Earning a “Best Of Lynchburg” award should be celebrated. Earning this recognition year after year should be too!

To place in our “Best Of Lynchburg” Hall of Fame, a business, person or place needs to have won a gold level in a category the majority of years since VistaGraphics started conducting the contest in 2014.

Flip through to see who is the best of the best in the region!
(And be on the lookout for our Best Of Lynchburg 2020 winners—they will
be published in the January/February issue of Lynchburg Living!)

BEST BUSINESSES

BEST ACCOUNTING FIRM
Davidson, Doyle & Hilton, LLP

BEST APARTMENT LIVING
Legacy at Linden Park

BEST AUTO SERVICE
Harris Tire

BEST BED AND BREAKFAST
Acorn Hill Lodge

BEST BOOKSTORE
Givens Books-Little Dickens

BEST CAR DEALERSHIP
Billy Craft Honda

BEST CAR WASH
Express Jet Car Wash

BEST CATERER
Charley’s Restaurant and Catering

BEST CHILDCARE FACILITY
Liberty Christian Academy Early Learning Center

BEST CLOTHING BOUTIQUE
Gladiola Girls

BEST CHILDRENS CLOTHING BOUTIQUE
Once Upon a Child

BEST COMMUNITY BANK
Bank of the James

BEST CREDIT UNION
Central Virginia Federal Credit Union

BEST CONSIGNMENT/THRIFT SHOP
On Second Thought

BEST FINANCIAL PLANNING COMPANY
DePaul Wealth Management

BEST FLORIST
bloom by Doyle’s

BEST FUNERAL SERVICE COMPANY
Whitten Funeral Homes

BEST JEWELRY STORE
Bowen Jewelry Company

BEST LAW FIRM
Overbey Hawkins & Wright

BEST MUSIC STORE
Lynchburg Music Center

BEST TANNING SALON
Sun Tan City

BEST TATTOO STUDIO
Caspian Tattoo

BEST TOWING COMPANY
Cranford Towing

BEST TRAVEL AGENCY
Travel Lovers

BEST VETERINARIAN
Peaks View Animal Hospital Riverside Veterinary Hospital

HEALTH & WELLNESS

BEST CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE
Light Chiropractic

BEST COUNSELING SERVICE
Horizon Behavioral Health

BEST DENTAL PRACTICE
Forest Family Dentistry

BEST DERMATOLOGY PRACTICE
Dermatology Consultants

BEST EYE CARE
Piedmont Eye Center

BEST HOME HEALTH PROVIDER
Centra

BEST PEDIATRIC PRACTICE
F. Read Hopkins Pediatric Associates

BEST PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER
Rehab Associates of Central Virginia

BEST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Westminster Canterbury

BEST WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE
Women’s Health Services of Central Virginia

HOME

BEST ELECTRICAL COMPANY
Drummond Electrical

BEST FLOORING COMPANY
Piedmont Floors

BEST HOME FUEL COMPANY
Foster Fuels

BEST HOME BUILDER
Custom Structures, Inc

BEST HOME FURNISHINGS
Grand Home Furnishings

BEST KITCHEN AND BATH COMPANY
MB Tile and General Contracting

BEST LAWN AND GARDEN SUPPLY
Rustic View Home and Gardens

BEST PEST CONTROL
Specialty Exterminating Company

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENT
Jeremiah Cochenour

LIFESTYLE

BEST ART STUDIO
The Academy Center of the Arts

BEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA WINERY
Peaks of Otter Winery

BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY SPOT
Amazement Square

BEST FESTIVAL OR EVENT
The Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival
Get Downtown

BEST GOLF COURSE
London Downs Golf Club

BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION
Blue Ridge Parkway

OUTDOORS

BEST BIKING/HIKING/RUNNING TRAIL
Blackwater Creek Trail

BEST FISHING SPOT
Smith Mountain Lake

BEST PARK
Peaks View Park

BEST VIEW OF THE CITY
Candlers Mountain/Snowflex/LU Monogram

PERSONALITIES

BEST CIVIC LEADER
Pastor Jonathan Falwell

BEST LOCAL BAND
Dragonfly

BEST LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR
Danner Evans

RESTAURANTS

BEST ASIAN/ETHNIC FOOD
King’s Island Restaurant

BEST BAR
Bräuburgers Craft Burgers & Beer

BEST BARBECUE
Pok-E-Joes

BEST BREAKFAST
Market At Main

BEST BREWERY
Apocalypse Ale Works

BEST BURGER
Bräuburgers Craft Burgers & Beer

BEST COFFEE
Joe Bean’s

BEST DESSERTS
Mrs. Joy’s Absolutely Fabulous Treats (Closing in October 2019)

BEST FOOD TRUCK
Mama Crockett’s Cider Donuts

BEST FROZEN DESSERT
Mister Goodies

BEST ITALIAN
Isabella’s Italian Trattoria

BEST KID FRIENDLY RESTAURANT
Chick-fil-A

BEST LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANT
Bräuburgers Craft Burgers & Beer

BEST MEXICAN
La Carreta Mexican Restaurant

BEST NIGHT SPOT FOR LIVE MUSIC
Benjamin’s
Jimmy’s on the James

BEST PIZZA
Waterstone Pizza

BEST PLACE FOR A BUSINESS LUNCH
The Neighbors Place

BEST RESTAURANT FOR VEGETARIAN/VEGANS
Zoë’s Kitchen
Crisp

BEST STEAK
New London Steakhouse

BEST TEA SHOP/TEA ROOM
Ploughcroft Tea Room

BEST WAIT STAFF
Chick-fil-A on Wards Rd.

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For the third year in a row, Lynchburg Living is your source to find the region’s best lawyers. From criminal defense to adoptions to wills, our 2019 Top Lawyers list shows you who lawyers themselves recommend in 26 practice areas.

Why is this peer-to-peer recommendation important? Because if a lawyer has a good reputation among their peers, you have some assurance knowing they will be honest, professional and hardworking when they work with you or your business.

On the following pages, learn more about two top-rated lawyers in the wills, trusts and estates specialty along with five common mistakes people make when writing (or, in some cases, not writing) their wills. You’ll also find the complete listings as well as informative profiles about lawyers in the region.

When you see those teal banners or plaques around town at your favorite restaurants, shops and destinations, those businesses deserve the bragging rights! This year in our annual Best Of Lynchburg contest, we logged more than 203,000 votes on our website. The businesses and people who made it onto the following pages have earned a spot on our 2019 list.

So sit back, prop up your feet and flip through to see who is the best of the best, according to our loyal readers.

Lynchburg Restaurant Week 2018 is presented by Lynchburg Living Magazine.

For a full week in June, we turn the phrase “let’s go out to eat” from an excuse (unmotivated, lack of food in the pantry, etc.) to a meaningful celebration of the Hill City’s thriving restaurant scene.

Our popular Lynchburg Restaurant Week is back for its 7th year with a big change you may notice. For the first time, restaurants can set the price for their discounted menus, allowing for a lot more creativity in choices for you. One carryover from 2017 is our featured nonprofit—Meals on Wheels of Central Virginia. This year, 25 percent of our business sponsorship proceeds are going straight to this incredible organization.

Flip through the following pages to see the mouthwatering menus from this year’s 30 participating restaurants—and start planning your stops today! Or for more information go to, lynchburgrestaurantweek.com.

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