Announcing the Finalists for Our 2019 Vancouver Restaurant Awards

We’ll be celebrating our 30th year come April 29—and these are the contenders up for glory at our annual restaurant awards.

Yes, for the the 30th year in a row, it’s that time again. When our esteemed judges look back on a year of epic eating, followed by epic debating (and occasionally lapsing into epic arguing) to ultimately send their secret ballots to the accountants to tabulate. And those tabulations are now final.

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 (pick up your tickets now!). So a heartfelt congratulations to all our nominees—we look forward to raising a glass (or three) with all of you this year and feting you in the May issue. You’re the best!

(Ed note: 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 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

2019

Announcing the Finalists for Our 2019 Vancouver Restaurant Awards

We’ll be celebrating our 30th year come April 29—and these are the contenders up for glory at our annual restaurant awards.

Best Bar

Best Casual

Best Chain

Best Chinese

Best Dessert

Best Dim Sum

Best French

Best Indian

Best Italian

Best Japanese

Best Korean

Best Latin

Best New Design

Best Pan Asian

Best Pizzeria

Best Ramen

Best Seafood

Best Steakhouse

Best Upscale

Best Vegetarian

Best West Coast

Best Okanagan

Best Victoria

Best Whistler

Best Neighbourhood Joint: The Nominees

Best Downtown

Best Chinatown

Best Gastown

Best East Side

Best West Side

Best North Shore

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