Yumas Best

Winners List, Yuma's Best 2010

Goods and Services Accounting Firm1st – Misenhimer, Aivazian & Tennant, P.C.2nd – CPAs of Yuma3rd – Gray and Terkelson Apartment Complex1st – Camelot Apartments2nd – Catalina Village3rd – El Encanto Aut... Full story

No. 1 Year after year

Some businesses come and go, but there are those who consistently offer a good product or service and consistently meet their customers' expectations.Count in that latter category the Yuma-area businesses and attractions that have won the No. 1 slot ... Full story

Best Chiropractic Office: Richard A. Madrid, DC

Having practiced chiropractic in Michigan, Dr. Richard Madrid decided he wanted a respite from the cold, in a community somewhere in the warmth of the Southwest, not far from where he had been born.Today, three decades later, his patients in the Yuma... Full story

Best Annual Event or Festival: Midnight at the Oasis

In this technologically driven era, you might think something from the early 1970s or before had become, well, dated.But vintage vehicles that have been meticulously restored by their owners continue to capture the attention of thousands of admirers ... Full story

Best Catering Service: Karla's Kreations Personal Chef Service

Though an accomplished personal chef and caterer, Karla Billdt had never made a Passover dinner before a client asked her to prepare one.Apparently the client was satisfied, because Billdt was asked back the next year.“The first two years, I ha... Full story

Best Day Care Center: Tree House

Ask just about any mom or dad, and they'll tell you parenting is a full-time job.But there are those times when parents need a break, and on those occasions they can fall back on The Tree House Kids Club.Located at 1730 S. 4th Ave. in Yuma, The Tree ... Full story

Best Employment Staffing Service: YPIC

The Yuma Private Industry Council can put a foot in the door for people looking for jobs with the area's employers.But it pushes the doors both ways. It can also connect employers with jobs to fill with area residents who can fill those positions.&ld... Full story

Best Fast Food Restaurand: In-N-Out Burger

Get in and get out.That's what people often do if they have only minutes to eat between appointments or commitments during the course of a busy day.They want to get served at a restaurant and get out, and the faster the better. Or if they're really i... Full story

Best Golf Course: Desert Hills

The fairways at Desert Hills Golf Course dip and rise as they hug the rolling terrain of the area.The topography makes for a challenging round of the golf, and that's one of the attractions of the city of Yuma's course at 1245 W. Desert Hills Drive. ... Full story

Best Heating and Cooling Service: Polar Cooling

One good turn deserves another.Andy Reeder figures that expression pretty well sums up the relationship Polar Cooling in Yuma has with its customers.Polar Cooling, which installs and services heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems for both... Full story

Best Local Artist: Neely Tomkins

When it comes to the arts, Neely Tompkins is Yuma's favorite.Tompkins, a longtime Yuma potter won in the 2010 round of voting in the Best Local Artist category of Yuma's Best, the Yuma Sun's annual poll of reader preferences.“I'm very flattered... Full story

Best Medical Service Provider, Best Thrift Store, Best Place to Volunteer: Hospice of Yuma

Caring for terminally ill people involves more than making them comfortable in their final moments. The occasion presents times of trial for their friends and family members, who may need a hand providing the bedside care with their loved ones. Or wh... Full story

Best Mexican Food: Mi Rancho

Restaurants are known for serving customers, but as far as Aida Gregory is concerned, Yuma's two Mi Rancho restaurants serve family. Well, OK, not everyone who walks in the door is related to the owners and employees. But the restaurants treat them ... Full story

Best Nursery Garden Supplier: Yuma Nursery Supply

Plants and grass are not all that go into an outdoor landscaping.Whether area homeowners are cultivating vegetable gardens, planting Bermuda lawns or opting for xeriscaping, Yuma Nursery Supply can fill their needs.The nursery offers, for example, de... Full story

Best Obstetrician Office: Women's Health Specialists

If ever there were anyone in a position to praise the care she received from Women's Health Specialists it would be Victoria Zazueta.The prenatal and obstetrical health care provider has been caring for her for the past 12 years and during the births... Full story

Best Parks: Smucker, West Wetlands Parks

Smucker Park and West Wetlands top the lists of Yuma-area residents' favorite public parks and places to jog or walk, according to a poll of readers by the Yuma Sun.But Becky Chavez, the city's parks and recreation director, says the city won't rest ... Full story

Best Pest Control: Yuma Pest Control

Homeowners can buy insecticide at the store and spray it around their dwellings to eliminate bug problems.But they may not solve the problem and, in fact, they may even make it worse.For example, is one of the residents of the home an expectant mothe... Full story

Best Place to Fish: Mittry Lake

There are lakes and there are lakes for fishing. Mittry Lake, located just a short drive from Yuma, is a lake for anglers, says Mark Brown, fisheries specialist for the Arizona Game & Fish Department's Yuma regional office.And it's not just a lak... Full story

Best Place to Shop for Shoes, Men's, Women's Fashions: Dillard's

It's sometimes said that it's impossible to be all things to all people.Maybe, maybe not. In any case, Yuma's Dillard's store is challenging that conventional wisdom.The store located in the Yuma Palms Regional Center can make a valid claim to the ti... Full story

Best Place to Take Tourists: Yuma Territorial Prison

A hypothetical situation: Suppose friends or family are visiting from out of town and they'll be in Yuma long enough for you to take them to a single local attraction. Where will you take them?Charles Flynn figures that if you're like most residents,... Full story

Best Pool Service: Acme Pool & Spa

If for some reason Acme Pool & Spa can't serve a customer's particular need, that consumer is not out of luck.If nothing else, the Yuma company will look for someone else to help out the consumer, even if it happens to be competitor, says Cara Kn... Full story

Best Reason to Live in Yuma: The Weather

Never mind the friendly people. Never mind the Yuma area's many other positive attributes.Respondents in Yuma's Best, the Yuma Sun poll of readers' preferences, chose the local weather as the Best Reason to Live Yuma in 2010.The weather was also pick... Full story

Best School Music Group: Yuma High Choralairs

The Yuma High School Choralairs have been entertaining both students and community members for years with their upbeat singing and dancing in shows featuring a live band and a mix of modern music.In recognition of their many years of entertaining the... Full story

Best Steak: Texas Roadhouse

More than a couple of heads turned a few years back when a young man came into Yuma's Texas Roadhouse and ordered a 72-ounce steak just for himself, recalls Scott Crace, the restaurant's managing partner.He ate the entire steak, along with two sides,... Full story

Best Travel Agency: Tour West Travel

Tour West Travel may get clients who want to go some place on some sort of travel adventure, but aren't sure where or what exactly they'll do when they get there.It might sound like they're lost already, but they aren't if their first step is going t... Full story

Best Used Car Dealer: Plaza Auto Center

Whatever vehicle you want to buy, Tony Plaza Sr. has it — or he'll get it.If the make or model you want doesn't happen to be on his lot at the moment, he'll go looking for it. “I will find it — whatever (customers) want,” said... Full story

Best Veterinarian Clinic: Ironwood Veterinary Clinic

Dogs and cats can't vote, but their owners can speak for them. And in speaking for their pets, a majority of respondents in the Yuma Sun's annual poll of readers' preferences say Ironwood Veterinary Clinic is the place to go for animal care.The clini... Full story

Best Weekend Getaway: San Diego

Although most months out of the year, Yuma is a great place to live weather-wise, being so close to San Diego makes it a tempting oasis during the blazing summer months.With the San Diego Zoo, the beaches and a hip downtown scene so close, it's no wo... Full story

Yuma's Best 2009

Here they are, the businesses, services, media outlets and attractions you considered the best in the Yuma area in 2009. Each year for the past 12 years, the Yuma Sun has sponsored Yuma's Best poll to allow readers the opportunity to recognize those... Full story

Reader's Choice

You've chosen these businesses year after year

A business obviously is doing right by its customers if it's picked any year as No. 1 in Yuma's Best, The Yuma Sun's poll of readers' favorite commercial establishments and service providers in Yuma County.  But if it's chosen year after year, t... Full story

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