Yumas Best

Recreation

Yuma's Best 2012

Bike Ride: 1st: West Wetlands Park 2nd: Along Colorado Riverfront Park 3rd: Bike Trail by Canal Boating: 1st: Martinez Lake/ Fisher's Landing 2nd: Colorado River 3rd: Senator's Wash Camping: 1st: Picacho State Park 2nd: Martinez ... Full story

Quality of Life

Yuma's Best 2012

Friendliest Grocery Checkers: 1st: Fry's Food Stores 2nd: Albertson's 3rd: Wal-Mart Local Place to Cool Off: 1st: Harkins Yuma Palms 14 2nd: Colorado River 3rd: Waylon's Water World Park: 1st: West Wetlands Park 2nd: Smucker Park... Full story

Health Services

Yuma's Best 2012

Chiropractic Office: 1st: Madrid Chiropractic 2nd: Cummings Chiropractic 3rd: Rowlinson Chiropractic 4th: Cradic Chiropractic Dental Office: 1st: Robert J. Land:  DDS 2nd: Gallenmore Dental 3rd: Gila Ridge Dental Eye Care Prov... Full story

Goods & Services

Yuma's Best 2012

Accounting Firm 1st: Misenhimer:  Aivazian & Tennant:  P.C. 2nd: CPAs of Yuma 3rd: H&R Block Apartment Complex 1st: Camelot Apartments 2nd: El Encanto Apartments 3rd: Beach Club Apartments Auto Body/Custom Shop 1st:... Full story

Food & Drink

Yuma's Best 2012

All Around Restaurant 1st: Famous Dave's BBQ 2nd: Da Boyz Pizza & Pasta 3rd: Burgers & Beer American 1st: Famous Dave's BBQ 2nd: Burgers & Beer 3rd: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill Asian 1st: Asian Star 2nd: Ah-So Sushi &a... Full story

Entertainment

Yuma's Best 2012

Annual Event or Festival 1st: Midnight at the Oasis 2nd: Yuma County Fair 3rd: Somerton Tamale Festival Bingo 1st: Cocopah Casino 2nd: Paradise Casino 3rd: American Legion Casino 1st: Quechan Casino & Resort 2nd: Cocopah Casino ... Full story

Business Services

Yuma's Best 2012

Advertising/PR Firm 1st: Yuma Sun Newspaper 2nd: KYMA 3rd: El Dorado Broadcasters Computer Networking/ Repair 1st: Best Buy 2nd: INerd Repair Services 3rd: G&T Alarm Facebook Business Page 1st: Z Fun Factory 2nd: Yuma Sun News ... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Fifteen years of excellence

Fifteen years ago, the Yuma Sun began polling its readers to find out which were their favorite businesses, service providers and attractions around Yuma County. The results of that survey, dubbed Yuma’s Best, were revealed in a story that app... Full story

Consistent winners value their customers

Yuma's Best 2012

To be picked as Yuma-area residents’ favorite business or service provider is a noteworthy achievement. But having earned that honor in any given year, businesses or providers know they cannot then rest on their laurels, not if they plan to su... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Colorado River

Best Place to Fish

It would seem the Yuma area's dedicated anglers go back and forth when it comes to picking a favorite fishing hole. Anglers who voted in the 2009 edition of Yuma's Best reader poll held annually by the Yuma Sun picked the Colorado River as the area'... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: 24 Karat Jewelry

Best Trophies, 2nd Best Jeweler

If you want to present someone with a trophy that fits conveniently in a bookcase or on a desk top, 24 Karat Jewelers wants to make it for you. If the trophy you want to award stands several feet high, 24 Karat Jewelry wants to create it for you. M... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: A-1 Flood & Fire Restoration

Best Carpet Cleaning (tie)

A-1 Flood & Fire Restoration may be better known to customers for helping clean up homes and businesses in the wake of a disaster. But the business can help you clean up the stains and dirt that accumulate on your carpet from everyday wear and t... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: All Seasons Florist

Best Florist

If anyone knows the importance of presentation, it's the people at All Seasons Florist Balloons and Gifts. When the Yuma florist shop gets an order for a flower arrangement, it doesn't just fill a vase with what might be considered a suitable number... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Anna Chaulk

Best Local TV Personality

Her loyal viewers consider Anna Chaulk the best local television personality in Yuma, but she'd be the first to say the credit belongs to others besides her. Without a competent and dedicated team of journalists at KECY FOX 9 News, she says, she wou... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Bill Alexander Ford-Lincoln

Best New & Used Car Dealer

Put aside any notions you may have about car shopping, says Everett Dawson. At Bill Alexander Ford-Lincoln, you don't have to brace yourself for high-pressure sales tactics, said Dawson, the dealership's general manager. Bill Alexander holds the hi... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Cracker Barrel

Best Breakfast, Best Chicken Fried Steak

If people ask for the breakfast menu in the afternoon, they're on different schedules than other folks, or they just really like breakfast. Either way, Yuma's Cracker Barrel will accommodate them, says Lloyd Truax, the restaurant's general manager s... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Da Boyz

Best Family Dining, Best Pizza, 2nd All Around, 2nd Italian

Don't let their loyal customers hear you say the two Da Boyz eateries in the Yuma area are merely pizza and Italian restaurants. Sure, Da Boyz Pizza & Pasta in Foothills and Da Boyz Italian Cuisine in downtown Yuma serve up a wide variety of piz... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Donovan Law

Best Law Firm

Some law firms have a sole practitioner. Some firms practice in a variety of fields of law. Not Donovan Law of Yuma. It consists of three attorneys who bring to the firm decades of experience in criminal law, and who can draw on one another’s ... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: El Charro

Best Menudo, Best Guacamole, 2nd Place Best Mexican

Adriana Gutierrez has fond menudo memories that go back to her youth in San Luis Rio Colorado, Son. During recessionary times, when work opportunities were limited, the family would make ends meet in part by making and selling the traditional Mexica... Full story

Yuma's Best 2012: Famous Dave's

Best All-Around, Best Catering, Best Barbecue, Best American

Famous Dave's is known for its barbecue, but don't try to tell its loyal customers in Yuma that it's just a place to eat barbecue. As far as they're concerned, it's the area's best American food restaurant, best all-around restaurant and the best ca... Full story

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