best art supply store
winner: Curry's
Various locations
runner-up: Loomis & Toles
Various locations

best audio equipment store
winner: Bay Bloor Radio
55 Bloor W, 416-967-1122
runner-up: Future Shop
Various locations

best bicycle store
winner: Cyclepath
1204 Bloor W, 416-533-4481
runner-up: Duke's Cycle
625 Queen W, 416-504-6138

best bulk food
winner: Bulk Barn
17 Leslie, 416-466-4512
runner-up: Strictly Bulk
638 Danforth, 416-466-6849

best camera store
winner: Henry's
119 Church, 416-868-0872
runner-up: Black's Photography
Various locations

best computer store
winner: Future Shop
Various locations
runner-up: CPUsed
488 Dupont, 416-533-2001

best costume store
winner: Malabar
14 McCaul, 416-598-2581
runner-up: Value Village
Various locations

best discount store
winner: Winners
Various locations
runner-up: Honest Ed's
581 Bloor W, 416-537-1574

best futon store
winner: Ikea
15 Provost, 416-222-4532; 1475 Queensway, 416-646-4532
runner-up: East West Futons
464 Bloor W, 416-588-1391

best head shop
winner: The Friendly Stranger
241 Queen W, 416-591-1570
runner-up: THC (Toronto Hemp Company)
667 Yonge, 416-923-3556

best indie bookstore
winner: Pages
256 Queen W, 416-598-1447
runner-up: Book City
Various locations

best indie video store
winner: Queen Video
412 Queen W, 416-504-3030
runner-up: Suspect Video
619 Queen W, 416-504-7135

best jewellery store
winner: Birks
Various locations
runner-up: Peoples Jewellers
Various locations

best kitchen equipment store
winner: Kitchen Stuff Plus
Various locations
runner-up: Ikea
15 Provost, 416-222-4532; 1475 Queensway, 416-646-4532

best leather store
winner: Northbound Leather
586 Yonge, 416-972-1037
runner-up: Danier Leather
Various locations

best lingerie store
winner: La Senza
Various locations
runner-up: La Vie en Rose
Various locations

best men's clothing store
winner: Harry Rosen
Various locations
runner-up: Gap Canada
Various locations

best music equipment store
winner: Steve's Music
415 Queen W, 416-593-8888
runner-up: Long & McQuade
925 Bloor W, 416-588-7886

best natural foods market
winner: Noah's Natural Foods
Various locations
runner-up: The Big Carrot
348 Danforth, 416-466-2129

best new car dealership
winner: Parkway Honda
1681 Eglinton E, 416-752-6666
runner-up: Mini Canada
920 Champlain, Whitby, 905-683-1200

best optical store
winner: Hakim Optical
Various locations
runner-up: Rapp Optical
788 College, 416-537-6590

best paint store
winner: Home Depot
Various locations
runner-up: Canadian Tire
Various locations

best pet store
winner: Petsmart
835 Eglinton E, 416-696-0388
runner-up: Pet Valu
Various locations

best place to buy condoms
winner: Condom Shack
231 Queen W, 416-596-7515; 729 Yonge, 416-966-4226
runner-up: Shoppers Drug Mart
Various locations

best record store
winner: HMV
Various locations
runner-up: Sam the Record Man
Various locations

best sex toy shop
winner: Come as You Are
701 Queen W, 416-504-7934
runner-up: Good for Her
175 Harbord, 416-588-0900

best shoe store
winner: Aldo
Various locations
runner-up: Get Outside
437 Queen W, 416-593-5598

best skateboard/snowboard shop
winner: Hogtown
401 King W, 416-598-4192
runner-up: Sporting Life
Various locations

best specialty record store
winner: Rotate This
620 Queen W, 416-504-8447
runner-up: Soundscapes
572 College, 416-537-1620

best sporting goods store
winner: Sporting Life
Various locations
runner-up: Sport Chek
Various locations

best thrift store
winner: Value Village
1319 Bloor W, 416-539-0585, and others
runner-up: Goodwill
Various locations

best unique gifts store
winner: Red Pegasus
628 College, 416-536-3872
runner-up: Ice
163 Cumberland, 416-964-6751

best used bookstore
winner: She Said Boom
372 College, 416-944-3224; 393 Roncesvalles, 416-531-6843
runner-up: Seekers
509 Bloor W, 416-925-1982

best used computer store
winner: CPUsed
488 Dupont, 416-533-2001
runner-up: Carbon Computing
672 Dupont, 416-535-1999

best used record store
winner: She Said Boom
372 College, 416-944-3224; 393 Roncesvalles, 416-531-6843
runner-up: Vortex
2309 Yonge, 416-483-7437

best video store
winner: Blockbuster
Various locations
runner-up: Rogers Video
Various locations

best vintage clothing store
winner: Courage My Love
14 Kensington, 416-979-1992
runner-up: Black Market
256A Queen W, 416-599-5858; 319 Queen W, 416-591-7945

best vitamin/herbalist
winner: Noah's Natural Foods
Various locations
runner-up: GNC (General Nutrition Centres)
Various locations

best women's clothing store
winner: Holt Renfrew
50 Bloor W, 416-922-2333
runner-up: Winners
Various locations