![A crowd on the first floor of Ray’s Place in Kent on April 8, 2017. FILE.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6ddcb6a56932ba31cbf316d090d299bf-1-900x600.jpg)
Best Restaurant
Dylan Reynolds
• April 17, 2019
![Co-owners Stacey Lasher and Carl Bauer pose for a portrait in their downtown GRAZERs location. The name GRAZERS comes from the fact that "grazing is the healthiest way to eat."](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1af9fc545e61e942b480488485fa1667-1-900x600.jpg)
Best Gluten-Free Dining
Rachel Hale
• April 17, 2019
![Fives Guys cheeseburger, April 2016. FILE.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/779b7124e609970432c42e3784001de3-900x857.jpg)
Best of Kent: Best Burger
Dylan Reynolds
• April 17, 2019
![A close up of the vegan options at GRAZERS, including dipping veggies with a homemade, traditional hummus (back) and a rice bowl with vegan cheese and a homemade cilantro-lime hummus.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/8000e58d52978d8563a7d13f781644c3-1-900x600.jpg)
Best On-Campus Food
Rachel Hale
• April 17, 2019
![The main lobby of The Province apartments in Kent on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. FILE.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cc26b9a0a1e635a49820a8d93a688bce-1-900x600.jpg)
Best Off-Campus Housing
Brandon Bounds
• April 17, 2019
![Beckwith Orchards in Kent on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/b5d3e7b9b0e3823ab8d232951cb05385-1-900x600.jpg)
Best Recreational Places
Brandon Bounds
• April 17, 2019
![Kent State alumna and South Water Studios tattoo artist Wendi Koontz tattoos Cuyahoga Falls local Bruce Neal on Tuesday, April 18, 2016. FILE.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/e7347b068f5fc375243c8b7dd1096ed2-1-900x641.jpg)
Best Tattoo/Piercing Parlor
Adriona Murphy
• April 17, 2019
![Partygoers stand outside a house on University Drive during this year's annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration in Kent.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/74d45d698d8be11e9301ae199f8199f7-2-900x600.jpg)
Best Event/Festival
Aaron McDade
• April 17, 2019
![A gyro from EuroGyro, located in downtown Kent. FILE.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6513b3b44f274f99fabc54ee901c219b-1-900x600.jpg)
Best Go-to Food Delivery
Lexi Marco
• April 17, 2019
![Scott Haines, 24, of Kent strikes the cue ball during a game of billiards at the Zephyr Pub in downtown Kent on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/390226d90b76a22fe90225d61cc2e714-1-900x600.jpg)
Best Bar
Ella Abbott
• April 17, 2019
![Savannah Freese, a bartender at Water Street Tavern, poses for a portrait on the rooftop patio of the Tavern. Kent, Ohio, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Freese was voted Best Bartender in Kent in the 2019 Best of Kent Competition.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/0634b0cd137e5a02eec24c8b2747c54a-1-900x637.jpg)
Best Bartender
Ella Abbott
• April 17, 2019
![Centennial Court B on Kent State’s main campus in April 2017. FILE.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/e3ee689048e957f54ab38edab7fc50d4-1-900x600.jpg)
Best Residence Hall
Lexi Marco
• April 17, 2019
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