[phoenix]

well the 8th annual poll is over so let me comment first I started this poll to get some interest in the restaurant section of the forum during the winter months. By default polls are limited to 10 entries so adding a whole bunch of restaurants is not possible and I don't want to try to be Nate Silver( so this is not scientific) and choose for you so i restricted it to towns near me where i could be as inclusive as possible and let the voters decide so i picked the arc from center Harbor to Wolfeboro( notice i said arc so i don't upset the cartographers on the forum). Each year i add at least one and subtract the prior lowest score or two. So now let me get into the results. We had 2110 votes( notice not voters) and hard to figure out when the ballot boxes started to get stuffed but seems to me there were three restaurants that started and ended above the rest . so we have three winners. first Woodshed as it has the last few years again comes out on top. Second Lavinia's who also as a new restaurant gets rookie of the year. And third the Wolfeboro Inn and Congratulations to George for turning this around so you also get comback of the year. regarding 2013 since the webmaster has limited the dupicate voting i will likely come back for a 9th year. Again this will cover Center Harbor to Wolfeboro and will add Pine Cone inn as readers requested. in summary go visit all these places over the winter and see you in the summer -- Phoenix