Best Bar/Lounge

Bacchus Restaurant and Lounge at the Wedgewood Hotel

845 Hornby St.
604-608-5319
Wedgewoodhotel.com

A number of high-profile rooms opened this year, but the judges opted for Bacchus’s clubby confines (Gold). “It’s still the standard-bearer for what a hotel bar should be,” said one judge of this refined yet comfortable lounge where a martini is always huge, cold (and really expensive). Silver went to another old friend—Chambar, whose wooden planks have been home to a rogue’s gallery of great bartenders and are now helmed by the extra-competent Wendy McGuinness. Bronze went to Boneta—home to Bartender of the Year Kaulback—which, along with newcomers L’Abattoir and Keefer Lounge, injects a dose of Gastown coolness into the category.

Finalists for Best Bar/Lounge

Chambar
562 Beatty St.
604-879-7119 Chambar.com

Boneta
1 West Cordova St.
604-684-1844
Boneta.ca

L’Abattoir
217 Carrall St.
604-568-1701 Labattoir.ca

Keefer Lounge
135 Keefer St.
604-688-1961
Thekeeferbar.com


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