AND THE WINNERS ARE....

ARTS

Favorite Performing Arts Organization

 1. Imagination Theater

2. El Dorado Musical Theatre

3. Studio 81

AUTOMOTIVE

Favorite Auto Body Shop

1. Steve Stymeist Auto Body
and Frame

2. Placerville Body Shop Inc.

3. Hangtown Body Shop

Favorite Auto Repair Place

1. Automotive Excellence
Auto Repair

2. The Toy Tech

3. Spidell Automotive

Favorite Car Dealer

1. Thompsons Toyota 

2. Shingle Springs Subaru  

3. Wells Auto Sales Inc.

Favorite Car Wash Place

1. Splasherville Express
Carwash and Lube

2. Car-izma Auto Spa

3. Suds Car Wash and Detail

Favorite Oil Change Place

1. Thompsons Auto and 

Truck Center 

2. Spidell Automotive

3. The Toy Tech

Favorite Smog Shop

1. GS Smog Inc and Repair 

2. Automotive Excellence
Auto Repair

3. Cameron Park Automotive

Favorite Used Car Dealer 

1. Thompsons Auto and 

Truck Center 

2. Wells Auto Sales Inc. 

3. Deruelle’s Auto Sales

DRINK

Favorite Bar

1. Poor Red’s Bar-B-Q

2. Bricks Eats and Drinks

3. Durangos Bar and Grill 

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Wally’s Pizza Bar

Favorite Brewery/Brewhouse

 1. Jack Russell Farm Brewery

2. Placerville Brewing Company

3. Gold Hill Vineyard and Brewery

Favorite Cocktail Place

1. The Independent Restaurant
and Bar

2. Cascada Restaurante
and Cantina  

3. Wally’s Pizza Bar

Favorite Happy Hour Place

1. Placerville Brewing Company

2. Bricks Eats and Drinks

3. Casa Ramos

Favorite Non-Chain Coffee/Tea Place

1. The Bean Barn

2. Caffé Santoro 

3. The Main Street Buzz Coffee
House and Café 

Favorite Sports Bar

1. PJ’s Roadhouse 

2. Wally’s Pizza Bar

3. 36 Handles Restaurant
and Pub

Favorite Wine Bar

1. Heyday Café

2. The Wine Smith

3. H.ART Lounge

FOOD

Favorite Bakery

1. Sweetie Pie’s Restaurant
and Bakery

2. Frank Vilt’s Cakes

3. Farmer’s Delicatessen
and Bakery

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Way Back Bakery

Favorite BBQ Place

1. Hog Wild Bar-B-Que
and Catering

2. Back Forty Texas BBQ

3. Sierra Smokehouse BBQ

Favorite Breakfast Place

 1. Sweetie Pie’s Restaurant
and Bakery

2. Train Station Coffee Shop

3. Diamond Springs Hotel

Favorite Brunch Place

 

1. The Independent Restaurant
and Bar

2. Sweetie Pie’s Restaurant
and Bakery

3. Buttercup Pantry Restaurant

Favorite Casual Restaurant

1. Bricks Eats and Drinks

2. Wally’s Pizza Bar

3. Heyday Café
A VERY CLOSE #4: 

Buttercup Pantry Restaurant

Favorite Caterer

1. Table Nectar | Local and
Organic Catering 

2. Diane Wilkinson Catering

3. Beth Sogaard Catering

Favorite Chinese Restaurant

1. China City Restaurant

2. Hong Kong Inn

3. Diamond Chinese Restaurant

Favorite Deli

1. Gularte’s Diamond Deli and Pizza

2. Main Street Melters

3. Archer’s Butcher Block 

Favorite Grocery Store

1. Fork Lift by Nugget Markets

2. Raley’s

3. Safeway

Favorite Health Food/Nutrition Shop

1. Placerville Natural Foods Co-Op

2. Max Muscle

3. Cameron Park Health Foods

Favorite Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt Place

1. Whistle Stop Yogurt

2. Zia’s Italian Caffe and Gelato Bar

3. Urban Yogurt Inc.

Favorite Indian Restaurant

1. India House

2. Curry Club Indian Bistro

3. Ruchi Indian Cuisine

Favorite Italian Restaurant

1. Papa Gianni’s Ristorante

2. Visconti’s Ristorante

3. Wally’s Pizza Bar

Favorite Mexican Restaurant

 1. Cascada Restaurante
and Cantina

2. Casa Ramos

3. Colina De Oro 

Favorite Middle Eastern Restaurant

1. Thai Unique

2. Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant

3. Farmer’s Delicatessen 

and Bakery 

Favorite Non-Chain Burger and Fries Joint

1. Old Town Grill

2. Bones Roadhouse

3. Tom’s Burger and Frosty

Favorite Outdoor Dining

1. Smith Flat House Cellar and Grill

2. The Independent Restaurant
and Bar

3. Placerville Brewing Company

Favorite Overall Restaurant

1. The Independent Restaurant
and Bar

2. Bricks Eats and Drinks

3. Heyday Café

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Wally’s Pizza Bar

Favorite Pizza Place

1. Wally’s Pizza Bar

2. Pizza Bene! 

3. Danette’s Brick Oven Pub

Favorite Place for Vegetarian Food

1. Cozmic Café

2. Z Pie

3. Crystal Basin Bistro

Favorite Place to Grab a Salad

1. Heyday Café

2. Wally’s Pizza Bar

3. Z Pie

Favorite Produce Department

1. Raley’s

2. Fork Lift by Nugget Markets

3. Nugget Markets 

Favorite Romantic Restaurant

1. Café Mahjaic

2. Taste Restaurant and Wine Bar

3. Smith Flat House Cellar
and Grill

Favorite Seafood Restaurant

1. Powell’s Steamer Co. and Pub

2. The Snooty Frog

3. Fernando’s Costa del Sol
Restaurant

Favorite Steakhouse

1. Henry’s Steakhouse

2. Fifty Grand Steakhouse 

3. The Snooty Frog

Favorite Sushi/Japanese Restaurant

1. Amerikan Ichi Sushi

2. Sky Sushi

3. Kobe Sushi and Fusion
A VERY CLOSE #4:
Shilla Teriyaki and Sushi Bar

Favorite Takeout

1. Allez!

2. Wally’s Pizza Bar

3. Z Pie

Favorite Thai Restaurant

1. Thai Unique

2. Thai Basil Restaurant

3. Chantara Thai Cuisine

HOME AND FINANCE

Favorite Carpet Cleaning Service

 1. Carter’s Carpet Restoration

2. Hadley’s ProClean

3. Foothills Steam Way Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning

Favorite Credit Union

1. Schools Financial Credit Union

2. Golden1 Credit Union

3. Sierra Central Credit Union

Favorite Dry Cleaners

1. 49ers Cleaners

2. Classic Cleaners

3. Fresh Cleaners

Favorite Electrician

1. T and M Electric

2. Carnahan Electric, LTD

3. Ethridge Electric

Favorite Family Photographer

1. Lisa Richmond Photography

2. Snowline Photography

3. Floyd Family Photography

Favorite Handyman

1. Rex Calhoun Construction Co.

2. Scotts All Around Maintenance

3. Ron Thomas 

Favorite Home Remodeler

1. Valley Home Construction

2. Rex Calhoun Construction Co.

3. Turnbull Construction

Favorite House Cleaning Service

1. Maid in the Mountains

2. Simply Clean Housecleaning Service

3. Spic N Span Cleaning Service  

Favorite Interior Design

 1. Molly Erin Designs

2. TIE: Karen Vance Interior 

Design AND Atmosphere 

Design Group

3. FaGalde Interior Design

Favorite Landscaper

1. Hillstone Landscape
and Grading

2. The Promised Land-Scape 

Services

3. Plan-It Landscapes

Favorite Law Practice

1. Weiner Law Offices

2. Mediation and Law Office of 

Terri A. Smith

3. Stockdale Law Firm, Inc.

Favorite Bank

1. El Dorado Savings Bank

2. Wells Fargo

3. Sierra Vista Bank

Favorite Painting Contractor

1. Rick Gano Painting

2. Bayshore Painters, Inc.

3. TIE: Soetaert Quality Painting
AND Hangtown Painting

Favorite Plumber

1. Conforti Plumbing

2. C. Doherty Construction

3. G Plumbing

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Bellas Plumbing/Construction

Favorite Pool Service

1. Gold Country Pool Service

2. Oasis Pool Service

3. Bob Popa’s Pool Service 

Favorite Senior Living Center

1. Eskaton Village Placerville 

2. Gold Country Retirement
Center

3. Ponte Palmero 

Favorite Solar Company

1. Ericson Solar

2. SolarHut

3. SolarCity

Favorite Tailor

1. Rose Alteration

2. Classic Cleaners

3. EDH Custom Tailoring
and Alterations

KIDS AND EDUCATION

Favorite Children’s Clothing Store

1. Jordan’s Closet

2. Sierra Baby Boutique

3. Walmart

Favorite Kids’ Activity

1. Placerville Aquatic Center

2. Cameron Park Lake

3. Story Time at the El Dorado
County Library 

Favorite Kids’ Birthday Party Spot

1. Pizza Factory

2. Wally’s Pizza Bar

3. Steve Wallen Swim School

Favorite Preschool

1. Cameron Park Montessori

2. Placerville Preschoolers/Kids’
Kampus 

3. His Kids Christian Preschool

Favorite Private School

 1. California Montessori Project–
Shingle Springs Campus

2. Cedar Springs Waldorf School

3. El Dorado Adventist School

Favorite Tutoring Service

1. Ways That Work

2. EZ Tutoring

3. Tucker Tutoring Plus

MEDICAL AND DENTAL

Favorite Chiropractic Office

1. Shepherd Family Chiropractic 

2. El Dorado Community Acupuncture

3. John F.  Taylor Chiropractic
Corporation
A VERY CLOSE #4:
Cambridge Chiropractic

Favorite Dental Office

1. Cold Springs Dental 

2. Placerville Dental Group

3. TIE: John F. Adams, DDS,
Nathan J. Adams, DDS, AND
Above the Gate Dentistry

Favorite Medical Practice 

1. Marshall Medical Center

2. El Dorado Community
Acupuncture

3. Kaiser Permanente
Medical Group

Favorite Pediatric Dental Office

1. Weideman Pediatric Dentistry
and Orthodontics

2. Make a Smile Children’s Dental

3. Penny Dodson, DDS 

Favorite Pharmacy

1. Robinson’s Pharmacy

2. CVS (Cameron Park)

3. Walgreens

Favorite Independent Pharmacy

   1. Robinson’s Pharmacy

   2. Grandpa’s Compounding
Pharmacy

Favorite Vision Center

1. Cedar Eye Center Medical
Group

2. Broadway Vision Center

3. TLC Vision

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Precision Eyecare

Favorite Weight Loss Clinic

1. Weight Watchers Placerville

2. Fitness Solutions

3. Medifast Weight
Control Centers

PERSONAL CARE

Favorite Barbershop

1. Bowtie Barbershop

2. Joe’s Barber Shop

3. Diamond Barber Shop

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Mike’s Barbershop AND
Love’s Barbershop

Favorite Day Spa

1. Time Out Spa

2. Mimosa Day Spa

3. Waterfall Salon and Spa

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Sweet Seven Day Spa

Favorite Place for a Massage

1. Absolute Wholeness Massage
and Wellness

2. Massage Envy

3. The Parlor

Favorite Place for a Facial

1. The Parlor

2. LaMae Salon and Spa

3. Harmony Skin and
Body Wellness 

A VERY CLOSE #4: Aesthetics 

and Permanent Cosmetics by

Marina

Favorite Mani/Pedi Place

1. Sassy Nails and Spa

2. TIE: Gold Country Hair Salon
AND Prestige House of Beaute

3. Serendipity Nails

Favorite Med Spa

1. Marshall Plastic Surgery and
Medical Spa

2. Berman Skin Institute 

3. Dignity Medical Aesthetics

Favorite Salon

1. Prestige House of Beaute

2. Gold Country Hair Salon

3. Waterfall Salon and Spa 

Favorite Tanning Salon

1. Max Muscle

2. Tan Central

3. Mimosa Day Spa

Favorite Waxing Salon

1. LaMae Salon and Spa

2. The Parlor

3. Reflections Skincare

PETS

Favorite Pet Boarding

 1. Uppity Pup

2. Goldorado Animal Hospital

3. Becky’s Pet Hotel
and Grooming

Favorite Pet Groomer

1. El Dorado Pet Club

2. Goldorado Animal Hospital

3. Groomingdales Pet Salon

A VERY CLOSE #4: 

Canines on Main

Favorite Pet Store

1. Lees’ Feed and Western
Store, Inc.

2. Double Diamond  Tack and Feed

3. Clifton and Warren

A VERY CLOSE #4:
Pet Bath and Beyond

Favorite Pet Training

1. Sierra Dogs

2. El Dorado Pet Club

3. Our Furry Friends

Favorite Veterinary Practice

1. Goldorado Animal Hospital

2. Missouri Flat Pet Clinic

3. Crossroads Veterinary Hospital

SHOPPING AND SERVICES

Favorite Bookstore

1. The Bookery

2. Face in a Book

3. Colton’s Bookstore

Favorite Boutique

1. Off Broadway

2. Mirror Mirror Fashion

3. TIE: Blue Skies Clothing and
Accessories AND My Martha
Design Boutique

Favorite Consignment Store

1. Violets Are Blue
Consignment Boutique

2. Belle Mode Consignment
Boutique 

3. Hangtown Exchange

Editor’s Note: Jenni Lynn
Boutique was a winner in
this category, but decided
to retire and close their doors
on June 30. We will miss them
(and all of their cute clothes
and accessories!), and wish
Owners Keith and Debbie
Brewster a happy and healthy
retirement!

Favorite Floor Covering Store

1. Dick’s Carpet One Floor
and Home

2. Dawson’s Floor Fashions 

3. Floors To Go

Favorite Florist

 

1. Placerville Flowers on Main

2. Camino Flower Shop

3. Cameron Park Florist

Favorite Furniture Store

1. Affordable Furniture and Beds

2. Under the Arbor

3. Naturwood Home Furnishings

Favorite Garden Center

1. Front Yard Nursery

2. El Dorado Nursery

and Garden

3. Green Acres Nursery
and Supply

Favorite Gift Shop

1. Country Elegance

2. Placerville News Company

3. Lighthouse Christian Gift
and Bookstore

Favorite Home Décor Store

1. Under the Arbor

2. TIE: Tree House AND
Country Elegance

3. Bella Home Décor

Favorite Jewelry Store

1. Goldsmith Gallery

2. Randolph Jewelers

3. Ancient Gold Jewelers

Favorite Local Business

 1. Placerville Hardware, Inc

2. Combellack’s

3. Man Cave Placerville

Favorite Print and Sign Shop

1. Diamond Springs Printing

2. El Dorado Press and Blueprint

3. Spot-On Signs and Graphics

Favorite Window Covering Store

1. Affordable Blind Solutions 

2. Dick’s Carpet One Floor
and Home

3. Window Fashions and More

SPORTS AND RECREATION

Favorite Bike Shop

1. Placerville Bike Shop

2. Golden Spoke Bike Shop 

Editor’s Note: They are
technically not a physical
business anymore, but Bison
Bikes bought the name and do
business as both right now) 

3. Bison Bikes 

Favorite Charitable Organization

1. Snowline Hospice

2. Animal Outreach of the
Mother Lode

3. El Dorado County Habitat

for Humanity

Favorite Dance Studio

1. Foothills Dance and
Performing Arts Studio

2. Jammin’ Dance and Fitness

3. On Stage Productions

Favorite Golf Course

1. Apple Mountain Golf Resort

2. Cold Springs Golf and
Country Club

3. Bass Lake Golf Course

Favorite Gym/Health Club

1. Snap Fitness

2. Powerhouse Gym

3. Anytime Fitness Placerville

Favorite Martial Arts Studio

1. Gold Country Martial Arts
Center

2. Cameron Park/Foothill
Taekwondo

3. Kovar’s Satori Academy of Martial Arts 

Favorite Pilates Studio

1. Sierra Ballet and Pilates

2. Energetic Care Wellness

3. Snap Fitness

Favorite Skate/Snow/Surf Shop

1. Hangtown Skate Shop

2. PLA Skateboarding

3. Surf and Skate 

Favorite Swim School

1. Steve Wallen Swim School

2. Placerville Aquatic Center

3. Folsom Aquatic Center

Favorite Yoga Studio

  1. Ohana Moon Yoga

2. Main St. Yoga

3. Snap Fitness (Shingle Springs)

A VERY CLOSE #4: Smith 

Flat House Health and
Wellness Center

WEDDINGS

Favorite Bridal Shop

1. Renfros Bridal and Boutique

2. The Clothes Mine Bridal
and Formalwear

3. De La Rosa’s Bridal
and Tuxedos

Favorite Limousine Service

 1. Foothill Area Rapid Transit

2. Neumann Enterprises

3. Gold Line Transport

Favorite Rehearsal Dinner Place

1. Sierra Banquet Center

2. Smith Flat House Cellar
and Grill

3. The Independent Restaurant
and Bar

Favorite Wedding Cake/Dessert Maker

1. Frank Vilt’s Cakes

2. D’Agostini’s Delights Bakery

3. TIE: Sierra Rizing AND Way
Back Bakery

Favorite Wedding Caterer

 1. Diane Wilkinson Catering

2. Table Nectar | Local and
Organic Catering

3. Old Town Grill

Favorite Wedding DJ

1. Music and More
Entertainment

2. Chad Stalzer Productions

3. Sound Extreme Productions

Favorite Wedding Florist

1. Placerville Flowers on Main

2. Camino Flower Shop

3. Natural Flair Custom Floral Design Designs

Favorite Wedding Invitations

1. El Dorado Press and Blueprint

2. Minuteman Press

3. Imperial Printing

Favorite Wedding Linen Rentals

1. Party Smart Rentals

2. Mimi and Co.

3. Creative Coverings

Favorite Wedding Photo Booth

1. The Traveling Photo Booth

2. Rocket Booths

3. Music and More Entertainment  

Favorite Wedding Photographer

 

1. Snowline Photography

2. Lisa Richmond Photography

3. Artistic Photography by Tami

Favorite Wedding Planner

1. Obsessed Events

2. A Dazzling Day
weddings...by Darcie

3. J. Marie Events 

Favorite Wedding Venue

1. Fausel Ranch

2. Helwig Winery

3. TIE: Wedgewood Sequoia
Mansion AND Gold Hill
Vineyard and Brewery

Favorite Wedding Videographer

1. Reel to Real Productions

2. Twelve27 Films

3. Bonetti Videography