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 in and around New Milford. 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

• Favorite Sandwich
• Favorite Chinese Eatery
• Favorite Health Food Store
• Favorite Steak
• Favorite Wine List
• Favorite Place For Ice Cream
• Favorite Breakfast Spot
• Favorite Bakery
• Favorite Dessert Spot
• Favorite Bar
• Favorite Pizzeria
• Favorite Diner
• Favorite Restaurant
• Favorite Romantic Restaurant
• Favorite Liquor Store
• Favorite Coffee Shop
• Favorite Bagel Shop
• Favorite Burger Place

Shopping

• Favorite Jeweler

Services

• Favorite Service Station
• Favorite Landscaper
• Favorite Bank

Health and Beauty

• Favorite Hair/Nail Salon
• Favorite Dance Studio
• Favorite Spa

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.

Don’t forget to tell your friends on Facebook, Twitter and email! 

Sign up for the New Milford Patch newsletter to find out when voting starts so you can support your favorite institution in the Readers' Choice contest.