Yumas Best

- Recreation
- Yuma's Best 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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- 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