Category: Services

Albemarle Center for Family Medicine

535 Westfield Rd.
973-4040
albemarlecenter.com

Runner-up:
Downtown Family Healthcare
310 Avon St. #9
917-1818

When Gene Kelly performed his famous scene in Singin’ in the Rain, in which he, y’know, sings in the rain, he was reportedly running a 103-degree fever. Still, he powered through, creating one of the most memorable movie moments in cinematic history. But, imagine what he could have accomplished had he not been ill. If only the docs at Albemarle Center for Family Medicine—again this year’s pick for best GP—had treated him, he might have been in much better shape to accomplish such a task. Downtown Family Healthcare heats up second place from its new location on Garrett Street.

Boar’s Head Inn

200 Ednam Dr.
296-2181
boarsheadinn.com

Runner-up:
Keswick Hall
701 Club Dr., Keswick
979-3440
keswick.com

Go big or, quite literally, go home—that’s what readers say, which is why they chose two of the area’s swankiest spots for overnight stays this year. The winner is a luxury facility that doubles as the official hotel of the University of Virginia and includes a golf course, spa, sports club, and special occasion options—not to mention a bangin’ Sunday brunch in the Old Mill Room. In the runner-up spot, Keswick Hall, which earlier this year embarked upon a full-scale golf course renovation headed up by legendary course architect Pete Dye. Talk about upping the ante.

See more:

UVA Foundation-owned Boar’s Head under fire for wage issues

Harvest Moon

946 Grady Ave., Suite 11
296-9091
hmcatering.com

Runner-up:
C&O
515 E. Water St.
971-7044
candorestaurant.com

In a town where so much emphasis is put on food (we have more than 400 places to eat!), readers demand a lot from a catering service. Good thing there’s Harvest Moon, with its 16 years of experience and interest in seasonal menus with local products. With C&O, expect the same quality menu items from the Downtown mainstay.

See more:

Best restaurant wine list 2013: C&O

Five Finds on Friday: Matt Boisvert of C&O

Changing of the guard: C&O founder Dave Simpson has left the restaurant in the hands of Dean Maupin

A changing of the guard in C&O’s cellar

Always warm, always charming, always C&O

Tucker Griffin Barnes

207 W. Rio Rd.
973-7474
tgblaw.com

Runner-up:
Ed Lowry of
Michie-Hamlett
500 Court Square, Suite 300
951-7200
michiehamlett.com

In 1995, inmate Robert Lee Brock claimed he violated his own civil rights by drinking alcohol against his religious beliefs and subsequently getting arrested. Once imprisoned, he sued himself for $5 million, then asked the state to pay because he had no income in jail. That’s a somewhat extreme legal case, but readers are confident Tucker Griffin Barnes would be able to get them out of any scrape—from family matters and injury and disability to criminal law and real estate cases. Ed Lowry of Michie-Hamlett, in the runner-up spot, takes on commercial litigation.

Victoria Vastine

600 Peter Jefferson Pkwy. #270
654-8920
mjhplasticsurgery.org

Runner-up:
Stephen Park
415 Ray C. Hunt Dr.
924-2153
cosmeticuva.com

Plastic surgery sure has come a long way: For the very first nose job, performed in 600 B.C., wooden tubes were placed inside the nose to keep air passage open during healing. These days, that procedure (and many others) go a little differently, and readers say Victoria Vastine, with Martha Jefferson Hospital, is the person they trust most. UVA’s Stephen Park takes the number two slot. Readers choose him when they want to put their best face and neck (Park limits his practice to just those areas of the body) forward.

Bonnie Straka

3350 Berkmar Dr.
923-4646
signaturemedspa.com

Runner-up:
Anna Magee
600 Peter Jefferson Pkwy., #230
984-2400

Since your skin is the largest organ in (or, rather, on) your body, it makes sense that you’d want to treat it well. Bonnie Straka is the answer, readers say. The dermatologist has been serving patients in Charlottesville since 1991, and extends her work out of the area, too. She’s also the consulting dermatologist for Love Without Borders, which provides medical care to orphans throughout China. In second place, Anna Magee at Charlottesville Dermatology, who has been in private practice in Charlottesville for almost 20 years.