For the 15th year, Georgia Straight readers have shared their secrets in our annual Golden Plate Awards. Below are the results of our 2012 readers' choice survey – conducted online earlier this year – with winners in 154 categories.
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Best Restaurant Wine List (B.C.)

  1. Raincity Grill, 1193 Denman
  2. Salt Tasting Room, 45 Blood Alley
  3. West, 2881 Granville
  4. Tapenade Bistro, 3711 Bayview St., Richmond

Best Restaurant Wine List (Imported)

  1. La Terrazza, 1088 Cambie
  2. Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar, 1095 Hamilton
  3. Chambar Restaurant, 562 Beatty
  4. Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca, Various Locations

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (Red)

  1. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, 100 Burrowing Owl Place, Oliver
  2. Mission Hill Family Estate, 1730 Mission Hill Road, West Kelowna
  3. Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, 32830 Tinhorn Creek Road, Oliver

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (White)

  1. Mission Hill Family Estate, 1730 Mission Hill Road, West Kelowna
  2. JoieFarm Wines, 2825 Naramata Road, Naramata
  3. Quails' Gate, 3303 Boucherie Road, Kelowna
  4. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, 100 Burrowing Owl Place, Oliver

Best Imported Wine/Winery (Red)

  1. Peter Lehmann, Australia
  2. J. Lohr, California
  3. Wolf Blass Yellow Label Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon, Australia

Best Imported Wine/Winery (White)

  1. Kim Crawford, New Zealand
  2. Oyster Bay, New Zealand
  3. Cono Sur, Chile

Best Winery/Vineyard Restaurant

  1. Old Vines Restaurant, Quails' Gate, 3303 Boucherie Road, West Kelowna
  2. Terrace Restaurant, Mission Hill Family Estate, 1730 Mission Hill Road, Kelowna
  3. The Sonora Room, Burrowing Owl Estate Winery, 100 Burrowing Owl Place, Oliver
  4. Miradoro Restaurant, Tinhorn Creek Winery, 32830 Tinhorn Creek Road, Oliver

Best Wine Bar

  1. Uva Wine Bar, 900 Seymour
  2. Salt Tasting Room, 45 Blood Alley
  3. Joey Restaurants, 507 Burrard, One Bentall Centre

Best Bar Lounge

  1. The Lobby Lounge and Terrace at Fairmont Pacific Rim, 1038 Canada Place
  2. Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge, 845 Hornby
  3. Opus Bar, 350 Davie

Best Restaurant B.C. Beer Selection

  1. Alibi Room, 157 Alexander
  2. St. Augustine’s, 2360 Commercial
  3. BierCraft Restaurants, Various Locations
  4. ensemble Tap: CLOSED, 990 Smithe

Best Restaurant Imported Beer Selection

  1. BierCraft Restaurants, Various Locations
  2. Alibi Room, 157 Alexander
  3. Bitter Tasting Room, 16 W. Hastings Street

Best Restaurant for Cocktails

  1. The Diamond, 6 Powell Street
  2. Pourhouse, 162 Water
  3. Cactus Club Cafe, Various Locations

Best Restaurant for Drink Specials

  1. Earls Restaurant, Various Locations
  2. Cactus Club Cafe, Various Locations
  3. Browns Social House, Various Locations

Best Restaurant for a Stiff Drink

  1. Cascade Room, 2616 Main
  2. The Diamond, 6 Powell Street
  3. Pourhouse, 162 Water

Best Pub

  1. Irish Heather Gastropub, 210 Carrall
  2. Lamplighter Public House, 92 Water
  3. Doolins Irish Pub, 654 Nelson

Best Brewpub Restaurant

  1. Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland
  2. Steamworks Brewing Company, 375 Water
  3. Central City Brewing Co., 13450 102 Avenue, Surrey
  4. Dockside Restaurant, 1253 Johnston Street

Best University/College Pub/Lounge

  1. No longer available.
  2. The Pit Pub, 6138 Student Union Blvd., UBC
  3. Highland Pub, 8888 University Drive, SFU, Burnaby

Best Imported Beer

  1. Heineken
  2. Stella Artois
  3. Guinness

Best Microbrewery Local

  1. Granville Island Brewing, 1441 Cartwright Street
  2. Storm Brewing, 310 Commercial Drive
  3. R&B Brewing Co., 54 East 4th Avenue

Best Locally Brewed Beer

  1. Granville Island Lions Winter Ale
  2. Red Racer IPA (Central City Brewpub)
  3. Red Truck Ale

Best B.C. Beer brewed outside Vancouver

  1. Okanagan Springs Pale Ale, Vernon
  2. Kokanee, Creston
  3. Driftwood Fat Tug IPA, Victoria
  4. Phillips Blue Buck Ale, Victoria

Best Canadian Beer brewed outside B.C.

  1. Steam Whistle
  2. Big Rock, 5555 76 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta
  3. Alexander Keith's

Best Private Wine Store

  1. Liberty Wine Merchants, Various locations
  2. Legacy Liquor Store, 1633 Manitoba Street
  3. Hastings Liquor Store, 2769 East Hastings Street
  4. Everything Wine, 998 Marine Drive, North Vancouver

Best Private Liquor Store

  1. Legacy Liquor Store, 1633 Manitoba Street
  2. Brewery Creek Liquor Store, 3045 Main Street
  3. Hastings Liquor Store, 2769 East Hastings Street
  4. Firefly Fine Wines and Ales, 2857 Cambie Street

Best Independent Coffee Shop

  1. Caffè Artigiano, Various Locations
  2. 49th Parallel, Various Locations
  3. Revolver, 325 Cambie Street
  4. Continental Coffee, 1806 Commercial

Best Chain Coffee Shop

  1. JJ Bean, Various locations
  2. Starbucks, Various locations
  3. Caffè Artigiano, Various Locations

Best Coffee Shop with Wireless Internet

  1. Starbucks, Various locations
  2. Waves, Various locations
  3. Blenz, Various Locations
  4. JJ Bean, Various locations

Best Restaurant Twitter feed

  1. Glowbal_Group
  2. LaTaqueriaYVR
  3. TableauBistro
  4. Cactus Club Cafe, Various locations

Best Tea House

  1. The Secret Garden Tea Company, 5559 West Boulevard
  2. DAVIDsTEA, Various locations
  3. Shaktea, 3702 Main

Best Bubble Tea House

  1. Bubble World, Various Locations
  2. Dragon Ball Tea House, 1007 W. King Edward
  3. Pearl Castle, Various Locations

Best Wine Festival/Event

  1. Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, 127 East 2nd Avenue
  2. Okanagan Wine Festival, 1527 Ellis Street, Kelowna
  3. Naramata Bench Wineries Festivals, Penticton
  4. Cornucopia Whistler, Whistler

Best Food Festival/Event

  1. EAT Vancouver
  2. Feast of Fields
  3. Greek Food Festival
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