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Boyes Hot Springs

Overall

Breakaway Cafe
239 Boyes Blvd., 996-5949


Cazadero

Overall

Cazadero General Store
6125 Cazadero Hwy., 632-5287


Cloverdale

Veterinary Services

Edward A. Biery, DVM
Animal Hospital of Cloverdale
20 Industrial Drive, 894-3951

Overall

Winetasting

Honorable mention

Cloverdale Trading Post
115 E. Second St., 894-9000


Cotati

Dry Cleaners

Tip Top Tailors & Cleaners
33 Henry St., 795-4776

Preschool

Rainbow Bridge Montessori School
21 William St., 795-6666

Veterinary Services

La Plaza Veterinary Clinic
60 W. Cotati Ave., 794-1299

Honorable mention

Cotati Small Animal Hospital
8055 Gravenstein Hwy. S., 795-3694

Overall

Cotati Accordion Festival


Duncans Mills

Overall

Gold Coast Coffee Co.
23515 Steelhead Blvd. (next to Blue Heron Restaurant), 865-1441


Forestville

Veterinary Services

Forestville Veterinary Hospital
5033 Gravenstein Hwy. N., 887-2261 or 823-7312

Overall

Post office
6484 Mirabel Road, 887-2277

Nobody moves away

Nature

Topolos at Russian River Vineyards
5700 Gravenstein Hwy. N., 887-1575


Freestone

Overall

Freestone Country Store
500 Bohemian Hwy., 874-1417

Horseback-riding trails


Glen Ellen

Overall

Natural beauty; Dining


Graton

Overall

Willow Wood Market Cafe
9020 Graton Road, 823-0233

Honorable mention

Engraved-sidewalk brick project to fund park and town square

Mexico Lindo Restaurant
9030 Graton Road, 823-4154

Rejuvenation of Graton


Guerneville

Overall

Armstrong Woods

Coffee Bazaar
14045 Armstrong Woods Road, 869-9706

Russian River

Russian River Fire Protection District
14100 Armstrong Woods Road, 869-9089 or 576-1365

Sweetwater Springs Road


Healdsburg

Dry Cleaners

Brite Cleaners
340 Center St., 433-2980

Honorable mention

Aladdin Cleaners
105 Terrace Blvd.,433-1116

Preschool

Good Beginnings Nursery School & Day Care
1043 Felta Road, 433-6855

Veterinary Services

Memorial Beach Veterinary Hospital
15 Healdsburg Ave., 433-6916

Honorable mention

David McCrystle, DVM
Healdsburg Veterinary Hospital
135 Healdsburg Ave., 433-5539

Overall

Healdsburg Plaza

Honorable mention

Natural beauty

Ravenous
117 North St., 431-1770


Kenwood

Veterinary Services

Jon Steel, DVM
Kenwood Veterinary Clinic 8910 Sonoma Hwy., 833-1000

Overall

Kenwood Restaurant & Bar
9900 Sonoma Hwy., 833-6326

Santa Rosa Creek

Wineries


Monte Rio

Preschool

Mountain River State Preschool
20349 Hwy. 116, 865-2983

Overall

Russian River

Honorable mention

Coastal proximity
Pink Elephant
9895 Main St., 865-0500


Occidental

Veterinary Services

Occidental Veterinary Clinic
3996 Bohemian Hwy., 874-2417

Overall

Bohemian Cafe
3688 Bohemian Hwy., 874-3931

Honorable mention

Negri's Italian Dinners
3700 Bohemian Hwy., 823-5301

Occidental Hardware
Bohemian Hwy. and N. Hill, 874-3441


Petaluma

Preschool

Little Oaks
715 Petaluma Blvd. N., 763-3235

Willow Tree School
137 Payran St., 763-2546

Honorable mention

Gan Israel Preschool
740 Western Ave., 763-5136

Laurel's Nest
(at Petaluma Fairgrounds), 763-8602 º

You and Me Children's Center
450 Hayes Lane, 762-8998


Rio Nido

Overall

Russian River


Rohnert Park

Dry Cleaners

Greenhouse Cleaners
925 Golf Course Drive, 584-5275

Honorable mention

Major Cleaners
60 Raley's Towne Centre, 585-0544

Veterinary Services

Expressway Veterinary Hospital
6230 State Farm Drive, 584-4848

Overall

Sonoma State University
1801E. Cotati Ave., 664-2880

Buddies Pizza
1451 Southwest Blvd., 795-4433


Santa Rosa

Dry Cleaners

Park Avenue Cleaners
320 W. Third St., 525-9510

Honorable mention

Boomer's Fabricare Center
1321 Guerneville Road, 544-7772

Preschool

Discoveries West
28 Maxwell Court, 523-0454

La Petite Academy
2055 Occidental Road, 573-1623

Rhio's Casa Dei Bambini Montessori School
620 McDonald Ave., 542-6364

Honorable mention

Franklin Park Pre-School Center
2095 Franklin Ave., 546-7330

St. Luke Lutheran Preschool
905 Mendocino Ave., 545-0512

Veterinary Services

Grant Patrick, DVM
4900 Sonoma Hwy., 523-2346

PetCare Emergency Hospital
1370 Fulton Road, 573-9503

Honorable mention

Paul Palmatier, DVM
Heritage Veterinary Hospital 1425 W. Steele Lane, 576-0764

Overall

Thursday Night Market

Honorable mention

Annadeli
2700 Yulupa Ave.,
542-9050 Santa Rosa--Larkfield Area

Dry Cleaners

Larkfield Cleaners & Laundry
636 Larkfield Center, 545-3083

Veterinary Services

Richard Bachman, DVM
Northtown Animal Hospital 3881 Old Redwood Hwy., 546-6355

Overall

Mark West School District


Sebastopol

Dry Cleaners

Boomer's Sebastopol Laundromat & Dry Cleaners
286 S. Main St., 829-0222

Honorable mention

LaBlue's Cleaners
580 Gravenstein Hwy. N.,
823-0260

Preschool

Tree House Hollow
919 McFarlane Ave., 823-1958

Honorable mention

Sandcastles
8900 Bodega Hwy., 823-3288

Veterinary Services

Analy Veterinary Hospital
900 Gravenstein Hwy. N., 823-7614

Honorable mention

Sue Buxton, DVM
Animal Hospital of Sebastopol 1140 Gravenstein Hwy. S., 823-3250

Overall

The local people

Honorable mention

Ragle Ranch Park


Sonoma

Dry Cleaners

Off Broadway Cleaners
19485 Sonoma Hwy., 938-2327

Honorable mention

Maxwell Village Cleaners
19131 Sonoma Hwy., 996-1380

Preschool

Montessori School of Sonoma
19675 Eighth St. E., 996-2422

Sunshine School
109 Patten St., 996-2702

Honorable mention

Waldorf School
20575 Broadway, 996-0996

Veterinary Services

James Sutton, DVM
Sonoma Animal Hospital 19275 Arnold Drive, 996-4561

Honorable mention

Marshall Harwood, DVM
Altimira Animal Hospital 975 Boyes Blvd., 938-4546

John Holden, DVM
20090 Arnold Drive, 996-6165

John Switzer, DVM
Sonoma Valley Pet Clinic 20080 Arnold Drive, 938-8198


Windsor

Dry Cleaners

Palm's Cleaners
8499 Old Redwood Hwy.,
838-0590

Honorable mention

Lakewood Cleaners & Laudromat
8778 Lakewood Drive,
838-2957

Windsor Cleaners
9082 Brooks Road, 837-9724

Preschool

Robin's Nest Pre-School
9451 Brooks Road, 838-0549 Veterinary Services

Windsor Oaks Veterinary Clinic
8888 Lakewood Drive, 837-8101

Overall

Windsor Bowl
8801 Conde Lane, 837-9889

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From the March 26-April 1, 1998 issue of the Sonoma County Independent.

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