The Cap­i­tal Times has begun its 2006 Best of Welling­ton sur­vey (not online), invit­ing read­ers to vote for their favourite things under dozens of cat­e­gories.

How­ev­er, one cat­e­go­ry is glar­ing­ly absent: best bar. They have best bar­man, bar­maid, music venue and night­club, but no bar (or best Mar­ti­ni, for that mat­ter).

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