Here is a list of all the 2000 Simply the Best Categories and where the winning results can be found. Although we try to consistently group categories, we don’t always succeed especially if a category can fit into more than one group.
| Antiques | Shopping / Retail |
| Art Gallery | Shopping / Retail |
| Arts Organization | People |
| Bagel | Food & Dining |
| Bakery | Food & Dining |
| Band | People |
| Bank | Places |
| Barber Shop | Health / Beauty |
| Beauty Salon | Health / Beauty |
| Best All Around Dining | Food & Dining |
| Best Kept Harrisburg Secret | Places |
| Bookstore | Shopping / Retail |
| Breakfast | Food & Dining |
| Brew Pub | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Burger | Food & Dining |
| Business Dinner | Food & Dining |
| Card Shop | Shopping / Retail |
| Caterer | Food & Dining |
| Chef To Watch | Food & Dining |
| Children’s Clothes | Shopping / Retail |
| Chinese | Food & Dining |
| City Restaurant | Food & Dining |
| Cleaning Service | Home & Garden |
| Coffee Shop | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Colorful Personality | People |
| Cool Gifts | Shopping / Retail |
| Crab Cake | Food & Dining |
| Dance Club | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Day Spa | Health / Beauty |
| Dessert | Food & Dining |
| Diner | Food & Dining |
| Established Restaurant | Food & Dining |
| Expensive Date | Places |
| Florist | Home & Garden |
| Free Concerts | Places |
| Furniture / Home Decor Store | Home & Garden |
| Garden Shop | Home & Garden |
| Gay Bar | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Golf Course (private) | Places |
| Golf Course (Public) | Places |
| Gourmet Coffee | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Grocery Store | Shopping / Retail |
| Happy Hour Bar | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Health Club | Health / Beauty |
| Health Food Store | Health / Beauty |
| Hoagie / Sub / Sandwich | Food & Dining |
| Home Improvement Store | Home & Garden |
| Hot Dog | Food & Dining |
| Hotdog | Food & Dining |
| Indian | Food & Dining |
| Interior Designer | Home & Garden |
| Italian | Food & Dining |
| Japanese | Food & Dining |
| Jazz Spot | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Jeweler | Shopping / Retail |
| Kids Menu | Food & Dining |
| Kids’ Attraction | Places |
| Local Person with Whom You’d Switch Jobs | People |
| Lunch Takeout | Food & Dining |
| Martini | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Men’s Store | Shopping / Retail |
| Mexican | Food & Dining |
| Movie Theater | Places |
| Musician | People |
| Neighborhood Bar | Drinks & Nightlife |
| New Restaurant / Casual | Food & Dining |
| Newscaster/Anchorperson | People |
| Newspaper Columnist | People |
| Newspaper Reporter | People |
| Personal Trainer | People |
| Pizza | Food & Dining |
| Place For a Seductive Date | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Place to Get Sweaty | Health / Beauty |
| Place To Live | Places |
| Place To Propose | Places |
| Politician | People |
| Portrait Photographer | People |
| Power Lunch | Food & Dining |
| Prettiest Place in Harrisburg | Places |
| Radio Personality | People |
| Radio Station | People |
| Restaurant / Casual | Food & Dining |
| Restaurant / Fine Dining | Food & Dining |
| Restaurant to Take Visitors | Food & Dining |
| Role Model | People |
| Romantic Getaway | Places |
| Scenic Drive | Places |
| Sports Bar | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Sports Celebrity | People |
| Sunday Brunch | Food & Dining |
| Television Station | People |
| Tourist Attraction | Places |
| Vintage Duds | Shopping / Retail |
| Wine List | Drinks & Nightlife |
| Women’s Boutique | Shopping / Retail |