Readers’ Choice 2025
Get ready to meet this year’s champions as you explore the restaurants, retail shops, service providers and other businesses that rose to the top as the 2024 Almanac Readers’ Choice winners.
Readers’ Choice 2024
Get ready to meet this year’s champions as you explore the restaurants, retail shops, service providers and other businesses that rose to the top as the 2024 Almanac Readers’ Choice winners.
Readers Choice 2022
Enjoy the ride!Meet the 2022 Readers’ Choice winners Get ready to enjoy the ride this summer as you explore the restaurants, retail shops, service providers and other businesses that rose to the top as the 2022 Almanac Readers’ Choice winners. From innovative dining options to the return of in-person workouts and live theater to a…
Readers Choice 2021
Standing tallThe results are in for the 2021 Readers’ Choice ballot Following a year of uncertainty, hope is finally on the horizon as businesses reopen and slowly inch closer to pre-pandemic normalcy. To show appreciation for the local business community, readers once again cast votes for their favorite places to eat, shop, work out or…
Readers Choice 2020
Desperate times, creative measuresHow businesses are pivoting to survive the pandemic by Elena Kadvany, Lloyd Lee, Kali Shiloh and Linda Taaffe After the coronavirus hit the Bay Area, the halt of the local economy was swift and unprecedented. Over the past eight months, Midpeninsula businesses have had no idea how long or how extreme the…
Readers Choice 2019
Standing tallThe results are in for the 2019 Readers’ Choice ballot It’s become an annual springtime tradition: Almanac readers support their favorite local places to eat, shop, get a haircut, find the perfect sofa, and fill their every need for services from car repair and plumbing to dry cleaning. Below are the businesses you chose…