Gambit "Best of New Orleans" 2013

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Best Vietnamese restaurant

1. Magasin (4201 Magazine St., 504-896-7611; www.magasincafe.com; @magasincafe) — The cheerful pho and banh mi corner shop Uptown jumps into first place for seemingly the first fime this year, and brings the title of Best Vietnamese to the East Bank.

2. Pho Tau Bay (113 Westbank Expwy., Gretna, 504-368-9846)

3. Tan Dinh (1705 Lafayette St., Gretna, 504-361-8008)

Best Japanese/sushi restaurant

1. Sake Cafe Uptown (2830 Magazine St., 504-894-0033; www.sakecafeuptown.us; @sakecafeuptown) — Diners find a peaceful coexistence of the traditional and modern in this Japanese restaurant and sushi bar. The sushi bar runs almost the length of the spacious dining room, and there's everything from traditional sushi and sashimi to creative rolls and fusion items like goat cheese gyoza and apple-banana spring rolls for dessert.

2. Rock-n-Sake (823 Fulton St., 504-581-7253; www.rocknsake.com)

3. Shogun (2325 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-833-7477;www.shogunneworleans.com)

Best beer selection

1. The Bulldog (3236 Magazine St., 504-891-1516; www.bulldog.draftfreak.com; @bulldog_uptown) — Hoarders, broke apartment dwellers and beer drinkers love this bar for its free pint glasses. The bar's nearly 200 available beers are just an excuse.

2. Cooter Brown's Tavern (509 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-866-9104; www.cooterbrowns.com)

3. Avenue Pub (1732 St. Charles Ave., 504-586-9243; www.theavenuepub.com; @avenuepubnola)

Best place to get a margarita

1. Superior (3636 St. Charles Ave., 504-899-4200; www.neworleans.superiorgrill.com) — Voters head to Uptown's white-collar cantina for its killer f'rita. The pro-est of tips: they are two-for-one from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

2. El Gato Negro (81 French Market Place, 504-5259752; 300 Harrison Ave., 504-488-0107; 3001 Ormond Blvd., Suite 1, Destrehan, 504-307-0460; www.elgatonegronola.com; @elgatonegronola)

3. Felipe's Taqueria (301 N. Peters St., 504-267-4406; Mid-City Market, 411 N. Carrollton Ave.; 6215 S. Miro St., 504-309-2776; www.felipestaqueria.com; @felipesnola)

It's always obvious who is voting for these things.