Chicago Reader Best of Chicago

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Annual readers poll

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Annual readers poll

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Also known as: Best of Chicago

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https://www.pawschicago.org/about-us/media-center/paws-in-the-media/paws-in-the-media-item/showarticle/paws-chicago-wins-2025-best-pet-adoption-or-animal-shelter?mc_cid=3b45727b55 (verification source · master store)

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Chicago Reader Best of Chicago is the Chicago Reader's annual readers' poll (stored note stands): readers vote across 300+ categories in sections such as City Life, Arts & Culture, Food & Drink and Buy Local, with winners published in the annual Best of Chicago issue and the full list at chicagoreader.com/best — established from fetched winner/participant pages (PAWS Chicago on the 2025 poll; Harper College on the 2024/2025 polls, which describe the Reader's annual Best of Chicago poll and its Dec 31 voting close).

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