There were several blowouts in Round of 16 voting for “Westport Madness” — the “06880” contest to find the most quintessential element of our town.
Unlike its NCAA counterpart, there were no seedings.
These 8 winners advance to the quarterfinals:
- Compo Beach over Angelina’s (94.4% to 5.6%)
- Westport Library over Tennis (89.7 to 10.3)
- Westport train station over Calise’s (73.8 to 26.2)
- YMCA downtown over Bedford Middle School (64.5 to 35.5)
- Remarkable Book Shop over Merritt Parkway (73.8 to 26.2)
- Grass fields over “New” school start times (79.9 to 20.1)
- Saugatuck over Greens Farms Academy (84.6 to 15.4)
- Gold’s over MoCA Westport (73.8 to 26.2).
Quarterfinal voting is underway now. All “06880” readers are eligible. Click here to cast your ballot for the most Westport thing of all.
Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. Friday.

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