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Best Poke

  1. Westcoast Poké
  2. Pacific Poke
  3. Pokérrito

Best Wine Bar

  1. Salt Tasting Room
  2. UVA Wine & Cocktail Bar
  3. Grapes & Soda

Best Local Brewery

  1. R&B Brewing
  2. 33 Acres Brewing Company
  3. Granville Island Brewing

Best Local Distillery

  1. Long Table Distillery
  2. Odd Society Spirits
  3. The Liberty Distillery

Best Beer Store

  1. Brewery Creek Craft Beer & Wine Store
  2. Legacy Liquor Store
  3. JAK's Beer Wine Spirits

Best Liquor Store

  1. Legacy Liquor Store
  2. New District
  3. JAK's Beer Wine Spirits

Best Wine Store

  1. Liberty Wine Merchants
  2. Marquis Wine Cellars
  3. Legacy Liquor Store

Best Locally Brewed Beer

  1. Dat Juice (Twin Sails Brewing)
  2. 33 Acres of Sunshine (33 Acres Brewing Company)
  3. Red Racer IPA (Central City Brewers + Distillers)

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (Red)

  1. Mission Hill Family Estate
  2. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
  3. Quails' Gate

Best B.C. Wine/Winery (White)

  1. Mission Hill Family Estate
  2. JoieFarm Winery
  3. Dirty Laundry

Best Brunch

  1. Café Medina
  2. Jam Cafe
  3. Yolk's Restaurant and Commissary

Best Independent Coffee Shop

  1. Revolver Coffee
  2. 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
  3. Moja Coffee Roasters

Best Coffee Chain

  1. JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
  2. Starbucks
  3. Waves Coffee House

Best Patisserie

  1. purebread
  2. Beaucoup Bakery & Café
  3. Thierry

Best Bread Bakery

  1. Cobs Bread
  2. Terra Breads
  3. Fife Bakery

Best Gluten-Free Bakery

  1. Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery
  2. Edible Flours
  3. The Gluten Free Epicurean

Best Gelato

  1. Bella Gelateria
  2. Amato Gelato Cafe/Mario's Gelati
  3. Uno Gelato

Best Ice Cream

  1. Earnest Ice Cream
  2. Rain or Shine Homemade Ice Cream
  3. Perverted Ice Cream

Best New Restaurant

  1. MILA Plant-Based
  2. Tutto Restaurant & Bar
  3. Lunch Lady

Best Fine Dining Restaurant

  1. Osteria Savio Volpe
  2. Le Crocodile
  3. Hawksworth Restaurant

Best Restaurant Group

  1. Cactus Club Café
  2. Glowbal Restaurant Group
  3. Earls Restaurant

Best Restaurant Patio (Location)

  1. Tap & Barrel
  2. Cactus Club Café
  3. Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House

Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurant

  1. MeeT Restaurants
  2. MILA Plant-Based
  3. Heirloom

Most Romantic Restaurant

  1. Le Crocodile
  2. Cactus Club Café
  3. Seasons in the Park

Best Restaurant Wine Selection

  1. Hawksworth Restaurant
  2. Tutto Restaurant & Bar
  3. Elisa

Best Pub

  1. CRAFT Beer Market
  2. The American Bar
  3. The Junction

Best Teahouse

  1. Secret Garden Tea Company
  2. Neverland Tea Salon
  3. Adonia Tea House

Best Meal-kit Delivery Service

  1. HelloFresh
  2. Fresh Prep Vancouver
  3. Goodfood

Best Catering Company

  1. The Butler Did It Catering Co.
  2. The Graze Company
  3. Emelle's Catering

Best Grocery Store

  1. Whole Foods Market
  2. Safeway
  3. Save-On-Foods

Best Produce Store

  1. Kin's Farm Market
  2. IGA
  3. SPUD

Local Hero

  1. Dr. Bonnie Henry
  2. Alphonso Davies
  3. Dr. Tejpaul Bhatia

Local Heroes (Group)

  1. Nurses
  2. Regional Animal Protection Society
  3. Healthcare heroes

Best Provincial Politician

  1. John Horgan
  2. Adrian Dix
  3. Sonia Furstenau

Best Local Politician

  1. Kennedy Stewart
  2. Christine Boyle
  3. Jean Swanson
  4. Melissa De Genova

Best Federal Politician

  1. Justin Trudeau
  2. Jagmeet Singh
  3. Jody Wilson-Raybould

Best Local Radio Morning Host

  1. Stephen Quinn (CBC Radio One)
  2. Jonny, Holly & Nira (94.5 Virgin Radio)
  3. Kid Carson (Z95.3 FM)

Best Local Radio Afternoon Host

  1. Gloria Macarenko (CBC Radio One)
  2. Sutto & Vanessa (Z95.3 FM)
  3. Lynda Steele (CKNW)

Best Local TV newscaster/host

  1. Sophie Lui (Global B.C.)
  2. Chris Gailus (Global B.C.)
  3. Mary Cranston (Citytv Breakfast Television)

Best Hospital

  1. Vancouver General Hospital
  2. B.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospital
  3. St. Paul’s Hospital

Best Union

  1. B.C. Nurses’ Union
  2. B.C. Teachers’ Federation
  3. CUPE
  4. B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union

Best B.C. Getaway Destination

  1. Whistler
  2. Tofino
  3. Victoria

Best community centre

  1. Kitsilano Community Centre
  2. Britannia Community Centre
  3. Creekside Community Recreation Centre

Most Environmentally Responsible Company

  1. Evo
  2. Lush
  3. Bowen eBikes

Best Local Employer

  1. Vancity
  2. Skin Technique
  3. Olive Fertility Centre

Best Local Startup

  1. Bowen eBikes
  2. Vessi
  3. Pep & Pup

Best Neighbourhood

  1. Kitsilano
  2. Commercial Drive
  3. Mount Pleasant

Best New Real Estate Development

  1. The Amazing Brentwood
  2. River District
  3. Cambie Gardens

Best Tech Company

  1. Vorum
  2. Bench
  3. Cystech Solutions

Best Youth Organization

  1. YMCA/YWCA
  2. Urban Native Youth Association
  3. Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Best Beer Brewed Outside B.C.

  1. Steam Whistle
  2. Guinness
  3. Sleeman’s

Best Brew Pub

  1. R&B Brewing
  2. Steamworks Brewing Co.
  3. Yaletown Brewing Co.
  4. 33 Acres Brewing Company

Best Bubble Tea

  1. CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice Canada
  2. Chatime
  3. Xing Fu Tang

Best Butcher

  1. Windsor Quality Meats
  2. Hotro
  3. Columbus Meat Market

Best Cocktail Bar

  1. The Keefer Bar
  2. The Diamond
  3. Pourhouse

Best Food-delivery Service

  1. Uber Eats
  2. DoorDash
  3. SkipTheDishes

Best Fresh Seafood Store

  1. Fanny Bay Oyster Bar and Shellfish Market
  2. 7 Seas Fish Co.
  3. The Lobster Man

Best Frozen Yogurt

  1. Menchie's Frozen Yogurt
  2. Yogen Früz
  3. On Yogurt

Best Hotel Bar/Lounge

  1. The Lobby Lounge at the Fairmont Pacific Rim
  2. Reflections: The Garden Terrace
  3. Opus Bar

Best Locally Owned Restaurant

  1. La Mezcaleria
  2. Nightingale
  3. Robba da Matti

Best Place for a Quick and Healthy Lunch

  1. Tractor Everyday Healthy Foods
  2. Freshi
  3. Field + Social

Best Place to Pick Up Premade Dinner

  1. Whole Foods Market
  2. Body Energy Club
  3. Urban Fare

Best Specialty Cheese Store

  1. Les Amis du Fromage
  2. Blue Heron Cheese Shop
  3. Benton Brothers Fine Cheese

Best Specialty Grocery Store

  1. Meinhardt Fine Foods
  2. Urban Fare
  3. Bosa Foods

Best Adventure Tour Company

  1. Pacific Angler Fishing Charters
  2. Bowen eBikes
  3. G Adventures

Best Auto Dealership

  1. Brian Jessel BMW
  2. Carter Honda
  3. Jim Pattison Toyota Downtown
  4. Lotus Vancouver
  5. Mercedes Benz Terminal Ave.

Best Auto Repair

  1. Pawlik Automotive
  2. JJ Motor Cars
  3. Art’s Automotive
  4. Gord’s Auto Repair

Best Bike Lawyer

  1. Hammerco Lawyers
  2. David Hay, Q.C. (Richards Buell Sutton)
  3. Warnett Hallen LLP

Best Bike Repair

  1. EbikeBC
  2. Ride On
  3. Sidesaddle Bike Shop
  4. Bike Repair Centre
  5. Reckless Bike Stores

Best Car Share

  1. Evo
  2. Modo
  3. Uber

Best School for Continuing Education

  1. Vancouver Community College
  2. Langara College
  3. University of British Columbia

Best Credit Union

  1. Vancity
  2. Coast Capital Savings
  3. BlueShore Financial

Best Culinary School

  1. The Dirty Apron Cooking School & Delicatessen
  2. Vancouver Community College
  3. Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA)

Best Digital-tech School

  1. British Columbia Institute of Technology
  2. Vancouver Film School
  3. Simon Fraser University

Best Dog-walking Company

  1. Urban Dog
  2. Stellar Petcare
  3. Ruff Stuff Dog Services

Best Doggie Daycare

  1. The Pet Shop Club
  2. Urban Puppy Shop
  3. The Doghouse

Best Electric-hybrid Vehicle

  1. Tesla
  2. Prius
  3. Electra Meccanica

Best Financial Institution

  1. RBC
  2. TD Canada Trust
  3. Vancity

Best Funeral Home

  1. Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services
  2. Mount Pleasant Funeral Home
  3. Glenhaven Memorial Chapel

Best Home-cleaning Service

  1. AspenClean
  2. Without a Trace Cleaning
  3. Life Maid Easy

Best Immigration Consultant

  1. Sophie Yan (Top Consulting Group)
  2. Fred Li (FP Immigration & Associates)
  3. CICS Immigration Consulting

Best Immigration Lawyer

  1. Catherine Sas (Sas & Ing)
  2. Daniel K. McLeod
  3. Ryan Rosenberg (Larlee Rosenberg)

Best Indoor Climbing Gym

  1. The Hive Bouldering Gym
  2. Cliffhanger Vancouver
  3. Climb Base 5

Best Lawyer When Accident Strikes

  1. Krista Simon (Hammerco)
  2. Warnett Hallen LLP
  3. Kevin McLaren (Hammerco)

Best Motorcycle Dealer

  1. Trev Deeley Motorcycles
  2. Carter Motorsports
  3. International Motorsports
  4. High Road Vancouver

Best Notary

  1. Cheryl Kwok
  2. Alexander Ning
  3. David Watts

Best Pet Grooming

  1. My Fluffy Friend’s Pet Shop
  2. The Pet Shop Club
  3. Spa Dog Organic Dog Spa

Best Place to get a Mortgage

  1. Royal Bank of Canada
  2. TD Canada Trust
  3. CIBC

Best Pre-Owned Car Dealer

  1. Lotus Vancouver
  2. Brian Jessel BMW
  3. Lucky 8 Auto Sales

Best Real Estate Agent

  1. Jason Lim (RE/MAX Crest Realty)
  2. Tim Neame (Sotheby’s International Realty)
  3. Jordan Howard (Macdonald Real Estate Group)

Best Recycling Centre

  1. Return-It Depot (Encorp)
  2. Vancouver Regional Recycling Centre
  3. Vancouver Zero Waste Centre
  4. Burnaby Eco Centre
  5. Central Transfer and Recycling
  6. North Vancouver Transfer Station

Best Scooter Dealer

  1. Vespa Metro Vancouver
  2. Motorino
  3. Daytona Motorsports

Best Tattoo Studio

  1. Adrenaline Professional Body Piercing & Tattoos
  2. Rain City Tattoo
  3. Birthmark Tattoos

Best University for Post-Graduate Degree

  1. University of British Columbia
  2. Simon Fraser University
  3. Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Best Hotel Group in Vancouver

  1. Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
  2. Rosewood Hotels
  3. Marriott Hotels

Best Boutique Hotel in Vancouver

  1. OPUS Vancouver
  2. Wedgewood Hotel & Spa
  3. Loden Hotel

Best Veterinary Clinic

  1. Cypress Street Animal Hospital
  2. Atlas Animal Hospital
  3. Olympic Village Veterinary Clinic

Best Visual Effects/Animation School

  1. Vancouver Film School
  2. VanArts Media Arts School
  3. Animism Studios

Best Antique Store

  1. Antique Market
  2. Source Antiques
  3. Stepback

Best Consignment Store

  1. Turnabout
  2. Front & Company
  3. Mine & Yours

Best Eyewear Store

  1. Bruce Eyeware
  2. Bailey Nelson
  3. Clearly

Best Fetishwear Store

  1. Deadly Couture
  2. Honey Gifts
  3. Womyns' Ware

Best gardening store

  1. Figaro's Garden
  2. GardenWorks
  3. Home Depot

Best Home Appliance Store

  1. The Brick
  2. Trail Appliances
  3. Best Buy

Best Kitchenware Store

  1. Kitchen Corner
  2. Ming Wo
  3. The Gourmet Warehouse

Best bike store

  1. Ride On
  2. Reckless Bike Stores
  3. Denman Bike Shop

Best Cannabis Dispensary

  1. Atheneum Cannabis Kerrisdale
  2. Dutch Love
  3. City Cannabis

Best Local Custom-Designed Jewellery Store

  1. Cavalier
  2. House of Jewels
  3. Maharani Jewels

Best Designer Clothing Store

  1. Blushing Boutique
  2. Devil May Wear
  3. Hills Of Kerrisdale

Best Electronics Store

  1. Best Buy
  2. The Source
  3. Vancouver Electronic Depot
  4. Visions Electronics

Best Furniture Store

  1. Ikea
  2. Moe’s
  3. Montauk Sofa Vancouver
  4. Structube
  5. The Brick

Best Home Improvement Store

  1. Home Depot
  2. Home Hardware
  3. Rona

Best Men's Clothing Store

  1. Zara
  2. Brooklyn Clothing Co.
  3. Hills
  4. Surmesur

Best Place to Buy Jeans

  1. Mavi
  2. Dutil Denim
  3. Aritzia

Best Shoe Store

  1. John Fluevog Shoes
  2. gravitypope
  3. Umeboshi

Best Ski and Snowboard Shop

  1. Comor – Go Play Outside
  2. The Boardroom
  3. North Shore Ski and Sport

Best Sporting-Goods Store

  1. Sport Chek
  2. MEC
  3. Sports Junkies

Best Women's Clothing Store

  1. Aritzia
  2. The Latest Scoop
  3. Blushing Boutique

Best Music Shop

  1. Long & McQuade
  2. Tom Lee Music
  3. Tapestry Music

Best Pipe, Bong and Accessory Shop

  1. Puff
  2. Ignite Smoke Shop
  3. CottonMouth Cannabis

Best Record Store

  1. Red Cat Records
  2. Zulu Records
  3. Neptoon Records

Best Sex-Toy Store

  1. Womyns' Ware
  2. Honey Gifts
  3. The Art of Loving

Best Shopping Mall

  1. CF Pacific Centre
  2. Metropolis at Metrotown
  3. Park Royal Mall

Best Shopping Neighbourhood

  1. Robson Street
  2. West 4th Avenue
  3. Mount Pleasant

Best Specialty Furniture Store

  1. Montauk Sofa Vancouver
  2. The Cross Decor & Design
  3. Structube
  4. Inform Interiors

Best Consignment Furniture Store

  1. Attic Treasures
  2. Gild & Co.
  3. ReFind
  4. Consignment Canada
  5. Step Back

Best Acupuncture Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness
  2. Acubalance Wellness Centre
  3. Tanya Gee

Best Barbershop

  1. Kona’ Barber Shop
  2. Barber & Co
  3. Hair By Maxim

Best Barre Studio

  1. The Bar Method Vancouver
  2. Pure Barre
  3. Barre Fitness

Best Chiropractic Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness
  2. The Powerhouse Chiropractic
  3. Main Street Chiropractic

Best Place for Cosmetic Surgery

  1. Skinworks
  2. 8 West Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Clinic
  3. Skin Technique

Best Day Spa

  1. The Vanity Lab
  2. Willow Stream Spa at Fairmont Pacific Rim
  3. Skin Technique

Best Dental Clinic

  1. Kitsilano Dental Group
  2. Main Street Dental
  3. Aarm Dental

Best Dentist

  1. Dr. Kenneth Chan (West Point Dental Clinic)
  2. Dr. Kenneth Wu (Cambie Dental Centre)
  3. Dr. Kevin Gee (Dr. Kevin Gee Inc.)

Best Fertility Clinic

  1. Olive Fertility Centre
  2. Yinstill Reproductive Wellness
  3. Acubalance Wellness Centre

Best Hair Salon

  1. Suki's
  2. Sukh Hair Salon
  3. Brush Salon

Best Health Supplement Store

  1. Popeye's Supplements - Kitsilano
  2. Body Energy Club
  3. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre

Best Integrated Health Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness
  2. Acubalance Wellness Centre
  3. Greenleaf Acupuncture & Herb Clinic

Best Lash and Brow Studio

  1. Prép Beauty Parlour
  2. Frilly Lilly
  3. Blink Brow Bar

Best Pedicure/Manicure

  1. Beyond Nails
  2. Yaletown Nail Spa
  3. BigFeet

Best Massage Therapy Clinic

  1. Peakform Wellness
  2. Broadway Wellness
  3. Bellevue Natural Health Clinic

Best Natural Pharmacy

  1. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre
  2. Pure Integrative Pharmacy
  3. Longevity Compounding Pharmacy
  4. Yaletown Naturopathic Clinic (tie)

Best Naturopathic Clinic

  1. Acubalance Wellness Centre
  2. Empower Health
  3. Mint Integrative Health

Best Non-Surgical Makeover

  1. The Vanity Lab
  2. Dermapure
  3. West Dermatology

Best Nutritionist

  1. Priti Suri
  2. Erin Levine Nutrition + Wellness
  3. Sophie Straith

Best Optometry Clinic

  1. Mount Pleasant Optometry Centre
  2. FYidoctors
  3. Avenue Eyecare

Best Physiotherapist

  1. Dawn Siegel (Hollyburn Physiotherapy Clinic)
  2. InSynch Physio (tie)
  3. Myodetox
  4. Focus Physio + Wellness

Best Private Gym

  1. Ron Zalko Fitness & Yoga
  2. Equinox Fitness Club
  3. Gold’s Gym

Best Skincare Centre

  1. The Skin Care Centre
  2. The Vanity Lab
  3. Dermapure

Best Spa Getaway

  1. Scandinave Spa Whistler
  2. Sparkling Hill Resort
  3. Kingfisher Oceanside Resort & Spa

Best Spin Studio

  1. Ride Cycle Club
  2. Spin Society Cycling Studio
  3. SOULCYCLE

Best Waxing Studio

  1. Stripped Wax Bar
  2. Bare Wax
  3. Frilly Lilly

Best Yoga Studio

  1. YYoga
  2. Yoga West
  3. Oxygen Yoga & Fitness

Best Burlesque Show

  1. Kitty Nights Productions
  2. Virago Nation
  3. Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society

Best Comedian

  1. Mark Hughes
  2. Ivan Decker
  3. Brett Martin
  4. Ravi Khanna

Best Comedy Club

  1. Yuk Yuk's Vancouver
  2. Improv Centre
  3. Rick Bronson's House of Comedy

Best Community Festival

  1. Italian Day
  2. Car Free Days
  3. Greek Day
  4. West 4th Avenue Khatsahlano Street Party

Best Dance Studio

  1. Harbour Dance Centre
  2. iDance Studios
  3. Dance Co

Best Independent Music Label

  1. Coax Records
  2. Boompa Records
  3. Zulu Records

Best Literary Festival

  1. Vancouver Writers Fest
  2. Jewish Book Festival
  3. North Shore Writers Festival

Best Local Band

  1. The Phonix Band
  2. 54-40
  3. Peach Pit
  4. Queer as Funk
  5. Dan Mangan

Best Classical Music Ensemble

  1. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  2. Turning Point Ensemble
  3. Hard Rubber Orchestra

Best Classical Vocal Ensemble

  1. Chor Leoni
  2. Vancouver Chamber Choir
  3. musica intima

Best Local Film Festival

  1. Vancouver International Film Festival
  2. Vancouver Queer Film Festival
  3. DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Best Museum

  1. Museum of Anthropology at UBC
  2. Vancouver Art Gallery
  3. Museum of Vancouver

Best Music Festival

  1. Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  2. TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
  3. West 4th Avenue Khatsahlano Street Party

Best Performing Arts Festival

  1. PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
  2. Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
  3. Vancouver Frings Festival

Best Professional Dance Company

  1. Ballet BC
  2. Kidd Pivot
  3. Company 605

Best Theatre Company

  1. Arts Club Theatre Company
  2. Touchstone Theatre
  3. Pacific Theatre

Best Private Art Gallery

  1. Ian Tan Gallery
  2. Ayden Gallery
  3. Rennie Collection at Wing Sang

Best Public Art Gallery

  1. Vancouver Art Gallery
  2. Richmond Art Gallery
  3. Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Best Strip Club

  1. No. 5 Orange
  2. Brandi's Exotic Show Lounge
  3. Penthouse Night Club

Best Theatre or Dance Venue

  1. Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  2. Orpheum Theatre
  3. Stanley Theatre

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