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Patch Poll Winner: Best Italian Food

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The winner of this week's Readers' Choice poll is the Calabrisella. We asked readers what restaurant had the best Italian food in Bensalem, and Calabrisella won with 29 percent of the vote. Toscana 52 finished second with 18 percent and Carrabba’s was third with 17 percent. “Callabrisella by far…the best food anywhere,” Patch reader Margie Knowles said. Be sure to check back in next week to vote in a new Readers' Choice poll: Best place to do your taxes.

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Patch Poll Winner: Best Park

This week, readers picked their favorite Bensalem park.

In this week's Readers' Choice poll, readers voted for Bensalem’s best park. The poll results are in and Neshaminy State Park won. Neshaminy, located off State Road, won 41 percent of the votes. Bensalem Community Park came in second place with 25 percent of the votes and the Valley Athletic Association with 19 percent. Patch reader AidanJ said “I like Neshaminy State Park. My family has been going there for years.” Neshaminy State Park features hiking, picnic pavilions, swimming, boating and fishing. The 339-acre park takes its name from Neshaminy Creek, which joins the Delaware at this point. In next week's Readers' Choice poll, Patch will be asking you where the best Italian food is in Bensalem. If you have a favorite Italian spot you …

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Patch Poll: Best Park

What's your favorite Bensalem park?

Where do you go in Bensalem when you want to have a picnic, or play a game of softball or just fly a kite? That's the subject of this week's Readers' Choice poll. What's the best park in Bensalem? There are a bunch of choices, including: Neshaminy State Park, Bensalem Central Park, Bensalem Community Park, Robert Yezzi Memorial Park (Ramblers) or the Valley Athletic Association. If you don't see your favorite park listed in the options, please note it in the comments and we'll try to add it to the poll. Also, try to share some family memories from your favorite park. Voting will close 9 a.m. Friday and the winner will be featured later that day. Official rules are attached to this story as a PDF document. Check out similar polls in …

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Patch Poll Winner: Best Place to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Readers' voted and the winner is...

The winner of this week's Readers' Choice poll is the Eddington House. We asked readers where the best place was to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, and the E-House won with 25 percent of the vote. Parx Casino came in second place with 21 percent followed by the Chickie’s & Pete’s in Parx with 17 percent. Be sure to check back in next week to vote in a new Readers' Choice poll: Best Park.

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Patch Poll: Best Place To Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Let Patch know where the best place is to celebrate St. Patty's Day.

St. Patrick's Day falls on a Saturday this year, which means there's no holding back on the celebration. So Patch wants to know where you think the best place is to celebrate in Bensalem. Is it Curran’s, Brady’s Irish Pub, Big Head’s, Chickie’s & Pete’s, Parx Casino, Stadium Bar & Grill, Michael’s Café, Eddington House or somewhere else? Vote for your favorite in the poll below by Friday at 9 a.m. and don't forget to click on the links above and rate the restaurant on its Patch Place listing. You can even leave a review. If there another place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day that we missed in this poll, tell us in the comments section below. In the event of a tie on our survey, we will break the tie by counting the positive comments written…

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Readers’ Choice Winner: Best Family Restaurant

Patch readers like BBQ.

The results are in for this week’s Readers’ Choice Patch Poll and Smoke’n Dudes Bar B Que was picked as the best family-friendly restaurant in Bensalem. A total of 198 votes were cast in the poll and the BBQ place garnered 46 of them or 23 percent. Patch readers really love those ribs. Apollo’s Family Pizzeria came in second place with 35 votes followed by Nifty Fifty’s with 26. According to its website, Smoke'n Dudes is family owned and operated and was started in 1998 as a competing group in barbeque contests. “We have taken part in competitions all along the East Coast from New Hampshire to the Florida Keys,” the website states. “Our team has won awards in every category including ribs, pork, chicken and beef brisket. We have also won …

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Regional 'Best Of' Winners Announced

This week's Patch "Best Of" Poll focused on the best banks around.

Bensalem Patch broke a tie between two banks with the same number of votes by going to the comments. TD Bank and Beneficial Bank both had 24 percent of the votes, but TD Bank won because it Patch reader Robert Munz commented: “I like TD bank for its hours, they are even open on Sundays.” Newtown received a record-breaking amount of votes this week as readers chimed in on their favorite local banks. First National Bank and Trust Company of Newtown won with 11,928 votes! Commenter Sandy said: "Been with First National of Newtown about 15 years and wouldn't go anyplace else." First National Bank & Trust Co. of Newtown also won the poll for the best bank in Levittown. The bank took 38 percent of the votes for the win. Conestoga Bank took the …

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Patch Poll: Best Bank

Do you love your financial institution?

  What do you look for in a bank? Is it free checking or convenient hours or friendly tellers? Whatever it is that makes your bank great, Patch wants to know. In this week’s Patch Poll, we’re asking readers: What’s the best bank in Bensalem? Bensalem has plenty of banks, including: TD Bank, Bank of America, Citizens Bank, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Sovereign Bank, M&T Bank, Beneficial Bank, Fulton Bank, Bucks County Bank and National Penn Bank. We’re not listing every branch in town because some banks have several. So if you want to give yours a shoutout, you can in the comments section. You can also let us know in the comments section if we don’t have your choice listed. Vote for your favorite bank in the poll below by Friday at 9 a.m. And …

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Lower Bucks Readers Pick Best Coffee, Breakfast

Pookie’s, Wawa and Village Mart were the winners.

It was an interesting week in Patch’s Best Of across our area, with polls focused on some of our favorite morning activities – breakfast and coffee. One of the most heated contests happened in Bensalem where almost 4,000 votes were cast. When the dust settled, Pookie’s took top breakfast with more than 2,300 votes with Red House Bagels in second with more than 1,500 votes. “Pookies is the absolute greatest breakfast restaurant in Bensalem!!” user Jennifer Gajderowicz wrote. “The food is always fresh and delicious! And it is one of cleanest restaurant that I have been to!” Coffee drinkers had their say in Lower Southampton and they picked Wawa has having the best cup o' joe. Robyn left a comment on the poll saying that "Wawa on Brownsville …

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