OFC 2012 OUTstanding Awards 2012: OUTstanding Services

People – Places – Services – Shopping – Restaurants – Nightlife – Write-ins

OUTstanding Gym – Gusler Body Sculpting
459 Acoma St., 80204

Gusler will pump you up! The reader’s favorite Denver gym for now three years in a row is Gusler Body Sculpting, where twinks become jocks and jocks become hulks. Gusler’s program offers more than a gym; there’s intensive coaching and nutritional counseling as well.
OUTstanding Gym to cruise at – 24 Hour Fitness, Alameda
4120 E. Alameda Ave., 80246

OFC readers chose 24 Hour Fitness for the spot to check out hotties while pumping steel and breaking a sweat. The favored location is known for eye-candy – a workout for the senses as much as the guns, and an extra boost of motivation when the urge is to impress the sexy stranger on the adjacent pec press. Exchange friendly glances or carpool with a new friend at the Alameda 24 Hour Fitness.
• PUBLISHER’S CHOICE: NIC GARCIA • OUTstanding Gym – The Matrix
925 Lincoln St., 80203

You know a gym means business when they not only purify the water, but the air too. That’s right, Matrix Fitness and Spa has purified air. They don’t want you breathing in smog when you get your heart thumping and lungs pumping on the treadmill. Featuring full towel service, dozens of free group fitness classes and some of the most qualified personal trainers around, Matrix is a class act when it comes to fitness. But sign up today, the gym limits their membership to ensure you always have access to the machines you need to be in your most OUTstanding shape.
• EDITOR’S CHOICE: Holly Hatch • OUTstanding Yoga Studio – Qi Yoga
3170 E. Colfax Ave., 80206

Qi is the best spot in town for yoga. The club, in several Denver locations, is a full-on mind-and-body circuit offering training in running, cycling, boxing and meditation. With a solid focus on technique, it is more than a workout: it’s a rebalance of the body, mind and soul.
OUTstanding Spa – Skin Assist
125 Inverness Dr. East Suite 240, Englewood, 80112

This family-owned and operated spa provides Botox injections, Photo Facial Light Therapy, peels, facials, Vascutouch treatments, and everything you need to make sure you look and feel your best. Our readers love this spa because of the friendly staff and quality service.

OUTstanding Waxing, Women – Emerald City Eyebrows
70 West 11th Ave., 80204

The brows are back! New grooming stop Emerald City Eyebrows on Capitol Hill is on a roll – an OFC reader favorite now two years in a row. From fresh feminine faces to burly bros, the Emerald City is our beauty borough for wax work.
OUTstanding Waxing, Men – M4M Body Waxing
4340 E. Kentucky Ave Suite 210, 80246

OFC readers chose M4M Body Waxing in Central Denver as a favorite place for the painful pinch. Get your gym-sculpted torsos or twink-bodies tweaked sultry and smooth – at the one-stop wax shop shining everything short of a Subaru.
OUTstanding Salon – Floyd’s Barbershop
1608 Champa St., 80202

Floyd’s employees have attitude, are fun, fast and still maintain a high standard for salon-style haircuts and trims. For $30 you can feel brand new again in less than half an hour. Readers chose Floyd’s Barbershop as a favorite.
Rising Phoenix

OFC readers chose the Rising Phoenix Salon as another top spot to get the latest styles. For all your dye, cut, trim and lock needs, the stylists make sure you leave ready to take on the world with your new do.
• PUBLISHER’S CHOICE: NIC GARCIA • OUTstanding Spa – Antoine du Chez
7939 E. Arapahoe Rd. Suite 160,
Greenwood Village, 80112

Why get a world class hair cut, massage, foot soak and steam shower in four separate locations when you can get it all in one at Antoine du Chez – Cherry Creek? The next time you need to treat yourself take advantage of this beauty parlor’s Mad Men package. All of the above for less than $100. Don’t worry girls, they have plenty of affordable packages for you, too!
OUTstanding Doctor – Michael Mohr, D.O.
300 S. Jackson St. Suite 100, 80209

This Family practice physician at Apex Family Medicine is an OFC reader favorite when it comes to the dreaded doctor visit. Specializing in preventative medicine and osteopathic treatments for musculoskeletal pain, Mohr takes a holistic approach and time to educate each patient about all aspects of health.
OUTstanding Dentist – Dr. Albert Cardoso
3955 E Exposition Ave, Ste 310, 80209

The vote is in, and the word’s that the wiser will trust her incisor to Albert Cardoso’s technique. Readers get their pearly-whites whiter and bright smiles brighter at his clinic in chic Cherry Creek. Cardoso won this year’s readers’ choice for a dentist in Denver.
OUTstanding Pet Care – City Bark
2000 West 8th Ave., 80204

Our readers and their pets are deeply connected; our travelers shudder to leave Fido neglected. Their kennel, City Bark, by Sunken Gardens Park, is where they find Spot a spot if they love him a lot: they know it’s a place he’ll be aptly protected.

OUTstanding Florist – Rene’s Maison Des Fleurs
421 E. Speer Blvd., 80203

There are times in life when it’s hard to find the right words – so we say it instead with a bouquet. Our readers’ favorite florist this year is Rene’s Maison Des Fleurs, where a fitting rainbow comes in the form of tulips, lilies, roses, sunflowers and orchids.

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