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Best professional culinary school

  1. Vancouver Community College
  2. The Art Institute of Vancouver
  3. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts

Best pickup bar (m seeking f)

  1. The Roxy, 932 Granville
  2. Doolin's Irish Pub, 654 Nelson Street
  3. Bimini Public House, 2010 W. 4th

Best pickup bar (f seeking m)

  1. The Roxy, 932 Granville
  2. Caprice Nightclub, 967 Granville
  3. Numbers, 1042 Davie

Best gay bar

  1. Celebrities Nightclub, 1022 Davie
  2. Pumpjack Pub, 1167 Davie
  3. The Odyssey Bar & Nightclub, 686 W. Hastings

Best lesbian club event/bar

  1. Hershe Bar, 398 Richards Street [Red Room]
  2. Cobalt, 917 Main
  3. Score on Davie, 1262 Davie Street

Best strip club

  1. No. 5 Orange, 205 Main Street
  2. Brandi's Exotic Show Lounge, 595 Hornby Street
  3. The Granville Strip, 1050 Granville St
  4. Penthouse, 1019 Seymour Street

Best restaurant (independent)

  1. Chambar Restaurant, 568 Beatty
  2. Savio Volpe, 615 Kingsway
  3. Ask for Luigi, 305 Alexander

Most romantic restaurant

  1. Hawksworth Restaurant, 801 W. Georgia
  2. Brix & Mortar, 1138 Homer
  3. Seasons in the Park, Queen Elizabeth Park (West 33rd Avenue at Cambie Street)

Best all-day breakfast

  1. Denny's Restaurant, Various locations
  2. Sophie's Cosmic Cafe, 2095 W. 4th
  3. Bon's Off Broadway, 2451 Nanaimo

Best brew pub

  1. Granville Island Brewing, 1441 Cartwright St., Granville Island
  2. Red Truck Brewery, 295 E. 1st
  3. Yaletown Brewing Co., 1111 Mainland Street
  4. Steamworks, 375 Water

Best brewery tasting room

  1. Brassneck Brewery, 2148 Main Street
  2. Big Rock Urban Brewery, 310 W. 4th
  3. 33 Acres Brewing Company, 15 W. 8th

Best new craft brewery

  1. Doan’s Craft Brewing Company, 1830 Powell St
  2. Off The Rail Brewing Co., 1351 Adanac St
  3. Powell Street Craft Brewery, 1357 Powell Street

Best local brewery

  1. 33 Acres Brewing Company, 15 W. 8th
  2. Parallel 49 Brewing, 1950 Triumph St.
  3. Granville Island Brewing, 1441 Cartwright St., Granville Island

Best B.C. wine/winery (white)

  1. JoieFarm Winery, 2825 Naramata Road, Naramata
  2. Blasted Church, 378 Parsons Road, Okanagan Falls
  3. La Frenz Winery, 740 Naramata Rd., Penticton

Best B.C. wine festival

  1. Okanagan Wine Festivals
  2. Cornucopia
  3. Naramata Bench Wineries Tailgate Party

Best local distillery

  1. Odd Society Spirits, 1725 Powell Street
  2. The Liberty Distillery, 1494 Old Bridge Rd., Granville Island
  3. Long Table Distillery, 1451 Hornby St.

Best sports bar

  1. Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery, 560 Smithe
  2. Shark Club, Various locations
  3. Library Square Public House, 300 W. Georgia

Best juice bar

  1. The Juice Truck, 28 W. 5th
  2. Glory Juice Co.
  3. Nectar Juicery, 102 W. Hastings

Best hotel bar lounge

  1. Lobby Lounge Terrace + RawBar at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, 1038 Canada Place
  2. 1927 Lobby Lounge at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 801 W. Georgia
  3. Notch8 Restaurant & Bar, 900 W. Georgia

Best place for cocktails

  1. The Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar, 905 Dunsmuir
  2. Clough Club, 212 Abbott
  3. Pourhouse , 162 Water

Best food truck

  1. Tacofino, 2327 E. Hastings
  2. Mom's Grilled Cheese, Mobile locations
  3. Soho Road Naan Kebab, 800 Smithe

Best fine dining

  1. Bishop's, 2183 W. 4th
  2. Hawksworth Restaurant, 801 W. Georgia
  3. Gotham Steakhouse & Bar, 615 Seymour

Best kid-friendly restaurant

  1. White Spot, Various locations
  2. Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co., Various locations
  3. Red Robin, Various locations

Best chain restaurant

  1. Cactus Club Cafe, Various locations
  2. Earls Restaurant, Various locations
  3. White Spot, Various locations

Best restaurant patio

  1. Tap & Barrel Restaurant, Various locations
  2. Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House, 777 Thurlow
  3. Keg Steakhouse & Bar, Various locations

Best grocery store

  1. Whole Foods Market, Various locations
  2. Urban Fare, Various locations
  3. Save-On-Foods

Best produce store

  1. Kin's Farm Market
  2. Whole Foods Market, Various locations
  3. Donald's Market, 2279 Commercial Drive

Best specialty grocery store

  1. Urban Fare, Various locations
  2. Pomme Natural Market
  3. Meinhardt Fine Foods, Various locations

Best organic-produce store

  1. Whole Foods Market, Various locations
  2. Choices Market
  3. Pomme Natural Market

Best place to pick up premade dinner

  1. Urban Fare, Various locations
  2. Whole Foods Market, Various locations
  3. Meinhardt Fine Foods, Various locations

Best place for casual cooking classes

  1. The Dirty Apron Cooking School & Delicatessen, 540 Beatty
  2. Well Seasoned, 20771 Langley Bypass, Langley
  3. The Gourmet Warehouse, 1340 E. Hastings

Best butcher

  1. Market Meats
  2. Jackson's Meats and Deli, 2214 W. 4th
  3. Pasture to Plate

Best seafood store

  1. The Daily Catch Seafood Company, 1418 Commercial
  2. 7 Seas Fish Co., Various locations
  3. Granville Island Public Market, 1689 Johnston

Best specialty cheese store

  1. Les Amis du Fromage, Various locations
  2. Benton Brothers Fine Cheese, Various locations
  3. La Grotta Del Formaggio, 1791 Commercial

Best bistro

  1. Tableau Bar Bistro, 1181 Melville
  2. Burgoo, 3 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver
  3. Les Faux Bourgeois, 663 E. 15th

Best brunch

  1. Medina Cafe, 780 Richards
  2. Yolk's Restaurant & Commissary, 1298 East Hastings Street
  3. The Wallflower, 2420 Main

Best bread bakery

  1. Terra Breads
  2. Purebread, 159 W. Hastings
  3. A Bread Affair, 1680 Johnston, Granville Island

Best pastry bakery

  1. Beaucoup Bakery & Café, 2150 Fir
  2. Purebread, 159 W. Hastings
  3. Thomas Haas Chocolates & Patisserie, Various locations

Best ice cream

  1. Earnest Ice Cream, 3992 Fraser
  2. Rain or Shine Homemade Ice Cream, Various locations
  3. Soft Peaks, 25 Alexander

Best gelato

  1. Bella Gelateria, Various locations
  2. Amato Gelato Cafe/Mario's Gelati, 78 East 1st Ave.
  3. La Casa Gelato, 1033 Venables St

Best frozen yogurt

  1. Menchie's Frozen Yogurt, Various locations
  2. Qoola Frozen Yogurt Bar, Various locations
  3. Pinkberry, Various locations

Best independant bar lounge

  1. The Keefer Bar, 135 Keefer St.
  2. Pourhouse , 162 Water
  3. The Diamond, 6 Powell Street

Best restaurant wine list (B.C.)

  1. CinCin Ristorante + Bar, 1154 Robson
  2. Hawksworth Restaurant, 801 W. Georgia
  3. West, 2881 Granville

Best wine bar

  1. UVA Wine & Cocktail Bar, 900 Seymour
  2. Salt Tasting Room, 45 Blood Alley Square
  3. Vancouver Urban Winery, 55 Dunlevy

Best pub

  1. Doolin's Irish Pub, 654 Nelson Street
  2. The Irish Heather Gastropub, 210 Carrall
  3. The Charles Bar, 136 W. Cordova
  4. The Blarney Stone, 216 Carrall

Best locally brewed beer

  1. Gypsy Tears by Parallel 49 Brewing
  2. Four Winds Nectarous
  3. Granville Island Lions Winter Ale
  4. 33 Acres of Sunshine

Best B.C. beer brewed outside Vancouver

  1. Driftwood Fat Tug IPA
  2. Hoyne Dark Matter
  3. Whistler Brewing Co. Grapefruit Ale

Best Canadian beer brewed outside B.C.

  1. 100th Meridian by Mill Street Brewery
  2. Steam Whistle Pilsner by Steam Whistle
  3. La Fin du Monde by Unibroue La Fin du Monde
  4. Grasshopper Wheat Ale by Big Rock Brewery

Best B.C. wine/winery (red)

  1. Burrowing Owl, 500 Burrowing Owl Pl., Oliver
  2. Road 13 Vineyards, 799 Ponderosa Road, Road 13, Oliver
  3. Red Rooster Winery, 891 Naramata Rd., Penticton
  4. Quails' Gate, 3303 Boucherie Road, West Kelowna

Best private wine store

  1. Okanagan Estate Wine Shop, 3669 West 4th Avenue
  2. Liberty Wine Merchants, Various locations
  3. Legacy Liquor Store, 1633 Manitoba

Best private liquor store

  1. Legacy Liquor Store, 1633 Manitoba
  2. Granville Liquor Store, 2658 Granville Street
  3. Coal Harbour Liquor Store, 1218 W. Pender

Best private beer store

  1. The Brewery Creek Liquor Store, 3045 Main Street
  2. Darby's, 2001 Macdonald
  3. Broadway Liquor Store, 1169 W. Broadway

Best independent coffee shop

  1. Revolver Coffee, 325 Cambie
  2. 49th Parallel, Various locations
  3. Greenhorn, 994 Nicola

Best coffee shop (local chain)

  1. JJ Bean Coffee Roasters, Various locations
  2. Blenz, Various locations
  3. Caffè Artigiano, Various locations

Best tea house

  1. The Secret Garden Tea Company, 2138 W. 40th
  2. DAVIDsTEA
  3. Neverland Tea Salon, 3066 W. Broadway

Most vegan-friendly

  1. The Naam, 2724 W. 4th
  2. MeeT, Various locations
  3. The Acorn, 3995 Main

Best new restaurant

  1. Savio Volpe, 615 Kingsway
  2. Nightingale, 1017 W. Hastings
  3. Pizzeria Bufala, 5395 West Blvd
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