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active venue, CHICKENNPICKLE , breaks into the top-tier balloting for the Bronze . BEST GOLF COURSE Kansas City is blessed with championship level golf courses, and the voting here each year is . . . volatile. Fans of HALLBROOK COUNTRY CLUB in Leawood came out in force to produce Gold honors. The iconic Don Hall hit the first drive when the course opened in 1988, making an in stant splash as one of the nation’s toughest challenges. On the other side of the metro, STONE CANYON GOLF CLUB , the only Greg Norman Signature Design Course in the Midwest, bags Silver . Bronze yielded a tie between BLUE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB in south Kansas City and NICK LAUS GOLF CLUB AT LIONSGATE . BEST JAZZ/BLUES CLUB The theme is green, but the tones are Gold for readers who say Crossroads based GREEN LADY LOUNGE has the best of what Kansas City offers in jazz. Sil ver has a shade of azure to it, with THE BLUE ROOM taking honors there; it’s the performance venue for the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine district. And

booking the Bronze is CHAZ ON THE PLAZA , the intimate setting at the base of The Raphael Hotel on the Country Club Plaza. BEST DAY TRIP A day to get away? Priceless. And when locals here hit the road for a quick trip, they don’t have far to go to find quaint, in spades. WESTON, MO. , a perennial Gold winner here, does it again—that’s 19 Golds all-time, and no other locale has ever un seated Weston’s charm for one. Silver goes to nearby LAWRENCE, KAN. , which at tracts not only a loyal KU alumni and fan base, but crowds who revel in the cultural amenities and retail bounty of Massa chusetts Avenue. THE ELMS , Excelsior Springs, racks up the Bronze . BEST WEEKEND GETAWAY The lake life is an attraction all its own and a powerful one for folks from Kansas City and St. Louis alike. They meet—in large numbers—at the LAKE OF THE OZARKS , which can accommodate them easily, as it has more miles of shoreline than the state of California by a long shot. Gold on that water, the read

ers declare. The quirkiness and cultural appeal of BRANSON, MO. , make it a Silver winner as the country music world’s vacation home. BEST PERFORMING ARTS VENUE It wasn’t hard to see this coming: You build a world-class performing arts center in the middle of Downtown, and the Gold medal is as good as locked in for the KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS . It’s won that title every year since its 2011 opening. STARLIGHT retains its outdoor-venue charm and theatric appeal to readers who declare it worthy of Silver . BEST SPORTS EVENT TO ENTERTAIN CLIENTS Back-to-back Super Bowls, and three straight AFC championship games there, have made Arrowhead the sporting venue in greatest demand for fans. Small wonder, then, that the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS earn Gold for this category. The KAN SAS CITY ROYALS shine with Silver , while SPORTING KANSAS CITY makes a strong charge in balloting to claim this year’s Bronze .

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