The Winner for Favorite Chinese Food Is...

And the winner is South Garden.

The public has spoken on this week's poll and South Garden, in northern Merrimack edged out the competition for favorite Chinese food restaurant in town this week.

That puts the first round of the competition firmly through the midway point with six winners already declared and moving on to round two. Joining South Garden in the second round of Merrimack's Best of Readers' Choice bracket tournament are Swan Chocolate's last week's winner, and Florence's Restaurant, Broadway Bound Performing Arts Center, Shawn Pachecho's PMA, and Drapoel Salon.

One of the best things about this series of polls is hearing all the great things the residents and visitors of Merrimack have to say about the businesses in town.

Here's a sample of this week's comments:

"East China! And they have a new lunch buffet which is fabulous!" –

"Jade Dragon has always been a long time favorite. The food is excellent and both Kelly and Vincent are outstanding waitstaff!" –

"South Garden for sure. The food is wonderful. The veggies all so very fresh and crunchie! The Mai Tais are the very very best!" –

Xing Wang is my favorite...:-) Everything we tried is delicious..." –

Join us for the seventh week of round one starting Monday morning at 5 a.m.

We want to know what your favorite gift or specialty shop is in town. We will ask you to choose from the following. If you believe we are missing someone in this category, please email carolyn.dube@patch.com and let her know and we'll consider adding them to the list.

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Make sure to come back and vote in the new category starting Monday!