Best of Anne Arundel County 2022: Residents’ favorite people, places and organizations

Want a roofer or a brand new fence? Seeking to be a part of a health club? Searching for a chiropractor?

The Better of Anne Arundel County Readers’ Alternative Contest might help. Greater than 9,500 votes had been forged on this yr’s readers’ ballot, culling an inventory of the 119 prime folks to know, locations to go and issues to do.

Editor’s word: Winners and honorable mentions had been decided by common vote. Readers had been invited to appoint and vote on-line in February and March.

Constitution boat: Bay Hunters

Honorable mentions:

Watermark

Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park, Skipjack Wilma Lee

Schooner Woodwind Crusing Cruises

Nation Membership: Annapolis Yacht Membership

Honorable mentions:

Chartwell Golf & Nation Membership

The Golf Membership at South River

The Cannon Membership

Dance classes: Arthur Murray Dance Studio of Arnold

Honorable mentions:

Ballet Theatre of Maryland

The Dance Academy

Dance Middle of Severna Park

Day journey: City of St. Michaels

Honorable mentions:

Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park

Watermark

Ocean Metropolis

Cruises depart from Annapolis Metropolis Dock.

Annapolis strolling excursions start at varied locations. 410-268-7601. watermarkjourney.com

It started in 1972 with one man, a ship and a want to give sightseeing cruises on the Chesapeake Bay. Fifty years later, Watermark is a bustling enterprise, boasting 12 constitution vessels ripe for weddings, proms and company events. It’s a surf and turf enterprise, providing land-based excursions of Annapolis as properly, from enlightening jaunts by means of the historic district to spooky ghost walks at night time, led by guides (“squires” and “mistresses”) wearing colonial garb and sharing engrossing tales.

One common tour, dubbed “Scandalous Annapolis,” affords a lighthearted have a look at the city’s seamy aspect and is restricted to these 21-and-over. Different walks, most lasting two hours, tout the city’s African American Heritage, Girls of Achievement and ArchiTrex, an architectural glimpse of the city’s older buildings.

“We like it when folks go away saying, ‘I had fun, and I discovered one thing,’ ” mentioned Jake Iversen. Along with his spouse, Laura, Iversen purchased Watermark in January. Having grown up close by, he had taken the boat excursions as a child and captained one of many firm’s vessels previously.

Boats have been chartered for the whole lot from marriage proposals to firm crab feasts for 250 company and catered solely by native institutions.

Honorable mentions:

Annapolis Ghost Excursions & Crawls

William Paca Home & Backyard

Annapolis Eventours

Pageant: Maryland Renaissance Pageant

Honorable mentions:

Maryland Seafood Pageant

Chesapeake Bay Blues Pageant

Naturalization Ceremony and Fourth of July at William Paca Home

Golf course: The Golf Membership at South River

Honorable point out:

The Protect at Eisenhower

Interactive/Leisure: Ecoadventures LLC (tie) and Mission Escape Rooms (tie)

Honorable mentions:

Maryland Dwell! On line casino

Pasadena Paintball Park

Dwell music venue: Rams Head On Stage

Honorable mentions:

Maryland Corridor for the Artistic Arts

Dwell! On line casino & Resort Maryland

Twain’s Tavern

Museum: Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park

Honorable mentions:

USNA Museum

William Paca Home & Backyard

Museum of Historic Annapolis

Park: Quiet Waters Park

Honorable mentions:

Kinder Farm Park

Downs Park

Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park

Particular occasion venue: Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park

Honorable mentions:

Quiet Waters Park

William Paca Home & Backyard

Maryland Corridor

Summer season camp: Capital SUP

Honorable mentions:

Eco Adventures LLC

Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park

Camp Woodlands

Theater firm: The Colonial Gamers

Honorable mentions:

Annapolis Summer season Backyard Theater

Basic Theatre of Maryland

Annapolis Opera (tie)

Ballet Theatre of Maryland (tie)

Carryout: Bayside Bull

Honorable mentions:

Giolitti Delicatessen

Predominant & Market

Carlson’s Donuts & Thai Kitchen

914 Bay Ridge Highway, Annapolis. 410-626-0388. mainandmarket.com

It hosts events in stadiums, on yachts and in cornfields; caters occasions with as many as 1,200 company and as few as two; and dishes up the whole lot from paella to vegetarian fare.

“We take pleasure in being versatile,” mentioned Evie Turner, vice-president of Predominant & Market Catering. “That, and the belief folks have in us coming into their properties at particular occasions of their lives.”

A go-to in Annapolis for almost 30 years, Predominant & Market catered the 2004 wedding ceremony reception of Governor Larry Hogan (then Maryland Secretary of Appointments) and his spouse, Yumi, on the William Paca Home. It handles 1,500 occasions yearly, from company crab feasts to varsity reunions to first communions.

Fashionable entrees embrace a standard tenderloin and crab cake, salmon Wellington and grilled lime shrimp kabobs. Signature gadgets are the pumpkin muffins and dried cranberry hen salad. The in-house bakery cranks out a killer chocolate mousse pie and 9 varieties of wedding ceremony muffins. The favourite? An almond pound cake with raspberry filling and candy buttercream icing.

No problem is just too nice, Turner mentioned:

“We’ve catered a wedding proposal for 2 that was held on the finish of a really lengthy dock, and we’ve dressed as leprechauns for a St. Patrick’s Day occasion. Final month we catered a dawn wedding ceremony.”

Honorable mentions:

Bayside Bull

Ken’s Artistic Kitchen

Palate Pleasers Inc.

Comfort retailer: Wawa

Honorable point out:

Highs Dairy Retailer Automotive Wash

Farmers market/stand: Pennsylvania Dutch Farmer’s Market

Honorable mentions:

Anne Arundel County Farmers Market

Diehl’s Produce

Grocery retailer: Graul’s Market

Honorable mentions:

Wegmans

Dealer Joe’s

Inexperienced Valley Market Place

Liquor retailer: Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits

Honorable mentions:

Edgewater Liquors

Bella’s Liquors

Fishpaw’s Market Place

Place to purchase seafood: Annapolis Seafood Markets

Honorable mentions:

Anne Arundel Seafood

Entire Meals Market

Shoreline Seafood

Chiropractor: Bay Space Wellness

Honorable mentions:

DeMaio Household Chiropractic & Bodily Remedy

Annapolis Household Chiropractic

Arnold Chiropractic Middle, David M. Sortisio

Beauty surgeon: Annapolis Plastic Surgical procedure

Honorable mentions:

The Sandel Duggal Middle for Plastic Surgical procedure

Plastic Surgical procedure Specialists

Maryland Plastic Surgical procedure, Dr. Adam Summers

Day spa: Even Keel Wellness Spa

Honorable mentions:

Sadona Salon + Spa

Stacie’s Pure Contact LLC

Adoro Medical Spa

Dental care: McCarl Dental Group at Shipley’s Alternative

Honorable mentions:

Oral Surgical procedure Specialists

Dr. John D. Ritter & Dr. James S. Cleary

Patton Smiles

Dispensary: Mana Provide Co.

Honorable mentions:

Gold Leaf

Inexperienced Level Wellness

Oceanside Dispensary

Household physician/normal apply: Maryland Major Care Physicians

Honorable mentions:

Annapolis Inside Drugs

MedStar Well being: Major Care at Annapolis

Amy Ricker, Annapolis Household Drugs

Health/well being membership: Excel Pilates Annapolis Inc.

Honorable mentions:

Evolutions

Pip Moyer Recreation Middle (Annapolis Recreation and Parks)

Edgewater Health

Gastroenterologist: Anne Arundel Gastroenterology Associates

Dwelling well being care: Response Senior Care

Honorable mentions:

MedStar Well being Dwelling Care – Central Maryland

Luminis Well being Gilchrist Lifecare Institute

Griswold Dwelling Care of Anne Arundel and Queen Anne’s Counties

Hospital: Anne Arundel Medical Middle

Honorable point out:

UM Baltimore Washington Medical Middle

By appointment solely at 139 Previous Solomons Island Highway, Annapolis. Costs vary from $65 for the standard pedicure to $215 per toenail for reconstructive work. 443-949-9542. fb.com/nailsbyjacquiatfeet1st/

Jacqui Shreve fairly actually helps her shoppers put their greatest ft ahead.

Shreve, who’s in her mid-40s, makes a speciality of reconstructing and reshaping toenails for patrons which have been severely deformed by damage, illness or sickness. She makes use of a versatile, sturdy composite resin product that restores the looks of the toenails whereas permitting the remaining pure nail to develop.

As a result of many purchasers have compromised immune techniques, she ensures that her workplace and tools meet the cleanliness requirements set by hospitals and clinics. Lots of her instruments are used one time after which discarded, whereas others are sanitized between visits.

“It is a place the place folks with broken toenails can get secure pedicures,” Shreve mentioned

“There’s at all times an emotional second when my shoppers see their reconstructed nails for the primary time. The quantity of people that cry after getting one in every of my pedicures — I by no means anticipated that.”

Honorable mentions:

Bella Way of life Nail Salon & Spa

Stacie’s Pure Contact LLC

Pearl Nails & Spa

Martial arts: Jing Ying Institute of Kung Fu & Tai Chi

Honorable mentions:

A.J. Bartlinski’s Karate Supercenter

Mission Martial Arts

OB/GYN: Chesapeake Girls’s Care

Honorable mentions:

Annapolis OB-GYN Associates PA

Capital Womens Care

Dr. Aditya Parshad (tie)

MedStar Harbor Girls’s Care (tie)

Oncologist: Maryland Oncology

Ophthalmologist: Chesapeake Eye Care and Laser Middle

Honorable mentions:

The Retina Group of Washington

OMNI Eye Specialists

Optometrist: Chesapeake Eye Care and Laser Middle

Honorable mentions:

Sensible Eyecare

Island Eyecare

Peepers Eyecare Middle – Gambrills Eye Physician

Orthodontist: Labbe Household Orthodontics

Honorable mentions:

Mairead M. O’Reilly, DDS, MS, PA & Associates

Philbin & Reinheimer Orthodontics

Specialists in Orthodontics Maryland (tie)

Wright Orthodontics (tie)

Pediatrician: Annapolis Pediatrics

Honorable mentions:

Bayside Pediatrics

BelliAcres Pediatrics

Davidsonville Pediatric Group

Pharmacy: Arnold Skilled Pharmacy

Honorable mentions:

Cape Medication

Mike’s Pharmacy

Walgreens

Bodily remedy: Rehab 2 Carry out

Honorable mentions:

MedStar Well being Bodily Remedy

Annapolis Household Bodily Remedy

Sharon Potts Bodily Therapist

Podiatrist: Podiatry Group of Annapolis

Honorable point out:

Diane Susan Lebedeff

Therapist/counselor: Congruent Counseling Companies

Honorable mentions:

Waypoint Wellness Middle LLC

Kathy Miller MA

Anchored Hope Remedy LLC (tie)

Shoreline Counseling Companies LLC (tie)

Pressing care: ExpressCare Pressing Care Middle

Honorable mentions:

Affected person First

PM Pediatrics

MedStar Well being: Pressing Care at Annapolis

Urologist: Anne Arundel Urology

Honorable mentions:

Chesapeake Urology

The Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins

Vein heart: O’Donnell Vein & Laser

Honorable mentions:

Vein Clinics of America

Middle For Vein Restoration, Dr. Khanh Nguyen

Laser Middle of Maryland

Veterinary care: Larger Annapolis Veterinary Hospital

Honorable mentions:

Bay Hills Animal Hospital

Bayside Animal Medical Middle

Hoffman Animal Hospital

Yoga: Crofton Yoga

Honorable mentions:

Ridgely Retreat

Yoga Manufacturing facility Annapolis & Crofton

Yoga Barn

Activist: Elvia Thompson

Honorable point out:

Janice M. Keating

Clergyperson: Patrick Woods, St. Mary’s Parish

Elected official: Gavin Buckley, Mayor of Annapolis

Honorable point out:

Sara Elfreth, State Senator

Private coach: Brian Graham, Motion Issues

Honorable mentions:

True Core CrossFit

Kat Ormond, Edgewater Health

Mark Fleming, Three-2 Well being & Health

200 Windell Ave., Annapolis. 410-222-1615

Underneath Karen Soneira’s management, Germantown Elementary College doesn’t embrace solely the 550 pupils enrolled in pre-kindergarten by means of the fifth grade. It embraces whole households.

Greater than three-quarters of Germantown Elementary’s college students qualify without cost or reduced-price lunch, and for two-thirds, English is their second language.

In the course of the previous eight years, Soneira (who’s retiring in June) has established after-school packages for teenagers, weekend discipline journeys for households and an in-school dental program. Sneakers that Match gives free sneakers by means of a California group whereas Backpack Buddies sends dwelling luggage of meals together with snacks, simple dinner meals and recent fruit.

All faculty golf equipment, from cooking to soccer to bounce, are free for pupils, as is transportation. Along with the usual curriculum of science and math, Germantown college students are taught such social abilities as expressing empathy.

“Germantown is working to shut the hole,” Soneira mentioned, “so all of our children can develop in the direction of success.”

Honorable mentions:

Kim Jakovics, Monarch Academy

Tara Lambden, Belvedere Elementary

Erin White, Assistant Principal, Chesapeake Excessive College

Home equipment: ABC Equipment Gross sales And Service Inc.

Honorable mentions:

ApplianceLand

Equipment Guys

Structure agency: Purple Cherry Architects

Honorable mentions:

Spire Structure

T. Averill Architect LLC

HD Squared Architects LLC

Lawyer: Hillman Brown & Darrow

Honorable mentions:

Hartman, Attorneys at Legislation

Deborah L. Potter, Potter Burnett Legislation

Scott MacMullan

Auto vendor: Annapolis Subaru

Honorable mentions:

Koons Ford Lincoln of Annapolis

J.B.A. Chevrolet

Bayside Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Annapolis

Financial institution/credit score union: Navy Federal Credit score Union

Honorable mentions:

Shore United Financial institution

Arundel Federal Financial savings Financial institution

Sandy Spring Financial institution

Barbershop: Bourtadakis Barber Store

Honorable mentions:

Huys Barber Store

Til Subsequent Time Hair Salon

Del’s Barber & Styling Store

Automotive restore: Correct Auto Service

Honorable mentions:

Cape Auto

Edelen’s Auto Restore & Towing

KG Truck & Auto

Charity/non revenue: Gentle Home Bistro

Honorable mentions:

Senior Canine Sanctuary

Mates Of The Gentle Home

SPAN – Serving Individuals Throughout Neighborhoods

Day care heart: Artistic Gardens Studying Middle

Honorable mentions:

Vibrant Starting Kids’s Studying Middle

Childtime of Hanover

Doggie day care: Dogwood Acres Pet Retreat

Honorable mentions:

Beechnut Kennels

Cozy Canine Camp

Playful Pack

Dry cleaner: ZIPS Dry Cleaners

Electrician: Chesapeake Electrical

Honorable mentions:

All In Electrical Inc.

Cook dinner Electrical Inc.

Brothers Companies Co.

Monetary advisor: Brian M. Conrad, Edward Jones

Honorable mentions:

CovingtonAlsina

Craig & Treff Monetary Companies

CenterPoint Wealth Advisors (tie)

Michael G Hilliard, Ameriprise Monetary Companies LLC (tie)

Funeral dwelling: Kalas Funeral Dwelling & Crematory

Honorable mentions:

Barranco Severna Park Funeral Dwelling & Cremation Care

John M. Taylor Funeral Dwelling

Singleton Funeral & Cremation Companies, P.A.

Hair salon: Hudson & Fouquet Salon

Honorable mentions:

Bubbles Salons

Fabu Salon & Spa

The Park Salon And Barber

Dwelling enchancment: Clarksville Development Companies Inc.

Honorable mentions:

Fichtner Companies

Brothers Companies Firm

Simply-IN-Time Roofing & Renovations

Homebuilder: Ok. Hovnanian Firms LLC

Honorable mentions:

Maxim Constructing Group

Timberlake Properties

Housecleaner: Ivania’s Cleansing Service

HVAC: Clarksville Heating and Air LLC

Honorable mentions:

Heidler Inc.

W.L. Staton Plumbing, Heating & Cooling

Coastal Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Inc. (tie)

Grove Heating & Cooling (tie)

Insurance coverage firm: USAA Monetary Middle

Honorable mentions:

Huff Insurance coverage

GEICO Insurance coverage Agent

Jack Martin & Associates

Inside design: Anna Graham Interiors

Honorable point out:

Purple Cherry Architects

Landscaping: Homestead Gardens

Honorable mentions:

The Stone Retailer

Jams Garden & Gardening Inc

Oasis Panorama Group (tie)

Scapes Inc. (tie)

Mortgage lender: Tara Dean, Major Residential Mortgage Inc.

Honorable point out:

The Lamborne Lending Crew, Powered by First County Mortgage

1230 Cronson Blvd, Unit A, Crofton. 410-403-0102. mosquito-man.com

It appears like a Marvel film hero. As an alternative, Mosquito-Man is a well-liked Crofton agency bent on ridding the world — or no less than a shore-lined slice of it — of the flying, biting bugs that menace yard barbecues.

Every summer season, Mosquito-Man serves almost 2,000 shoppers, from owners to companies to non-public colleges, with artificial or natural sprays to shoo the pests so prevalent in water’s-edge locales. A mom-and-pop enterprise with a employees of 5, it thrives on private service and clients who know their technicians by identify.

“We ship [techs] on the identical routes to spray, in order that they know which owners personal canines, increase bees and have koi ponds,” normal supervisor Cora Sunagoowie mentioned. “Individuals recognize that.”

Ticks have additionally been on the hit checklist since proprietor John Rivers contracted Lyme illness “and made it a part of his mission to try to forestall it in our space,” Sunagoowie mentioned.

On the desk of her workplace sits a mosquito figurine product of outdated auto elements, a kitschy Christmas present from her colleagues.

“It’s very, very distinctive,” she mentioned. “I suppose I’m the Mosquito-Man girl.”

Honorable mentions:

Financial system Pest Management Inc.

Bugout Termite & Pest Management Inc.

Pet grooming: U Soiled Canine

Honorable mentions:

Cozy Canine Camp

Larger Annapolis Veterinary Hospital

Carrie’s Ok-9 Clips (tie)

Groomingdales (tie)

Plumber: Heidler Inc.

Honorable mentions:

W.L. Staton Plumbing, Heating & Cooling

D Ok Miller Plumbing Inc.

Castro Dwelling Companies LLC

Pool companies: Goudy Swimming pools

Honorable mentions:

Paradise Swimming pools Inc.

Dawn Premiere Pool Builders LLC

Actual property agent: Sofia Jones, Northrop Realty, A Lengthy & Foster Firm

Honorable mentions:

Starr Hood with Keller Williams Flagship

Chip Macgill, eXp Realty LLC

Lengthy & Foster Eastport Annapolis

Retirement neighborhood: Ginger Cove

Honorable mentions:

Brightview Senior Dwelling

Spring Arbor of Severna Park

Baywoods of Annapolis

Roofing: Fichtner Companies

Honorable mentions:

Brothers Companies Co.

Simply-IN-Time Roofing & Renovations

Nu Look Dwelling Design Inc.(tie)

RoofPRO (tie)

Shoe retailer: Appeal Metropolis Run LLC

Honorable mentions:

Fleet Ft Sports activities Annapolis

Naturalizer

Stone & tile: The Stone Retailer

Honorable mentions:

In Dwelling Stone

Compass Stone & Tile Studio

Atlas Stone Fabricators Inc.

Tanning salon: Palm Seaside Tan

Honorable point out:

Solar Deck Tanning Salon

Journey company: McCarl Journey

Antiques: Evergreen Antiques and True Classic

Honorable mentions:

GypsyFaire

Annapolis Vintage & Consignment Store

Natalie Silitch

Condo/rental: Crosswinds at Annapolis City Middle

Honorable mentions:

Chesapeake Harbour Group

Riverscape at Piney Orchard

Gardens of Annapolis

Artwork gallery: McBride Gallery

Honorable point out:

Gallery 57 West

Costs vary from $10 to $1,500. 34 Market House, Annapolis. 410-268-7666. blancaflorsilverjewelry.com

The mom and daughter group of Donna De Garcia, 68, and Sofia Garcia, 32, have created a boutique showcasing nice silver jewellery that’s halfway between a series retailer and an artwork gallery.

De Garcia established Blanca Flor in 1993 when she was a bride residing in Mexico and have become enamored of the extraordinary silver items created there. Although Blanca Flor nonetheless has a closely south-of-the-border affect, mom and daughter now import sterling silver jewellery worldwide from Poland to Indonesia.

And right here’s a information flash for patrons with a typical pores and skin allergy — Blanca Flor’s creations are nickel-free.

“We work with households of artisans that we now have constructed relationships with,” Garcia mentioned. “Mother labored with the grandparents, and now I’m assembly the grandchildren. It’s essential to maintain shopping for from these folks so we protect their designs and go them down by means of the generations.”

Honorable mentions:

Ron George Jewelers

Gallery 57 West

Sanders Diamond Jewelers

Bicycle store: Arnold Bike Physician

Honorable mentions:

Pedal Pushers Bicycle Store

Household Bike Store

SHIFT Cell Bicycle Restore

Boat vendor: Tri-State Marine

Honorable point out:

Waterfront Marine

Bookstore: Previous Fox Books & Coffeehouse

Honorable mentions:

Barnes & Noble

Again Creek Books

E book Nook

Bridal store: Annapolis Bridal & Tuxedo

Honorable mentions:

Love & Lace Bridal Boutique

Mary’s Designer Bridal Boutique

Consignment/resale: Savvy Consignment

Honorable mentions:

As soon as Upon a Little one

2nd Ave Thrift Superstore

Fence & deck: Fence & Deck Connection Inc.

Honorable point out:

Maryland Decking

Advantageous jewellery: Zachary’s Jewelers

Honorable mentions:

Smyth Jewelers

Marc Todd Jewelers Inc.

Tilghman Firm

Flooring: Nationwide Carpet and Flooring

Honorable point out:

LL Flooring (Lumber Liquidators)

Florist: WildFlower Stem + Sundry

Honorable mentions:

Let’s Develop

SaraYoung Weddings & Occasions LLC

Furnishings retailer: Arhaus

Honorable mentions:

Millwood Furnishings

Regency Furnishings

Annapolis Bay Space Furnishings

Backyard heart: Homestead Gardens

Honorable mentions:

Bru-Mar Gardens

Gary’s Gardens

Greenstreet Gardens

Purses: Hobo

Honorable point out:

Enchanted Artwork & Sole Consolation Footwear

Ironmongery shop: Cape Ace {Hardware}

Honorable mentions:

Ok&B True Worth

Clement {Hardware}

Kitchen & tub: Costello’s Ace {Hardware} of Edgewater

Honorable mentions:

Kitchen Encounters

Annapolis Kitchen and Bathtub

Stuart Kitchens Inc.

Decrease non-public faculty: Montessori Worldwide Kids’s Home

Honorable mentions:

Annapolis Space Christian College, Annapolis Decrease College Campus

Severn College

Naval Academy Major College

Marina: Bert Jabin Yacht Yard

Honorable mentions:

Anchor Yacht Basin

Rhode River Marina

Annapolis Metropolis Marina (tie)

Tri-State Marine Deal with Store (tie)

Mattress retailer: The Mattress Retailer

Honorable point out:

Mattress Warehouse

Montessori faculty: Montessori Worldwide Kids’s Home

Honorable mentions:

Chesapeake Montessori College

Guidepost Montessori

Nature retailer: Homestead Gardens

Honorable mentions:

Home Of Tropicals

Evergreen Gene’s Inc. Landscaping & Backyard Middle

Silver jewellery: Blanca Flor Silver Jewellery

Honorable mentions:

Ron George Jewelers

Sanders Diamond Jewelers

Tilghman Firm

Higher non-public faculty: Archbishop Spalding Excessive College

Honorable mentions:

Severn College

Annapolis Space Christian College

The Key College