Each year, Vancouver Magazine works with a panel of judges to determine what the tastiest restaurants in town. The winners for 2013 were announced yesterday at the annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards covering the expected categories including best seafood, best casual French, best Japanese as well as some interesting ones such as best Green restaurant, Ingredient of the Year and more. Read on to learn about some of our city’s gems.
Vancouver Restaurant of the Year 2013
Best Seafood 2013
GOLD: BLUE WATER CAFE + RAW BAR
Silver: Yew
Bronze: Landmark Hot Pot House
Honourable Mentions: Tojo’s, C Restaurant
Best Upscale 2013
GOLD: HAWKSWORTH
Silver: Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar
Bronze: Diva at the Met
Honourable Mentions: Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca, West
Best Casual Italian 2013
GOLD: LA QUERCIA
Silver: Lupo
Bronze: La Buca
Honourable Mentions: La Pentolla della Quercia, Campagnolo
Best Upscale Italian 2013
GOLD: CIOPPINO’S MEDITERRANEAN GRILL & ENOTECA
Silver: CinCin
Bronze: Q4 Ristorante
Honourable Mentions: Cibo Trattoria, La Piazza Dario
Best Steakhouse 2013
GOLD: HY’S ENCORE
Silver: Gotham Steakhouse
Bronze: Hamilton St. Grill
Honourable Mention: Black + Blue
Best Pizzeria 2013
GOLD: NICLI ANTICA PIZZERIA
Silver: Pizzeria Farina
Bronze: Via Tevere
Honourable Mentions: Campagnolo Roma, Verace
Best Indian 2013
GOLD: VIJ’S
Silver: Rangoli
Bronze: Chutney Villa
Honourable Mentions: Original Tandoori Kitchen, Atithi
Best Dim Sum 2013
GOLD: DYNASTY SEAFOOD
Silver: The Jade
Bronze: Kirin
Honourable Mentions: Neptune Seafood, Vivacity
Best Casual Chinese 2013
GOLD: ALVIN GARDEN
Silver: Big Chef
Bronze: Nine Dishes
Honourable Mentions: Top Shanghai Cuisine, Lin Chinese Cuisine and Tea House
Best Upscale Chinese 2013
GOLD: HOI TONG
Silver: The Jade
Bronze: Kirin
Honourable Mentions: Golden Paramount, Dynasty Seafood
Best Noodle House 2013
GOLD: HOKKAIDO RAMEN SANTOUKA
Silver: Deer Garden Signatures
Bronze: Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle
Honourable Mentions: Pearl House, Motomachi Shokudo
Best of the Americas 2013
GOLD: LA TAQUERIA
Silver: Tacofino Commissary
Bronze: Rinconcito Salvadoreño
Honourable Mentions: El Camino’s, Hog Shack Cook House
Best Casual French 2013
GOLD: TABLEAU BAR BISTRO
Silver: La Régalade
Bronze: Les Faux Bourgeois
Honourable Mentions: Pied-à-Terre, Bistro Pastis
Best Upscale French 2013
GOLD: LE CROCODILE
Silver: Bacchus at the Wedgewood
Bronze: Five Sails
Honourable Mention: Le Gavroche
Best Upscale Japanese 2013
GOLD: TOJO’S
Silver: Minami
Bronze: Zest
Honourable Mentions: Zen, Miku
Best Casual Japanese 2013
GOLD: KINGYO
Silver: Guu
Bronze: Dan Japanese
Honourable Mentions: ShuRaku, Kishimoto
Best Other Asian 2013
GOLD: SPICE ISLANDS
Silver: Café Kathmandu
Bronze: Banana Leaf
Honourable Mentions: Mui Garden, Kulinarya
Best Casual Chain 2013
GOLD: CACTUS CLUB CAFE
Silver: Hapa Izakaya
Bronze: Joey
Honourable Mentions: Guu, Memphis Blues Barbeque House
Best North Shore 2013
GOLD: LA REGALADE
Silver: Fraîche
Bronze: Gusto di Quattro
Honourable Mentions: Blue Eyed Marys, Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle
Best Okanagan 2013
GOLD: WATERFRONT RESTAURANT & WINE BAR
Silver: Bouchons Bistro
Bronze: RauDZ Regional Table
Honourable Mentions: Local, Theo’s
Best Winery/Vineyard Dining 2013
GOLD: MIRADORO AT TINHORN CREEK
Silver: Old Vines Restaurant at Quails’ Gate | Bronze: Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill
Honourable Mentions: The Vanilla Pod Restaurant at Poplar Grove, Vineyard Terrace at Cedar Creek
Best Other Vancouver Island 2013
GOLD: THE POINTE AT THE WICKANINNISH INN
Silver: Sooke Harbour House
Bronze: SoBo
Honourable Mentions: Amusé on the Vineyard, Hudson’s on First
Best Whistler 2013
GOLD: ARAXI
Silver: Bearfoot Bistro
Bronze: Sidecut
Honourable Mentions: Aura, Alta Bistro
Best New Design 2013
GOLD: WILDEBEEST
Silver: The Fish Shack
Bronze: Tacofino Commissary
Ingredient of the Year 2013
Wild Pacific Albacore
Chef of the Year 2013
David Hawksworth
Mentorship Award 2013
John Bishop
Best Premier Crew 2013
Miki Ellis, Romano Castillo, Samantha Rahn, Jaime Lauder, Ike Seaman
Lifetime Achievement Award 2013
Alain Rayé
Green Award 2013
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