Exposed Awards 2023 Voting Suggestions

Struggling to think of who to vote for? No probs – we’ve put together a load of suggestions for ya.

Please note: this is just to give you an idea, and these are not the official shortlists for the awards! 

Best Bar

Gatsby, Public, PHS, Two Thirds, Pina, Cubana, Saw Grinders Union, Church – Temple of Fun, Tramshed, Dead Donkey, Parrot Club, The Albion, Jabbarwocky, Gin Bar, Kettle Black, Monk Bar, Wildcard, Champs, Wick at Both Ends, Molly Malones, Mr Wilson’s, West Street Live, Bungalows and Bears, Forum, Common Room, Trippets, Cuckoo, Delicious Clam, Bal Fashions, Dorothy Pax, Bar Kelham, Kelham Wine Bar, Old Workshop, Two Sheds, Hop Hideout, Heist, Factory Floor, Salt, Industry Tap, Boulevardier, Dark Horse, Mojo, Alder, Grafters, Beer Dog, Berlin Calling, The Ship, Horse & Jockey, Furnace, Cornerstone, RumKeg876, Glass Frog, The Green Room, Elm, Barrow Boy, Extra Time

Best New Bar

Neepsend Social Club, Over The Yardarm, Happy’s, Duo, Tenaya Wines, Boston Arms, Cheap Dates, Kelu, Manahatta

Best Traditional Pub

Fat Cat, Millowners, Dog and Partridge, Broadfield, The Grapes, The Brothers Arms, The Sheaf View, The Crown, The White Lion, The Bath Hotel, Hallamshire House, Blind Monkey, Gardeners Rest, The Wellington, Lescar, Porter Cottage, The Rutland Arms, The Crow, Beer Engine, The Stag, Frog and Parrot, Riverside, Kelham Island Tavern, The Old Grindstone, The Punch Bowl, The Raven, Nottingham House, Castle Inn, Norfolk Arms, Waggon & Horses, Fagan’s, Shakespeare’s, Sheffield Tap, Rutland Arms, Greystones, The Fox and Duck, The York

Best Micro Pub

Pangolin, Itchy Pig, Ecclesall Ale Club, Hymn to Ninkasi, Walkley Beer Co., The Bear, Sports Shack, West Bar Tap, The Nook,  The Cider Hole, Guzzle, Portland House, Tunnel Tap, Brass Monkey, Bulldog, Fulwood Ale Club, The Oxbow, Early Bar, Beer House

Best Restaurant

5Tara, Ashoka, Joro, Butcher and Catch, Lavang, Let’s Sushi, Tsuki, Silversmiths, Domo, Rafters, Vero Gusto, Turnip and Thyme, Gigi’s, No Name, La Mama, OiSoi, Napoli Centro, Proove, Porter Pizza, Nam Song, V|or|V, Brocco on the Park, China Red, Kia’s Pastaria, Butta La Pasta, Wasabisabi, Sakushi, Lucky Fox, Beju, Luca, Native, Corner Stone, Iberico, Tonco, El Greco, Slap and Pickle, Ms Mistry, Bench, North Town, Orange Bird, Dysh, True Loves, Grazie, Olive, Urban Choola, Cubana, Paesani, Neon Fish

Best New Restaurant

Holt, Pellizco, Corner Jammers, Rosmarino, Guyshi, Rudy’s Pizza, Chop Shop Bar and Grill, Mavi Ruya, Juke and Loe, Antler

Best Sustainable Brand

The Bare Alternative, The Nook, Lavang, Hillsborough Refill Hub, Unwrapped, Beanies, Zed’s Wholefoods, Lembas, Pippins Denim, All Carrot No Stick, Green Tings, Small Stuff, Sheffield Honey

Best Vegan or Vegetarian Restaurant

V|or|V, Church – Temple of Fun, Gaard, Make no Bones @ The Old Workshop, Dishi, Humpit, South Street Kitchen, Fanoush, POM, Dana, Tramshed, Chakra Lounge, Green Kitchen

Best Cultural Experience

Millenium Gallery, Weston Park Museum, Kelham Island Museum, Ruskin Gallery, Site Gallery, The Crucible/Lyceum/Playhouse S1 Art Space, Dina, Art House, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Lantern Theatre, Montgomery Theatre, Graves Art Gallery, Botanical Gardens, Look Up Sheffield

Best Takeaway

Do we really need to prompt you on this?

The Tramlines Award for Best Local Event

DocFest, Get Together, Sheffield Food Festival, Art In the Gardens, Pollen, Peddler, Sheffield Beer Week, Sensoria, Netheredge Market, Sharrowvale Market, Music in the gardens, No Bounds, Open Up Sheffield, Woodseats Live, Skyline, Illuminate the Gardens

Outdoor City Award

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, Cliffhanger, Festival of the Outdoors, Heeley City Farm, Whirlow Hall Farm, DC Outdoors, Ringinglow Archery, Sheffield City Walking Tours, Graves Park, Pollen Market, Cycling Sheffield

Best Café

Island, Joni, Marmaduke’s, The Grind, Husk, Corner Store, Tamper, John St Kitchen, NewGen, Jameson’s Tea Rooms, Aesthete Coffee + Kitchen, Vittels, Steel Cauldron, Amici & Bici, Bragazzi’s, Hygge, Albies, Depot Bakery, Gaard, Tigs, Steam Yard, Motor Café, CAWA, The Cabin, Ambulo, Mow’s Coffee, Couch, Eve’s Kitchen, Create Coffee, Kopi & Chai, Made by Jonty, POM, Eleven, The Hidden Gem Cafe, Gerry’s, Dana, Bird House Tea, Coles Corner, Le Ble, Caffe Tucci, Chantrey Press, Herd, Treehouse Board Game Cafe, Elm, Cornerstone, Mandala

Best Vintage Retailer

Freshman’s Boutique, Vulgar, Glass Onion, Thrifty Store, Ryan’s Vintage, Savage Sister, Good Good, White Rose, Pre Loved Kilo, Wako’s Wardrobe, Jo Jo’s

Best Independent Shop

Annie Jude’s, Stylists Lifestyle Store, Sheff Makers, Hop Hideout, Beer Central, Turners, Corner Store, Bullion, Frazers, Birds Yard, Noa’s Arc, Bare Alternative, Bear Tree Records, Moonko, Plantology, Gravel Pit, La Biblioteka, Kelham Island Book Shop, Starmoreboss, Craft & Berry, Mitchell’s Wines, Spinning Disks, Porter Bookshop, Kelham Flea, Indie Arcade, Beeches of Walkley, Partners, Hillsborough Refill Hub

The Henderson’s Made in Sheffield Award

True North Gin, Bullion, Frazer’s Coffee Roasters, Yorkshire Candle Company, Marsh Valley Soap, Community, Drop Dead, Birdhouse Tea, Our Cow Molly, Boomerang Clothing, Community Clothing, Khoos Hot Sauce, Mamnick, SBD Apparel, Sheffield Dragon, Locksley Distilling

Best Local Brewery

Heist, Abbeydale, True North, Little Mesters, Saint Mars of the Desert, Triple Point, Neepsend Brewery, Kelham Island Brewery, Bradfield Brewery, Stancill Brewery, Thornbridge, Tapped Brew Co, Sheffield Brewery, Grizzly Grains, Little Critters

Best Live Venue

Leadmill, Yellow Arch Studios, Foundry, O2 Academy, Peddler Warehouse, Sidney & Matilda, Record Junkee, Washington, Corporation, OEC, Delicious Clam, Greystones, Network, Zephyr

Best Club

Hope Works, Foundry, Forge, Network, Dempseys, Dryad Works, Bal Fashions, Viper Rooms, Crystal, Duo, Corporation

Best Food Hall/Courtyard Space

Kommune, Sheffield Plate, Cutlery Works, Steel Yard Kelham, Dyson Place, Haggler’s Corner, New Era Square