A friend of mine lives in Ripon and claims it has the BEST little downtown area in the Valley. He says it’s quaint and got some cool shops and nice little restaurants.

I had told him, while it’s a great downtown area – the BEST has to be…

LODI!

There are loads of great antique shops to browse – there are tasting rooms – fantastic breweries – ice cream shops – candy store – coffee shops – restaurants – they even have a movie theatre!  You could spend the entire day there.

There is not a better downtown in the valley than Lodi.

Am I right? Or am I right?

Name a better quaint little downtown area in the San Joaquin Valley than Lodi.