More Winners: Dan Rattiner’s Non-Traditional Best of the Best Categories

Some top picks left off the list in 2019.

First seen on Dan's Papers - December 14, 2019

This past week, the winners of the 2019 Dan’s Best of the Best, as chosen by you, the readers, were announced. Here’s a few that somehow got left off the list…

BEST LIGHTHOUSE Montauk Lighthouse

BEST WINDMILL Southampton Windmill (because Tennessee Williams lived in it one year)

SECOND BEST WINDMILL Hook Mill at East Hampton (tie) The Windmill at Water Mill (tie)

BEST PUBLIC GOLF COURSE—EAST Montauk Golf Links

BEST PUBLIC GOLF COURSE—WEST Indian Island Golf Course

BEST PRIVATE GOLF COURSE (This information is only available to members of private clubs.)

BEST SUNRISE The Sun

SECOND BEST SUNRISE Alpha Centauri

BEST SAND DUNE The Walking Dunes in Napeague

MOST HISTORIC VILLAGE 17TH CENTURY East Hampton

BEST RAILROAD TRESTLE North Main Street East Hampton

BEST MOON The Moons of Saturn

SECOND BEST MOON The Moon of Earth

BEST WHARF Long Wharf, Sag Harbor

BEST POLAR BEAR PLUNGE Coopers Beach, Southampton

BEST OFF-SEASON EVENT Christmas Everywhere in the Hamptons (tie) HarborFrost in Sag Harbor (tie)

BEST OFF-SEASON INTELLECTUAL EVENT Hamptons International Film Festival

BEST SUMMER EVENT Dan’s Taste of Summer, All of Them (tie) Hampton Classic Horse Show (tie)

BEST SUNSET John Steinbeck Park

BEST MOVIE THEATER Sag Harbor Cinema

BEST TRAFFIC INTERSECTION County Road 39 and North Sea Road

MOST GENEROUS CELEBRITY Alec Baldwin

MOST DISHONEST POND Captain Kidd’s Money Pond, Montauk

BEST FISHING VILLAGE Montauk

MOST HISTORIC VILLAGE 18TH CENTURY Sag Harbor

BEST STATUE Stargazer in Manorville (tie) The Big Duck in Flanders (tie)

SECOND BEST STATUE Me, across from old Lobster Inn, Southampton (tie) Me, next to Audi, Southampton (tie)

BEST VIEW OVER POTATO FIELDS What’s Left of Sagaponack

BEST CURVING MAIN STREET Westhampton Beach

SECOND BEST CURVING MAIN STREET Sag Harbor

BEST BEACH PAVILLION Main Beach, East Hampton

CUTEST BEACH PAVILLION The Quogue Beach Club

BEST ISLAND Gardiners Island

MOST EXCLUSIVE POND Georgica Pond

MOST EXCLUSIVE LAKE Lake Agawam

BEST WAR MEMORIAL Lake Agawam War Memorial (tie) Bridgehampton Founders Monument (tie)

BEST RIVER Peconic River

BEST HELICOPTER PAD Meadow Lane, Southampton

BEST BRIDGE FOR FISHING Sagg Bridge

BEST HISTORIC THEATER Vail Levitt, Riverhead (tie) Suffolk Theater, Riverhead (tie)

BEST AIRPORT IN EAST HAMPTON East Hampton Airport

BEST PUBLIC PARK Lake Agawam in Southampton (tie) Riverwalk in Riverhead (tie)

BEST WATER PARK Splish Splash in Calverton

BEST AQUARIUM Long Island Aquarium

BEST LAKE Lake Montauk (tie) Lake Agawam (tie)

CUTEST SHORT STREET Love Lane, Mattituck

CHICEST SHORT STREET Jobs Lane, Southampton

BEST CANAL Canals of Westhampton Beach (tie) Shinnecock Canal (tie)

BEST CLIFF Camp Hero, Montauk (tie) Shadmoor, Montauk (tie)

BEST DEER North Haven

BEST GIANT YACHT BOAT SLIPS Sag Harbor (tie) Star Island (tie)

BEST RAILROAD STATION Southampton (Because of the Seashells)

BEST COLUMNIST Dan Rattiner (tie) Old Man McGumbus (tie)

SECOND BEST COLUMNIST Oliver Peterson

BEST OCEAN Atlantic

SECOND BEST OCEAN Pacific (tie) Indian (tie)

FOURTH BEST SMALL SUBWAY SYSTEM IN THE NORTHEAST Hamptons Subway

To find all Dan’s Best of the Best 2019 winners, visit DansBOTB.com and DansPapers.com.