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With just days remaining before voting closes on Tuesday (July 1) at 11:59 p.m., The Chewish Deli has established a commanding lead in ALXnow’s “Best Bagel Shop in Alexandria” poll. After cleaning up multiple votes from the same IP addresses, the popular eatery maintains its strong position with 46.85% support from 2,262 voters out of nearly 4,900 total participants in the survey.
Bagel Uprising trails in second place with 40.47% of the vote, securing 1,954 votes from Alexandria residents. The competition drops off significantly after the top two contenders, with Call Your Mother capturing 8.70% of the votes, and the remaining seven establishments splitting less than 4% of the total support. The poll, part of ALXnow’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards celebrating Alexandria’s favorite local businesses, allows voters to write in their preferred bagel destination, though nearly all of the 58 “Other” write-in votes have been for establishments located outside Alexandria city limits…