NH Magazine Names Lcal Business "Best of NH 2009"
Celebration June 25 at Verizon Arena to Benefit the New Hampshire Food Bank

(Laconia - April 29, 2009) Awakenings Espresso Cafe has been selected by New Hampshire Magazine readers as "Best of NH 2009" for Favorite Coffee Shop. The winners will e feted at a celebration that each year draws more than 2,000 people. It's happening on Thursday, June 25, at Manchester's Verizon Wireless Arena from 6 pm - 8:30 pm.

Partygoers can sample gourmet food from dozens of restaurants, enjoy the entertainment and take a chance on thousands of dollars in door prizes - all celebrating the best that new Hampshire has to offer.

"It adds up to one heck of a good time," says Rick Broussard, editor of New Hampshire Magazine. "And, as a fund-raiser for the New Hampshire Food Bank, it's for a good cause."

Partygoers can take a chance on a six-night-all-inclusive trip for two to Dreams Puerto Adventuras Resort & Spa on the southeast coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, courtesy of AAA Travel/AM Resorts.

One ticket buys you the whole evening of food, fun and music. To guarantee ticket, call (603) 868-7300, log on to www.ticketmaster.com or www.bestofnh.com.

Proceeds from the event will benefit New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of New Hampshire Catholic Charities. The Food Bank, the largest non-profit food distribution center in the state, obtains and distributes donated and purchased food to 386 registered agencies that in turn provide the food to hungry people in New Hampshire through soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, and elderly and children's programs.

Presenting sponsor Southwest Airlines is the Official Airline of the Best of NH Party. Other sponsors include FairPoint Communications, Budweiser America Ale, Catholic Medical Center's Ask-A-Nurse, CIGNA HealthCare of New Hampshire, Ameriprise Financial and AAA Travel/AM Resorts. Media sponsors are 95.7fm WZID, WMUR-TV and WXRV The River 92.5.

New Hampshire Magazine is the state's largest lifestyle magazine. It is part of McLean Communications of Manchester, a publishing company that also includes New Hampshire Business Review, New Hampshire Home, Parenting New Hampshire, Boom! And NH.com.