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Readers' Choice Winner: Carmine's

The Shelton restaurant won 23 percent of the vote in Shelton Patch's "Readers' Choice" contest.

Shelton Patch and found a venerable business that's been serving up Italian food for more than three decades to be their choice for the best in the city: .

The River Road restaurant claimed 23 percent of Shelton's 76 votes. Runners-up in the new, weekly poll include (17 percent) and (14 percent).

And Shelton Patch readers were sure to weigh in with more suggestions that found their way into the contest, such as these:

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Keith Padin: Isn't My Favorite Italian Deli something else now?

Kate Romano Pierpont: Bella Vista is an Indian restaurant now - opening soon. V Ristorante is just Vazzy's now as well. Great idea for a poll!

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Here's some more information about Carmine's: popular cuisine including chicken marsala, caprese salada, and veal parmigiana. Carmine's offers family-style portions and specialty pizzas, both for dine-in and take-out.

Next week, Shelton Patch is looking for the "Readers' Choice: Best Preschool." The voting begins Monday morning.

Editor's Note: An Internet poll is not the most ideal vote-collection system in the world, as we all know. That's why we always strive to be 100 percent clear with our readers at Patch that this is not in any way a scientific poll. Our readers' choice features are designed to be a fun and completely friendly expression of our collective passion for great food, great service or a great product, all close to home. It's also a fantastic way for small and medium business owners — the lifeblood of our local economy — to show how much they appreciate their customers.  We take a look at comments, reviews as well as the poll, not just any one aspect, in communicating back to readers who among the group of businesses may rise to the top in readers' minds.And even if one business mobilizes more "votes" over another, everyone comes away with a lot of visibility, great displays of loyalty and, best yet, our corner of the web now has a great deal more information about local businesses.  We live and shop here too, so if anyone wants to learn more about how they can interact with their customers on Patch or have any suggestions for future readers' choice features, don't hesitate to reach out to your local editor or Regional Editor Michael Dinan at michaeld@patch.com. 


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