GEORGIA VOICE’S 2019 BEST OF ATLANTA AWARDS
PET ADOPTION: ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY The AHS steps back into the top spot after taking 2017’s Best Of award for pet adoption. It serves about 30,000 animals each year and places about 9,000 dogs and cats into loving forever homes. Atlanta Humane Society puts the animals first: they do not euthanize adoptable animals and have no time limits for animals once they’re in their care. This organization is proud to be working to end pet homelessness and overpopulation in Atlanta. Runners-up are PAWS Atlanta and Lifeline Animal Project the LGBTQ community looking to do a little home decorating in style! Runners-up are Kaboodle Home and Horizon Home Furniture THRIFT STORE: LOST-N-FOUND YOUTH Five years and counting! It’s why LNF is the go-to spot for items donated back to the community, and all for a good cause! The thrift store is set up to help fund Lost-NFound Youth, and everything they sell goes directly back into the non-profit organization supporting homeless LGBTQ youth. Runners-up are Out of the Closet and Second Life JEWELRY STORE: WORTHMORE JEWELERS Winner of the best jewelry store for the fourth year in a row, it’s where the LGBTQ community goes for those special gifts of love and gratitude! Known as the coolest store in America by InStore Magazine, Worthmore Jewelers arrived on the jewelry scene opening in the early 1990s in Midtown Atlanta. The store is known for its fine jewelry, watches, custom designs, and art. Runners-up are Tiffany’s and Jonathan Buckhead LIQUOR & WINE STORE: TOWER BEER, WINE & SPIRITS The place to go to for the best in alcohol for any party or event! Tower wins the BEST OF award for the second year in a row, but their legacy in the community goes way back! Over the last several decades, so many epic benders began with a simple run to a Tower liquor store for a six-pack and a bag of ice that it boggles the imagination. When you absolutely, positively have to find your favorite obscure stout from Lichtenstein or a good Bordeaux approved by the right French wine-control authorities — but at a reasonable price — you probably have one within a couple of miles of your residence. Runners-up are Greens and Ansley Wine Merchants