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Announcing the Winners of the Serious Eats People's Choice Awards

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Best Pizza by the Slice: Was it really in question? Di Fara dominated your votes for the best slice in the five boroughs—even if it will set you back $5 and a few hours.

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Best Whole-Pie Pizza: Motorino—now in the East Village as well as Williamsburg—won your vote (and, truth be told, ours) for the best whole-pie pizza.

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[Photograph: Adam Kuban]

Best Bagel: While we can't quite say we agree, your votes are the ones that count—Ess-A-Bagel wins the Serious Eats People's Choice Award as the best bagel in New York.

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Best Croissant: Balthazar, the iconic Soho bistro and bakery, wins your vote for the best croissant.

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Best Falafel: Joining just about everyone in the Serious Eats office, you overwhelmingly declared the West Village's Taim the best falafel in New York.

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Best Burger: Another nonsurprise: The Shake Shack dominated the Best Burger category, winning almost half the vote.

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Best Food Neighborhood: Whether for ice cream at Sundaes and Cones (pictured, left), Momofuku anything, closet-sized restaurants or Japanese bakeries, the East Village is your food neighborhood of choice.

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Best Cheesecake: Our readers know good cheesecake, as made clear when Two Little Red Hens won handily.

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Best Hot Dog: Gray's Papaya wasn't far behind, but the fancy pups at Crif Dogs won your vote for New York's best hot dog.

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Best Fried Chicken, A Three-Way Tie: Perhaps the three least similar entrants—Popeye's, The Redhead, and Momofuku Noodle Bar—all tied for first place. Lesson learned? One can love all sorts of fried chicken.

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Best New Food Truck: The winner by a landslide was your friend and ours, The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. We're looking forward to more Choinkwiches and good cheer this spring.

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Best Hot Chocolate: Jacques Torres calls his hot chocolate "famous"; you call it New York's best.

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Best Deli: Again, just as we expected—Katz's wins your vote for New York's best deli.

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Best Ice Cream: When it comes to frozen treats, our readers go for the custard —the Shake Shack's frozen custard, that is.

Best Coffee: While our readers reached no true coffee consensus, Cafe Grumpy had the most loyal fans, winning the title of New York's best coffee.

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[Photo: Gary Soup on Flickr]

Best Cupcake: Naming the city's best cupcake appeared to be a matter of grave importance; in the end, it was Sugar Sweet Sunshine that won out.

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