Editor's note: Michigan Daily readers have spoken. Here are their picks for the best places to frequent in Ann Arbor.

Sushi: Sadako
You know you’re eating poorly rolled sushi when it falls apart the moment your chopsticks unite with the outer seaweed/rice layer, leaving nothing but a dismantled crab-cuc-avo corpse all over your plate — the worst. But this is never a problem at Sadako, this year’s Best of Ann Arbor winner for sushi. Here, the rolls are tight and together and always fresh and delicious. Couple this stress-free sushi eating experience with a serene restaurant atmosphere — walls and waitstaff all outfitted in a soothing baby blue. Though sometimes slightly overpriced, all’s well because the restaurant splurges on the smooth chopsticks that don’t give you splinters, and if you order more than $6 of food, you get a complementary miso soup and a mysterious orange dressing salad that tastes delicious. Sadako, a previous Best of Ann Arbor winner, definitely stays raw.

Club: 5th Quarter
Top 40 fare, moderately priced drinks and a giant mechanical bull. What’s not to love about 5th Quarter? If you’re over 21 and prefer to spend your boozy nights without having your ears blasted off by the Black Eyed Peas, you can probably name several things. But that’s part of the charm of 5th Quarter. With an 18+ age limit, the venue entices rambunctious underclassmen who share a taste for sweaty dance floors and illicitly consuming alcohol in club bathrooms. Although most Michigan students migrate to the even sleazier Rick’s once they hit the exalted 21st birthday, 5th Quarter offers a fitting introduction to the joys of dirty dancing, casual hookups and Blue Balls — the rum-and-blue-curacao mixed drink, that is.

Bar: Good Time Charley’s
There are few things nicer than spending the first glorious days of summer drinking a long island iced tea on a sunny patio. This fact, among many others, is why Good Time Charley’s remains one of the most popular student bars in Ann Arbor, with lines out the door once temperatures reach above freezing. With a wide outdoor patio, in addition to better-than-passable food, generous drink specials and a preemptive smoking ban, Charley’s remains the go-to spot for the 21+ set — or those with a decent fake. On certain high-volume nights, the attentive staff will even serve beer outside while bar-goers wait on line: That’s service. After all, you better be more than a little buzzed before you can entertain the idea of stumbling over to Rick’s.

Thrift/Vintage Shop: Salvation Army
To some, the words “Salvation Army” means a great place to find ridiculously cheap cast-off Christmas sweaters. To others, it brings to mind those bucket-toting do-gooders standing out in the snow ringing bells and making passersby feel guilty for hurrying past with a pocket full of cash. But these images barely scrape the surface of what the “S & A Boutique” really is. Ultimately, it represents a slice of life: After all, where else can you watch hipster college kids and grandmas on social security fight over the same smelly old jumper? The Salvation Army is an American culture major’s paradise. Every sort of person has some interaction with it, from the wealthy suburban housewife gingerly handing over the OshKosh overalls with holes in the knees, to the enterprising art student who buys them for a multimedia project exploring the emptiness of childhood through clothing. The Salvation Army is the middle section of a Venn diagram pairing “evangelical altruistism” with “trendy cool”; it’d be miles ahead of the competition, except there really isn’t any.