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Best of the City: Dining 2016 - Best Specialty Items

Your guide to the very best restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars Vancouver has to offer!
BOTCD 2016 Results are in Vancouver

 

We asked our readers to vote for their favourite places to eat and drink in Vancouver and they responded with enthusiasm! This year, more than 15,000 votes were cast in close to 140 categories. Let our winners list be your guide to discovering new fouvourites while celebrating all the places you know and love.

 

Best Bagel

1. Solly’s

Various locations

SollysBagelry.com

 

2. Siegel’s Bagels

Various locations

SiegelsBagels.com

 

3. Rosemary Rocksalt

Various locations

RosemaryRocksalt.com

 

Best Barbecue

1. Memphis Blues

Various locations

MemphisBluesBBQ.com

 

2. Dixie’s

337 E. Hastings

MeatAtDixies.com

 

3. Buckstop

833 Denman

Buckstop.ca

 

Best Burger

1. Vera’s Burger Shack

Various locations

VerasBurgerShack.com

 

2. Romer’s

Various locations

RomersBurgerBar.com

 

T-3. The Cannibal Café

Various locations

CannibalCafe.ca

 

T-3. White Spot

Various locations

WhiteSpot.ca

 

Best Chocolate

1. Thomas Haas

Various locations

ThomasHaas.com

 

2. Beta5 Chocolates

413 Industrial

Beta5.MyShopify.com

 

3. Thierry

1059 Alberni

ThierryChocolates.com

 

Best Croissant

1. Thomas Haas

Various locations

ThomasHaas.com

 

2. Beaucoup Bakery & Café

2150 Fir

BeaucoupBakery.com

 

T-3. Bel Café

801 W. Georgia

BelCafe.com

 

T-3. Faubourg

Various locations

Faubourg.com

 

Best Cup of Tea

1. Urban Tea Merchant

1070 West Georgia

UrbanTea.com

 

2. Secret Garden Tea Company

2138 W. 40th

SecretGardenTea.com

 

3. David'sTea

Various locations

DavidsTea.com

 

Best Dim Sum

1. Kirin

Various locations

KirinRestaurants.com

 

2. Dynasty Seafood

777 W. Broadway

Dynasty-Restaurant.ca

 

3. Sun Sui Wah

3888 Main

SunSuiWah.ca

 

Best Donair

1. Donair Dude

Various locations

DonairDude.com

 

2. Babylon Café

Various locations

BabylonCafe.ca

 

3. Best Falafel

2013 Commercial

BestFalafel.ca

 

Best Donut

1. Cartems Donuterie

Various locations

Cartems.com

 

2. Lucky’s

Various locations

LuckysDoughnuts.com

 

3. Tim Hortons

Various locations

TimHortons.com

 

Best Fish & Chips

1. Go Fish

1505 W. 1st

No website

 

2. Pajo’s

Various locations

Pajos.com

 

3. The Fish Counter

3825 Main

TheFishCounter.com

 

Best Gelateria 

1. Bella Gelateria

Various locations

BellaGelateria.com

 

2. Mario’s Gelati

88 E. 1st

MariosGelati.com

 

3. La Casa Gelato

1033 Venables

LaCasaGelato.com

 

Best Hot Dog

1. Japadog

Various locations

Japadog.com

 

2. What’s Up? Hot Dog!

2481 E. Hastings

WhatsUpHotDog.ca

 

3. Costco

605 Expo

Costco.ca

 

Best Ice Cream

1. Earnest Ice Cream

Various locations

EarnestIceCream.com

 

2. Rain or Shine

Various locations

RainOrShineIceCream.com

 

3. Soft Peaks

25 Alexander

SoftPeaks.ca

 

Best Juice/Smoothie

1. Jugo Juice

Various locations

JugoJuice.com

 

2. The Juice Truck

Various locations

TheJuiceTruck.ca

 

T-3. Glory Juice Co.

Various locations

GloryJuiceCo.com

 

T-3. Booster Juice

Various locations

BoosterJuice.com

 

Best Pasta

1. Ask for Luigi

305 Alexander

AskForLuigi.com

 

2. Italian Kitchen

Various locations

GlowbalGroup.com/ItalianKitchen

 

3. Charlie’s Little Italian

2610 Main

CharliesLittleItalian.com

 

Best Pho

1. Thai Son

Various locations

ThaiSon.ca

 

2. Mr. Red Café

Various locations

604-710-9515

 

3. Pho Goodness

Various locations

PhoGoodness.com

 

Best Pizza

1. Via Tevere

1190 Victoria

ViaTeverePizzeria.com

 

2. Nicli Antica

62 E. Cordova

NicliPizzeria.com

 

3. Pizzeria Farina

915 Main

PizzeriaFarina.com

 

Best Pizza by the Slice

1. Pizza Garden

Various locations

PizzaGarden.ca

 

2. Uncle Fatih’s

Various locations

UncleFatih.com

 

3. Straight Outta Brooklyn

350 Robson

StraightOuttaBrooklynPizza.com

 

Best Poutine

1. La Belle Patate

1215 Davie

WestCoastPoutine.wixsite.com/LaBellePatate

 

2. Fritz European Fry House

718 Davie

FritzEuropeanFryHouse.com

 

3. Smoke’s Poutinerie

Various locations

SmokesPoutinerie.com

 

Best Ramen

1. Kintaro

788 Denman

No website

 

2. Ramen Jinya

Various locations

Jinya-RamenBar.com

 

3. Hokkaido Ramen Santouka

1690 Robson

Santouka.co.jp/en

 

Best Seafood

1. Coast

1054 Alberni

GlowbalGroup.com/Coast

 

2. Blue Water Café

1095 Hamilton

BlueWaterCafe.net

 

3. Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar

845 Burrard

BoulevardVancouver.ca

 

Best Soup

1. Burgoo

Various locations

Burgoo.ca

 

2. Liquids + Solids

Various locations

LiquidsAndSolids.ca

 

3. The Stock Market

Granville Island Market

TheStockMarket.ca

 

Best Steak

1. Black and Blue

1032 Alberni

GlowbalGroup.com/BlackBlue

 

2. The Keg Steakhouse + Bar

Various locations

KegSteakhouse.com

 

3. Gotham Strakhouse

615 Seymour

GothamSteakhouse.com

 

Best Tacos

1. Tacofino

Various locations

Tacofino.com

 

2. La Taqueria

Various locations

LaTaqueria.com

 

3. Sal y Limon

701 Kingsway

SalYLimon.ca

 

Best Tapas

1. España

1118 Denman

EspanaRestaurant.ca

 

2. Bodega on Main

1014 Main

BodegaOnMain.ca

 

3. The Sardine Can

26 Powell

TheSardineCan.ca

 

Best Vegan/Vegetarian

1. The Acorn

3995 Main

TheAcornRestaurant.ca

 

2. The Naam

2724 W. 4th

TheNaam.com

 

3. Heirloom

1509 W. 12th

HeirloomRestaurant.ca

 

Best Waffles

1. Café Medina

780 Richards

MedinaCafe.com

 

2. Nero Belgian Waffle Bar

Various locations

NeroWaffleBar.com

 

3. Chambar

568 Beatty

Chambar.com