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Dan’s Best of the Best 2018 Winners!

By Dan’s Best of the Best
4 minute 11/02/2018 Share
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To fully enjoy your time on the East End of Long Island means taking in all the best that life has to offer. Whether you’re looking for award-winning wineries or renowned restaurants, chic hotels or hot nightspots, world-class arts and entertainment or the top providers of home and professional services, the place to find the best of everything in the Hamptons and on the North Fork is right here.

This remarkable list of Dan’s Best of the Best winners is the culmination of hundreds of thousands of votes by readers of Dan’s Papers, DansPapers.com and DansBOTB.com in our annual Dan’s Best of the Best competition. It’s a select list, driven by the input and insights of savvy locals, visitors and second-home owners who know these businesses intimately. Included are winners selected as the best in hundreds of categories that matter most to you.

The ultimate showcase for all these businesses is the comprehensive Dan’s Best of the Best List online experience, DansBOTB.com. At DansBOTB.com—also available through the Dan’s App, which you can download right now for free—you’ll find not only all the Best of the Best winners, but all the businesses that make the East End special. In addition, you’ll find detailed business descriptions, photos and videos, special offers from businesses and more. You can also rate your favorite businesses, read stories about them and write your own reviews. DansBOTB.com is also home for voting in the Dan’s Best of the Best competition every year!

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Dan’s Best of the Best is dedicated to helping you have the best experience year-round on the East End, and we are proud to have it presented by BNB Bank, an honored financial institution serving the business community—including many of the winners you’ll find on DansBOTB.com.

And don’t forget to keep an eye on DansPapers.com’s popular Blog Du Jour where we regularly post about our various winners from each year’s contest. There you’ll find things like Dan’s Best Landscapers for your fall cleanup needs, Dan’s Best Hamptons and North Fork Mexican Cuisine for Cinco de Mayo, Dan’s Best Ice Cream for National Creamsicle Day, and much more!

Congratulations to all the businesses and professionals you’ll find in this list and every day at DansBOTB.com. They are, after all, the Best of the Best.

NORTH FORK                            SOUTH FORK

Arts & Entertainment                             Arts & Entertainment

Food & Drink                             Food & Drink

Restaurants & Nightlife                             Restaurants & Nightlife

Wellness & Beauty                             Wellness & Beauty

Home & Personal Services                           Home & Personal Services

Professional Services                             Professional Services

Shopping                             Shopping

Recreation, Travel & Tourism                            Recreation, Travel & Tourism

 Pet & Animal Services                            Pet & Animal Services

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