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2019 People’s 3 • Merrill’s Auto Service & Tire Center
Choice
3 • Your Sisters Closet
of the
3 • Ebels Family Center
3 • Primo BBQ
4 • Fabulous Furniture Finds and More
4 • Dean’s Body Shop
4 • Home Depot
Your Voice. Your Vote. 4 • Premier Realty Jim
4 • Walraven’s Country Gardens
Honor your favorite business, place or 5 • Ebels Hardware
5 • Foster Brothers Transfer & Storage
professional by nominating them today! 5 • Creative Carpentry, Inc.
11 • Fox Motors of Cadillac
Welcome to the 2019 Cadillac News People’s Choice Contest! Where 11 • Martin Power Sports & Small Engines
11 • 1st Chance Garage, LLC
the Best of the Best winners are chosen by the Cadillac News readers’ nominations 11 • Cadillac Nails
and votes! Your Voice! Your Vote! We want to know who you think is the best in 11 • After 26 Project
their business in Wexford, Missaukee & Osceola Counties. BONUS: Just for giving 11 • Pluger Mechanical, LLC
us your opinion you will be entered into winning 1 of 3 $50 gift cards*! 12 • Green Acres Assisted Living
12 • Cadillac Java
The Cadillac News People’s Choice Awards is a promotional contest to see who our readers 12 • Douglass
and online followers think is the best in their business in the greater Cadillac area. The collection 12 • Burkholder Family Funeral Home, LLC
of online votes is done through a third party to ensure a fair contest. The contest winners are 13 • Cadillac Mortgage
determined by the votes that are registered during the voting period within the voting rules. We 13 • Navari Hair Studio
wish every company in our 3.5 county coverage area the best of luck and are excited to see who 13 • Little Mexico
will be the best of the best in 2019! 13 • Classic Chevrolet North
14 • Northland Trailers
Nominating is simple. 14 • Peterson Funeral & Cremation Services
14 • Timbers Restaurant
Online nominations: Log on to cadillacnews.com/peopleschoiceawards. Scroll through the
14 • The Ultimate Gift
categories. If you see the company’s name that you want to nominate, simply click the nominate
14 • Vandrie Home Furnishing
button. If you do not see the business name you are looking for you can add them at the bottom
14 • Hi Lo Outlets
of each category and click nominate. You will be asked one time to give your email address to
15 • Mortgage 1
verify you are a person.
15 • Affordable Flooring
Not so computer savy: You can find the official write-in entry form in this section. Fill out the form 15 • Vincent Builders
and return to the Cadillac News by 5PM Friday, September 6th. 16 • 13th Street Market & Cafe
Nominations will end September 6th. The top 50% of each category will move on to the voting
stage starting September 9th. You can nominate and re-nominate every 24hrs.
Deadline for nominations:
We appreciate your opinion! Who will be the best of the best in 2019? Friday, September 6
Voting Stage starts Friday, September 9th and the winners of the People’s Choice Awards will publish in the Cadillac News November 9, 2019.
*No Purchase Necessary. Void where prohibited. Employees or family members of the Cadillac News are not eligible to win. Contest ends September 6th, 2019.
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CATEGORIES OF BEST AUTO REPAIR SHOP,
BEST MECHANIC & BEST TIRE SHOP!
ALL WORK
GUARANTEED
TRUSTED, TRULY A ONE
FRIENDLY
SERVICE STOP SHOP!
LOCALLY 817 Bell Ave., Cadillac
OWNED
TEXAS STYLE PIT
BBQ
231-775-7571
g
Featurin
Ribs,
ork,
Pulled P
Brisket
108 N. Mitchell • Cadillac Wings
Next to Cadillac Family Pharmacy
231-775-7424 • Mon.-Sat. 10 AM-5 PM
EBELS
PRIMOS PARFAIT: CHOICE OF MEAT AND TWO SIDES LAYERED IN A PARFAIT
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ORDER AHEAD!!!
231-779-1575
2420 SUNNYSIDE DRIVE CADILLAC
NOMINATE US Best Meat Market OPEN MONDAY THRU SATURDAY @ 11AM TIL THE MEAT IS GONE!
231-826-3333 • Falmouth • www.EbelsGeneralStore.com
OPEN 12 - SOLD OUT ON SUNDAY!!!
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NominatE NOW!
NOMINATE THE
MATTRESS LADIES
For your favorite
Furniture Store
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BEST AGENT!
Softner Meats & Produce!
SALT * Full Service Meat Department
40 Lb. * Smoked Meats
Bag
231.884.1386
* Storemade Brats (many varieties) ..$4.99 Lb.
* Black Angus Beef Tenderloin ....$l7.99 Lb.
* Choice Ribeye ...................... $l4.99 Lb.
jim@premierofcadillac.com 20 Lb.
Propane
$l0.00
FIll
100 Lb.
Tank Fill MARKET & BUTCHER SHOP
$40.00 M-115 & West • Cadillac • 231-775-7599
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK UNTIL 8 PM • ACCEPTING: EBT, Credit and Debit Cards
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NomiNate Us for BE SURE TO NOMINATE
• Best Hardware Store FOSTER BROS.
• Best Tractor Dealer TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.
• Outdoor Power Equipment BEST MOVING
COMPANY!
Founded in 1889, (yes, over 125 years
ago) Foster Bros. Transfer and Storage
Company has the experience and
capacity to handle any residential
move or commercial relocation of
any magnitude. As the third –oldest
business in all of Cadillac, MI, we’ve
worked hard to build a strong
U.S. DOT No. reputation for excellent customer
125550 TM service, efficient moving, and
490 E. Prosper Rd - Falmouth, MI
AWGI LLC attention to detail over the years.
231-826-3334
www.ebelshardware.com 1003 5th Avenue, Cadillac, MI 49601
Mon.-Sat. 9 am-6 pm
231-775-3501
231-468-2778
www.nickscreativecarpentry.com
Proudly Serving our Northern Michigan Community Since 2007
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Categories: who’s inside:
3 • Merrill’s Auto Service & Tire Center
3 • Your Sisters Closet
3 • Ebels Family Center
3 • Primo BBQ
4 • Fabulous Furniture Finds and More
4 • Dean’s Body Shop
4 • Home Depot
4 • Premier Realty Jim
4 • Walraven’s Country Gardens
5 • Ebels Hardware
5 • Foster Brothers Transfer & Storage
5 • Creative Carpentry, Inc.
11 • Fox Motors of Cadillac
11 • Martin Power Sports & Small Engines
11 • 1st Chance Garage, LLC
11 • Cadillac Nails
11 • After 26 Project
11 • Pluger Mechanical, LLC
12 • Green Acres Assisted Living
12 • Cadillac Java
12 • Douglass
12 • Burkholder Family Funeral Home, LLC
13 • Cadillac Mortgage
13 • Navari Hair Studio
13 • Little Mexico
13 • Classic Chevrolet North
14 • Northland Trailers
14 • Peterson Funeral & Cremation Services
14 • Timbers Restaurant
14 • The Ultimate Gift
14 • Vandrie Home Furnishing
14 • Hi Lo Outlets
15 • Mortgage 1
15 • Affordable Flooring
15 • Vincent Builders
16 • 13th Street Market & Cafe
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2019People’s
Choice
of the
Nominations Edition
Honor your favorite business, place or
professional by nominating them today!
Nominating is simple.
Fill out the official write-in Nominate online.
entry form on next 3 pages. Log on to cadillacnews.com/peopleschoiceawards. Scroll through
OR
Return pages 8-10 to the the categories. If you see the company’s name that you want to
nominate, simply click the nominate button. If you do not see
Cadillac News by the business name you are looking for you can add them at the
Friday, September 6th. bottom of each category and click nominate. You will be asked
one time to give your email address to verify you are a person.
BONUS: Just for giving us your opinion you will
be entered into winning 1 of 3 $50 gift cards*!
Official Write-in Contest Rules: Please drop all write-in entries at the Cadillac News by 5PM on Friday, September
6, 2019. Mailed entries must be postmarked by Friday, September 6, 2019. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Log on to www.cadillacnews.com/peopleschoiceawards where you can nominate and re-nominate every 24hrs.
Cadillac News is not responsible for lost mailed entries.
Drop off at our office or mail to: Cadillac News People Choice Awards,
130 N. Mitchell Street, PO Box 640, Cadillac Michigan 49601
NOW!
Name:
Email Address:
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Dining Best Take Out______________________________________
Food Truck________________________________________
Best Family Friendly Restaurant_________________________
Best Bar__________________________________________
Best Service_______________________________________
Best Appetizers_____________________________________
Best Asian Food_____________________________________ Shopping
Best Baked Bread___________________________________ Best Antique Shop___________________________________
Auto
Best Resort________________________________________
Worship
*Please include Place of Employment
Pets Agriculture
Best Tractor Dealer__________________________________
Best Pet Groomer___________________________________
Best Farm Supply Store_______________________________
Best Pet Supplies & Feed______________________________
Best Auctioneer Service_______________________________
Best Veterinarian*___________________________________
*Please include Place of Employment Best Outdoor Power Equipment_________________________
Be Sure to Nominate
Nominate 1st Chance Garage LLC Cadillac Nails as Your
BEST MECHANIC! Favorite Nail Salon!
✤ Acrylic - Pink & White
✤ UV Gel
See our Reviews on ✤ Gel Polish
✤ Manicure + Dip Powder
Facebook And Google! ✤ Spa Pedicure
✤ Nail Design
2097 S. LaChance Rd.
Appointments &
Lake City Walk-Ins Welcome
231-779-2890 Cadillac Nails Salon Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-7, Sun. 12-5
2124 N. Mitchell St., Cadillac • 231.468.2051
NOMINATE US!
Best Heating &
The After 26 Depot Café
é Cooling Specialist
Taco Tuesday
Everyy Tuesday
Join us for Lunch
11am - 2p
pm
Enjoy three delluxe sofft shell taccos with 3 for o
meat, cheeese, Spanishh rice, reefried beans, NLy
lettuce, tomato, soour cream m & salssa.
$
5.99
*Reg
gular Menu avvailable as we
ell
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Reside Nominate We work hard to be your
Reflect us for Best Favorite Coffee Shop!
Relax Assisted Over 30 Specialty Drinks!
Living! Nominate us for
235 Pearl St, Cadillac
231-775-5300 Best Cup of Coffee in the
www.rlmgmt.com
People’s Choice Awards
• Coffee & Espresso
• Lattes & Mochas • Hot Chocolate
“Your Full Service Glass Shop” • Frozen Drinks • Chai & More!
DouGLASS
Cadillac • www.douglassthewindowguys.com
NOMINATE US FOR
BEST WINDOWS! 2 Drive Thru Locations:
• Next to Mancino’s Downtown Cadillac
1-800-922-GLAS * Next to the Lake Cadillac Resort, Cadillac West
Plaza
CLASSIC CHEVROLET
231-839-7231
Conveniently located near Dunham’s across from Meijer
Nominate Us
2172 N. Mitchell St. • Cadillac • 231-468-3504 Best New Car Dealer
Open Mon-Thur 10AM-9PM • Fri-Sat 10AM-10PM • Sun 10AM-8PM
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Your Favorite Camper Centre NOMINATE Nominate Us
for Over 50 Years
FOR PEOPLES
CHOICE Best
FUNERAL Voted Best
NOW IN PROGRESS
BIGGEST YEAR-END SALE EVER! 903 N. Mitchell Street • Cadillac PETERSON FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES
205 E. Cass St., Cadillac, Michigan 49601 • 231-775-3411 • www.petersonfh.com
FIND US: CRAIGSLIST | FACEBOO
OK 231-775-3102 Ross C. Meyering, Manager • Megan Meyering-Brinks, Director
2016
of the
Nominate us for Please Nominate us for
WINNE
R
Your Favorites! your Favorite Gift Shop!
People’s Choice Awards
Beautiful Rooms!
Favorite New Business
Favorite Discount Store
New owners! New Merchandise!
Nominate Us For
Come and see
• Best Furniture • Best Floor Covering
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Serving Michigan
For over 20 years! CHOOSE YOUR FLOOR PLAN
• Carpet • Vinyl • Laminations • Remnants •
e
in a t e u s for Favorit
No m ing
loor Cover
Place for F
Please Nominate us for your
538 Plett Rd.
Favorite Lender!
Equal Housing Lenderr
Cadillac NMLS#129386
Laminate &
231-846-2000 Vinyl Planking
Mary Jane
Dewey-Canfield
Email: mjdc@mortgageone.com
NMLS#383104 Vinyl
VINCENT BUILDERS
231-878-2612
Over 17 Years of Experience
ROOFING
• Siding • Remodels • Pole Barns • Roofing
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•BBestt Rib
Ribs
• Best Breakfast
13th Street Market & Restaurant was established in 2002. We take pride in the fact that we have a very unique place. In
Our place started with a market and just a few tables but addition to offering great food, we also have a gift shop to
we’ve quickly grown! browse while you wait for your food. It gets better: we have TONS
of baked goodies and take many orders for pies and baked goods.
We are now a full service restaurant open daily at 6:00am.
We have always been known for our breakfast, but we are In the summer time, we have hundreds of hanging baskets of
not just breakfast anymore! flowers which are for sale. In addition, we offer outdoor seating
for customers, who love sitting among the flowers and wind
We make all of our own soups, sauces, and gravies. We have chimes to enjoy a great breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
several gourmet sandwiches, homemade meatloaf , and the
Customers ask us all the time, “How does all your food always
biggest and best fish fry around. come out so good no matter what we order?” We tell them, it's
Our famous hamburgers are made from 1/2 lb. fresh hand pattied cause we put the love into it!
ground chuck daily...never frozen burgers, To top it off, in 2015 Our cooks have been here for years -- some since the beginning --
we built a smokehouse and our baby back ribs are so popular and nothing goes on the menu until it's perfected and they take a
customers call in to reserve their racks of ribs in case we sell out! lot of pride in every dish that goes out!
NOMINATE US FOR
✓ Best Family Friendly Restaurant
❍ 3075 W 13th St
✓ Best BBQ ❍
❍ ✓ Best Breakfast
Cadillac, Michigan
✓ Best Service ❍
❍ ✓ Best Burger www.13thstreetmarket.com
✓ Best Chili Dogs ❍
❍ ✓ Best Dessert
✓ Best Pastries ❍
❍ ✓ Best Fish Fry
✓ Best French Fries ❍
❍ ✓ Best Salad
✓ Best Soup/Chili ❍
❍ ✓ Best Take Out
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