Best of Boston 2014

Our 41st annual guide to the best of everything in and around the city.

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Every year, we, your faithful editors, shop, primp, and gorge our way around the region for months to track down the finest dog treats, eyelash extensions, and doughnuts the Boston area has to offer. A few suspect dye jobs and extra pounds later, we have one incredibly comprehensive and invaluable “Best of” list. All the while, you voted for your favorites, too—a whopping 83,628 times—in our online readers’ poll. What follows is our impartial, rigorously vetted guide to the best of everything in the city and beyond. (By the way, if you need us, we’ll be at the gym.)