Style Magazine - Readers Choice Awards - El Dorado County Foothills 2022
In this month’s issue, our biggest of the year, we’re celebrating the season—along with all our region’s small businesses (and business owners)—in a big way. If you’re like me and read magazines back to front, then start with “Last Look” on page 82 for an autumn-esque picture snapped locally and our favorite leaf-peeping locales, including East Sacramento—an urban forest that’s currently awash in a canopy of yellow, orange, and crimson-colored trees. Leaving the leaves behind, turn to page 68 for some easy, autumn-inspired recipes utilizing the cream of the harvest crop, including a butternut squash risotto you’ll be eager to reheat…and have on repeat. In honor of the most hallowed holiday—the one where consuming colossal amounts of candy and donning creepy costumes is A-OK—we asked area distilleries for their “boo”ziest, most spirited cocktails. Pick your poison (I think I’ll start with the Midori-spiked, freaky-looking “Frankenstein”) on page 72. We also share some fun, festive Halloween happenings in The 10 Spot (page 16) that are sure to (pumpkin) spice up the season. Around here, it wouldn’t be October without our annual “Best of” feature, where we announce the winners of this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards. It’s a personal favorite because I always discover new (literally) winning places around town to support—like Pasty Pies of the World and Exhilaration Station—and am reminded of all the talented, innovative entrepreneurs our region is teeming with. Find out if your favorite people and places made the list starting on page 51. There’s much more in store, too, including an inspiring, informative piece about local women beating breast cancer (page 20); a spotlight on some of the area’s best bands (page 26); and tips on making sure your WFH office is an authentic place of productivity, whether you prefer to work indoors or (like me!) out (page 54). I hope you’ll agree that these glossy print pages are as plentiful and uplifting as the autumn season itself. Enjoy! ——Megan megan@stylemg.com @meggoeggowaffle
In this month’s issue, our biggest of the year, we’re celebrating the season—along with all our region’s small businesses (and business owners)—in a big way. If you’re like me and read magazines back to front, then start with “Last Look” on page 82 for an autumn-esque picture snapped locally and our favorite leaf-peeping locales, including East Sacramento—an urban forest that’s currently awash in a canopy of yellow, orange, and crimson-colored trees.
Leaving the leaves behind, turn to page 68 for some easy, autumn-inspired recipes utilizing the cream of the harvest crop, including a butternut squash risotto you’ll be eager to reheat…and have on repeat.
In honor of the most hallowed holiday—the one where consuming colossal amounts of candy and donning creepy costumes is A-OK—we asked area distilleries for their “boo”ziest, most spirited cocktails. Pick your poison (I think I’ll start with the Midori-spiked, freaky-looking “Frankenstein”) on page 72. We also share some fun, festive Halloween happenings in The 10 Spot (page 16) that are sure to (pumpkin) spice up the season.
Around here, it wouldn’t be October without our annual “Best of” feature, where we announce the winners of this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards. It’s a personal favorite because I always discover new (literally) winning places around town to support—like Pasty Pies of the World and Exhilaration Station—and am reminded of all the talented, innovative entrepreneurs our region is teeming with. Find out if your favorite people and places made the list starting on page 51.
There’s much more in store, too, including an inspiring, informative piece about local women beating breast cancer (page 20); a spotlight on some of the area’s best bands (page 26); and tips on making sure your WFH office is an authentic place of productivity, whether you prefer to work indoors or (like me!) out (page 54).
I hope you’ll agree that these glossy print pages are as plentiful and uplifting as the autumn season itself. Enjoy!
——Megan
megan@stylemg.com
@meggoeggowaffle
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BEST OVERALL<br />
RESTAURANT<br />
1. The Independent<br />
Restaurant and Bar<br />
2. Smith Flat House<br />
3. TIE: Heyday Café AND The<br />
Farm Table<br />
BEST HAPPY HOUR<br />
1. Wally's Pizza Bar<br />
2. Bricks Eats & Drinks<br />
3. Danette's Brick Oven Pub<br />
BEST BRUNCH<br />
1. Smith Flat House<br />
2. Sweetie Pie's Restaurant & Bakery<br />
3. The Breakroom<br />
BEST BURGER & FRIES<br />
1. Old Town Grill<br />
2. Bones Roadhouse<br />
3. Bricks Eats & Drinks<br />
BEST CAKES & CUPCAKES<br />
1. Frank Vilt's Cakes<br />
2. Sweetie Pie's Restaurant & Bakery<br />
3. Jojo's Bakery<br />
BEST CASUAL RESTAURANT<br />
1. Heyday Café<br />
2. Wally's Pizza Bar<br />
BEST FAMILY RESTAURANT<br />
1. Wally's Pizza Bar<br />
2. The Breakroom<br />
3. Casa Los Abuelos<br />
BEST FROZEN YOGURT<br />
1. Urban Yogurt<br />
2. Whistle Stop Yogurt<br />
3. Jon and Bon’s Yogurt Shoppe<br />
BEST ICE CREAM<br />
1. Gunther's Ice Cream (inside<br />
T.W. Bonkers Toy & Candy<br />
Emporium)<br />
2. Tom's Burger & Frosty<br />
3. Baskin Robbins<br />
BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT<br />
1. Papa Gianni's Ristorante<br />
2. Bene Ristorante Italiano<br />
3. Bricks Eats & Drinks<br />
3. The "Little Italian" Place<br />
BEST CATERER<br />
1. Off the Vine Catering<br />
2. Old Town Grill<br />
BEST NEW RESTAURANT<br />
1. Pizza Norcia<br />
2. Soriano's Restaurant<br />
3. Hog Wild Bar-B-Que &<br />
3. Pasty Pies of the World<br />
Photos by Taylor Gillespie © stylemediagroup.<br />
Luke and Lucy Catering<br />
BEST CHEF<br />
1. John Sanders at Old Town Grill<br />
2. Fred Reyes at The Farm Table<br />
3. Scott Tomblin at Smith Flat House<br />
BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT<br />
1. China City Chinese Restaurant<br />
2. Hong Kong Inn<br />
3. Pearl Asian Cuisine at Red Hawk Casino<br />
BEST DELI<br />
1. Gularte's Deli<br />
2. Main Street Melters<br />
3. Timmy's Brown Bag<br />
BEST BREAKFAST<br />
1. Train Station Coffee Shop<br />
2. Wally's Pizza Bar<br />
3. Annie's Mimosas<br />
BEST OUTDOOR DINING<br />
1. Smith Flat House<br />
2. The Independent Restaurant and Bar<br />
3. Poor Red's Bar-B-Q<br />
BEST PIZZA<br />
1. Wally's Pizza Bar<br />
2. Papa Gianni's Ristorante<br />
3. Pizza Norcia<br />
BEST ROMANTIC RESTAURANT<br />
1. The Independent Restaurant<br />
and Bar<br />
2. Fondue 152<br />
3. Smith Flat House<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2022</strong> | stylemg.com | EDCF | 3
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