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Abingdon up for 2 USA Today awards

Abingdon up for 2 USA Today awards

A Southwest Virginia community has actually been nominated for two USA Today Visitors’ Selection honors.

Abingdon, Virginia found itself on the list of candidates for both Favorite Village Food Scene and also Fave Southern Village.

The town is no stranger to being admired for its food scene. Abingdon took residence the title in 2022, 2021, 2020 as well as 2019. In 2021, Information Network 11 introduced its own series Abingdon Eats to highlight several of the town’s standout restaurants. Those consisted of:

  • Foresta
  • The Girl and the Raven
  • Peppermill
  • The Tavern
  • 128 Pecan

Abingdon is up versus 19 various other small-town food scenes from throughout the U.S. Towns in Maine, Texas, California, Oregon, Minnesota as well as even more are all included.

U.S.A. Today also announced Abingdon is up for the spot of Best Southern Small Town. The publication referred the community’s location in the mountains together with the historic Key Street as well as its buying choices. One more Abingdon staple stated was the Martha Washington Inn and also Health Club.

Other candidates for Best Southern Small Town included Anna Maria Island in Florida, Bryson City in North Carolina, Buena Vista in Virginia as well as West Monroe in Louisiana.

Another regional community was also nominated for Best Southern Village, this one in Tennessee. Jonesborough was among the nominees. U.S.A. Today included Wetlands Theme park, the Jonesborough Repertory Theater and also Tennessee Hills Distillery as attractions of Tennessee’s earliest town.

Ballot for both contests lasts up until noontime on Monday, Feb. 20. The site permits any individual to vote as soon as daily, and the champions will be revealed on March 3.

Last Updated:  25 January 2023

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