2023 Best of New Orleans: Goods & Services

Best AC repair company

1 Rob's Air Conditioning & Heating Inc. (504-348-7128; robsair.com)

2 Keefe's Air Conditioning, Heating, and Electrical (504-608-5629; keefes.com)

3 Natal’s Air Conditioning, Plumbing, and Electrical (504-822-9794; natalsairconditioning.com)

Best antiques

1 M.S. Rau (622 Royal St., 888-557-2406; rauantiques.com)

2 Renaissance Interiors (2727 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, 504-454-3320; yourrenaissance.com)

3 Dop Antiques (300 Jefferson Hwy, 504-373-5132; instagram.com/dopantiques)

Best auction house

1 Neal Auction Company (4038 Magazine St., 504-899-5329; nealauction.com)

2 Crescent City Auction Gallery (1330 St. Charles Ave., 504-529-5057; crescentcityauctiongallery.com)

3 New Orleans Auction Galleries (333 St. Joseph St., 504-566-1849; neworleansauction.com)

Best barbershop

1 The Parker Barber (600 Carondelet St., 504-679-0990; parkerbarber.com)

2 The Bearded Lady Barbershop (2122 Magazine St., 504-310-0202; thebeardedladybarbershop.com)

3 AntiGravity Salon (848 Baronne St., 504-982-6567; instagram.com/antigravitysalon)

Best bicycle shop

1 Bayou Bicycles (3530 Toulouse St., 504-488-1946; bayoubicycles.com)

2 GNO (1426 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-861-0023; gnocyclery.com)

3 Dashing Bicycles (1927 Sophie Wright Pl., 504-264-3343; dashingnola.com)

Best Black owned small business

1 Neyow’s (3332 Bienville St., 504-827-5474; neyows.com)

2 Baldwin & Co. (1030 Elysian Fields Ave., 504-354-1741; baldwinandcobooks.com)

3 Vyonne’s (412 Girod St., 504-518-6007; vyoone.com)

Best car dealership

1 Bryan Subaru (8305 Airline Drive, Metairie; 504-527-4230; bryansubaru.com)

2 Royal Honda (5600 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-826-8320; royalhonda.com)

2 Lexus of New Orleans (8811 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-533-3824; lexusneworleans.com)

3 Ray Brandt Toyota (2460 Veterans Blvd., Kenner, 504-688-7656; raybrandttoyota.com)

Best caterer

1 Toulouse Gourmet Catering (3811 Toulouse St., 504-488-4466; toulousegourmet.com)

2 Pigeon Catering (535 S. Clark St., 504-262-0412; pigeoncaterers.com)

3 Chez Nous (4739 Magazine St., 504-899-7303; gotocheznous.com)

Best costume store

1 Miss Claudia's Vintage Clothing & Costumes (4204 Magazine St., 504-897-6310; facebook.com/missclaudiasvintage)

2 Funky Monkey (3127 Magazine St., 504-899-5587; funkymonkeynola.com)

3 Uptown Costume & Dancewear (4326 Magazine St., 504-895-7969; uptowncostumes.com)

Best day spa

1 The Woodhouse Day Spa (1389 Lakewood Drive, Slidell, 985-641-7772; 4030 Canal St., 504-482-6652; 5004 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-584-4004; woodhousespas.com)

2 Earthsavers (3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-835-0225; 3414 Highway 190, Mandeville, 985-674-1133; 5501 Magazine St., 504-899-8555; earthsaversonline.com)

3 Nola Bliss Massage (322 Lafayette St., Suite 300, 504-615-9414; nolablissmassage.com)

Best dentist

1 Mid-City Smiles Family Dentistry (3625 Canal St., 504-485-6575; midcitysmiles.com)

2 District Dental Spa (418 Girod St., 504-325-5777; districtdentalspa.com)

3 Audubon Dental Group (6120 Magazine St., 504-891-7471; audubondentalgroup.com)

Best dermatology practice

1 Sanova Dermatology (111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-838-8225;  701 Metairie Rd., Suite 2A205, Old Metairie, 504-836-2050; 3434 Prytania St., Suite 310, 504-897-5899; sanovadermatology.com)

2 Audubon Dermatology (3525 Prytania St Suite 501, 504-895-3376; audubondermatology.com)

3 Pure Dermatology (3100 Galleria Blvd Suite 203, Metairie, 504-226-7873; puredermnola.com)

Best florist

1 Villere’s Florist (750 Martin Behrman Ave., Metairie, 504-833-3716; 1415 N. Highway 190, Covington, 985-809-9101; villeresflowers.com)

2 The Flower Shop (2036 Magazine St., 504-390-0563; theflowershopnola.com)

3 Harkins, The Florist (1601 Magazine St., 504-529-1638; harkinsneworleans.com)

Best framing store

1 Gordon’s (4308 Waverly St., Metairie, 504-354-2248; gordonshomedecor.com)

2 Uptown Frames Custom Framing (237 Broadway St., 504-866-1576; uptownframes.com)

3 Bywater Framing (3040 St Claude Ave., 504-330-1051; bywaterframing.com)

Best garden store

1 Perino’s Home & Garden Center (3100 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-834-7888; perinos.com)

2 Urban Roots (2375 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-522-4949; urbanrootsnola.com)

3 Harold’s Plants (1135 Press St., 504-947-7554; haroldsplants.com)

Best hair salon

1 Paris Parker (Citywide; parisparker.com)

2 Sage Hair Collective (5228 Magazine St., 504-603-6053; sagehairco.com)

3 H2O Salon and Spa (441 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-835-4377; h2osalon-spa.com)

Best health club/fitness studio

1 Orangetheory Fitness (3620 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 504-313-3839; 4141 Bienville St., Suite 107, 504-408-2602; 5300 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-308-1232; orangetheory.com)

2 Ochsner Fitness Center (1200 S. Clearview Pkwy., Harahan, 504-733-1600; 701 Poydras St., 504-588-1600; 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie; 504-832-1600; ochsnerfitness.com)

3 Jewish Community Center (5342 St. Charles Ave., 504-897-0143; 3747 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-887-5158; nojcc.org)

Best hospital

1 Ochsner (Citywide, 866-624-7637; ochsner.org)

2 Touro (1401 Foucher St., 504-897-7011; touro.com)

3 East Jefferson General Hospital (4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 504-503-4000; ejgh.org)

Best Jefferson neighborhood grocery

1 Rouses (Citywide; rouses.com)

2 Dorignac’s (710 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-834-8216; dorignacs.com)

3 Zuppardo’s (5010 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-887-1150; zuppardos.com)

Best law firm

1 Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers (1100 Poydras St., Suite 3900, 504-414-5652; dudleydebosier.com)

2 Morris Bart (601 Poydras St., 504-525-8000; morrisbart.com)

3 Womac Law Firm (3501 Canal St., 504-470-3935; edwardwomac.com)

Best lawncare/ landscaper

1 LGD Lawn and Landscape (504-251-6214; nolalgd.com)

2 The Plant Gallery (9401 Airline Hwy, 504-226-7579; theplantgallery.com)

3 Pfefferle's Lawn Care (504-975-6162; pfefferlelawns.com)

Best local bank/credit union

1 Metairie Bank (Citywide; metairiebank.com)

2 Hancock Whitney (Citywide; hancockwhitney.com)

3 Gulf Coast Bank (Citywide; gulfbank.com)

Best locally owned bookstore

1 Octavia Books (513 Octavia St., 504-899-7323; octaviabooks.com)

2 Blue Cypress Books (8123 Oak St., 504-352-0096; bluecypressbooks.com)

3 Baldwin & Co (1030 Elysian Fields Ave., 504-354-1741; baldwinandcobooks.com)

Best locally owned bridal shop

1 The Bridal Boutique by MaeMe (3331 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-266-2771; maemebridal.com)

2 Town & Country Bridal (1912 St. Charles Ave., 504-523-7027; townandcountrybridal.com)

3 Pearl's Place (3114 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-885-9213; pearlsplace.com)

Best locally owned Carnival supply store

1 The Mardi Gras Spot by Plush Appeal (2812 Toulouse St., 504-482-0000; mardigrasspot.com)

2 Jefferson Variety Store (239 Iris Ave., Jefferson, 504-834-5222; jeffersonvariety.com)

3 Beads by the Dozen (333 Edwards Ave., 877-734-9966; beadsbythedozen.com)

Best locally owned children’s store

1 Monomini (2104 Magazine St., 504-827-1269; shopmonomini.com)

2 Pippen Lane (2930 Magazine St., 504-269-0106; pippenlane.com)

3 Magic Box Toys (5508 Magazine St., 504-899-0117; magicboxnola.com)

Best locally owned furniture store

1 Doerr Furniture (914 Elysian Fields Ave., 504-947-0606; 1645 N. Highway 190, Suite 600, Covington, 985-900-2425; doerrfurniture.com)

2 Hurwitz Mintz (1751 Airline Drive, Metairie, 504-378-1000; hurwitzmintz.com)

3 Comeaux (415 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-831-1365; 3949 Euphrosine St., 504-378-4900; comeauxfurn.com)

Best locally owned jewelry store

1 Aucoin Hart (1525 Metairie Rd., Metairie, 504-834-9999; aucoinhart.com)

2 Mignon Faget (3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-835-2244; 3801 Magazine St., 504-891-2005; mignonfaget.com)

3 Symmetry (8138 Hampson St., 504-861-9925; symmetryjewelers.com)

Best locally owned kitchen design store

1 Nordic Kitchen and Baths (1818 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-888-2300; nordickitchens.com)

2 Singer Kitchens (231 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-486-0067; 316 Girod St. Mandeville, 985-441-9947; singerkitchens.com)

3 French Quarter Facades Kitchen & Bath (1418 Edwards Ave., Harahan, 504-353-9274; frenchquarterfacades.com)

Best locally owned men’s clothing store

1 Fellow (926 Valmont St., Suite 101, 504-500-1887; fellowmenswear.com)

2 Perlis (600 Decatur St., 504-523-6681;  1281 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 985-674-1711; 6070 Magazine St., 504-895-8661; perlis.com)

2 Rubensteins (102 St. Charles Ave., 504-581-6666; rubensteinsneworleans.com)

Best locally owned music store

1 Peaches (4318 Magazine St., 504-282-3322; peachesrecordsandtapes.com)

2 Euclid (3301 Chartres St., 504-947-4348; euclidrecordsneworleans.com)

3 Louisiana Music Factory (421 Frenchmen St., 504-586-1094; louisianamusicfactory.com)

Best locally owned pet supply store

1 Jefferson Feed (Citywide; jeffersonfeed.com)

2 Petcetera (3205 Magazine St., 504-269-8711; petceteranola.com)

3 Bark Market (3041 N. Rampart St., 504-949-1525; nolabarkmarket.com)

Best locally owned pharmacy

1 Castellon Pharmacy (8232 Oak St., 504-866-3784; castellonrx.com)

2 Majoria Drugs  (1805 Metairie Rd., Metairie, 504-835-7211; majoriadrugsmetairie.com)

3 Patio Drugs (5208 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-889-7070; patiodrugs.com)

Best locally owned shoe store

1 Louisiana Running + Walking Co. (4153 Canal St., 504-304-4762; louisianarunning.com)

2 Orleans Shoe Company (Citywide; orleansshoes.com)

3 Haase's Shoe Store (8119 Oak St., 504-866-9944; haaseshoestore.com)

Best locally owned store for home decor / accents

1 Home Malone (629 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-324-8352; 4610 Magazine St., 504-766-6148; homemalonenola.com)

2 Fleurty Girl (Citywide; fleurtygirl.net)

3 Hazelnut (5525 Magazine St., 504-891-2424; hazelnutneworleans.com)

Best locally owned women’s boutique

1 Monomin (2104 Magazine St., 504-827-1269; monomin.com)

2 Fleurty Girl (Citywide; fleurtygirl.net)

3 Bra Genie (3054 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie; 504.644.2500; 6021 Pinnacle Parkway, Covington, 985-951-8638; thebragenie.com)

Best Med Spa

1 Saintly Skin (3000 Kingman St., Suite 101, Metairie, 504-475-5510; saintlyskin.com)

2 Goodface (1113 St Mary St., 504-427-2868; goodfacenola.com)

3 Chronos Body Health Wellness (3200 N Arnoult Rd., Metairie, 504-267-4549; chronosbhw.com)

Best New Orleans neighborhood grocery

1 Rouses (Citywide; rouses.com)

2 Canseco's (Citywide; cansecos.com)

3 Langenstein’s (1330 Arabella St., 504-899-9283; 800 Metairie Rd., Metairie, 504-831-6682; langensteins.com)

Best Northshore neighborhood grocery

1 Rouses (Citywide; rouses.com)

2 Acquistapace (125 E. 21st Ave., Covington, 985-893-0593; 631 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 985-951-2501; acquistapace.com)

3 Winn Dixie (Citywide; winndixie.com)

Best pet boarding/day care business

1 Zeus' Place (715 O’Keefe Ave., 504-324-3335; 4601 Freret St., 504-304-4718; zeusplace.com)

2 Camp Bow Wow (Citywide; campbowwow.com)

3 Pawlins (3501 River Rd., Jefferson, 504-302-7200; pawlins.com)

Best pet grooming business

1 Zeus' Place (715 O’Keefe Ave., 504-324-3335; 4601 Freret St., 504-304-4718; zeusplace.com; zeusplace.com)

2 Pawlins (3501 River Rd., Jefferson, 504-302-7200; pawlins.com)

3 Petcetera (3205 Magazine St., 504-269-8711; petceteranola.com)

3 Camp Bow Wow (Citywide; campbowwow.com)

Best place for mental health care

1 Ochsner Health (Citywide; ochsner.org)

2 WeHelp NOLA (wehelpnola.com)

3 Spyre Center (1772 Prytania St., 504-900-0980; spyrecenter.com)

3 Integrated Behavioral Health (400 Poydras, Suite 1950, 504-322-3837; 5001 Hwy 190 E. Service Rd., Covington, 985-867-2490; ibhpsych.com)

Best place to buy a gift

1 Fleurty Girl (Citywide; fleurtygirl.net)

2 Home Malone (629 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-324-8352; 4610 Magazine St., 504-766-6148; homemalonenola.com)

3 Phina (425 Harrison Ave., 504-571-5169; 2561 Metairie Rd., Suite B, Metairie, 504-827-1605; 3717 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-888-4141; phinashop.com)

Best place to buy adult toys

1 Dynamo (2001 St Claude Ave., 504-534-8697; dynamotoys.com)

2 Mr Binkys (301 Funston St., Harahan; 504-305-2160; mrbinkyssuperstore.com)

3 Bra Genie (3054 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie; 504.644.2500; 6021 Pinnacle Parkway, Covington, 985-951-8638; thebragenie.com)

Best place to buy CBD oil products

1 Simply Cannabis (231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite A2, 504-930-0653; 2268 St. Claude Ave., Suite B, 504-435-2550; 4507 Magazine St., Suite A, 504-814-3175; simplycannabis.co)

2 Ra Shop (Citywide; rashop.us)

3 The Herb Import Co. (711 St. Peter St., 504-525-4372; 712 Adams St., 504-861-4644; 5055 Canal St., 504-488-4889; herbimport.com)

Best place to buy eyewear

1 Krewe (619 Royal St., 504-407-2925; 1818 Magazine St., 504-342-2462; krewe.com)

2 Warby Parker (3964 Magazine St., 504-799-2830; warbyparker.com)

3 Art & Eyes (3708 Magazine St., 504-891-4494; artandeyesneworleansla.com)

Best place to buy vintage / consignment furniture

1 Consign Consign (1160 Magazine St., 504-354-9158; consign-consign.com)

2 Renaissance Interiors (2727 Edenborn Ave., Metairie, 504-454-3320; yourrenaissance.com)

3 Occasional Wife (624 Dumaine St., 504-422-0704; 2850 Magazine St., 504-460-9336; 5727 Jefferson Highway, Elmwood, 504-481-7006; theoccasionalwife.com)

Best place to get a manicure/pedicure

1 Cindy's Nails & Spa (1000 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-304-3422; 6112 Magazine St., 504-900-1939; instagram.com/ladies_and_our_nails)

2 Solar Nails Lounge & Spa (5002 W. Esplanade Ave. Metairie, 504-887-0455; solarnailsmetairie.com)

3 Nail Bar Nola (601 Julia St., 504-571-5511; 333 Canal St., 504-766-6081; nailbarnola.com)

Best place to get a massage

1 Nola Bliss Massage (322 Lafayette St., Suite 300, 504-615-9414; nolablissmassage.com)

2 The Woodhouse Day Spa (1389 Lakewood Drive, Slidell, 985-641-7772; 4030 Canal St., 504-482-6652; 5004 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 504-584-4004; woodhousespas.com)

3 Earthsavers (5501 Magazine St., 504-899-8555; 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-835-0225; 3414 Highway 190, Mandeville, 985-674-1133; earthsaversonline.com)

Best place to get waxed

1 Waxing the City (225 W. Harrison Ave., 504-827-1949; 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Suite A, Elmwood, 504-592-7424; 4121 Magazine St., 504-899-1500; waxingthecity.com)

2 European Wax Center (701 Metairie Rd., Metairie, 504-392-6652; 730 Town Center Parkway, Slidell, 985-326-7088; 3579 Highway 190, Mandeville, 985-951-4500; 4525 Freret St., 504-249-3055; waxcenter.com)

3 Bella Brazillian (530 Gause Blvd., Slidell, 985-445-1086; 8814 Veterans Blvd., Suite 18, 504-464-2640; bellabrazilianwax.com)

Best Smoke shop

1 Ra Shop (Citywide; rashop.us)

2 The Herb Import Co. (711 St. Peter St., 504-525-4372; 712 Adams St., 504-861-4644; 5055 Canal St., 504-488-4889; herbimport.com)

3 Mushroom New Orleans (1037 Broadway St., 504-866-6065; themushroomnola.com)

Best place to buy consignment clothing

1 Buffalo Exchange (4119 Magazine St., 504-891-7443; buffaloexchange.com)

2 Swap Boutique (5530 Magazine St., 504-324-8143; 7716 Maple St., 504-304-6025; swapboutique.com)

3 Funky Monkey (3127 Magazine St., 504-899-5587; funkymonkeynola.com)

Best place to buy vintage clothing

1 Miss Claudia's Vintage Clothing & Costumes (4204 Magazine St., 504-897-6310; facebook.com/missclaudiasvintage)

2 Century Girl Vintage (2023 Magazine St., 504-875-3105; centurygirlvintage.com)

3 Funky Monkey (3127 Magazine St., 504-899-5587; funkymonkeynola.com)

Best tattoo/piercing parlor

1 Hell or High Water Tattoo (308 Magazine St., 504-309-5411; hellorhighwaternola.com)

2 Electric Ladyland (610 Frenchmen St., 504-947-8286; 3212 Dauphine St., 504-265-8020; electricladylandtattoo.com)

3 Mid City Voodoux Tattoos (140 N Carrollton Ave., 504-278-1465; voodoux.com)

Best thrift store

1 Red, White & Blue Thrift Store (605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 504-370-3743; 5728 Jefferson Highway, Harahan, 504-733-8066; redwhiteandbluethriftstore.com)

2 Goodwill (Citywide; goodwillno.org)

3 Buffalo Exchange (4119 Magazine St., 504-891-7443; buffaloexchange.com)

3 Bridge House (4243 Earhart Blvd., 504-821-2479; 7901 Airline Drive, Metairie, 504-737-4752; bridgehouse.org)

Best Vape shop

1 Crescent City Vape (231 N. Carrollton Ave., 504-931-1098; 2268 St. Claude Ave., 504-233-3934; 4507 Magazine St., 504-309-8134; crescentcityvape.com)

2 Ra Shop (Citywide; rashop.us)

3 Vape On Magazine (3326 Magazine St., 504-533-9600; vape-on-magazine.business.site)

Best veterinary/animal clinic

1 Metairie Small Animal Hospital (Citywide; msah.com)

2 Prytania Veterinary Hospital (201 Nashville Ave., 504-899-2828; prytaniavet.com)

3 MidCity Veterinary Hospital (3821 Orleans Ave., 504-304-8223; midcityvet.com)

3 Crescent City Veterinary Hospital (524 Jefferson Ave., 504-894-0752; crescentcityvet.com)

Best yoga studio

1 Wild Lotus (4842 Perrier St., 504-899-0047; wildlotusyoga.com)

2 Yes, Yoga (8338 Oak St., 504-605-3347; yesyoganola.co)

2 Swan River (2940 Canal St., 504-301-3134; swanriveryoga.com)

Best woman-owned small business

1 Monomin (2104 Magazine St., 504-827-1269; monomin.com)

2 Fleurty Girl (Citywide; fleurtygirl.net)

3 Sage Hair Collective (5228 Magazine St., 504-603-6053; sagehairco.com)