Welcome to the 2025 Best of Rhode Island® Reader’s Poll!
You’ve been patiently waiting. And the time is finally here! Our Best of Rhode Island online readers’ poll is now open and runs April 1 to 30. You may write in your choice of business for each category. There is only one vote per valid email address. Please note that we are only allowing 3 votes per IP addresses to ensure there is no ballot stuffing. Businesses should encourage patrons at their establishment to vote on their own devices using their own data plan. Voters will be able to return to the ballot throughout the month to change or complete their votes. The ballot continuously saves your write-ins, there is no save or submit button.
This year’s poll also includes some changes, as it does every year. We updated wording on several categories to be more specific or inclusive. Bar cocktail list is now Cocktail bar, and we added Mobile drink vendor in addition to the Mobile food vendor category. We also now have both Morning radio news show and Morning radio music show, but we eliminated Morning radio talk show host to add this new category and avoid redundancy.
To allow more local influencers a shot, we made categories more specific and added a new one. We now have Rhody-themed influencer and Rhody food influencer. We changed the wording for the category Beauty treatment (non-hair) to Beauty services (non-hair), to give beauty businesses that aren’t hair salons a shot, including nail salons, eyebrow businesses and waxing services. We also added Barber shop in statewide to give barbers a chance to win.
We also eliminated some categories because they didn’t achieve enough votes from year to year or are redundant, so that we could add some new ones.
Are you a business campaigning for votes? We’ve got some great promotional materials and tips for you to utilize!
Save the date for the best party of the year: July 24, 2025 at the WaterFire Arts Center.
Providence
Newport County: Jamestown, L. Compton, Tiverton, Portsmouth, Middletown, Newport
South County: Charlestown, Exeter, Hopkinton, Narragansett, N. Kingstown, S. Kingstown, Westerly, Wickford, Richmond, Block Island
East Bay: Barrington, E. Providence, Bristol, Warren
West Bay: Foster, Cranston, Warwick, W. Warwick, E. Greenwich, W. Greenwich, Coventry, Scituate
Blackstone Valley: Pawtucket, Smithfield, N. Providence, N. Smithfield, Lincoln, Cumberland, Woonsocket, Central Falls, Burrillville, Glocester, Johnston
