Style Magazine - October - El Dorado County Foothills - 2021
No matter what type of good or service you're seeking (preschool, plumber, personal trainer, or a solid slice of pizza…), you’ve opened the right reading material. This issue, our biggest of the year, features the 2021 Readers’ Choice Award winners—the best our region has to offer in health, wellness, food, drink, home goods, arts, culture, shopping, and more. Turn to page 35 to find out if your favorite people and places made the list and use it as a pre-screened, reliable resource the next time you’re seeking a top doctor or memorable meal out. Besides the “Best of 2021,” we also delve deep into the spooky but oh-so scrumptious season of ghosts, goblins, and gourds in The 10 Spot (“Celebrate Halloween”; page 16), Editor’s Picks (“12 Autumn Essentials”; page 42), and Taste (“Must-Try Fall Foods”; page 62); introduce you to 5 local breast cancer organizations in “Fight Like a Girl” (page 20); and talk about the importance of home staging when it comes to selling your home in “Seal the Deal” (page 48).
No matter what type of good or service you're seeking (preschool, plumber, personal trainer, or a solid slice of pizza…), you’ve opened the right reading material. This issue, our biggest of the year, features the 2021 Readers’ Choice Award winners—the best our region has to offer in health, wellness, food, drink, home goods, arts, culture, shopping, and more. Turn to page 35 to find out if your favorite people and places made the list and use it as a pre-screened, reliable resource the next time you’re seeking a top doctor or memorable meal out.
Besides the “Best of 2021,” we also delve deep into the spooky but oh-so scrumptious season of ghosts, goblins, and gourds in The 10 Spot (“Celebrate Halloween”; page 16), Editor’s Picks (“12 Autumn Essentials”; page 42), and Taste (“Must-Try Fall Foods”; page 62); introduce you to 5 local breast cancer organizations in “Fight Like a Girl” (page 20); and talk about the importance of home staging when it comes to selling your home in “Seal the Deal” (page 48).
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<strong>2021</strong> READERS’ CHOICE AWARD WINNERS FOLSOM | EL DORADO HILLS<br />
Best Art Gallery<br />
1. Sutter Street Artists Gallery<br />
2. American Visions Art Gallery<br />
3. Bank of America Gallery at Harris<br />
Center<br />
Best Local Artist<br />
1. Jenny Williams<br />
2. Sandy Hilton<br />
3. Julie Bjorgum<br />
Best Museum<br />
1. California State Railroad Museum<br />
2. Folsom History Museum<br />
3. Roseville Telephone Museum<br />
Best Performing Arts Center<br />
1. Harris Center<br />
2. SAFE Credit Union Performing<br />
Arts Center (formerly Sacramento<br />
Community Center Theater)<br />
3. Broadway Sacramento<br />
Best Performing Arts Organization<br />
1. Hawkins School of Performing Arts<br />
2. Sutter Street Theatre<br />
3. <strong>El</strong> <strong>Dorado</strong> Musical Theatre<br />
A very close #4: Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet<br />
Best Auto Body Shop<br />
1. Caliber Collision Folsom Lake<br />
2. B&J Body Shop<br />
3. Solis Collision Center<br />
Best Auto Repair Shop<br />
1. Shannon Family Automotive<br />
2. Folsom Car Care Center<br />
3. Folsom Automotive Service<br />
Best Car Dealership<br />
1. Folsom Lake Toyota<br />
2. Folsom Lake Honda<br />
3. Folsom Chevrolet<br />
Best Car Wash Place<br />
1. Folsom Glenn Car Wash & Auto Lube<br />
2. Quick Quack Car Wash<br />
3. Suds Car Wash & Detail<br />
Best Oil Change Place<br />
1. Folsom Glenn Car Wash & Auto Lube<br />
2. Jiffy Lube<br />
3. Folsom Car Care Center<br />
Best Smog Shop<br />
1. Folsom Smog Test Only<br />
2. Smog ‘N Go<br />
3. Folsom Car Care Center<br />
Best Annual Event<br />
1. Folsom Pro Rodeo<br />
2. Live on the Blvd.<br />
3. Historic Folsom Ice Skating Rink<br />
Best Charitable Organization<br />
1. Friends of Folsom<br />
2. Twin Lakes Food Bank<br />
3. Powerhouse Ministries<br />
A very close #4: Hands4Hope<br />
Best Place to Volunteer<br />
1. Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary<br />
2. Twin Lakes Food Bank<br />
3. Hands4Hope<br />
Best Dental Practice<br />
1. Folsom Oral Surgery and Implant<br />
Center<br />
2. DiMariano Family Dentistry<br />
3. Folsom Dental Esthetics<br />
A very close #4: Aloha Family Dental<br />
Best Dentist<br />
1. Shaina DiMariano, DDS<br />
2. Sean Roth, DDS<br />
3. Jonah Tabrizi, DDS<br />
Best Oral Surgeon<br />
1. Gregory G. Olsen, DDS, FICOI, at Folsom<br />
Oral Surgery and Implant Center<br />
2. Donald R. Liberty, DDS, at Golden<br />
<strong>Foothills</strong> Oral & Facial Surgery Center<br />
3. Jason A. Straw, DDS, at <strong>El</strong> <strong>Dorado</strong> Oral<br />
and Maxillofacial Surgery and Implant<br />
Center<br />
Best Orthodontic Practice<br />
1. Holt Orthodontics<br />
2. Lucas Orthodontics<br />
3. Kwong Orthodontics<br />
Best Orthodontist<br />
1. Seth Lucas, DDS, at Lucas Orthodontics<br />
2. Mark Holt, DDS, at Holt Orthodontics<br />
3. Jeffrey Kwong, DDS, MSD, at Kwong<br />
Orthodontics<br />
A very close #4: Paolo Poidmore, DDS, at<br />
Poidmore Orthodontics<br />
Best Pediatric Dental Practice<br />
1. Dimples Pediatric Dental<br />
2. Make a Smile<br />
3. Kids Care Dental & Orthodontics<br />
Best Pediatric Dentist<br />
1. Rohini Rattu, DDS, at Dimples Pediatric<br />
Dental<br />
2. Jared Danielson, DDS, at Smile<br />
Pediatrics<br />
3. Sabrina Jang, DDS, at Kids Care Dental<br />
Best Bar<br />
1. The Purple Place Bar & Grill<br />
2. Folsom Tap House<br />
3. Manderes<br />
Honorable mention: 36 Handles<br />
Best Bartender<br />
1. Tista Visconti at Visconti's Ristorante<br />
2. Aaron Blitvich at Milestone Restaurant<br />
3. Brad Walker at FLB Entertainment<br />
Center<br />
Best Brewery<br />
1. Red Bus Brewing Company<br />
2. Fort Rock Brewing<br />
3. Mraz Brewing Company<br />
Best Cocktail Place<br />
1. Sienna Restaurant<br />
2. Milestone Restaurant<br />
3. 36 Handles<br />
Best Coffee & Tea Shop<br />
1. Reset: Café By Day<br />
2. Coffee Republic<br />
3. Cooper’s Coffee House<br />
A very close #4: World Traveler Coffee<br />
Roasters AND Argos Caffe<br />
Best Distillery<br />
1. Amador & Dry Diggings Distillery<br />
2. Gold River Distillery<br />
3. New Alchemy Distilling<br />
Best Happy Hour<br />
1. Fat's Asia Bistro & Dim Sum Bar<br />
2. Aji Japanese Bistro<br />
3. Milestone Restaurant<br />
Best Place to Grab a Beer<br />
1. Out of Bounds Craft Kitchen and<br />
Biergarten<br />
2. Samuel Horne's Tavern<br />
3. Dolan's Bar & Grill<br />
Best Sports Bar<br />
1. Folsom Tap House<br />
2. FLB Entertainment Center<br />
3. Manderes<br />
Best Wine Bar<br />
1. Citizen Vine<br />
2. Bacchus House Wine, Bar & Bistro<br />
3. Back Bistro<br />
Best Winery<br />
1. Helwig Winery<br />
2. Boeger Winery<br />
3. Miraflores Winery<br />
Best Bakery<br />
1. Karen's Bakery and Café<br />
2. Julian's Patisserie and Café<br />
3. BJ Cinnamon<br />
Best BBQ<br />
1. Buckhorn BBQ<br />
2. Hog Wild Bar-B-Que & Luke and Lucy<br />
Catering<br />
3. TIE: Back Forty Texas BBQ AND J Wild’s<br />
Livery & Feed<br />
Best Breakfast<br />
1. Friends with Benedicts Mimosa House<br />
2. The Purple Place Bar & Grill<br />
3. Karen's Bakery and Café<br />
Honorable mention: Hacienda Del Rio<br />
Best Brunch<br />
1. The Purple Place Bar & Grill<br />
2. Sienna Restaurant<br />
3. Milestone Restaurant<br />
Best Burger & Fries<br />
1. Relish Burger Bar<br />
2. Folsom Tap House<br />
3. Land Ocean New American Grill<br />
Best Cakes and Cupcakes<br />
1. Nothing Bundt Cakes<br />
2. Icing on the Cupcake<br />
3. Pretty Sweet<br />
Best Casual Restaurant<br />
1. Rock-N-Fire<br />
2. <strong>El</strong> <strong>Dorado</strong> Saloon & Grill<br />
3. Pete's Restaurant & Brewhouse<br />
Best Caterer<br />
1. Off the Vine Catering<br />
2. Hog Wild Bar-B-Que & Luke and Lucy<br />
Catering<br />
3. Bocca Catering<br />
Best Chef<br />
1. Frank Visconti at Visconti's Ristorante<br />
2. Michael Liu at Hisui Sushi<br />
3. Victor Octavio at Bacchus House Wine,<br />
Bar & Bistro<br />
Best Chinese Restaurant<br />
1. Folsom Palace<br />
2. Fat's Asia Bistro & Dim Sum Bar<br />
3. Hop Sing Palace<br />
A very close #4: Sunny Garden Restaurant<br />
AND Lotus 8<br />
Best Deli<br />
1. Beach Hut Deli<br />
2. Sourdough & Co.<br />
3. Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop<br />
Best Family Restaurant<br />
1. Visconti's Ristorante<br />
2. Rock-N-Fire<br />
3. Milestone Restaurant<br />
Best Ice Cream/Frozen Treats<br />
1. Snooks Candies and Chocolate Factory<br />
2. Handel’s Ice Cream<br />
3. Cia di Gelateria<br />
Best Indian Restaurant<br />
1. Curry Club Indian Bistro<br />
2. Sanskrit<br />
3. Ruchi Indian Cuisine<br />
Best Italian Restaurant<br />
1. Visconti's Ristorante<br />
2. Skipolini's Pizza<br />
3. Olive Garden<br />
Best Mexican Restaurant<br />
1. Mexquite<br />
2. Hacienda Del Rio<br />
3. La Rosa Blanca<br />
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant<br />
1. The Kabob House<br />
2. Folsom Pizza and Kabob<br />
3. Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant<br />
Best New Restaurant<br />
1. Plank Craft Kitchen + Bar<br />
2. Zócalo<br />
3. Mom & Pop Chicken Shop<br />
Best Outdoor Dining<br />
1. Relish Burger Bar<br />
2. Hacienda Del Rio<br />
3. Milestone Restaurant<br />
Best Overall Restaurant<br />
1. Land Ocean New American Grill<br />
2. Visconti's Ristorante<br />
3. Milestone Restaurant<br />
Best Pizza<br />
1. Sacramento Pizza Company<br />
2. TIE: Pizzeria Classico AND Visconti's<br />
Ristorante<br />
3. Chicago Fire<br />
Best Romantic Restaurant<br />
1. Sutter Street Steakhouse<br />
2. Sienna Restaurant<br />
3. Bacchus House Wine, Bar & Bistro<br />
Best Salad<br />
1. Jack's Urban Eats<br />
2. Selland's Market-Café<br />
3. Rock-N-Fire<br />
Best Seafood Restaurant<br />
1. Scott's Seafood<br />
2. Land Ocean New American Grill<br />
3. Rudy's Hideaway Lobsterhouse and Bar<br />
Best Server<br />
1. Cheryl B. at Hacienda Del Rio<br />
2. Cathy Visconti Trifiro at Visconti's<br />
Ristorante<br />
3. Sarah Quinonez at Citizen Vine<br />
Best Steakhouse<br />
1. C. Knight's Steakhouse<br />
2. Sutter Street Steakhouse<br />
3. Land Ocean New American Grill<br />
Best Sushi/Japanese Restaurant<br />
1. Hisui Sushi<br />
2. Mikuni Sushi<br />
3. Aji Japanese Bistro<br />
A very close #4: Taiko Sushi<br />
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Best Takeout<br />
1. Thai Paradise<br />
2. Visconti's Ristorante<br />
3. Rock-N-Fire<br />
A very close #4: Jimboy’s Tacos<br />
Best Taqueria<br />
1. Sutter Street Taqueria<br />
2. La Fiesta Alteña<br />
3. Angels Kitchen<br />
A very close #4: Jimboy’s Tacos<br />
Best Thai Restaurant<br />
1. Thai Paradise<br />
2. Folsom Thai Cuisine<br />
3. River Thai Cuisine<br />
Best Vegetarian<br />
1. Sunflower Drive-In<br />
2. Jack's Urban Eats<br />
3. Mylapore<br />
Best Accountant<br />
1. Clint Herndon, CPA, CFE<br />
2. Bruce Woodbury, CPA, CFP, MSA<br />
3. Daniel Staszak, CPA, MS<br />
Best Attorney<br />
1. Amanda Berger at Law Office of<br />
Amanda D. Berger, APC<br />
2. Michael Yee at Yee Law Group<br />
3. TIE: Joseph Hoffman at Law Offices of<br />
Hoffman & Hoffman AND Terri A. Smith<br />
at Mediation & Law Office of Terri A.<br />
Smith<br />
Best Bank<br />
1. Wells Fargo<br />
2. Chase<br />
3. Central Valley Community Bank<br />
Best Carpet Cleaning Service<br />
1. Carter's Carpet Restoration<br />
2. Hadley's ProClean<br />
3. Heaven's Best Carpet Cleaning<br />
Best Credit Union<br />
1. Golden 1 Credit Union<br />
2. SAFE Credit Union<br />
3. Schools Federal Credit Union<br />
Best <strong>El</strong>ectrician<br />
1. Folsom Lake <strong>El</strong>ectric<br />
2. BC <strong>El</strong>ectric<br />
3. Scott Rogers <strong>El</strong>ectric<br />
Best Financial Advisor<br />
1. Chris Wilczewski at Edward Jones<br />
Financial<br />
2. Dawn Silva at Edward Jones Financial<br />
3. Christeen Reeg at CAPTRUST<br />
Best Floor Coverings Store<br />
1. TIE: Designing Dreams Flooring &<br />
Remodeling AND <strong>El</strong> <strong>Dorado</strong> Floor &<br />
Design<br />
2. Central Valley Floor & Design<br />
3. BI Design Studio<br />
Best Furniture Store<br />
1. Naturwood Home Furnishings<br />
2. Ashley Furniture HomeStore<br />
3. Home Consignment Center<br />
Best Handyman<br />
1. Higgs Construction<br />
2. Alpha Construction & Handyman<br />
Services<br />
3. Rambo Home Services<br />
Best Home Builder<br />
1. <strong>El</strong>liott Homes<br />
2. Lennar Homes<br />
3. Toll Brothers<br />
Best Home Décor Store<br />
1. Not Too Shabby<br />
2. Hinge & Stone<br />
3. Bella Home Décor<br />
Best Home Remodeler<br />
1. DreamBuilders Home Remodeling<br />
2. Brush Strokes<br />
3. Eberle Remodeling<br />
A very close #4: Terra Inc.<br />
Best House Cleaning Service<br />
1. Prestigious Cleaning Services<br />
2. Johnny Sparkles<br />
3. Detailed Homes<br />
Best Insurance Agency<br />
1. T.D. McNeil Insurance Services<br />
2. Steve Carlson at Carlson Agency<br />
Insurance Services<br />
3. TIE: Brett Weshner at Farmers<br />
Insurance AND Jeremy Barkhurst at<br />
State Farm<br />
Best Interior Designer<br />
1. Fabulous Finishes<br />
2. Design Shop Interiors<br />
3. Brush Strokes<br />
Honorable mention: Hinge & Stone<br />
Best Landscaping<br />
1. Capital Landscape<br />
2. TC Landscape Construction and<br />
Maintenance<br />
3. Myers Landscape<br />
Best Law Practice<br />
1. Law Office of Tiffany L. Andrews, PC<br />
2. Law Office of Amanda D. Berger, APC<br />
3. Law Offices of Bowman and Associates,<br />
APC<br />
Best Mortgage Broker<br />
1. John Arnaz at Arnaz Financial<br />
2. Evangeline Scott at Reliance Home<br />
Loans<br />
3. Masters Team Mortgage<br />
Best Painting Contractor<br />
1. <strong>El</strong>ite Painting Services<br />
2. Folsom Painting<br />
3. <strong>El</strong> <strong>Dorado</strong> Hills Painting<br />
Best Plumber<br />
1. D. Martel Plumbing Service & Repair<br />
2. Conforti Plumbing<br />
3. PJ Plumbing<br />
Best Pool Service<br />
1. Gregg's Pool Works<br />
2. Mike the Poolman<br />
3. Precision Pools<br />
Best Real Estate Agent/Team<br />
1. Brittany Black at RE/MAX Gold<br />
2. John Leonardi at Leonardi Real Estate<br />
3. Madison Chase Real Estate Team<br />
Best Solar Company<br />
1. Sunworks<br />
2. Apex Solar Inc.<br />
3. Valley Solar<br />
Best Window & Door Store<br />
1. Hall's Windows<br />
2. The Glass Doctor<br />
3. Renewal by Anderson<br />
Best Window Coverings Store<br />
1. Blind Spot Blinds & Shutters<br />
2. Affordable Blind Solutions<br />
3. Guchi Interior Design<br />
Best Kids' Activity<br />
1. Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary<br />
2. Steve Wallen Swim School<br />
3. TIE: Busy Kids Playtown AND Color Me<br />
Mine<br />
Best Kids' Birthday Party Spot<br />
1. Steve Wallen Swim School<br />
2. Wacky Tacky<br />
3. FLB Entertainment Center<br />
Best Preschool<br />
1. The Gift of Kids Daycare and Preschool<br />
2. Little Folks University<br />
3. Busy Bees Preschool<br />
Best Private School<br />
1. St. John Notre Dame School<br />
2. Providence Christian School<br />
3. Folsom Preparatory School<br />
Best Toy Store<br />
1. BrainyZoo Toys<br />
2. Target<br />
3. Walmart<br />
Best Tutoring Service<br />
1. Tutoring Rocks<br />
2. Mathnasium<br />
3. Huntington Learning Center<br />
Best Acupuncturist<br />
1. Karen Pan, PhD, LAc, at Folsom Chinese<br />
Acupuncture<br />
2. Emiko Okabe, LAc, at Sakura<br />
Acupuncture<br />
3. Rosie McNeilly, LAc, at <strong>El</strong> <strong>Dorado</strong><br />
Community Acupuncture<br />
Best Chiropractic Practice<br />
1. Passport 2 Health<br />
2. Benevento Chiropractic<br />
3. Thrive Spine Center<br />
Best Chiropractor<br />
1. Jandy Collins, DC, at Broadstone<br />
Chiropractic<br />
2. Devon Gaston DC, MS, at Passport 2<br />
Health<br />
3. Roger S. Brisbane, DC, at Brisbane<br />
Chiropractic<br />
Honorable mention: Donna Hartman, DC, at<br />
Fair Oaks Family Chiropractic
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