This year’s World’s Best winners, as voted by our readers, proved to exceed expectations in every way. Sixt, for example,introduced one reader to the wonders of road-tripping in Europe — without any hassle. “We had heard many horror stories about renting vehicles in Iceland, so we weren’t sure what to expect, but Sixt made it work great for us,” they Read more...

Jordan Landing Shopping Center is part of a vast mixed-use development including residential units and offices. Ground was broken in 1999. Read more...

Serving unlimited hot, buttery breadsticks is one way the Italian-American chain Olive Garden keeps customers coming through the doors. The casual dining chain opened its first restaurant in Orlando in 1982. It now operates 841 locations globally, earning almost $3.75 billion in sales last year. After years of decline, the chain just reported its best quarterly sales performance in years, Read more...

This 520-bed medical center was totally rebuilt to conform to the latest California seismic safety requirements and reopened in 2008. In Sept. 2010, the Integrated Healthcare Association rated the affiliated UCLA Medical Group, with more than 1,000 physicians and 72 ambulatory practice sites, as one of California’s top medical groups, meaning it had one of the highest overall performance in Read more...

“I spend all day on a tractor. Make me a drink that reminds me of the farm. You know, of dirt and diesel.” This is how an organic farmer from Portland ordered his drink here, because that is how they encourage drinks to be ordered. Get poetic about it; you’ll wind up with something like the Dirt ‘n’ Diesel. The Read more...