Best of the City Dining: The full list of winners

Here it is! The full list of Best of the City Dining winners, as chosen by you, our faithful readers. Take a look and share your thoughts via Twitter: @WestenderVan

Best of the City Dining_0 — Dockside Restaurant, overlooking the bustling waters off Granville Island, takes home Best Patio in the 2014 Best of the City: Dining awards. - Supplied photo

Best Overall

1. Chambar

2. Hawksworth

3. Fable

Best Fine Dining

1. Hawksworth

2. Chambar

3. L’Abattoir (tie)

3. Bishop’s (tie)

Mid Price

1. Cactus Club

2. Fable

3. Earls (tie)

3. Trattoria Italian Kitchen (tie)

Best Budget

1. La Taqueria

2. White Spot

3. Hawker’s Delight (tie)

3. Bandidas Taqueria (tie)

Student Eats

1. Famous Warehouse

2. The Naam

3. The Eatery

Working Lunch

1. Cactus Club

2. Joey Restaurants

3. Meat and Bread

Diner

1. The Templeton

2. Lucy’s Eastside Diner

3. Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe

Private Dining Room

1. Hawksworth

2. Seasons

3. Blue Water Café & Raw Bar

Best Service

1. Hawksworth

2. Coast

3. Cactus Club

Best View

1. Seasons

2. Lift

3. Cactus Club (tie)

3. Top of Vancouver (tie)

Place to take visitors

1. The Stanley Park Tea House

2. Cardero’s

3. Chambar

Most Romantic

1. Chambar

2. Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar

3. Hawksworth

Best Patio

1. Dockside

2. Roof at Black & Blue

3. Joe Fortes (tie)

3. Lift (tie)

Late Night

1. The Naam

2. Espana

3. The Foundation (tie)

3. Score on Davie (tie)

Best Wine List

1. Hawksworth

2. Yew

3. Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar

Best Chef

1. David Hawksworth

2. Ned Bell (tie)

2. Vikram Vij (tie)

3. Trevor Bird

Best Sommelier

1. Bryant Mao – Hawksworth

2. Mike Bernardo – Vij’s

3. Robert Stelmachuk – Cibo Trattoria

Best Bartender

1. David Wolowidnyk – West

2. Shaun Layton – L’Abattoir (tie)

2. Cooper Tardivel – Hawksworth (tie)

3. Joey Donnelly – Granville Room

Interior Décor

1. Hawksworth

2. Chambar

3. Coast (tie)

3. Homer Café & Bar (tie)

Food Truck

1. Yolk’s

2. Tacofino (tie)

2. Vij’s Railway Express

3. Mom’s Grilled Cheese

Take-Out

1. Thai Away Home

2. East Is East

3. Peaceful Restaurant

Food & Drink Event

1. Vancouver Craft Beer Week

2. Vancouver International Wine Festival (tie)

2. Eat Vancouver (tie)

3. Dine Out Vancouver

Places To Drink

Best of the City Dining_6 — It’s always St. Patrick’s Day at Doolin’s, voted Vancouver’s favourite pub. - Mijune Pak photo

Best Pub

1. Doolin’s Irish Pub

2. Augustine’s (tie)

2. The Lamplighter (tie)

3. Darby’s

Sports Bar

1. Score on Davie

2. The Shark Club Sports Bar & Grill

3. The Pint

Best Bar/Lounge

1. The Keefer

2. Granville Room

3. Alibi Room

Live Music Bar

1. Commodore Ballroom

2. FanClub

3. The Railway Club

Best Dive Bar

1. The Cobalt

2. The Cambie

3. Astoria (tie)

3. The Princeton Pub & Grill (tie)

Best Happy Hour

1. Hapa Izakaya

2. Glowbal Group

3. Donnelly Group

Best Cocktails

1. The Diamond

2. The Keefer

3. The Pourhouse (tie)

3. L’Abattoir (tie)

Craft Beer Selection

1. Craft Beer Market

2. Alibi Room

3. Biercraft (tie)

3. Tap & Barrel (tie)

Best Whiskey Selection

1. The Irish Heather

2. Shebeen Wiskey House

3. Fets Whisky Kitchen

Best BC Winery

1. Burrowing Owl – Oliver

2. Joie – Naramata

3. Mission Hill – West Kelowna,

Best Craft Beer Brewery

1. Central City Brewing Company

2. Parallel 49 Brewing

3. Brassneck Brewery

Best Tasting Room

1. Salt Tasting Room

2. Brassneck Brewery (tie)

2. Parallel 49 (tie)

3. 33 Acres Brewery

Neighbourhood Restaurants

Best of the City Dining_3 — Blue Water Café & Raw Bar was voted top restaurant in Yaletown. - Submitted photo

West End/Coal Harbour

1. Chewies (tie)

1. Nook (tie)

2. Leftbank

3. Tavola

Downtown

1. Hawksworth

2. Chambar

3. Café Medina

Yaletown

1. Blue Water Café & Raw Bar

2. Provence (tie)

2. The Flying Pig (tie)

3. Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca (tie)

3. Rodney’s Oyster House (tie)

Gastown

1. L’Abbatoir

2. Guu

3. The Pourhouse (tie)

3. The Flying Pig (tie)

Kitsilano

1. Fable

2. Trattoria Italian Kitchen

3. Chewies (tie)

3. The Oakwood Canadian Bistro (tie)

Westside

1. Bishop’s

2. La Buca (tie)

2. Buffala (tie)

3. Baru Latino

Granville Island/False Creek

1. The Sandbar

2. Edible Canada

3. Bridges (tie)

3. Dockside (tie)

Main /Mount Pleasant

1. Burgoo

2. Burdock & Co.

3. The Acorn Restaurant & Bar

Commercial Drive

1. Havana (tie)

1. Merchant’s Oyster Bar (tie)

2. Bandidas Taqueria

3. Federico’s Supper Club

Eastisde

1. Les Faux Bourgeois

2. Ask For Luigi

3. Graze Food & Drink

International

Best of the City Dining_1 — Source: La Taqueria was named Best Tacos and Best Budget Restaurant. - Supplied photo

African

1. Simba’s Grill Ltd.

2. Harambe

3. Axum

Caribbean

1. The Reef

2. Calabash Bistro

3. Riddim and Spice

Chinese

1. Sun Sui Wah

2. Kirin (tie)

2. Bao Bei (tie)

3. Hons Wun-Tun House

French

1. Le Crocodile

2. Les Faux Bourgeois

3. L’Abbatoir

Greek

1. Stepho’s

2. Olympia (tie)

2. Taki’s Taverna (tie)

3. Kerkis Taverna (tie)

3. Simpatico (tie)

Indian

1. Vij’s

2. Akbar

3. Sula Indian Restaurant (tie)

3. House of Dosas (tie)

Italian

1. Ask For Luigi (tie)

1. Italian Kitchen (tie)

2. Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca

3. Lupo

Japanese

1. Tojo’s Restaurant

2. Hapa Izakaya (tie)

2. Miku Waterfront (tie)

3. Kingyo Izakaya

Korean

1. Sura Korean Royal Cuisine Restaurant

2. Ma Dang Goul (tie)

2. Royal Seoul House (tie)

3. Cho Sun BBQ Korean Restaurant (tie)

3. Kyo Korean BBQ & Sushi House (tie)

Mexican

1. Las Margaritas

2. La Taqueria

3. La Mezcaleria

Middle Eastern

1. Nuba

2. Afghan Horseman

3. East Is East

Singaporean/Malay

1. Banana Leaf

2. Tropika

3. Kaya Malay Bistro

Spanish

1. Espana

2. The Sardine Can (tie)

2. Baru Latino (tie)

3. Pepita’s

Thai

1. Maenam (tie)

1. Thai House (tie)

2. Sawasdee Thai Restaurant

3. Bob Likes Thai (tie)

3. SalaThai (tie)

Vietnamese

1. Pho Thai Hoa

2. Phnom Penh

3. Au Petit Café (tie)

3. Pho Tan Vietnamese Restaurant (tie)

West Coast

1. Coast

2. Joe Fortes

3. The Boathouse

Specialty Items

Best of the City Dining_7 — Mango Passion Cheesecake from Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery, winner of Best Gluten-Free Bakery. - Rob Newell photo

Bagels

1. Solly’s

2. Siegel’s Bagels

3. Benny’s Bagels

Bakery

1. Cobbs Bread (tie)

1. Beaucoup Bakery & Cafe (tie)

2. Terra Breads

3. Edible Flours

Breakfast

1. Yolk’s

2. Paul’s Place Omelettery (tie)

2. Sophie’s Cosmic Café (tie)

3. Red Wagon (tie)

3. Jethro’s Fine Grub

Brunch

1. Café Medina

2. Provence (tie)

2. Milestones (tie)

3. Good Wolfe Kitchen & Bar (tie)

3. Slickity Jim’s (tie)

BBQ

1. Memphis Blues

2. Peckinpah

3. Hog Shack (tie)

3. Re-Up BBQ (tie)

Burgers

1. Vera’s Burger Shack (tie)

1. Romer’s Burger Bar (tie)

2. Fatburger (tie)

2. White Spot (tie)

3. Splitz Grill

Fish n’ Chips

1. Fish Counter

2. Go Fish

3. Fish Shack (tie)

3. The Windjammer (tie)

Chicken Wings

1. Wings

2. Phnom Penh

3. Earls

Chocolatier

1. Thomas Haas

2. Thierry (tie)

2. Purdy’s (tie)

3. Chocolate Arts

Coffee

1. Starbucks

2. JJ Bean

3. Caffé Artigiano (tie)

3. Matchstick Coffee Roasters (tie)

Dessert

1. Sweet Revenge

2. Panne Rizo Gluten Free Bakery (tie)

2. Thierry (tie)

3. True Confections

Donuts

1. Cartem’s Donuterie

2. Lucky’s Doughnuts

3. Lee’s Donuts of Granville Island

Gluten Free

1. Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery

2. Panne Rizo Gluten Free Bakery

3. Gluten Free Epicurean (tie)

3. The Wallflower (tie)

Ice Cream/Gelato

1. Bella Gelateria

2. Mario’s Gelati

3. La Casa Gelato (tie)

3. Earnest Ice Cream (tie)

Milkshake/Smoothie

1. White Spot

2. Body Energy Club

3. Glenburn Soda Fountain & Confectionary

Noodles

1. Legendary Noodle House

2. Noodlebox

3. Hons Wun-Tun House (tie)

3. Peaceful Restaurant (tie)

Pho

1. Thai Son

2. Pho Thai Hoa

3. Pho Central

Pizza

1. Via Tevere

2. The Bibo (tie)

2. Famoso Neopolitan Pizzeria (tie)

3. Nat’s New York Pizzeria (tie)

3. Rocky Mountain Flatbread (tie)

Ramen

1. Kintaro Ramen (tie)

1. Jinya Ramen Bar (tie)

2. Santouka Ramen (

3. Motomachi Shokudo

Seafood

1. Bluewater Café & raw Bar

2. Coast

3. C (now closed)

Steaks

1. The Keg

2. Hy’s Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar

3. Black & Blue (tie)

3. Gotham

Sushi

1. Tojo’s

2. Shi Zen Ya

3. Octopus Garden

Tacos

1. La Taqueria

2. Tacofino

3. Los Cuervos

Tapas

1. Espana

2. Hapa Izakaya

3. Ten Ten Tapas

Tea

1. David’s Tea

2. The Urban Tea Merchant

3. Artisan Tea

Vegan

1. The Naam

2. The Acorn Restaurant & Bar

3. Graze Food & Drink

Vegetarian

1. The Naam

2. The Acorn Restaurant & Bar

3. Heirloom Vegetarian Restaurant

Best Shops

Best of the City Dining_2 — Fifth-generation charcuterie craftsman John van der Lieck and his Oyama Sausage Company take down top food stall at Granville Island Market. - Supplied photo

Grocery Store

1. Whole Foods

2. Choices

3. Urban Fare

Produce

1. Kin’s Farm Market

2. Donald’s Market

3. Santa Barbara

Health Food Store

1. Whole Foods

2. Choices

3. Famous Foods

Liquor Store

1. Legacy Liquor Store

2. Liberty Wine Merchants

3. Brewery Creek

Farmer’s Market

1. East Van

2. Kitsilano

3. West End

Food Stall at Granville Island Market

1. Oyama Sausage

2. Stock Market

3. Duso’s Italian Foods (tie)

3. Terra Breads (tie)

Butcher

1. Big Lou’s Butcher Shop

2. Windsor Meat Co.

3. Rio Friendly Meats (tie)

3. Harkness & Co. Butchers (tie)

Cheese Shop

1. Les Amis du Fromage

2. Benton Brothers Fine Cheese

3. La Grotta del Formaggio

Deli

1. Harvest Deli

2. Kaplan’s Deli & Catering

3. Dunn’s Famous

Fish Market

1. The Daily Catch

2. Granville Island Market

3. The Fish Counter (tie)

3. The Lobster Man (tie)

Kitchen/Cooking Store

1. Ming Wo

2. Gourmet Warehouse

3. Cookworks