There is a lot to celebrate about the East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown business community: great restaurants, services and retail shopping. But which do you think is the best?  Help Patch determine the best of the best by entering your nominations in each one of the categories below. (Click on the category and then place your nomination in the comments stream at the bottom of that category's article.) We will be accepting nominations until July 9. Then, on July 23, come back to vote on which nominee is the best. Whoever gets the most votes will be named the Readers' Choice winner. Food…

The votes are in and Anthony's Chicken & Ribs was named favorite place to eat in Hightstown with 54 votes. Mercer St. Charcoal Grill & Deli followed behind with 36 votes, and Hightstown Diner had 35 votes. Tavern on the Lake had 27 votes, Fernando's Grille had 24 votes and Mannino's 4 Pizza and Trattoria had 21 votes. Coming in with two votes each was Hightstown Hot Bagels and Brother's Pizza and Pasta. El Buen Gusto Bakery and Holy Wong Chinese Restaurant had one vote each. Do you have a favorite? Tell us in the comment’s section, and don't forget to leave reviews of businesses in town in …

Patch started a feature called "Readers' Choice," in which you can vote and comment on your favorites in a variety of local business and service categories in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown. This week's category is favorite place to eat in Hightstown. We've drawn our initial list from our "Places" directory but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. Places to vote on include: Anthony's Chicken & Ribs Brother's Pizza and Pasta El Buen Gusto Bakery Fernando's Grille Holy Wong Chinese Restaurant Joe's Deli Hightstown Diner Hightstown…

Brunch, it's the perfect gift for mom. Not only does she get to sleep in, but she also gets to have breakfast, lunch or both with those she loves the most. So tell us, if you were going to take your mom out for brunch, where would it be? We've drawn our initial list from our business directory, but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. You can vote for your favorite in our poll, comment on it below and post a review in the directory - all which count toward determining the winner. Voting closes at 9 a.m. Friday, but comments will …

The votes are in and The Crockadeli was named a favorite among delis in the East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown area with 28 votes. East Windsor Deli follows behind with 18 votes, and Muncheez had nine votes. Coming in with eight votes each was Brooklyn Bagel & Deli and Mercer St. Charcoal Grill & Deli. Joe's Deli had three votes. Do you have a favorite? Tell us in the comment’s section, and don't forget to leave reviews of businesses in town in the directory.

Patch started a feature called "Readers' Choice," in which you can vote and comment on your favorites in a variety of local business and service categories in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown. This week's category is delis. We've drawn our initial list from our "Places" directory but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. Delis to vote on include: Brooklyn Bagel & Deli East Windsor Deli Joe's Deli Mercer St. Charcoal Grill & Deli Muncheez Ruserts Deli The Crockadeli   Follow East Windsor Patch on Facebook and Twitter.

Patch started a feature called "Readers' Choice," in which you can vote and comment on your favorites in a variety of local business and service categories in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown. This week's category is hair salons. We've drawn our initial list from our "Places" directory but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. Hair salons to vote on include: Anthony Vincent Salon Attitudes Hair & Nail Design Ayom Day Spa and Salon Best Cuts Charisma Beauty Center Final Touch Hair & Spa Salon Great Clips Hair by Sharon Hair Lords …

We all know that no one likes taxes, but our Readers Choice poll this week asking for your favorite tax preparers didn't get much love either, drawing only a handful of votes. Tax day is coming up and we wanted to know who you trust to do your taxes at the last minute. After a week of voting, the final tally is in. And the tax preparer that received the highest number of votes is: Humphreys & Kosek Accounting & Tax Services in Hightstown Coming in second in the voting was H&R Block in East Windsor.

Patch started a feature called "Readers' Choice," in which you can vote and comment on your favorites in a variety of local business and service categories in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown. This week's category is tax preparers. We've drawn our initial list from our "Places" directory but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. You can vote for your favorite in our unscientific poll, comment on it below and post a review in the "Places" directory.  Voting closes at 9 a.m. Friday, but comments will continue to be welcome beyond …

Patch is starting a new feature called "Readers' Choice," in which you can vote and comment on your favorites in a variety of local business and service categories in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown. This week's category is dance schools. We've drawn our initial list from our "Places" directory but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. Dance studios to vote on include: American Repertory Ballet/Princeton Ballet School Ballroom, Latin and Swing Dancing with Candace Woodward-Clough Dance Expo You can vote for your favorite in our …

Patch started a feature called "Readers' Choice," in which you can vote and comment on your favorites in a variety of local business and service categories in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown. This week's category is best place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. We've drawn our initial list from our "Places" directory but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. You can vote for your favorite in our unscientific poll, comment on it below and post a review in the "Places" directory.  Voting closes at 9 a.m. Friday, but comments will …

Patch is starting a new feature called "Readers' Choice," in which you can vote and comment on your favorites in a variety of local business and service categories in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown. This week's category is pre-schools. We've drawn our initial list from our "Places" directory but we encourage you to post comments suggesting the addition of any places that are not included. You can vote for your favorite in our unscientific poll, comment on it below and post a review in the "Places" directory.  Voting closes at 9 a.m. Friday, but comments will continue to be welcome …

Patch is starting a new feature of “Patch Favorites” where you can vote on your favorite local business in East Windsor, Cranbury and Hightstown in a category presented each week. While we came up with an initial list, we encourage you to post any businesses we missed that fit the “Favorite Italian Restaurant” category in the comments below. Voting closes at 9 a.m. Friday. Ties will be broken by whichever business has the most positive comments below, and reviews on Patch Places. We will announce the winner at noon Friday. The restaurants to vote on include: Barone's Trattoria Cranbury Pizza …