Macaroni Kid Gold Daisy Award Winners are Here! {2018}

Best Family-Friendly Gym
Winner: Play: CLE (winner of the 3-month ad package)
Runner-Up: Play.Love.Learn

Best Festival
Winner: Parade the Circle
Runner-Up: Feast the Assumption

Best Indoor Play Center
Winner: Sky Zone Trampoline Park
Runner-Up: Play: CLE

Best Kept Secret
Winner: Memphis Kiddie Park
Runner-Up: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Best Library
Winner: Avon Lake Public Library
Runner-Up: Shaker Heights Public Library

Best Miniature Golf
Winner: Swings-N-Things
Runner-Up: Memphis Kiddie Park

Best Movie Theater
Winner: Cinemark at Valley View
Runner-Up: Regal Crocker Park Stadium

Best Museum
Winner: The Children's Museum of Cleveland
Runner-Up: Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Best Nature Center
Winner: Cleveland Botanical Garden
Runner-Up: Rocky River Nature Center

Best Park
Winner: Preston's H.O.P.E. at the Mandel Jewish Community Center (Mandel JCC)
Runner-Up: Lakewood Park

Best Places for Teens to Hang Out
Winner: Mitchell's Ice Cream
Runner-Up: Scene75 Entertainment Center

Best Place to Take the Kids for the Afternoon
Winner: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Runner-Up: Memphis Kiddie Park

Best Playdate
Winner: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Runner-Up: Memphis Kiddie Park

Best Public Pool
Winner: Middleburg Heights Community Center
Runner-Up: Avon Pool

Best Rainy Day Visit
Winner: The Children's Museum of Cleveland
Runner-Up: Rainforest, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Best Rec Center
Winner: Middleburg Heights Community Center
Runner-Up: Mandel Jewish Community Center (Mandel JCC)

Best Sports Venue
Winner: Progressive Field
Runner-Up: Quicken Loans Arena

Best Youth Theater
Winner: Best Center for the Arts
Runner-Up: Heights Youth Theatre

Best Art Class
Winner: Beck Center for the Arts
Runner-Up: Play.Love.Learn.

Best Dance Center
Winner: Beck Center for the Arts
Runner-Up: Olmsted Performing Arts

Best Gymnastics Studio
Winner: Above the Barre
Runner-Up: JumpStart! Gymnastics

Best Kids Yoga
Winner: Inner Bliss Studio
Runner-Up: Yoga Squirrel

Best Martial Arts Studio
Winner: Master Marr's Taekwon-do
Runner-Up: Horizon ATA and Karate for Kids

Best Music Class
Winner: Music and Movement at The Music Settlement
Runner-Up: Play.Love.Learn.

Best Summer Camp
Winner: Great Lakes Science Center
Runner-Up: The Music Settlement (Nature Explorers & Camp Create)

Best Swim Lessons
Winner: Goldfish Swim School
Runner-Up: Little Aquanauts

Let's Eat

Best Candy Store
Winner: b.a. Sweetie
Runner-Up: Malley's Chocolates

Best Coffee Shop
Winner: Phoenix Coffee Co.
Runner-Up: Rising Star Coffee Roasters

Best Cupcakes
Winner: Colossal Cupcakes
Runner-Up: Kelsey Elizabeth Cakes

Best Custom Cookies
Winner: Luna Bakery & Cafe
Runner-Up: Heinen's Grocery

Best Family-Friendly Restaurant
Winner: Chick-Fil-A
Runner-Up: Your's Truly Restaurants

Best Frozen Treats
Winner: Mitchell's Ice Cream
Runner-Up: Honey Hut Ice Cream

Best Mom & Me Tea
Winner: Clementine's Victorian Restaurant
Runner-Up: Emerald Necklace Inn

Best Pizza
Winner: Angelo's Pizza
Runner-Up: Dewey's Pizza

Best Place to Buy Healthy Food
Winner: West Side Market
Runner-Up: Heinen's Grocery

Best Arts & Craft Supplies
Winner: Pat Catan's Arts and Crafts Store
Runner-Up: Michaels

Best Baby Boutique
Winner: Cuts N Curls
Runner-Up: Paisley Monkey

Best Bicycle Shop
Winner: Eddy's Bike Shop
Runner-Up: Fairview Cycle Bike Shop

Best Children's Consignment/Resale Shop
Winner: Once Upon a Child
Runner-Up: Big Red Wagon

Best Children's Gift Shop
Winner: Paisley Monkey
Runner-Up: Playmatters

Best Children's Resale Shop
Winner: Once Upon a Child
Runner-Up: Munchkins' Kloset

Best Children's Resale Event
Winner: Big Red Wagon
Runner-Up: Westlake PTA Resale Kiddie Kloset

Best Comic Book Shop
Winner: Comic Heaven
Runner-Up: Carol and John's Comic Book Shop

Best Custom Hair Accessories
Winner: Cuts N Curls
Runner-Up: Munchkins' Kloset (winner of the one-month ad!)

Best Daycare
Winner: The Music Settlement
Runner-Up: KidsFirst Learning Center

Best Family Photographer
Winner: Ever After Imagery
Runner-Up: Babymonster Photography

Best Kids Cut
Winner: Cuts N Curls
Runner-Up: Trendy Trimz for Kids

Best Preschool
Winner: The Music Settlement Early Childhood
Runner-Up: Play.Love.Learn.

Best Children's Entertainer
Winner: Jungle Terry
Runner-Up: Ohio Princess Parties

Best Party Planner
Winner: Music & More, Inc.
Runner-Up: Melissa Miller Momentum

Best Party Rental
Winner: Memphis Kiddie Park
Runner-Up: Awesome Inflatables Rental

Best Party Venue
Winner: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Runner-Up: Goldfish Swim School

Family Wellness*
*all businesses were nominated and voted on my Macaroni Kid readers. This is not an endorsement of these medical services.

Best Pediatrician Office
Winner: Kids in the Sun
Runner-Up: Senders Pediatrics

Best Special Needs Services
Winner: Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland
Runner-Up: The Music Settlement

Best Speech Therapy
Winner: Bright Beginnings (formerly Help Me Grow of Cuyahoga County)
Runner-Up: Jamie Hughes Speech Pathologist

Best Pediatric Dentist
Winner: Kidsmile Pediatric Dentistry
Runner-Up: North Royalton Pediatric Dentistry

Best Orthodontist
Winner: Braces By Dimassa & Wenger
Runner-Up: Parker & Streem Orthodontics

Best Chiropractor
Winner: Core Life Chiropractic
Runner-Up: Fresh Start Chiropractic