Siouxland's Choice Awards

Yet Palmer's Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe -- and the adjacent Palmer Specialty Foods -- is more than simply a holiday stopover. Indeed, Weekender readers named the 405 Wesley Parkway store to be Siouxland's Choice for favorite Tourist Destination. 

They call Kenny Crampton the "food truck whisperer." It's because the proprietor of Big Papa's Grub on the Run has been dominating the Siouxland's Choice in the Food Truck category every year since 2021.

On the wall of Monterrey Mexican Restaurant's Singing Hills location is a plaque promoting its status as a 2021 Siouxland's Choice runner-up as well as one promoting its status as a 2022 Siouxland's Choice finalist. It will soon be joined by another plaque.

What was the first thing Veronica Johnson did after learning she was chosen Siouxland's Choice for Bartender? "I went into the ladies room and screamed in excitement," she said. "Then I told my manager, went back into the ladies room and screamed again."

"What keeps people coming back, generation after generation, is the unpretentious decor, extensive beer and drink menu and a popular sandwich item called the Charlie Boy."

"Perhaps due to his ubiquitous nature, Hacke was selected as Siouxland's Choice of Sioux-lebrity.Which make him feel weird."

For 2023's Siouxland's Choice Awards, which cover food and drink and shopping and so much more, we received more than 16,000 nominees and more than 185,000 votes. That represents the largest number of votes we've ever received.

Another Siouxland's Choice has come and more records have been broken.

Marty's Tap is a destination bar with a neighborhood feel.

Chad Pauling knows, firsthand, how important the Siouxland's Choice Awards can be.

Caleb Roggenbuck may seem like a mild-mannered Morningside University marketing student, but he is also a burgeoning social media superstar.

How's this for starting a new career off with a bang?