Best of Jackson Hole 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

By Ben Cannon

Jackson Hole, Wyo.-It was exciting to see our voter numbers really grow in this, our second annual Best of Jackson Hole readers poll.

I was told not to reveal all the magic by disclosing exactly how many voters we had, but I can say it was not very far under 1,000. Not bad for a community with an esimated 20,000 full-time residents!Also, voters were all ages. The majority were under 50 and the biggest block identified themselves as 26 to 35, though there were enough voters over the age of 66 to field a seniors’ soccer team.

And voters were affluent. About a fifth of them reported annual incomes of more than $100,000. But mostly they were middle classy, with half reporting incomes of $20 thousand to $60 thousand.

We saw a few surprises, some of them nice (the locally-owned Trio edging out McDonald’s for Best French Fries), and one that will probably ensure this publication is never again allowed inside the Cowboy Bar, which was voted Best Gay Hangout for the second year. But hey, Cowboy Bar, we didn’t say you were the best gay hangout. The voters decided, so take it up with them. And embrace diversity.

Sadly, a few Best Of winners now exist only in memory. The many, many friends of the late Mark Wolling, some of whom only became acquainted with “Big Wally” after his death, honored the man by overwhelmingly naming him Best Ski Patroller. 

At least a couple of winners were businesses that are now gone. Both Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary and Oswald Gallery, which took gold and silver respectively for Best Contemporary Art Gallery, have closed their doors for good.
We’ll let the rest of the results speak for themselves; you decide what to make of them.



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