"There is no better community than Lawrence," say Jon & Alicia Smiley, owners of Cork & Barrel. With two locations in Lawrence, Cork & Barrel offers the largest selection of craft beer, wine and spirits. Read our first Spotlight Series profile on Cork and Barrel at BestofLawrence.com - Spotlight Series to learn why they've been voted Best of Lawrence winners since 2015. #bestoflawrence

Certificates for 1st, 2nd and 3 place are available to be picked up from the Journal-World office (1035 N. 3rd St) or send us an email at [email protected] with your address and we'll send via snail mail!

Thank you to everyone that showed up to the winners bash last night! It was a blast as always. Peep the website for your 2023 winners! Congrats to everyone, you all are truly what make this town incredible!

‼️🚨ATTENTION🚨‼️ The Winners Bash date has been changed from what we originally posted. This was made to avoid a possible conflict with the KU football schedule, which had not been posted yet. We will see you all on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH!! Get ready to have a blast again.

🚨this is an update to our previous post 🚨 Voting ends SATURDAY THE 10th! • With 3 more days left to vote, that’s 3 more votes you could be casting to your favorite Lawrence businesses! • #bestoflawrence #bestof #lawrencekansas #lawrenceks #bestoflawrencemagazine

It’s day three of our week of voting! Don’t forget, last year we introduced voting once a day, and that still stands! Vote for your favorites once each day! Every vote counts. • #bestoflawrence #bestof2023 #bestof #lawrenceks #classof2023

It’s almost that time! A week of voting starts June 4th. REMEMBER— One vote per category, per person, per day!! So get your devices ready to vote your favorites into the top spots. • Unlike the nomination period, this is where the numbers matter! Every vote counts and like last year, you can vote everyday for your favorites. • #bestoflawrence #bestof #lawrenceks #bestof2023

Last day to get your nominations on the ballot. REMEMBER, don’t panic if you don’t see your nomination immediately. We get thousands of nominations and reviewing each to make sure they are valid takes time. Final voting will start in June! • #bestoflawrence #bestof #lawrenceks

This week is the nomination period only. Final voting will be in June. It only takes 1 nomination to get on the ballot.

Nominate your favorite Lawrence businesses starting Monday so we can all vote for our favorites in June. Remember, this is just the nomination period and it only takes one! Final voting where the numbers matter is in June. #bestof #bestoflawrence #lawrenceks #classof2023

The 2023 contest is almost here! Get ready for another amazing year of Best of Lawrence. #yearbook #classof2023 #bestof

The results are in! Visit BestofLawrence.com for the complete list, photos from last night's Winners Bash and the Best of Lawrence results magazine!