Although we’re now in our fifth year of Best of the West here at Revue, it’s our first during quarantine. Forgive us if everything — and we mean everything — still feels a little surreal. 

Has our drinking scene reached an equilibrium? Are we doomed to glue our winners on their podiums and bow to their perennial, unimpeachable reigns? 

Would you be the least bit surprised if we told you Dining is our most popular group of categories?

This year, we decided to introduce entirely new categories for the places that deserve recognition but don’t fit into the usual areas of “Dining” or “Drinking.”