Getting to Know Yolo County

Just at the east of Napa County, Yolo County hasethnic restaurant, coffee shops, Wednesday's
been silently fueling and supplying the food revolutionevening farmers' market, a lively Saturday morning's
of the San Francisco Bay Area since 1970s, when itsfarmers' market and first-class boutiques.
local pioneer organic farmers and growers startedSituated on the southwestern part of the county
planting and growing local produce and fresh marketjust against the foothills, are where you will find the
crops to be delivered to the restaurants in the Baycounty's slightly counterculture and quirky town. It
Area as well as to sell seasonal produce to emerginghas been a farming center and orchard since it was
farmers' markets. Today, Yolo County has startedfounded in 1850s. Here, you will discover the
claiming its very own distinct place in thewell-known Palms Theatre, situated in the newly
stratosphere of wine, food, and good life in therenovated and restructured Winters Opera House.
Northern California!You will also find an award-winning steakhouse, cafes
Yolo County has been long popular for its range ofand restaurants that serve locally grown foods,
commodity crops such as processing alfalfa,Mexican restaurants, and taco trucks that will surely
tomatoes, and seed crops; however these days,give you a wonderful experience.
almonds, wine grapes, and walnuts are becoming theWoodland, the center of Yolo County's farming
county's top crops as well. Truly, a drive through thiscommunity and the county seat boasts of several
county is nothing but a wonderful rural experience,agricultural infrastructures that supplies and boosts
with a great sprinkling of cities and towns.the county's economy including tomato processing
Surrounded by Coast Range, the Yolo land flattensplants, rice mills, farm equipment sales, and seed
out to the westernmost territory of the Greatcompanies. This town also has different restaurants
Central Valley of California down to the Sacramentothat feature locally grown food, a coffee shop,
River. You will also find olive groves, almond orchards,vibrant bookstore, live music and barbecue, white
bucolic Capay Valley, and grazing cattle, making thetablecloth restaurants, and a farmers' market. It is
county the country's premier organic grower!also the home to the well-known Yolo County Fair
The cities and towns in Yolo County are few. Davis,and California Olive Oil Competition.
the largest city, is a proud home of theWith all that's been said, what are you waiting for?
world-famous, first-class University of California,Head to Yolo County now, discover it, and have a
where over 30,000 students head to the campustaste of it!
during the school season. You will find every kind of