09/24/2026
As if any of our readers need to be reminded! Ventura County just might be the best place to live in the world, and having the gorgeous Pacific Ocean on our doorstep is just one of many reasons.
It’s no small task to select the best places to shop, eat and recreate, blessed as this area is with wonderful boutiques, specialty stores, restaurants, entertainment venues and more. It’s a big ask every summer when Best Of voting opens, but our readers deliver, every time. Thank you for helping us “shellebrate” the people and places that make our home so special.
Inside these pages you’ll find all the local favs readers chose, with their votes, to spotlight. That hole-in-the-wall with the burritos you crave? It's here. The shop you can always count on to have the perfect gift? That, too. And of course, there’s all the oft-unsung heroes — the accountants, optometrists, car washers and oil changers — that many of us don’t think about, but that we rely upon all the time. This is their chance to shine, too.
Now it’s time to get comfortable, dig your toes in the sand, grab your beverage of choice and find out who VCReporter’s audience chose as the best of the best in Ventura County.
Congratulations to the winners, and an ocean of thanks to those who voted, and to all of our readers, from the mountains to the sea. We’re lucky to do what we do, and you guys are the reason for it all.
Keep reading at https://digitaledition.vcreporter.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=3992c737-5196-410e-8d43-2d08167ba42c.
