Editor's note: The nomination period closed July 10. Readers will be able to vote for the nominated businesses in the Readers' Choice poll later this month.

Everybody has a favorite local business. Maybe yours is the deli where you get lunch everyday, the shop that gave you your first summer job or that little place down the block where you're on a first name basis with the owner.

Whichever local business is your favorite, we at Patch want to know about it. That's why we're relaunching our Readers' Choice program this week. We've already asked our readers about some of their favorite businesses around Hasbrouck Heights. We want to know which businesses are absolutely the best around.

With that in mind, we're asking our readers to nominate their favorite businesses for our Readers' Choice polls. We've got a lot of different categories, including:

Food and Drink

• Bagel Shop
• Coffee Shop
• Liquor Store
• Restaurant
• Diner
• Pizzeria
• Dessert Spot
• Hot Dog
• Steak place
• Bakery
• Breakfast Spot
• Place For Ice Cream
• Burger Place

Shopping

• Florist
• Jeweler

Services

• Bank
• Children's Party Planners
• Service Station
• Dry cleaner

Health and Beauty

• Hair salon
• Nail Salon
• Gym
• Dance Studio

To nominate your favorite business, click on the link for the category above. We’ll keep accepting nominations through July 9. After that, nominations will be closed and we’ll start the voting, so make sure to get in your favorites now.

As per the rules attached to this article (see the PDF), readers can vote once in each category during the nomination period.

In the event of a tie, the Local Editor will decide the winner by counting the number of positive comments from readers in the Readers' Choice survey story that were made during the voting period and award it to the business that has the higher total number.