Vancouver bars and restaurants recognized among world's best

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Tales of the Cocktail Foundation has just announced its international honourees for its 17th annual Spirited Awards for 2023, and Vancouver’s bars and restaurants are shining bright.

The internationally recognized awards, which were established in 2007, aim to honour “every facet of the drinks industry on a global scale,” according to its website.

Categories include Best International Bar Team, Best International Cocktail Bar, Best International Hotel Bar, Best International Restaurant Bar, and Best New International Cocktail Bar, demarcated by global regions.

Vancouver’s The Keefer Bar was recognized in numerous categories, as was The Fairmont Pacific Rim’s Lobby Lounge & Raw Bar and Published on Main.

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In the category of best new bars, Vancouver’s Bagheera, Friendlies Bar, Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provisions, and The Stock Room were recognized among the country’s best, proving that this city continues to build on its reputation as a destination for eating and drinking.

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The complete list of honourees for 2023 is as follows:

Best International Bar Team – Canada

Atwater Cocktail Club — Montreal, Québec, Canada
BarChef — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Civil Liberties — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clive’s Classic Lounge at the Chateau Victoria Hotel — Victoria, BC, Canada
Dear Friend Bar — Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Laowai — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lobby Lounge and RawBar at Fairmont Pacific Rim — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Published on Main — Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Cloakroom Bar — Montreal, Québec, Canada
The Keefer Bar — Vancouver, BC, Canada

Best International Cocktail Bar – Canada

Atwater Cocktail Club — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Bar Mordecai — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bar Pompette — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Civil Liberties — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cry Baby Gallery — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
El Pequeño Bar — Montreal, Québec, Canada
Milky Way Cocktail Bar — Montreal, Québec, Canada
Mother Cocktail Bar — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Cloakroom Bar — Montreal, Québec, Canada
The Keefer Bar — Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Best International Hotel Bar – Canada

1927 Lobby Lounge at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bar Artéfact at Auberge Saint-Antoine Hotel — Québec City, Québec, Canada
Botanist at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Clive’s Classic Lounge at the Chateau Victoria Hotel — Victoria, BC, Canada
Clockwork Champagne & Cocktails at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Library Bar at the Fairmont Royal York — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lobby Lounge and RawBar at Fairmont Pacific Rim — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Marcus Restaurant + Terrace at the Four Seasons Hotel — Montreal, Québec, Canada
Rundle Bar at the Fairmont Banff Springs — Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Courtney Room at the Magnolia Hotel — Victoria, BC, Canada

Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada

Aloette — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bar Kismet — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Highwayman Restaurant & Bar — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Honō Izakaya — Quebec City, Québec, Canada
Kissa Tanto — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Le Majestique — Montreal, Québec, Canada
Le Swan French Diner — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Published on Main — Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Ostrich Club — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Wind Cries Mary — Victoria, BC, Canada

Best New International Cocktail Bar – Canada

Bagheera — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bar Banane — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Friendlies Bar — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provision — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sidecar — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Simpl Things — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stolen Goods — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Stock Room — Vancouver, BC, Canada