SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay

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San Francisco Bay Guardian : Best of the Bay 2006 : Readers' Poll

BEST COMIC BOOK STORE If you were a comic book store, wouldn't you want to be a comic book store with class and heart? A comic book store that revels in a love for all things Fantagraphic and buffed-out mainstream mutants in PVC dreamwear? Of course you would, and that's why our readers have chosen Isotope Comics as their favorite. 326 Fell, SF. (415) 621-6543, www.isotopecomics.com

San Francisco Bay Guardian : Best of the Bay 2006 : Readers' Poll

BEST NEW RESTAURANT; BEST APPETIZER Squaring culinary taste with a down-home desire to dig into comfort food, our readers honored Sauce as Best New Restaurant. Sauce's menu combines Californian essentials like seared ahi and spinach brûlée with old favorites like mac ’n' cheese and pork ’n’ beans. Plus there’s an excellent wine list and cute dessert offerings to top it all off. And spinach dip and mozzarella sticks be damned — our readers also voted Sauce's "Social Plates" starters (including the delicious portobello mushroom fries) as Best Appetizer. 131 Gough, SF. (415) 252-1369, www.saucesf.com

San Francisco Bay Guardian : Best of the Bay 2006 : Readers' Poll

BEST DJ Not your typical coked-out, pretentious, MP3-hugging beat junkie, DJ Aaron Pope caters to his devoted crowd with positive energy and multiple genres. He's the DJ our readers love best, and an international phenomenon as well, having spun at some of the best venues in the world. www.aaronpope.com

San Francisco Bay Guardian : Best of the Bay 2006 : Readers' Poll

BEST ELECTRONIC MUSIC ACT So electronic they're featured on video game soundtracks, Kepi and Kat gave our readers the hot bleeps this year. Vigorously mapping the meeting ground of technology and music, taking their show on the road to Burning Man and Ibiza, and combining Kepi's studio engineering and Kat's sensual voice, these two have Bay scenesters all a-twiddle. www.kepiandkat.com

San Francisco Bay Guardian : Best of the Bay 2006 : Readers' Poll

BEST PERSONAL TRAINER Our readers love HoopGirl. She has big baby-doll eyes, wears tight-fitting, midriff-bearing skirts, and teaches an erotic exercise program using a modified children's toy (the hula hoop) as her sole piece of equipment. What's not to love? www.hoopgirl.com