Voting is open for River North’s Best THAW Awards

CHICAGO - Dec. 16, 2013 - PRLog -- Voting is underway for selecting the Best Businesses in River North. The newly named THAW (Top Honors Awards and Winners) awards are run annually by the River North Business Association and sponsored this year by Cuvee, LM Bistro, Erie-LaSalle Body Shop, Friedman Properties,  Mancuso Motorsports and Courtyard Chicago Downtown/River North. Voting is open for the public to vote and may be accessed at surveymonkey.com/s/2014BEST.

Winners will be announced at the THAW Awards Party, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Thursday, January 16 at Cuvee, 108 W. Erie St. The awards announcements will be followed by a party with food, cocktails and dancing. The cost is $55 for RNBA members and $65 for non-members.  Tickets may be purchased at www.rivernorthassociation.com.

Vote for your favorite business in the following categories: River North’s Best New Restaurant, River North’s Best Restaurant, River North’s Best Nightlife Destination, River North’s Best Business or Service, River North’s Best Hotel, and River North’s Best None Profit.

Each category has three or four nominees and the ability to write in your favorite if it’s not listed. In true Chicago fashion, you’re invited to vote as many times as you like (once daily) through December 30.

Nominees include:

River North’s Best New Restaurant
•    Ay Chiwowa
•    Bub City
•    Bar Louie
•    BlackFinn Ameripub

River North’s Best Restaurant
•    Moe’s Cantina
•    Hard Rock Café
•    Weber Grill
•    Zed 451

River North’s Nightlife Destination
•    Castle
•    Cuvee
•    Fedora Lounge
•    The Redhead Piano Bar

River North’s Best Business or Service
•    Artistic Blooms
•    Moolagram
•    North Bank

River North’s Best Hotel
•    Aloft Chicago
•    Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
•    The Allerton Hotel
•    The Amalfi Hotel

River North’s Best Non Profit Organization
•    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
•    Anti-Cruelty Society
•    Open Books

About the River North Business Association

River North Business Association represents more than 325 businesses in the area bounded by the Chicago River to the south and west, Division on the north and Wabash on the east. The area boasts the highest concentration of restaurants and entertainment venues and is Chicago’s most exciting neighborhood to live, work, shop, dine and play. For more information, visit www.rivernorthassociation.com.