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2023 Mason + Deerfield Lifestyle Readers' Choice Awards

The final votes have been tallied and it's time to share the winners and nominees.

Article by Mark Andrea

Photography by Lyons Photography

We love celebrating local businesses and so do our readers! For our final Readers’ Choice Awards, we expanded the categories and the number of winners. A record number of ballots were cast this year with more than 6,100! We truly want to thank our readers for their enthusiastic participation.

On January 26, 2024, the nominees and winners were announced at Manor House and we are excited to share those with you! 

With that, please join us in celebrating the winners of the 2023 Mason + Deerfield Lifestyle Readers’ Choice Awards! Don’t forget to stop by your favorite winners and congratulate them!

HOME SERVICES

BEST CUSTOM HOME BUILDER
Frazier Homes
J&K Custom Homes
Justin Doyle Homes
*WINNER* Drees Homes
The Leland Group

BEST REMODELER
Refreshing Renovations
*WINNER* Creative Contracting
Brent Thomas Renovations
Carter Kitchen & Bath
Neal's Design Remodel

BEST INTERIOR DESIGN
Decorating Den - The Connell Team
Your Design Partner
Savvy Design USA
Decorating Den - Carmen Mackey Designs
*WINNER* Patti Johnson Interiors

BEST LANDSCAPE DESIGN
No Limits Landscaping
Lichtenberg Landscaping
Creech's Lawn & Landscape Garden Center
Seiler's Landscaping
*WINNER* Natorp's 

BEST LAWN CARE
Hometown Turf
Degree Lawn Care & Landscape
Purelawn Organic Lawn Care
The Grounds Guys of Mason
*WINNER* Oasis Turf Care

BEST PEST CONTROL
*WINNER* Solutions Plus Pest Control/Bed Bug Solutions
Bug-a-Pest
Sure Thing Pest Control
*WINNER* Mosquito Joe
Advanced Pest Control

BEST INTERIOR HOME SERVICE
MaidPro - Mason
Painter 1 Cincinnati
AB Contracting
*WINNER* Closets by Design
*WINNER* Nixco Plumbing
Dryer Vent Wizard of Greater Cincinnati
VesCo Residential Cleaning
Floor Coverings International
*WINNER* McSwain Carpets & Floors

BEST EXTERIOR HOME SERVICE
*WINNER* The Glass Guru
*WINNER* Cincinnati Premier Pressure Washing
ACR Gunite Pools & Spas
NiteLites of Dayton, Cincinnati, and Northern Kentucky Outdoor Lights
Cincinnati EntryPoint
PDQ Doors
Shiver Security Systems
CMR Outdoor Living
Southwest Ohio Roof Defense (SWORD)
*WINNER* All Decked Out

BEST HEATING & COOLING
Watkins Heating & Cooling
Sycamore Heating & Cooling
Quality Comfort Home Services
Al's Comfort Technologies
*WINNER* Air Authority Heating & Air Conditioning

BEST REALTOR
Trisha Sunderhaus - Coldwell Banker Realty
ITZ-Time Team - RE/MAX Time
Sandra Peters - Comey & Shepherd
*WINNER* Jackie Quigley - eXp Realty
Tiffany Allen-Zeuch - Sibcy Cline 

BEST SENIOR LIVING
Traditions of Lebanon
Otterbein SeniorLife Lebanon
*WINNER* The Christian Village at Mason
Mason Assisted Living and Memory Care
Montage Mason

MEDICAL & WELLNESS

BEST PEDIATRICIAN
Cincinnati Children's Mason Primary Care
Group Health Associates
Muddy Creek Pediatrics
*WINNER* Northeast Cincinnati Pediatric Associates
Pediatric Associates of Mason

BEST PRIMARY CARE
Chunn Family Medicine
*WINNER* Group Health Associates
Mercy Health - Mason Primary Care
TriHealth Health First Physicians - Mason
UC Health Primary Care - Mason

BEST DERMATOLOGIST
*WINNER* The Dermatology Group
DOCS Dermatology DSWO - Mason
Dermatology & Skin Care Associates
Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery - Mason
Mona Dermatology

BEST DENTIST
Vita Dental
Erbeck Family Dental
*WINNER* Mason Elite Dentistry
Trailside Dental
Crutchfield Dental
Fox Dental Excellence
*WINNER* Mason Dental Center
Wise Dental Care

BEST ORTHODONTIST
Hickman Orthodontics
James Logeman Orthodontics
Johnson Orthodontics
Rinaldi Orthodontics
*WINNER* Cassinelli, Shanker & Associates Orthodontics

BEST EYE CARE
Mason Eye Center
Ritter-Hagee Doctors of Optometry
Clarkson Eye Care - Lebanon
Mason Vision Center
*WINNER* Cincinnati Eye Institute

BEST CHIROPRACTOR
American Family Chiropractic
*WINNER* Everybody’s Health
Live Well Chiropractic Center
Mason Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Center
Rohlfs Chiropractic Care

BEST MEDICAL 
VitalForce Physio
FYZICAL Therapy
*WINNER* Amy Brenner MD & Associates
Acupuncture Wellness Center of Mason
Happy Hormone Cottage
*WINNER* Lindner Center of HOPE
*WINNER* Beacon Orthopedics
AFC Urgent Care
Wessel Periodontics

BEST VETERINARIAN
Mason Family Pet Hospital
*WINNER* Mason Animal Hospital
Four Paws Animal Hospital
County Animal Hospital
Misty Vistas Animal Hospital

BEST FITNESS CENTER
*WINNER* Mason Community Center
Life Time
EvoFit
Countryside YMCA
Trainers Spot

BEST FITNESS STUDIO
Pure Barre Mason
*WINNER* Orangetheory Fitness 
Hi Fi Yoga
Body Alive - Mason
House of Bliss Yoga (Formerly Elemental Om)

RETAIL & BEAUTY

BEST AUTO DEALER
*WINNER* Performance Lexus
*WINNER* McCluskey Chevrolet
Kings Mazda
Kings Chrysler Jeep Dodge
Infiniti of Cincinnati

BEST SALON
Ritual Collective
*WINNER* Kim Harper Salon and Spa
Bella Chic Salon
East Main Salon & Spa
North Cincy Salon and Spa

BEST DAY SPA & MASSAGE
*WINNER* Woodhouse Day Spa
Nani Massage
Mitchell's Salon & Day Spa
Massage Envy
Hand & Stone

BEST BOUTIQUE OR GIFT SHOP
Soul Sidekick Boutique Lebanon
Pen + Nash Co
Native Apothecary
Belong Christian Bookstore
*WINNER* Moss & Ivy
*WINNER* Mims on Main
Lemons and Limes

BEST SPECIALTY SHOP
Hey Suburbia Records
Badges Drum Shop
*WINNER* Baysore's Flower Shop
Pop Revolution
Main Street Yarns

BEST HOME DECOR & FURNISHINGS
Hoffman & Albers Interiors
This 'N That Consignments
Bova Furniture
Bond Furniture & Design
*WINNER* Burlap & Birch
Woodcraft Furniture
*WINNER* Moss & Ivy

BEST JEWELER
*WINNER* Welling & Co.
James Wolf Jewelers
Dale Robertson Jewelry
Yelton Fine Jewelers
Diamonds Rock

BEST PET STORE OR SERVICE
*WINNER* PetSuites Mason
LaBark Place
Hollywood Feed
Sit Means Sit
Wags & Whiskers

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

BEST BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
Toast and Berry
Mason Grill
*WINNER* Le Peep
Half Day Cafe
*WINNER* First Watch

BEST CASUAL DINING
*WINNER* Silver Spring House
Chicken Salad Chick
Barrel House Bar + Kitchen
*WINNER* Quatman Cafe
Condado Tacos
Warped Wing Brew Pub & Smokery
Joella's Hot Chicken

BEST FINE DINING
Tony’s Steak and Seafood
Jags Steak & Seafood
*WINNER* S.W. Clyborne Provision + Spirits
Wildflower Cafe
Carlo & Johnny

BEST INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
Wok India
Thai Spicy
My Kolorful Kitchen
*WINNER* El Trompo
Greenwich Pita & Grill
*WINNER* Phoenician Taverna
Ichiban
Chilango Fresh Mexican

BEST BURGER
Smash Burger
*WINNER* Quatman Cafe
Lucky Dog Cafe
S.W. Clyborne Provision + Spirits
Wildflower Cafe

BEST PIZZA
*WINNER* Two Cities Pizza Co.
Tony's Pizza
Marion's Pizza
Mac's Pizza Pub
Big Dog's Pizza

BEST DESSERT
Mason Whippy Dip
Paleo Primal Sweets
Nothing Bundt Cakes
*WINNER* Graeter's
CincySammys

BEST COFFEE SHOP
Revival Coffee House Lebanon
*WINNER* Kala Coffeehouse
Cocoon Coffee
Adesso Coffee
Kidd Coffee & Wine Bar

BEST BREWERY
Warped Wing Brew Pub & Smokery
Third Eye Brewery
*WINNER* Sonder Brewery
Common Beer Company
16 Lots Brewing Co.

BEST EVENT CENTER
*WINNER* Manor House
Great Wolf Lodge
The Grizzly Golf & Social Lodge
Sonder Brewing
16 Lots Brewing Co.

BEST DATE NIGHT
Roosevelt Room
*WINNER* Funny Bone Comedy Club
Painting with a Twist
Regal Cinemas
The Learning Kitchen

BEST FAMILY ACTIVITY
Altitude Trampoline Park
*WINNER* Kings Island
The Grizzly Golf & Social Lodge
Cincinnati Zoo
Great Wolf Lodge

PROFESSIONAL + COMMUNITY SERVICES

BEST FINANCIAL SERVICES   
*WINNER* Dianna Knudsen - Edward Jones
The Stevens Group
Craig Capital Wealth Management
Retire Right Wealth Management
Black Bull Capital Partners

BEST BANK OR CREDIT UNION
*WINNER* General Electric Credit Union
PNC
Kemba Credit Union
Peoples First Savings Bank
KeyBank - Mason

BEST LAW FIRM 
*WINNER* Lyons & Lyons
Wagner Law, LLC
Andrea Hicks Law Office
Tibbs Law Office
The Law Office of Thomas D. Shackleford

BEST INSURANCE AGENCY  
Bri Johnson - State Farm
Wilks Insurance
Keith Clonch - Allstate
*WINNER* Senour-Flaherty
Clint Anderson - Foursquare Insurance

BEST AUTO CARE
*WINNER* Rix Automotive
Prestige Auto Repair
Muennich Car Care
R&M Automotive
Firestone

BEST CHILDCARE CENTER 
Creme de la Creme
The Campus at Kids First
Skidaddles - Mason
*WINNER* The Goddard School of Mason
Préscolaire - Mason

BEST LEARNING CENTER/EDUCATION SERVICE   
*WINNER* Mathnasium
LEAP - Test Prep & College Counseling
Kumon Learning - Mason East
A Grade Above - Mason
Best Brains Learning Center

BEST KIDS ACTIVITY
KidStrong
Gymnation
*WINNER* Mason Public Library
Makino Park
Cottell Park

BEST KIDS PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY
Mason Dance Center
Acting UP
*WINNER* School of Rock
ROYAL Theatre Company
Northern Cincinnati Youth Orchestra

BEST NONPROFITS   
Greater Project
Mason Schools Foundation
*WINNER* Love Like JJ
Mason Food Pantry
Live Like Maya Foundation
*WINNER* Spectrum Empowerment
Claw Machines for a Cause
*WINNER* Shine Like Sable
Building Blocks for Kids
Kiwanis Club of Mason
*WINNER* Dragonfly Foundation
Comet Cupboard
New Life Furniture
Mason-Deerfield Rotary Club