2011 Reader's Choice Winners

GASTRONOMY

Best Restaurant

Budget

Service

Best View

Atmosphere

...more gastronomy winners

ENTERTAINMENT

Patio

Washroom

3 a.m. Meal

Food Court

All You Can Eat

...more entertainment winners

NEIGHBOURHOODS

Downtown

West Side

East Side

Burnaby

Suburbs

...more neighbourhood winners

SPECIALTIES

Breakfast

Pub Food

Tapas

Wings

Dim Sum

...more speciality winners

DRINKS

B.C. Wine List

Lounge

Microbrewery

Coffee Shop

Brew Pub

...more drink winners

Voting is now closed for the 15th annual Golden Plates.

Thank you for sharing your opinion on restaurants that are really worth visiting, and rewarding them with some Golden Plate Award love.

The Golden Plates issue will hit news boxes and other outlets across Metro Vancouver on March 22.

PAST GOLDEN PLATES STORIES

Golden Plates 2011 Winners

These choices were made by readers in an on-line survey earlier this year.

Restaurant insiders pick the best eats in Vancouver

A team of Straight staffers called up more than 100 local restaurateurs, chefs, and managers, and asked them to name the best restaurants in Vancouver in 11 categories.

See all winners on a searchable Google Map

Is the customer always right? Vancouver's restaurant-industry professionals sound off

By Carolyn Ali

Restaurant-industry professionals share their customer-relations tales and reveal how you can get the best out of your dining experience.

Where Vancouver's chefs, managers, and owners dine

By Carolyn Ali

Straight staffers called up more than 100 local restaurateurs, chefs, and managers, and asked them to name the best restaurants in Vancouver.

Vancouver restaurant industry experts sound off on social media, food bloggers, online reviews

By Michelle da Silva

When Straight staffers called up over 100 restaurateurs, chefs, and floor managers and asked them for their customer-relations stories, some had a lot to say on bloggers and social media.

Uncovering fine dining's gender divide in Vancouver

By Pieta Woolley

There’s a kind of Bermuda Triangle for female chefs between culinary school and the top of the industry. But why?

Young chef Andrea Potter opts out of the kitchen

By Pieta Woolley

Chef Andrea Potter is just 26 and has already dropped out of the race to the top of the fine-dining world.

Vancouver's standout sandwiches are beauties to behold

By Judith Lane

On a quest to find the best sandwiches in town, we checked out the city’s newest shops as well as established delis.

Kingsway's king for nocturnal eats in Vancouver

By Stephen Wong

Kingsway offers stomach warming dishes to late-night snackers and and insomniacs.

Restaurant playlists in Vancouver get just the right vibe

By Tara Lee

For some restaurants, what's on the speakers is just as important as what's on the menu.

Pros pick Vancouver’s most underrated restaurants

By Staff

When Straight staffers called up over 100 restaurateurs, chefs, and floor managers and asked them to name the most underrated restaurant in Vancouver, we got a long list of answers.

Where restaurant-industry workers go for cheap meals in Vancouver

By Staff

Most people appreciate a good, inexpensive meal.

Georgia Straight readers pick the best restaurant trends in Vancouver

By Stephen Hui

The Georgia Straight asked what was the best trend to hit Vancouver restaurants in the last year on the ballot for the 14th annual Golden Plates, and you responded with clarity—street food venders.

Readers recall year’s best meals at Vancouver restaurants: Mis Trucos, Chambar, Bistrot Bistro

By Michelle da Silva

Amazing food is often thought of as the hallmark of a great meal, but what about top-notch service, a memorable atmosphere, or an unexpected encounter?

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