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.