Posted By Miss Jen Lane of BarFly fame on March 18, 2011, 4:01 pm

It's BarFly Awards time! Nominate your fave raves for a 2011 BarFly Award today!

Nominate your favorite barkeeps, servers, dancers, hairstylists, writers, DJs, KJs, TJs, cabbies, cooks, and bouncers for a 2011 BarFly Award today! Click here to go to the official nominations survey.

Nominations for the 2011 BarFly Awards (a.k.a. "The BarFies") close on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, so put in your two cents, today.

The top four nominees in each category will be posted onThursday, April 7th, 2011, at www.ibarfly.com.  Final voting in each category will be done live and in person at the BarFly Awards, on Sunday, April 17th, 2011, from 8pm-12am, at the Mount Tabor Theater, at 4811 SE Hawthorne Boulevard.

Want to be there to see who gets the crown in each category? Get your VIP tickets by filling out the nomination survey, and entering your email address at the end of the survey.

One entry per person, please. Multiple entries will be discarded.

Want to be a nominee? Tell all your fans to nominate you by telling them to go to www.ibarfly.com or send them directly to the nominations survery, using this URL, a.s.a.p.: http://pdx.be/BFA2011   

Here's a re-cap of last year's big winners, and runner-up nominees:

2010 BARFLY AWARD WINNERS

1. Fastest guns in the West?

WINNER: Jason Keebler, Dante's, East End
Josh Svaren, Dante's
Kitty, Sassy's
Lisa, Devil's Point

2. Funniest bartender?

WINNER:  Cedar, Sewickly's
Hub, Matador
Kelly Gately, Dante's
Oli, Yamhill Pub

3. Hottest item not on the menu (dreamiest server)?

Ashley Bell, Someday Lounge, Lucky Devil
WINNER:  Elizabeth, Matador, Ella Street
Lisa Johnson, Devil's Point
Stephanie Smith, Dante's

4. Nicest bouncer?

Adam, Dante's, Devil's Point
Chris Hoffman, Lucky Devil
Jake, Kelly's Olympian
WINNER:  Maurice Davis, Boiler Room

5. Smartest stripper?

Lux, Devils Point  
WINNER:  Malice, Sassy's
Rocket, Devil's Point, Lucky Devil
Viva Las Vegas, Mary's, Magic Garden

6. Craftiest cook?

Bobby Helms, XV  
WINNER:  Casey Maxwell, Matador
Nick, Lucky Devil
Steve Reno, Shanghai Tunnel, Voleur, New Seasons  

7. Bestest deejay ever?

WINNER:  Disk Jockey Gregarious, Fez, Meridian, Matador
DJ Kenoy, Devil's Point, Lucky Devil
DJ Smooth Hopperator, East End, Tube, Langano Lounge  
Mr Mumu, Dante's, Mother's, Ella Street

8. Most caring KJ?

Daniel Coble, Chopsticks
Dick, Suki's
WINNER:  Lavinia, Devil's Point
Rob, aka "Dr Love," Boiler Room

9. Town's terrific-est TJ?

Polly Pospisil, "Pub Quiz USA"
Rain Madrone, "Rain Brain Trivia"
Roy Smallwood, "Quizzy"
WINNER:  Shannon Donaldson, "Shanrock's Triviology"

10. Coolest cabbie?

Bobby A, Radio Cab
WINNER:  Enrique Ugalde, Radio Cab
Holly Morgan, Radio Cab
Kirk Delong, Radio Cab

11. Hottest hairstylist?

WINNER:  Amy Rose, Rudy's
Donna Parzych, Bishops Pearl
Heidi Cuthbert, National Beauty
Tami Lane, Gypsy Rose

12. Most good writer?

Erik Henrikson, Mercury
Jay Horton, WW, BarFly
Matt Davis, Mercury
WINNER:  Patrick Coleman, Mercury

13. Starving artist most likely to get fat?

WINNER:  Chris Haberman, painter
David Graves, photographer
Matt Stanger, airbrush
Private Mike, painter

14. Best drunk?

Amy Rose
Andrew Loomis
Bradly Wayne Shaver
WINNER:  Nick Dicker

15. Most famous in Portland?

Jedediah "Diamond" Aaker, rockstar, Diamond Tuck, BarFly
Leigh Feldman, writer, Life Is A Party, PDX Pipeline
WINNER:  Malice, dancer, Sassy's, etc.
Noah Mickens, aka William Batty, emcee, Wanderlust Circus

16. Hardest working man or woman in show business?

Derek Moore, proprietor, Corrosion Records
Aaron Ross, aka Ed Forman, The Ed Forman Show, Dante's
WINNER:  Carl Tietze, aka Solovox, musician/dj/performer
Brett Kucera, aka Tony Starlight, impressario, Tony Starlight's

17. Best band for a one night stand?

Family Gun
WINNER:  March Fourth Marching Band
Pure Country Gold
Red Fang

18. Best bathroom ack-shawn?

WINNER:  East End
Silverado
Slow Bar
Tube

19. Lifetime achiever?

WINNER:  Frank Faillace, owner, Dante's, Exotic Magazine (fmr publisher)
Jason Keebler, bartender/lynchpin, East End, Dante's,
John Shroeder, aka "Elvis," performer, PDX Saturday Market
Tres Shannon, baron, Voodoo Doughnut, Karaoke from Hell  

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