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Readers' Survey Winners

Best Club for Live Music
1st Place
The Edge
260 California Ave., Palo Alto
415/324-EDGE

2nd Place
Agenda
399 S. First St., San Jose
408/287-4087

3rd Place
Toon's
52 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose
408/292-7464

Best Club DJ
1st Place
Rich Cooley

2nd Place
King Raffi

3rd Place
Bernard Cabigon

Best Comedy Club
1st Place
Rooster T. Feathers
157 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale
408/736-0921

2nd Place
ComedySportz
3428 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
408/985-5233

3rd Place
Ltl Ditty's, San Jose Live!
The Pavilion, 150 S. First St., San Jose
408/294-LIVE

Best Concert Venue
1st Place
Shoreline Amphitheatre
1 Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View
415/967-4040

2nd Place
Villa Montalvo
15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga
408/741-3428

3rd Place
San Jose Arena
525 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose
408/287-9200

Best R&B/Blues Club
1st Place
JJ's Blues
3439 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara
408/243-6411

2nd Place
#1 Broadway
102 S. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos
408/354-4303

3rd Place
Q Cafe Billiards
529 Alma St., Palo Alto
415/322-3311

Best Jazz Club
1st Place
Garden City
360 S. Saratoga Ave., San Jose
408/244-3333

2nd Place
Agenda
399 S. First St., San Jose
408/287-4087

3rd Place
JJ's Blues
3439 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara
408/243-6411

Best Latin Music Club
1st Place
Alberto's
736 W. Dana St., Mountain View
415/968-3007

2nd Place
Club Miami
177 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose
408/279-3670

3rd Place
Phoenix Club
325 S. First St., San Jose
408/279-2271

Best Dance Club
1st Place
The Usual
400 S. First St., San Jose
408/535-0330

2nd Place
San Jose Live!
The Pavilion, 150 S. First St., San Jose
408/294-LIVE

3rd Place
The Edge
260 California Ave., Palo Alto
415/324-EDGE

Best Dance Night
1st Place
Wednesday at the Usual

2nd Place
Sunday at the Edge

3rd Place
Wednesday at Agenda

Best Gay Bar
1st Place
Hamburger Mary's
170 W. Saint John St., San Jose
408/947-1667

2nd Place
A Tinker's Damn
46 N. Saratoga Ave., Santa Clara
408/243-4595

3rd Place
Mac's Club
349 S. First St., San Jose
408/998-9535

Best Lesbian Bar
1st Place
Savoy
3546 Flora Vista Ave., Santa Clara
408/247-7109

2nd Place
Hamburger Mary's
170 W. Saint John St., San Jose
408/947-1667

3rd Place
Daybreak
1711 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View
415/940-9778

Best Commercial Radio Station
1st Place
KSJO (92.3-FM)

2nd Place
KOME (98.5-FM)

3rd Place
KITS (105.3-FM)

Best College/Independent Radio Station
1st Place
KFJC (89.7-FM)

2nd Place
KSCU (103.3-FM)

3rd Place
KSJS (90.5-FM)

Best Museum
1st Place
Children's Discovery Museum
180 Woz Way, San Jose
408/298-5437

2nd Place
San Jose Museum of Art
110 S. Market St., San Jose
408/294-2787

3rd Place
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
Park and Naglee avenues, San Jose
408/947-3600

Best Private Art Gallery
1st Place
Thomas Kinkade Gallery
Valley Fair Mall
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
408/244-5889

2nd Place
Kensington Art Centre
347 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell
408/376-0231

3rd Place
d.p. Fong Galleries
383 S. First St., San Jose
408/298-8877

Best Pool Hall
1st Place
South First Billiards
420 S. First St., San Jose
408/294-7800

2nd Place
Campbell Billiards
1777 S. Bascom Ave., Campbell
408/377-9886

3rd Place
Santa Clara Billiards
4525 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara 408/296-3333

Best Sports Bar
1st Place
San Jose Live!
The Pavilion, 150 S. First St., San Jose
408/294-LIVE

2nd Place
Sports City Cafe
10745 N. DeAnza Blvd., Cupertino
408/253-2233
Also inside San Jose Live! (see above)

3rd Place
Double D's
354 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos
408/395-6882

Best Music Festival
1st Place
San Jose Jazz Festival

2nd Place
H.O.R.D.E Festival

3rd Place
SoFA Festival

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From the 1996 Best of the Valley issue of Metro, September 19-25

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