Sports & Recreation
Readers’ Choice winners
Riders wait for the Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen, tucked away in an alley off of I Street, on a recent Friday morning. (Cut them slack if they’re late; it is a co-op.)
Photo By NICK MILLER
Best sports newscaster
1. Del Rodgers, KCRA
www.kcra.com
2. Jim Crandell, KTXL Fox 40 News
www.fox40.com
3. Grant Napear, Sports 1140
www.khtk.com
Best Kings player
1. Tyreke Evans
2. Omri Casspi
Best gym
1. 24 Hour Fitness
various locations, (800) 223-0240, www.24hourfitness.com
2. California Family Fitness
various locations, (877) 564-6233, www.californiafamilyfitness.com
3. Bodytribe Fitness
920 21st Street, (916) 444-2384, www.physicalsubculture.com
Best skate park
1. 28th and B
28th and B streets
2. Granite Regional Park
8200 Ramona Avenue
3. Mather Skate Park
3755 Schriever Avenue in Rancho Cordova
Best bike shop
1. Mike’s Bikes of Sacramento
1411 I Street, (916) 446-2453, www.mikesbikes.com
2. City Bicycle Works
2419 K Street, (916) 447-2453; 7885 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, (916) 726-2453; www.citybicycleworks.com
3. Sacramento Bike Kitchen
1915 I Street, (916) 538-2725, www.sacbikekitchen.org
Best martial arts
1. Move! Studio
600 Broadway, (916) 492-2875, www.movestudio.net
2. Aikido Center
2417 21st Street, (916) 456-5641, www.theaikidocenter.com
2. Kovar’s Satori Academy of Martial Arts
various locations, www.satoriacademy.com
2. Ultimate Fitness
1705 I Street, (916) 444-3357; 11335-C Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, (916) 638-7500; http://ultimatefitness.pro
Best ski resort
1. Sierra-at-Tahoe
1111 Sierra-at-Tahoe Road in Twin Bridges, (530) 659-7453, www.northstarattahoe.com
2. Heavenly Mountain Resort
Corner of Wildwood and Saddle in South Lake Tahoe, (775) 586-7000, www.sierraattahoe.com
3. Squaw Valley USA
1960 Squaw Valley Road in Olympic Valley, (530) 583-6955, www.squaw.com
Best golf course
1. Haggin Oaks Golf Complex
3645 Fulton Avenue, (916) 481-4653, www.hagginoaks.com
2. William Land Golf Course
1701 Sutterville Road, (916) 277-1207, www.thefirstteesacramento.org
3. Ancil Hoffman Golf Course
6700 Tarshes Drive in Carmichael, (916) 482-3284, www.ancilhoffman.com
3. Bing Maloney Golf Course
6801 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 808-2283, www.bingmaloney.com
Best billiards
1. R15
1415 R Street, (916) 930-9191, www.paragarys.com
2. Blue Cue
1004 28th Street, (916) 442-7208, www.bluecue.com
3. Corner Pocket
7777 Sunrise Boulevard, Suite 1400 in Citrus Heights; (916) 722-2582; www.cornerpocketonline.com
3. Hard Times Billiards
5536 Garfield Avenue, (916) 332-8793, www.hardtimesbilliards.com
3. Jointed Cue
2375 Fruitridge Road, (916) 456-2284
Best bowling alley
1. Strikes
3443 Laguna Boulevard, Suite 50 in Elk Grove; (916) 226-2695; 5681 Lone Tree Boulevard in Rocklin, (916) 632-8200; www.strikesbowling.com
2. Capitol Bowl
900 W. Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento, (916) 371-4200,www.capitolbowl4fun.com
3. Country Club Lanes
2600 Watt Avenue, (916) 483-5105, www.countryclublanes.com
Best place for a hike
1. American River
1. Auburn
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Effie Yeaw Nature Center
inside Ancil Hoffman Park, 6700 Tarshes Drive in Carmichael; (916) 489-4918; www.effieyeaw.net
Best day trip
1. San Francisco
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Napa Valley
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Best spot on the river
1. Discovery Park
off Garden Highway
2. Paradise Beach
entrance at Sandburg Drive
3. “It’s a secret”
Best place to go at night
1. Midtown
2. To bed
3. Old Sacramento
Best casino
1. Thunder Valley Casino
1200 Athens Avenue in Lincoln, (916) 408-7777, www.thundervalleyresort.com
2. Red Hawk
1 Red Hawk Parkway in Placerville, (888) 573-3945, www.redhawkcasino.com
3. Cache Creek Casino Resort
14455 Highway 16 in Brooks, (530) 796-3118, www.cachecreek.com
Best card room
1. Limelight Bar, Café and Card Room
1014 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 446-2208, www.limelightcardroom.com
2. Capitol Casino
411 N. 16th Street, (916) 446-0700, www.capitol-casino.com
