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Yesterday we compared the results of the Beijinger’s Bar & Clubs Awards with our crosstown rival’s recently announced awards. Today we do the same with restaurants – comparing the results of our reader survey concluded in March and City Weekend’s reader awards announced last week.

Yesterday (March 16) saw the best of Beijing’s culinary talent gather at Joy Luck for the Beijinger’s 7th Annual Reader Restaurant Awards, the capital’s oldest and most credible dining awards. 191 Beijing restaurants were nominated across 35 categories, and over 5,000 votes were collated to come up with this year’s results. Hosted by the wonderful Dominic Johnson-Hill of Plastered 8 T-shirts and Beijing personality Ai Wan, the awards attracted a diverse crowd of revelers as they rolled on through the afternoon.

So, without further ado, the winners are…

Kro’s Nest, a Beijing dining institution since 2006 and winner of The Beijinger’s 7th Annual Reader Restaurant Award for “Outstanding Pizza,” has been news since this spring over the legal battle between partner’s Olaf Kristoffer – “Kro” – and Yuan Jie. Kro was ousted from the Kro’s Nest restaurants he helped found, and there were even reports of an assault on Kro, not to mention police involvement and other drama.

By now, you all know which eateries the readers crowned as their favorites in our 2010 Reader Restaurant Awards (and if not, click here). But as part of the festivities, we also asked a panel of dining experts to name the best restaurants in Beijing. If you can’t wait to pick up a copy of the April issue, here’s a rundown of the victors.

Seven years ago we set the bar high with Beijing’s first-ever reader-driven restaurant awards in Beijing’s English media. Here’s a look back at what was hot in Beijing’s restaurant scene in 2004, our first ever awards, and along the way we’ll remind you of the winners of this year’s awards.

The net is abuzz with chat about The Beijinger’s Annual Restaurant Award results which were officially published yesterday morning – here’s a roundup of online reactions.

How do men and women differ in their preferences for Beijing restaurants? With the voting over and the winners announced in the Beijinger’s 7th Annual Reader Restaurant Awards, we decided to take a closer look at where men and women differ in their dining preferences.

Probably the most contentious award category every year in our Annual Reader Restaurant Awards is Best Italian. Since the inception of our awards, Annie’s has walked off with the top prize every year – that’s seven years in a row for those of you counting at home.

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The balloting is finished, the winners have been announced, and the plaques awarded ... but the restaurant awards are not over yet. Over the course of the next couple of weeks we'll be taking a closer look at the winning restaurants in an attempt to offer deeper insight on the winners.

Our first step is to show you where all these places are - sure you know your neighborhood Annie's, but do you know where all the best Hot Pot spots are in relation to where you live/work/play?