The following are the “Best of Mission Hill” as chosen by Gazette readers. In the fifth annual reader survey, most categories had many nominees—especially “Friendliest Business.”
Best Place To…
Enjoy live entertainment
Tie: Mission Bar and Grill, Mission Church Organ Recitals, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Sociedad Latina
See art
Museum of Fine Arts
Work
Tie: Penguin Pizza, Museum of Fine Arts, New England Baptist Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Mission Bar and Grill
Consumer Favorites
Friendliest Business
Lilly’s Gourmet Pasta Express
Breakfast
Mike’s Donuts
Lunch
Lilly’s Gourmet Pasta Express
Dinner
The Squealing Pig
Pub/Bar
Flann O’Brien’s
Pizza
Penguin Pizza
Cup of Coffee
Mike’s Donuts
Retail store (not convenience)
AC Hardware
Convenience Store
Fuente’s Market
Personal Service
Sofia’s Alteration & Cleaners
Real Estate Service
Boston Green Realty
Bank or Financial Service
Bank of America
Professional Service
Spinney Insurance
Home Service
MacDougall Plumbing
Best Area Business
Mission Hill
Lilly’s Gourmet Pasta Express
The LMA
The Galleria
The Rest of the Best
Community Event
Mission Hill Road Race
Children’s service or activity
Tobin Community Center
Health service/hospital
New England Baptist Hospital
Local school
Tie: Tobin K-8 School and Mission Church Grammar School
College/University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Neighborhood Association or group
Community Alliance of Mission Hill
Nonprofit agency
Mission Hill Main Streets
Storefront
Mission Hill Health Movement building
Government Service
Boston Police Department