debbie Stokes

2) Michele Boudreau

3) 3-way tie: Kat Miller, Nadia

Citlalli Espinoza, and Claudia

Martinez

Best Cardiologist

1) Ramon Garcia G., ICMI

2) Jose Pascual Salas

3) Hector Briseño Garcia

ELITE award goes to 5-year winners

Eight Lakeside businesses earned the Elite Award ini 2019. A certicate bearing the

Elite emblem is awarded to merchants, service providers and businesses that have

been voted a rst-place winner for ve years or more. New Elite Award winners are:

• Best Mexican Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viva Mexico

• Best Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Nueva Posada

• Best Computer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gadgets Guy

• Best Beauty Salon & Best Mani-Pedi . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gloriosa

• Best Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arden Mueblería

• Best Paint Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prisa Paints

• Best Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tio Corp

• Best Diversion & Place to Volunteer . . . . . Lake Chapala Society

Best Optician or Opthalmologist

1) Rigoberto Rios León, Alta Retina

2) Luz Zepeda, LCS

3) Claudia Camacho Choza

Best Architect or Builder

1) Gerardo Romero

2) Roberto Millan

3) Ricardo Zambrano

Best Alternative Care

1) Dr. Beatriz Gallagher

2) Erin Dixon, LMT, ABT

3) Alejandra Collignon, LN

Best Diagnostic Lab

1) GO Lab

2) Quality Care Lab

3) BestLab Riberas

Best Dentist or Dental Clinic

1) Maria Luisa Luis Villa

2) Cristina Barreto/Leend Clinic

3) Eloy Barragan

Best Veterinarian

1) Dr. Omar Eduardo Reyes

2) Drs Ladron de Guevara

 3)Dr.DelnoHernandea,Vet

San Antonio

Best Mailing/Shipping Service

1) Ishop Mail

2) Sol y Luna

3) LCS Mail Service tied

with DHL

Best Real Estate Agency

1) All-in-1 Mexico Real Estate

2) Chapala Realtors

3) Century 21 AccessMex

Best Rental Agency

1) Ajijic Rentals

2) Ajijic Homes 4 Rent

3) Roma Property Management

Best Computer Services

1) Gadgets Guy

2) Computerland (Ruben)

3) Benno Computer Solutions

Best Chiropractic or Spinal

Manipulation

1) Eric Phariss

2) Jorge Ulloa P.T.

3) Stephen Lowell Birch, D.C.

Best Auto Body & Paint

1) Junior’s

2) Fernandos

3) Mauricio’s Body Shop

tied with Frats

Best Auto Repair

1) Beto Hernandez

2) Salvador’s Jocotepec

3) Auto Repair Ron Young

Best Mani-Pedi Nail Salon

1) Gloriosa

2) Yoly’s Unisex Salon

3) Gloss Nail Salon

Eight “Elite” award winners named in 2019

• Dentist Candy Ugalde

• Min Wah Restaurant

• Zona Fitness

• Century 21 Access

Mex Real Estate

• Arq. Roberto Millan

• Dermika Clinic

• Steren Electronics

• Diane Pearl Gallery

• Trip’s Burger

• Vivero San Antonio

• Dr. Carlos Garcia Diaz

Imagen, publishers of the Chapala Directory and sponsors of the People’s Choice Awards, conducted

on the BestofLakeChapala.com web site, launched the online polls in 2014. Imagen also sponsored

and conducted a People’s Choice Awards poll in 1998 and 1999, before reviving the project in 2014.

Elite Award winners named previously can be viewed in the 2018 Chapala Directory, or online at www.

BestofLakeChapala.com. Also, please note that with four years of wins under their belts, the following

businesses are elegible for the Elite Award if they win in 2020: