Yumas Best

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... 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,... Full story

Da Boyz Pizza and Pasta

Best Pizza

The pizza served up at Da Boyz Pizza and Pasta has lots of fans. That's judging by the fact that it was picked as Best Pizza in 2009 in Yuma's Best, the annual poll done by the Yuma Sun of its readership's favorite businesses and services in Yuma... Full story

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar

Best Happy Hour • Best Business Lunch • Best Family Dining • Best Margarita, Martini

The results from the Yuma's Best reader poll validate Applebee's claim to being a neighborhood restaurant. No matter his or her taste, there's something for everyone in the community at a Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, said Don Moriarty,... Full story

Brownie's Cafe

Best All-Around Restaurant • Best Breakfast • Best Chicken-Fried Steak.

Like many others last summer, Bobby Brooks had to do some belt-tightening amid the national recession that had Yuma County in its grips. Brooks trimmed the hours of operation at his Yuma restaurant, Brownie's Cafe, and he feared that in doing so,... Full story

Colorado River

Best Fishing

The prospect of catching a 89-pound fish - and setting a state record in the process - is enough to hook almost anyone on the sport of fishing. The Arizona Game and Fish Department believes at least one flathead catfish that heavy, or even heavier,... Full story

Yuma Air Show

Best Free Entertainment

Most people will never experience the sensation of sitting in the cockpit of a modern fighter jet streaking through the sky, or in a stunt plane as it dips and turns in an aerobatic display. But Yuma-area residents can enjoy the next best thing:... Full story

Telegraph Pass

Best Hike

One of the best vantage points in Yuma County can be had at the top of Telegraph Pass. Turning to the west you can see the city of Yuma and parts beyond. To the east is Wellton and the east county. South are the Gila Mountains and the desert... Full story

West Wetlands Park

Best Lovers Lane • Best Park • Best Place to Propose • Best Picnic Spot

Turning a sow's ear into a silk purse. That expression might cross people's mind if the topic of conversation turns to Yuma's West Wetlands Park. Located at 2200 W. Water St. on what was once a dump site, the 110-acre city park came together over... Full story

Crossroads Mission

Best Place to Volunteer

Some of the people who volunteer their time and efforts at Crossroads Mission were once clients of the nonprofit Yuma organization that helps the homeless and others seeking to overcome misfortune and make a new start in life. "They come back and... Full story

Yuma Police Department

Best Public Services

Like all law enforcement agencies, the Yuma Police Department puts officers on the streets to catch and arrest criminals. But that's not all YPD does to serve the community. Police Chief Jerry Geier says another important role is "community... Full story

Corona Optique

Best Optometrist Office • Best Optical Store

Yuma Sun readers crowned Corona Optique as both the Best Optometrist Office and the Best Optical Store in Yuma. There's a reason they voted for the business that dubs itself as "Yuma's Most Progressive Optical Shop." "We pride ourselves in our... Full story

Fry's Food Stores

Best Grocer • Friendliest Checkers

At Fry's Food Stores, it's not enough to offer a wide selection of products at affordable prices. The people offering all those groceries need to have smiles on their faces. The Fry's stores in Yuma, 500 W. 24th St., and in the Foothills, 11274 S.... Full story

Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse

Best Hardware Store

At Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse in Yuma, customers don't have to settle for just getting merchandise for their money. Just by asking, they'll get tips on installing the faucet they're buying or laying the flooring they want to put down in the... Full story

Gila Ridge Storage

Best Rental Storage Facility

If you leave home, you lock the doors behind you. If you're planning an extended stay away from home, you may ask your neighbors to watch your property. You may install a burglar alarm in you home. You may keep your valuables in a locked safe.... Full story

No. 1 Nails

Best Nail Salon

The owner of No. 1 Nails might not be surprised to learn that his nail salon was voted No. 1 by readers of the Yuma Sun in the Yuma's Best poll. Joe Lee's three locations were named as the best in Yuma's Best competition for 2009. The salons... Full story

Bill Alexander Ford Lincoln Mercury

Best New Car Dealer • Best Used Car Dealer • Best Auto Body/Custom Shop

Bill Alexander Ford Lincoln Mercury must be living up to its mission statement, which calls for exceeding customers' expectations. Yuma Sun readers picked the dealership as the best in three categories: Best New and Used Car Dealer and Best Auto... Full story

Accurate Automotive Attention

Best Auto Repair, Best Overall Customer Service

Accurate Automotive Attention doesn't have customers — it has clients. There's a distinction between the two terms, says Russell McCloud, co-owner of the auto repair business that has its main location in Yuma as well as a shop in the... Full story

Hunt, Grogan, Meerchaum & Hossler

Best Law Firm

When it comes to seeking out legal advice, many Yumans go to the law office of Hunt, Grogan, Meerchaum & Hossler, which was voted as the Best Law Firm by Yuma Sun readers. "We are the best law firm in Yuma because we have the cream of the crop... Full story

Yuma Fun Factory

Best Late Night Hangout • Best Place to Meet New Friends • Best Place to Find a Date

It hasn't taken long for Yuma Fun Factory to make an impression on the public. Halfway into its first year in business, the amusement venue was named by respondents in the Yuma's Best poll as Best Late Night Hangout, Best Place to Meet New Friends... Full story

DC Plumbing

Best Plumbing Service

David Cabrales, master plumber and owner of DC Plumbing, says he was "shocked" when he heard his company had been voted as the Best Plumbing Service by readers of the Yuma Sun. But in view of his passion for the trade, he didn't have to be. "When... Full story

The Oak Tree and More

Best Home Furnishings Store

There's a reason the words "and more" are part of the name of the Yuma furniture store The Oak Tree and More. The business, which is entering its 26th year, has a line of oak furniture, but it has furnishings in many other woods and materials, says... Full story

Country Roads RV Resort

Best RV Park

As the summer gets closer, people who have spent the winter at Country Roads RV Resort pack up and head north. Or maybe they don't. Brenda Bowlin, designated broker for Country Roads, says a quarter of the resort's occupants are year-round... Full story

Best reason to live in Yuma

Weather

Many of the Yuma area's longtime residents say the only time they really don't like living here is during those few weeks of July and August, when not just the heat but the humidity is high. They will be quick to scoff at the notion we live in a... Full story

Quechan Casino Resort

Best Hotel/Motel • Best Casino • Best Sunday Brunch

The Quechan Casino Resort just opened its doors last year, but it's already left a mark on Yuma Sun readers. They chose the property as Best Hotel/Motel, Best Casino and Best Sunday Brunch in the Yuma's Best annual contest. Bill McFerson, director... Full story

Cocopah Casino

Best Bingo

The Cocopah Tribe is pleased that the Yuma Sun’s readers have once again voted Cocopah Casino the Best Bingo in the Yuma area,” said Cheryl Bradstreet, spokeswoman for the Cocopah Tribal Nation. For centuries, the Cocopah, also known as... Full story

Catalina Village Apartments

Best Apartments

If they need to go to the grocery store, at least two are within a five-minute drive of residents of Catalina Village Apartments. Banks are nearby, as are restaurants and other businesses. And for those tenants who are Marines or are otherwise... Full story

Yuma's Best 2008: The List

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Yuma's Best 2007: The List

Entertainment   $20 Date Harkins Yuma Palms 14 1st Going to the Movies 2nd Chile Pepper HM   Annual Event or Festival Midnight at the Oasis 1st Yuma County Fair 2nd Colorado River CrossingBalloon Festival. . .HM   Bingo... Full story

Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park

BEST PLACE TO TAKE TOURISTS FOR 10 YEARS

BY NANCY GILKEY, SUN STAFF WRITER

For 10 years straight, The Sun's readers have voted Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park Yuma's Best Place to Take Tourists. "I think it's neat," said Kimberly Kreger, park ranger. "I know we're just one of the attractions here in Yuma,... Full story

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