Activities
- A season for a festival
- Foothill towns beckon to travelers
- Go behind the scenes at Spaans Cookie Co.
- Lodi-area factory tours
- Take a quiet drive on the Delta loop
- A guide to Lodi-area activities
Food
- Try some of Lodi's best eats
- Coffee culture in Lodi
- Making the most of the roast at Lodi's Java Stop
History
Lodging
Outdoors
- Adrenaline junkies will love Lodi
- Sandhill Crane Festival
- Lodi area rich with birding sites
- Lodi Lake is the place to be
- Lodi is made for bicycling
- A Trip on the Mokelumne River
- Sprucing up your golf game
Shopping
- Visit Lodi's Farmers Market
- Second Hand Rose a store of collectibles
- Remember your trip with a gift that screams Lodi
Snapshots
Wine
- A-1 Laundromat
- A.G. Luna Heating & Air, Inc.
- ABC Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning
- Adecco
- Animal Friends Connection Humane Society
- Arbor, The
- Austin Gardens
- Avenue Grill, The
- B&W Resort Marina
- Ben's Appliance, Kitchen Design Center
- Best Western Royal Host Inn
- Beyond Pots & Pans
- Borelli Jewelers
- Burton's Shoes
- California Glass
- California State University, Stanislaus
- Calvary Baptist Church
- Casa Mexicana
- Century 21 M&M and Associates: Gloria Tovar
- Century 21 M&M and Associates: Sara Lee Okazaki
- Century Assembly
- Chocoholics
- Classic Living
- Country Cafe
- Danz Jewelers
- De Vinci's
- Delta Loop Recreation Area
- Diet Center
- Dos Reis Logo Wear
- Downtown Lodi Business Partnership
- El Pajaro
- El Rancho Motel
- El Rosal
- Elizabeth, The
- Exterior Design Landscape
- First Baptist Church
- Flag City RV Resort
- Frames & Fine Things
- General Mills
- Giant Discount Tire Centers
- Golden Ox
- Golden State Electronic Waste Recovery Systems
- Gonzalez Roofing
- Guild Cleaners
- Habanero Hots
- Hedy Holmes Staffing Services
- Heminover, Renee: Certified Massage Therapist
- Jan's Sweet Treasures
- Knowlton Gallery
- L&L Travel
- Lazzaro, Rose: Your Hometown Realtor
- Les Schwab Tires
- Lodi Academy
- Lodi Arts Project Fund
- Lodi Avenue Baptist Church
- Lodi Community Art Center
- Lodi Cooks
- Lodi Memorial Hospital Foundation
- Lodi News-Sentinel: Discover
- Lodi News-Sentinel: Thanks
- Lodi Promenaders
- Lodi Services Heat & Cooling
- Lodi Sporting Goods
- Lodi Wine & Visitor Center
- LodiWineCountry.com
- Lots of Deals Inside
- Mary Kay: Terrie Green
- Mazatlan Cafe
- Merlot
- Michael-David Family of Wines
- Micke Grove Regional Park
- Mokelume Federal Credit Union
- Mokelumne Glen Vineyards
- My Lady's Wigs
- New & Again Consignment Furniture Gallery
- New York Life
- Old Arch Restaurant
- Orange Grove Apartments
- Pam's Pool & Leisure
- Pen and the Pear, The
- Pinnell's Flooring America
- PMZ Real estate: Shannon Meredith
- Prudential California Realty
- Quality Property Services
- R&R Beauty Supply & Salon
- Railroad Junction
- Re/Max Gold: Diane Comporato-Gallagher
- Real Gizmos
- Reimche, Roy: Your Personal Realtor
- River Garden Retirement Home
- River's Edge / Meritage Apartments>> Visit the River's Edge Web site
- Ryde Hotel
- Salon Doux
- Sanborn Chevrolet
- School Street Bistro
- Serenity Medi-Spa: Deanna Brown
- Sheri's Fashion Boutique
- Shoals Cafe, The
- Software Training Group
- St. Paul Lutheran Church
- St. Paul Lutheran Church & School
- Statesman Realty
- Terminous Boat & RV Storage
- Tokay Tire Service
- Town & Country Properties
- Travis Catering Company
- Village Flowers & Gifts
- Vinewood Community Church
- Vintage Limousine Service
- Woodbridge Steakhouse
- Zoop-a-Loop
Wineries
Wineries galore! See our interactive map for information on tasting room hours and tours.
Golf Courses
Fore! See our interactive map for information on Lodi-area golf courses.
Visit Lodi's Farmers Market
Downtown Lodi will host 17 Farmers Markets under usually balmy conditions every Thursday evening from June through September.
Three blocks of School Street — between Elm and Walnut streets — are blocked off to traffic, allowing visitors to wander under towering shade trees and sample fruits and vegetables fresh off the local farms found just outside Lodi's city limits.
The market includes more than 20 food vendors, such as Lockeford Sausage, hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, Filipino and Chinese food. There will also be a wine and beer garden.
The main attraction is food, but some of the approximately 70 vendors sell antiques, arts and crafts and commercial items.
This year, four of the Thursdays will have special themes, twice as many as in 2006.
On July 5, the Farmers Market will be a continuation of the Independence Day holiday. The International Air Force Band will perform, visitors will get small flags and a celebration of American troops will take place.
The remaining three theme night dates are tentative:
- Mardi Gras night, featuring the Bayou Boys band and free Mardi Gras beads, July 19.
- Hawaiian night, complete with Polynesian dancers, free leis for the public, a hula shirt contest and beach balls, Aug. 23.
- Country-western night, Sept. 13. Details not firmed up.
"We always have something going on," said Jaime Watts, executive director of the Downtown Lodi Business Partnership.
In addition to downtown Lodi's showcase, there are some Farmers Markets in Stockton and Tracy. Stockton One is located in the Dillard's parking lot at Weberstown Mall, Pacific Avenue and March Lane in Stockton, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Sunday and Thursday.
Also in Stockton is a Farmers Market on Tuesdays at Kaiser Permanente, West Lane and Tommydon Street. Dates and times to be announced. And under Highway 4, also known as the Crosstown Freeway, a large Farmers Market featuring fresh eggs, fish, live poultry and produce is held year-round from 7 to 10 a.m. on Saturdays, or when the market is sold out. That market is between El Dorado and San Joaquin streets.
In Tracy, a Wednesday market is held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Central and 10th streets.
Dates: Thursdays from June 7 through Sept. 27.
Time: 5 to 9 p.m.
Where: School Street between Elm and Walnut streets.
Information: Downtown Lodi Business Partnership, (209) 369-8052.
— News-Sentinel staff