Best of Dayton 2025: See the winners here

The contest where readers tell us their choices on the best businesses, places and people in the Dayton region.

The contest where readers tell us their choices on the best businesses, places and people in the Dayton region.

Welcome to Best of Dayton!

We’re here to celebrate the best things that Dayton has to offer and make it great.

Our timeline

The contest will have a nomination period, for you to submit any people or businesses you’d like, followed by a voting period after a list of finalists is selected in each category.

The number of nominations a person or business receives will heavily determine the list of finalists.

• Nominations: March 17-28

• Then, we choose the finalists

Voting: April 21-May 16

• Winners announced: Friday, June 27

• Special section published in the Dayton Daily News: Sunday, June 29