How Best of Miami Beach works

Readers choose the winners

Best of Miami Beach is a readers' poll. Our editors put together the categories and the first nominees, mostly places we've written about, and readers can suggest more. The winners are decided by readers' votes, not by our editors.

Who can vote

• Anyone with a free Miami Beach Journal account. Your vote counts once your email address is confirmed.
• One vote per category for the whole contest. You can change your pick until voting closes (Sunday, November 29 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern).
• You don't have to vote in every category.
• Miami Beach Journal staff can't vote.

Nominees

• Every nominee is in the City of Miami Beach. Places in Surfside, Bal Harbour, North Bay Village or the rest of Miami-Dade aren't eligible.
• Readers can suggest a place in any category. An editor checks each suggestion before it goes on the ballot.

Fair play

• Vote counts stay private until the winners are announced.
• We check for ballot stuffing, such as many new accounts voting for the same place from one connection. We can remove votes or disqualify a nominee that breaks these rules.
• If a category ends in a tie, our editors break it and say so when we announce the results.
• There's no prize for voting, and nothing to buy. No one can pay to win: not advertisers, not sponsors, not anyone else.

Questions

Write to us through our contact page.