2008 Best of The Okanagan Award Winners

Best Appliance Store
Central
1 Trail Appliances
2 Sears
3 The Brick
North
1 Genier’s TV Stereo & Appliance
1 Parnell’s TV & Appliance
2 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd.
3 Sears
South
1 Sears
2 Penticton Appliance Sales
& Service
3 Lake City Appliances

Best Home Furniture Store
Central
1 Ashley Furniture HomeStore
2 Sears
3 The Brick
North
1 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd.
2 Ashley Furniture HomeStore (Enderby)
3 Beachcomber Home Leisure
South
1 Guerard’s Furniture
2 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd. (Osoyoos)
3 Penny Lane Home Furnishings (Summerland)

Best Home Accessories Store
Central
1 HomeSense
2 Treehouse Interiors Ltd.
3 Urban Barn
North
1 Winners
2 Room Collection
Home Décor & Gifts
3 Beachcomber Home Leisure
3 City Furniture & Appliances Ltd.
South
1 Winners
2 The Bay
3 Guerard’s Furniture

Best Custom Kitchen Vendor
Central
1 Westwood Fine Cabinetry
2 Hi-Line Industries Ltd.
3 Home Depot
North
1 Westwood Cabinets
2 Dream Easy Kitchens & Bedrooms
3 Harris Cabinets
South
1 Westminster Woodworks
2 Ellis Creek Kitchens & Baths
3 Heritage Millwork & Windows Ltd.

Best Consignment Clothing Store
Central
1 Second Tyme Around
2 The Wardrobe
3 Rosebuds Consignment Boutique
North
1 Encore Consignment Plus
2 Carousel Consignments
2 Dollhouse Consignment Boutique
3 Chicken Little Childhood
Outfitters Inc.
South
1 Pipsqueaks & Damsel’s
Consignment
2 Love N’ Hugs Consignment
& Sewing (Oliver)
3 Take a Second Look

Best Antique Shop
Central
1 Lois Lane
2 Taylor’s Antiques
3 Antoni’s Antiques & Collectibles
North
1 Blast from the Past Antiques
2 City Centre Antiques
& Crafts Mall
3 Cobwebs Antiques & Gifts (Enderby)
South
1 Jardin Estate Jewelry & Antiques (Okanagan Falls)
2 Carousel (Summerland)
2 Penticton Antiques
3 Second Wind
Consignment Furniture

Best Place to Buy Gifts
Central
1 Winners
2 HomeSense
3 JK Schmidt Jewellers
(Westbank)
3 The Bay
North
1 Good Gracious
Contemporary Gifts
2 Winners
3 Interior Gift Gallery
South
1 Terwilligers Gifts
2 Willowbrook Lane
(Summerland)
3 The Polka Dot Door
Flowers & Gifts (Osoyoos)

Best Place to Buy Art
Central
1 Art Ark
2 Hambleton Galleries
3 Alexis Arts (Westbank)
3 Evans Gallery & Framing
3 Picture Perfect
North
1 Vernon Art Gallery
2 Nadine’s Fine Art & Frames
3 Picture Perfect Art & Framing
South
1 Lloyd Gallery
2 Osoyoos Art Gallery (Osoyoos)
2 The Penticton Art Gallery
3 Terra Incognita Imports (Summerland)

Best Children’s Clothing Store
Central
1 The Gap
2 Please Mum
2 The Children’s Place
3 Scallywags
North
1 Chicken Little Childhood
Outfitters Inc.
2 Zellers
3 Second Street Children’s Store
South
1 The Bay
2 Freeride Board Shop
2 Wal-Mart
3 Angel Babies Children’s Boutique

Best Women’s Clothing Boutique
Central
1 Plum
2 Mellow Yellow Clothing
3 Aldila Boutique
3 Winners
North
1 Pampered Perfection
2 Reitmans
3 La Crème Clothing Company
3 Suzanne’s
3 Viola Designs
South
1 SASS Boutique (Summerland)
1 Three Wishes Clothing Boutique
2 Boutique de Sonia (Osoyoos)
2 June’s Fashions & Gifts

Best Men’s Fashion Store
Central
1 MacDermott’s Men’s Wear
2 Moore’s Clothing for Men
3 Landmark Clothiers
North
1 Milano Clothing
2 The Bay
3 Mark’s Work Wearhouse
South
1 Grant King Men’s Wear
2 Elliott Row Men’s Wear
2 Freeride Board Shop
3 The Bay

Best Place to Buy Footwear
Central
1 Downtown Shoe Store
2 Aldo Shoes
3 Hollywood Shoes
North
1 Marc’s Footcare & Repairs
2 Vernon Shoes
3 Shoe Warehouse
South
1 Fritz Shoes
2 Shoe Biz
2 Softy’s Shoes & Comfort

Best Place to Buy Children's Toys
Central
1 Toys R Us
2 Loadza Toys
3 Wal-Mart
North
1 Teeter Totter Toys
2 Wal-Mart
3 Vernon Teach and Learn
South
1 Wal-Mart
2 Sirius Science & Nature
3 Zellers

Best Bed/Bath Store
Central
1 Home Outfitters
2 HomeSense
3 The Bay
North
1 The Bay
2 Winners
3 Sears
South
1 The Bay
2 Fresh! Design & Décor

Best Jeweller
Central
1 JK Schmidt Jewellers (Westbank)
2 Canadian Jewelry Exchange
3 Codispoti Jewellery
North
1 JC Bradley Jewellers
2 HM Krause
3 Gregory’s Fine Jewellery
South
1 Gold Dust Jewellery
2 Rodans Jewellers
3 Oslund Jewellers

Best Florist
Central
1 Creations by Mom & Me
2 Art Knapp Plantland
3 Bloomers Floral Design & Gifts
North
1 Harris Flower Shop
2 Vernon Flower Shop
3 27th Street Florist
South
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Safeway
3 The Polka Dot Door
Flowers & Gifts (Osoyoos)

Best Garden Centre
Central
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Bylands Garden Centre
(Westbank)
3 The Greenery
North
1 Swan Lake Nurseryland Fruit
Market & Garden Centre
2 Art Knapp Plantland
3 The Flower Spot
South
1 Art Knapp Plantland
2 Giardino of Penticton
3 Penticton Farmers’ Market
3 Sandhu Greenhouses
& Nursery Ltd. (Osoyoos)

Best Pet Supply Store
Central
1 Petcetera
2 Total Pet
3 Buckerfield’s
North
1 AJ’s Pets & Things
2 Total Pet
3 Petland
South
1 Petcetera
2 Total Pet
3 Country Corner Supplies
(Summerland)
3 Pet Pantry Penticton

Best Bakery
Central
1 Specialty Bakery
2 Cobs Bread
3 Tripke Bakery
North
1 Sweet Caroline’s Bakery
2 Bakers’ Dozen
3 Okanagan Bakehouse
South
1 Renaissance Bakery
1 The Cake Box Bakery (Summerland)
2 South Okanagan Bakery

Best Natural Food Store
Central
1 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
2 Choices Markets
3 Natural Harvest Market
(Westbank)
3 Natural Rezources
North
1 Nature’s Fare Natural Foods
2 Simply Delicious Natural
& Gourmet Grocer
3 Lifestyle Natural Foods
South
1 Whole Foods Market
2 Quality Greens Farm Market
3 Summerland Food Emporium
(Summerland)
3 Vitamin King

Best Specialty Meat Shop
Central
1 T-Bones Fresh Meal Market
2 L & D Meats & Deli
3 Johnny’s Fresh Meats & Deli
North
1 Helmut’s Sausage Kitchen
2 Clancy’s Gourmet Meats
2 M&M Meat Shops
South
1 Tony’s Meats & Deli Ltd.
2 M&M Meat Shops

Best Place to Buy Fruit/Vegetables
Central
1 Quality Greens Farm Market
2 Paul’s Produce
3 Kelowna Farmers’
and Crafters’ Market
North
1 Quality Greens Farm Market
1 Swan Lake Nurseryland Fruit
Market & Garden Centre
2 Vernon Farmers’ Market
3 Davison Orchards
South
1 Quality Greens Farm Market
2 Penticton Farmers’ Market
3 Roots & Fruits Country Market &
Garden Centre (Kaleden)
3 Whole Foods Market

Best Musical Instrument Store
Central
1 Wentworth Music
2 Paramount Music
3 Lee’s Music
North
1 The Music Shoppe
2 Tempo Music
South
1 Classic Guitars
1 Skaha Sound

Best Bookstore
Central
1 Chapters
2 Mosaic Books
3 Ted’s Paperbacks &
Indonesian Imports
North
1 Bookland
2 Coles The Book People
3 K & K Bookstore
South
1 Coles The Book People
2 Okanagan Books
3 Books N’ Things
(a.k.a. The Book Shop)

Best Ski/Board Shop
Central
1 Island Snow
2 Freeride Board Shop
3 Deviate Board Shop
3 Fresh Air Experience
North
1 Attridge Ski & Board Shop
2 Stüssi Sport
3 Sun Valley Source for Sports
South
1 Freeride Board Shop
2 Apex Ski Shop
3 Pentagon Board Shop

Best Golf Shop
Central
1 Nevada Bob’s Golf
2 Okanagan Golf Depot Inc.
3 Golf USA
North
1 Nevada Bob’s Golf
2 Spallumcheen Golf &
Country Club Pro Shop
3 Predator Ridge Golf Resort
Pro Shop
South
1 Penticton Golf & Country Club
2 Osoyoos Golf & Country Club
Golf Shop (Osoyoos)

Best Bike Shop
Central
1 Kelowna Cycle
2 Cyclepath
3 Outbound Cycle & Sport
(Westbank)
North
1 Olympia Cycle & Ski
2 Skyride Cycle
3 Sun Country Cycle
South
1 The Bike Barn
2 Freedom The Bike Shop

Best Boat Dealer
Central
1 Dockside Marine
2 Rayburn’s Marine World
3 Malibu Marine Ltd.
South
1 Penticton Yamaha & Marine
2 Katana Industries Ltd.

Best RV Dealer
Central
1 Voyager RV (Winfield)
2 Westgate RV Centre Ltd.
3 Country RV Centre Ltd.
North
1 Mike Rosman RV Sales
2 Kenkraft Sales Ltd.
(Coldstream)
3 All Seasons RV Sales
South
1 Midtown RV Ltd.
2 Leisureland RV Centre Inc.

Best Auto/Truck Dealer
Central
1 Don Folk Chevrolet Inc.
2 Jacobsen Excellence
3 Orchard Ford
North
1 Bannister Chevrolet
2 Watkin Motors
3 Sunshine Honda
South
1 Penticton Honda
2 Bob Brown Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd.
3 Penticton Toyota
3 Sentes Chevrolet Ltd.

Best Tire Dealer
Central
1 Kal Tire
2 OK Tire
3 Fountain Tire
North
1 Kal Tire
2 Peter’s Tirecraft
3 Big O Tires
South
1 Kal Tire
2 Big O Tires
3 Larsen Excel Tire &
Auto Service Centre

Best Accounting Firm
Central
1 Thalheimer & Company
2 Grant Thornton LLP
3 MacKay LLP
North
1 Clark Robinson Certified
General Accountants
2 Ladyman Sasaki Glennie
3 North Okanagan
Accounting Services
South
1 White Kennedy
Chartered Accountants
2 BDO Dunwoody
2 Kemp Harvey Kemp Inc.

Best Bank/Credit Union
Central
1 TD Canada Trust
2 CIBC
2 Interior Savings Credit Union
3 Bank of Montreal
North
1 RBC Royal Bank
2 Vantage One
3 CIBC
3 Prospera Credit Union
South
1 Bank of Montreal
1 CIBC
2 HSBC
3 Summerland & District
Credit Union (Summerland)

Best Insurance Company
Central
1 Capri Insurance
2 Bruce A. Hollett & Associates
2 Whillis Harding
Insurance Agencies
3 BCAA Insurance Agency
North
1 Baron Insurance Broker Group
2 Valley First Insurance Services
3 A.E. Berry Insurance Ltd.
South
1 Johnston Meier Insurance Agency
2 Harcott Glanville
Insurance Brokers
2 Underwriters Insurance Brokers
(Penticton) Ltd.

Best Investment Firm
Central
1 TD Waterhouse
2 Investors Group
3 Edward Jones
North
1 Edward Jones
2 BMO Nesbitt Burns
3 National Bank Financial
South
1 Investors Group
2 Apple Planning Services
2 RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

Best Law Firm
Central
1 Pushor Mitchell
2 Basset Spagnuolo (Westbank)
3 Benson Salloum Watts
North
1 Nixon Wenger
2 Allan Francis Pringle
3 Davidson & Company
3 Kidston & Company LLP
South
1 Gordon & Company (Osoyoos)
1 Kampman Oliver Keene
2 Bell Jacoe & Company
(Summerland)
2 Boyle & Co.

Best Real Estate Company
Central
1 Re/Max
2 Royal LePage
3 Coldwell Banker Horizon Realty
North
1 Re/Max
2 Century 21 Executives Realty
3 Royal LePage Downtown Realty
South
1 Realty Executives Penticton
2 Re/Max Front Street Realty
2 Royal LePage
Locations West Realty

Best Travel Agency
Central
1 BCAA
2 Capri Travel
3 Mission Park Travel
North
1 BCAA
2 Visions Travel Ltd.
3 Marlin Travel
South
1 Passages The Travel Company
2 K Banks Travel
3 Lakeside Travel Ltd. (Osoyoos)

Best Autobody Repair
Central
1 Boyd Autobody & Glass
2 MK Autobody Specialists Ltd.
3 Craftsman Collison Ltd.
North
1 Vernon Star Autobody
2 Sandy’s Collision Repairs
3 Frank’s Autobody
3 Manfred’s Auto Body Ltd.
South
1 Ellis Creek Autobody
2 Bob Brown Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd.
2 First Rate Autobody
2 Hiltop Body Shop Ltd.
(Osoyoos)

Best Place to Get Your Car Fixed
Central
1 Proactive Auto Care (formerly
Automotive Brake Renew & Tune-Up
2 Midas Auto Service Experts
3 RPM Automotive Ltd.
North
1 Peter’s Tirecraft
2 Canadian Tire
2 Clifford Automotive Ltd.
3 OK Tire & Auto Service
South
1 ANJ Automotive Service Ltd.
1 Bob Brown Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd.
2 Big O Tires
2 Penticton Honda

Best Car Wash
Central
1 Bubbles Car Wash & Detail Centre
2 Skogies Orchard Park Car Wash
3 Sutherland Avenue Car Wash
North
1 Silver Star Car Wash & Detailing
1 Vernon Esso & Car Wash
2 Wise Guys Car Wash
3 FastLane Laser Wash
(at the 29th Street Autoplex)
South
1 Super Wash on Main
2 Wise Guys Car Wash

Best Dry Cleaner/Laundry
Central
1 Busy Bee Spall Plaza Cleaners
2 Kelly’s Cleaners at Orchard Plaza
3 Mission Cleaners
North
1 Toppers Cleaners
2 Centre Dry Cleaning
3 Vernon Downtown Dry Cleaners
South
1 Classic Cleaners
2 Osoyoos Laundromat &
Dry Cleaners (Osoyoos)
3 Martin Cleaners
(Summerland)
3 Plaza Cleaners

Best Fitness Club
Central
1 World Gym Fitness Centre
2 Team Fitness Personal Training
3 BodyFit Fitness Centres
3 Gold’s Gym & Racquet Club
North
1 Fitness West
2 Ladies World Health & Fitness
3 Curves For Women
South
1 The Gym
2 City Centre Fitness
3 Lakeside Fitness
3 Vengeance Fitness (Osoyoos)

Best Hair Salon
Central
1 Layers Of Color -
Redken 5th Avenue NYC Salon
2 Amici’s Hair & Body Spa
3 Cream Hair & Makeup Lounge
North
1 Chatters Salon
1 Teri’s Hairport
2 Rapunzels Hair Designers
3 Lyon’s Den Hair Design
3 Reflections Hair & Esthetics Studio
South
1 Gina’s Hair Salon
2 Chatters Salon
3 Headstart Hair Design

Best Day Spa
Central
1 Beyond Wrapture Day Spa
1 O Spa & Salon
2 Amici’s Hair & Body Spa
3 Heaven On Earth Spa
North
1 Just For You Esthetics & Hair Studio
2 Rituals Salon & Spa at Predator Ridge
3 Seasons Salon & Spa
South
1 Spa Tranquila
2 The Heirloom Spa (Naramata Heritage Inn - Naramata)
3 Sonora Desert Spa (Spirit Ridge Resort & Spa - Osoyoos)

Best Home Repair/Renovations Company
Central
1 Home Depot
2 Barco Renovations Ltd.
2 Rona
3 Gord Turner Renovations Ltd.
North
1 Keith Dahlen Construction Ltd. (Coldstream)
2 Redgewell Construction Ltd.
South
1 Home Hardware Building Centre
1 Konkin Contruction Ltd.
2 Solum Rammed Earth Builders Ltd.

Best Home Builder
Central
1 RLJ Homes Inc.
2 Lange-Con Custom Homes Inc.
3 Mission Creek Homes Ltd.
North
1 Inspiration Homes
2 Keith Dahlen Construction Ltd. (Coldstream)
3 Okanagan Trend West
Master Builder Ltd.
South
1 Blackhawk Contracting & Design Ltd.
2 Solum Rammed Earth Builders Ltd.

Annual Community Event
Central
1 Mardi Gras Street Festival
2 Westside Daze (Westbank)
3 Canada Day
North
1 Vernon Winter Carnival
2 Vernon Sunshine Festival
3 Funtastic
South
1 Penticton Peach Festival
2 Penticton Ironman
3 Okanagan Fest-of-Ale

Local Musician/Music Group
Central
1 The Cruzeros
2 Ryan Donn
3 Ellen Churchill
North
1 Andrew Allen
2 Samsara
2 The Young’ Uns
South
1 Kyle Anderson’s Amazing Rubber Band

Best Live Performing Arts Group
Central
1 Kelowna Actors Studio
2 Viva Musica Society
3 The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra
North
1 Caravan Farm Theatre (Armstrong)
2 Powerhouse Theatre
South
1 Bare Bones Theatre Co.

Best Tourist Attraction
Central
1 Mission Hill Family Estate
2 Okanagan Lake
3 Big White Ski Resort
North
1 Historic O’Keefe Ranch
2 Davison Orchards
3 Silver Star Mountain Resort
South
1 Penticton River Channel
2 Kettle Valley Steam Railway
3 KVR Trail
3 SS Sicamous

Best Nightclub
Central
1 Flashbacks Nite Club
2 O K Corral Cabaret
3 The Blue Gator Bar & Grill
North
1 Moe’s Nite Club
2 Monashee’s Bar & Grill
South
1 The Mule Night Club / Showroom
2 Nite Moves Nightclub
3 The Barking Parrot

Best Golf Course
Central
1 The Harvest Golf Club
2 Kelowna Springs Golf Club
3 Kelowna Golf & Country Club
North
1 Predator Ridge Golf Resort
2 Hillview Golf Course
2 Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club
3 Vernon Golf & Country Club
South
1 Penticton Golf & Country Club
2 Osoyoos Golf & Country Club (Osoyoos)
3 Twin Lakes Golf Course (Kaleden)

Best Place for Family Fun
Central
1 Scandia Golf and Games
2 City Park
3 19 Greens
North
1 Davison Orchards
2 Ruckers Family Fun Centre
3 Atlantis Waterslides & Recreation
3 Silver Star Mountain Resort
South
1 Loco Landing Adventure Golf
2 Rattlesnake Canyon Amusement Park (Osoyoos)
3 Skaha Beach

Best Free Attraction
Central
1 City Park
2 Okanagan Lake
3 The Boardwalk
North
1 Polson Park
2 Kal Park
3 Davison Orchards
South
1 Penticton Peach Festival
2 Penticton River Channel
2 The Rose Garden (located beside the SS Sicamous)