Full disclosure: I work for Nightclub & Bar Magazine and helped in creating the all-new look to our awards program. While we understand that this progam can be improved on in the future, the first year out of the shoot is always the hardest. First point, all venues on this list were open for the full calendar year of 2009 so the Boom Boom Room, as the example you used, was not eligible. Second point, we understand that the local audience of each major market has a better understanding of the venues that might be award worthy which is why we reached out to as many local scribes and authoritative and influential people as possible to participate in the nominations and judging process. This is how the venerable Steve Lewis ended up on our panel representing the Big Apple. It should also be noted that as big fans of the GofaG product, we contacted your company and invited you to play a role on this panel and in this process and our repeated emails went unanswered. We felt you could have played a major role in ensuring NYC was well represented, maybe next year! In the meantime, the award winners will be announced in upcoming weeks as will the annual list of the Top 100 grossing nightlife venues in the country (and yes, once again it will probably be Vegas top-heavy because it too is a very unique market). All this leads up to a week of action-packed parties at the Nightclub & Bar Convention in Vegas in March. Hope to see you there!

08:04 PM on January 11