The Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards Will Be Announced April 29
It’s always a tense moment when Van Mag drops it’s finalists for the highly-coveted restaurant awards and every year the competition seems to get more difficult. Here are the finalists copied right from the Van Mag announcement.
“Below you’ll find the spots that our judges deemed worthy of vying for the the elusive gold medal in their respective categories. From holes-in-the-wall to big-fancy-deals, these are the rooms that reached for excellence the past year, who served the dishes that implanted themselves in our judge’s memories and who created an environment that they didn’t want leave.
Among these nominees also sits one spot that reigned supreme this year—the one and only Restaurant of the Year. All the winners will be revealed at our annual blow out—the legendary Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards (our 30th Anniversary, no less!), taking place on April 29 .
(A couple of categories you won’t see here: Best New Restaurant, the finalists and winners of which are revealed on awards day, and Restaurant of the Year and Chef of the Year—also only revealed on the big day.)”
Best Bar
Grapes & Soda
Juniper
The Shameful Tiki Room
Trans Am
Upstairs at Campagnolo
Best Casual
Chancho Tortilleria
The DownLow Chicken Shack
Fat Mao Noodles
Hey, Dumplings!
The Tuck Shoppe
Best Chain
Cactus Club Cafe
Earls
Joey
Nook
Tacofino
Best Chinese
Chef Tony
Dynasty
Hoi Tong
Jade Seafood
Sanbo
Best Dessert
Au Comptoir
Blue Water Cafe
Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar
Hawksworth
L’Abattoir
Best Dim Sum
Chef Tony
Dynasty
Fisherman’s Terrace
Golden Paramount
Yue Delicacy
Best French
Au Comptoir
Café Salade de Fruits
Le Crocodile
St. Lawrence
Tableau Bar Bistro
Best Indian
Dosa Corner
My Shanti
Sachdeva Sweets
Swad Indian Kitchen
Vij’s
Best Italian
Ask for Luigi
CinCin
Giardino
La Quercia/L’Ufficio
Savio Volpe
Best Japanese
Dosanko
Masayoshi
Stem Japanese Eatery
Tetsu Sushi Bar
Yuwa Japanese Cuisine
Best Korean
Hanwoori Korean
House of Tofu Soup
Insadong Korean
Maru Korean Bistro
Sura Korean Cuisine
Best Latin
Chancho Tortilleria
Molli Café
La Taqueria
Rinconcito Salvadoreno
Best New Design
Coquille
Elisa
Origo Club
Pepino’s
Tacofino Ocho
Best Pan Asian
Kissa Tanto
Heritage Asian Eatery
Longtail Kitchen
Penang Delight Cafe
Torafuku
Best Pizzeria
Bufala
Corduroy Pie Company
Ignite Pizzeria
Pizzeria Farina
Via Tevere
Best Ramen
Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
Marutama Ra-men
Motomachi Shokudo
Ramen Danbo
Ramen Koika
Best Seafood
Blue Water Cafe
Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar
Coquille
Landmark Hot Pot House
Oddfish
Best Steakhouse
Black + Blue
Elisa
Gotham Steakhouse and Bar
Hy’s Steakhouse and Cocktail Bar
Victor
Best Upscale
Bauhaus
Botanist
Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar
Hawksworth
The Pear Tree
Best Vegetarian
The Acorn
Aleph Eatery
The Arbor
Heirloom
Virtuous Pie
Best West Coast
AnnaLena
Burdock and Co
Farmer’s Apprentice
Nightingale
The Pear Tree
Best Okanagan
Liquidity
Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek
Old Vines
RauDZ
Waterfront Wines
Best Victoria
Agrius
House of Boateng
OLO
Part and Parcel
Wild Mountain
Best Whistler
Alta Bistro
Araxi
Bar Oso
The Grill Room
Red Door Bistro
Best Neighbourhood Joint: The Nominees
Best Downtown
Amici Miei
Heritage Asian Eatery
Mumbai Local
Tavola
Tetsu Sushi Bar
Best Chinatown
Bao Bei
Chinatown BBQ
Kissa Tanto
Torafuku
Upstairs at Campagnolo
Best Gastown
Ask for Luigi
Dosanko
St. Lawrence
Moltaqa
Pidgin
Best East Side
Burdock and Co.
Kishimoto
Joojak
Masayoshi
Savio Volpe
Best West Side
AnnaLena
Au Comptoir
Grapes and Soda
Landmark Hot Pot House
L’ufficio
Best North Shore
Lift Breakfast Bakery
Olive & Anchor
Orto Artisan Pasta
Terroir Kitchen
Zen
