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Here’s the full list of winners from this year’s Stars of Vancouver 2023

Our annual readers' choice awards showcase the best the city has to offer
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These are your Stars of Vancouver 2023 winners!

Our annual Stars of Vancouver Readers’ Choice Awards gives you the chance to vote for the best in service, products and people our beautiful city offers. Best of all, we at V.I.A. get to recognize and celebrate the businesses that showcase excellence in the city we call home. We encourage all our readers to use these businesses and see what makes a city favourite.

Thanks to all of those who voted and congratulations to the businesses listed below for showing us the best of Vancouver.

Bob Kronbauer
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Vancouver Is Awesome

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ART & CULTURE

ART GALLERY
1. Vancouver Art Gallery
2. Bill Reid Gallery
3. Hill's Native Art Gallery

DANCE STUDIO
1. Harbour Dance Centre
2. iDance Vancouver
3. Urban Beat Dance Co.

NEIGHBOURHOOD
1. Kitsilano 
2. Mount Pleasant
3. Commercial Drive

PERFORMING ART VENUE
1. Queen Elizabeth Theatre
2. Pal Studio Theatre
3. Orpheum

TOURIST ATTRACTION
1. Stanley Park
2. Granville Island
3. Vancouver Aquarium

PUBLIC ART
1. Olympic Cauldron
2. A-maze-ing Laughter
3. Vancouver Mural Festival

EAT & DRINK

BAKERY
1. Breka Bakery and Café
2. Purebread
3. Beaucoup Bakery & Café

BRUNCH 
1. Cafe Medina
2. OEB Breakfast Co.
3. Jam Cafe 

BURGER
1. Vera's Burger
2. White Spot
3. Bin 4 Burger Lounge (tied)
3. Romer's Burger Bar (tied)

CHINESE RESTAURANT
1. Sandy La Chinese Restaurant
2. Peaceful Restaurant
3. Jade Dynasty

COFFEE SHOP
1. JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
2. Starbucks
3. 49 Parallel Coffee Roasters

CRAFT BREWERY
1. Yellow Dog Brewing
2. Parallel 49 Brewing Company
3. 33 Acres Brewing Company

DESSERT
1. Thierry
2. True Confections
3. Breka Bakery and Café

FINE DINING 
1. Hawksworth Restaurant
2. Seasons in the Park
3. Five Sails Restaurant (tied)
3. The Roof - Black and Blue Restaurant (tied)

FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE
1. Uber Eats
2. SkipTheDishes
3. Door Dash

FOOD TRUCK
1. ChickPea Food Truck
2. JAPADOG
3. Mr. Shawarma

GREEK RESTAURANT
1. Stepho's Souvlaki Greek Taverna
2. The Greek By Anatoli
3. Nammos Estiatorio

ICE CREAM/GELATO
1. Earnest Ice Cream
2. Rain or Shine
3. La Casa Gelato

INDIAN/ SOUTH ASIAN RESTAURANT
1. Vij's
2. SULA Indian Restaurant
3. Tasty Indian Bistro

ITALIAN RESTAURANT
1. Ask for Luigi
2. Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca
3. Osteria Savio Volpe

JAPANESE RESTAURANT
1. Miku Vancouver
2. Minami
3. Applause Japanese Restaurant

KOREAN BBQ RESTAURANT
1. Kook Korean BBQ Restaurant
2. Sura Korean Royal Cuisine Restaurant Vancouver
3. Chosun Korean BBQ

LATE NIGHT EATS
1. Breka Bakery and Café
2. Earls Kitchen and Bar
3. Denny's Restaurant

LATIN AMERICAN RESTAURANT
1. Cuchillo
2. El Camino's
3. Havana Vancouver

MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT
1. Nuba
2. East is East
3. Zarak by Afghan Kitchen

NEW RESTAURANT (OPENED IN 2022)
1. Zarak by Afghan Kitchen
2. Bar Susu
3. Folke Restaurant

PATIO
1. Tap & Barrel
2. Cactus Club
3. Mahony's Tavern - False Creek

PIZZA
1. Via Tevere Pizzeria
2. Pizza Garden
3. La Ruota Pizzeria

SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
1. Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
2. Blue Water Cafe
3. The Sandbar Seafood Restaurant

SPANISH/ TAPA RESTAURANT
1. Bodega on Main
2. España Restaurant
3. Como Taperia

SPORTS BAR
1. Shark Club Sports Bar & Grill
2. Bells and Whistles
3. The Sports Bar at Rogers Arena

TACO
1. Tacofino Restaurants
2. La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop
3. Sal y Limón Mexican Cuisine

THAI RESTAURANT
1. Thai Basil Restaurant
2. Sala Thai Thai Food
3. Sawasdee Thai Resturant

VEGAN RESTAURANT
1. MeeT
2. The Acorn Restaurant
3. Chickpea Restaurant 

VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 
1. Heirloom
2. The Naam
3. The Burrow

LIFESTYLE & SERVICES

APPAREL
1. Lululemon
2. Private & Co. 
3. Aritzia 

ARTS & CRAFT SUPPLIES
1. Michaels
2. Opus Art Supplies
3. Urban Source

AUTO REPAIR
1. Everbloom Auto Repair
2. Tremblay Motors
3. M & N Auto Repair

BABY/CHILDREN'S STORE
1. West Coast Kids
2. Hip Baby
3. Toys"R"Us 

BARBERSHOP
1. Big Bro's Barbershop
2. Barber & Co
3. Del Ray Barbershop

BIKE SHOP
1. West Point Cycles
2. Reckless Bike Stores
3. Dunbar Cycles

BRIDAL STORE
1. Bisou Bridal
2. Everly Bridal
3. Bello Wedding World

BUTCHER
1. Windsor Quality Meat
2. Columbus Meat Market
3. Jackson's Meat & Deli

CAR DEALER
1. Vancouver Volkswagen 
2. Jim Pattison Toyota
3. Brian Jessel BMW

CAR SHARE
1. Evo Car Share
2. Modo
3. Uber 

CAR WASH
1. Shine Auto Wash
2. M & J Car Wash
3. Esso 

CATERER 
1. The Lazy Gourmet
2. Emelles Catering
3. Savoury City Catering 

CHARITY 
1. BC Children's Hospital Foundation
2. BC SPCA
3. Covenant House

CONTINUING STUDIES INSTITUTION
1. BCIT
2. UBC
3. Vancouver Community College

COOKING CLASSES
1. Dirty Apron
2. The Gourmet Warehouse
3. Vancouver Community College

DRY CLEANER
1. Busy Bee Gold
2. Fletchers Fabricare Dry Cleaners
3. A Star Dry Cleaners

ETHNIC FOOD STORE
1. T&T Supermarket
2. Persia Foods
3. Bosa Foods

EYEWEAR STORE
1. Hi-Care Vision Centre
2. Clearly 
3. Bailey Nelson Optometrist

FLORIST
1. The Flower Factory
2. Celsia Florist
3. Leis de Buds 

FUNERAL HOME
1. Mount Pleasant Universal Funeral Home
2. Kearney Funeral Services
3. Glenhaven Memorial Chapel

FURNITURE AND DECOR STORE
1. IKEA
2. Structube
3. HomeSense

GARDEN STORE
1. Figaro's Garden
2. Hunters Garden Centre
3. Southlands Nursery

GIFT SHOP
1. Eight Treasures Shop
2. Front & Company
3. Welk's General Store

GROCERY STORE
1. T&T Supermarket
2. Whole Foods Market
3. Save-on-Foods

HAIR SALON
1. Suki's Salons
2. Pink Lime
3. Poppy Hair Salon

HARDWARE STORE
1. Rona
2. The Home Depot
3. Home Hardware 

HEARING CLINIC
1. NexGen Hearing
2. Costco Wholesale
3. Vancouver Hearing Centre

HOME APPLIANCE STORE
1. Forum Home Appliances
2. Trail Appliances
3. Coast Appliance

HOME RENOVATIONS
1. The Home Depot
2. The Garage Door Depot of Greater Vancouver
3. Home Renovation

INSURANCE BROKER
1. Jack Chow Insurance
2. BCAA
3. Buntain Insurance Agencies 

JEWELERS
1. Tiffany & Co.
2. Maison Birks
3. Peoples Jewellers 

KITCHENWARE STORE
1. Ming Wo
2. Forum Home Appliances
3. The Gourmet Warehouse

LANDSCAPING
1. Elemental Gardens
2. Hyland Landscapes
3. Great Canadian Landscaping 

LASER AND SKIN CLINIC 
1. Arbutus Laser Centre 
2. Vancouver Laser & Skin Care Centre
3. Mint Integrative Health

LAWYER
1. Lew Russell G
2. Fasken
3. Klein Lawyers

LIQUOR/ WINE STORE
1. BC LIQUOR
2. Legacy Liquor Store
3. Everything Wine (tied)
3. Liberty Wine Merchants (tied)

MEAL KIT DELIVERY 
1. Fresh Prep
2. HelloFresh
3. Chefs Plate

MORTGAGE BROKER
1. True North Mortgage
2. Vancity
3. RBC Royal Bank

NAIL SALON
1. Modern Nails
1. Pure Nail Bar
2. Joyride Beauty Bar

OIL CHANGE
1. Mr. Lube + Tires
2. Everbloom Auto Repair
3. Jiffy Lube Oil Change

PET STORE
1. Bosley's
2. PetSmart
3. Tisol

PLUMBER
1. Canada West Plumbing and Heating Ltd (Tied)
1. Hillcrest Plumbing & Heating (tied)
2. Main Street Plumbing

PRESCHOOL DAYCARE
1. Little People's Community Preschool
2. Budding Daycare (tied)
2. Mosaic Montessori Preschool (tied)

PRIVATE SCHOOL 
1. St. George's School
2. Crofton House School
3. York House School

REALTOR 
1. Michelle Yu Personal Real Estate Corporation - RE/MAX Real Estate Services
2. Jason To
3. Doris Gee & Phil Moore Real Estate Team - Re/Max Crest Realty

SENIORS CARE SUPPORT SERVICES 
1. Ace Personnel Domestic Services Inc
2. Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
3. Home Instead Senior Care 

SENIORS RESIDENCE 
1. Legacy Senior Living (The Leo Wertman Residence)
2. Louis Brier Home & Hospital
3. Blenheim Manor - Calling Ministries (tied)
3. Granville Gardens (tied)

SHOE STORE 
1. Gravitypope
2. Browns Shoes
3. Private & Co. 

SHOPPING CENTRE 
1. CF Pacific Centre
2. Kingsgate Mall
3. Oakridge Centre

SPA/ BEAUTY THERAPY 
1. Sabai Thai Spa
2. Spa Utopia 
3. Willow Stream Spa at Fairmont Pacific Rim

TOY STORE 
1. Toys"R"Us
2. The Granville Island Toy Company
3. Dilly Dally Toys & Delights

TRAVEL AGENCY
1. Travel Best Bets
2. Flight Centre
3. Expedia Cruises

VETERINARIAN
1. The Granville Island Veterinary Hospital
2. Atlas Animal Hospital & Emergency 
3. Vancouver Veterinary Hospital

VINTAGE/ CONSIGNMENT STORE
1. Value Village
2. Turnabout
3. Front & Company

WEDDING VENUE
1. Stanley Park
2. Brock House Restaurant
3. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden

HEALTH & WELLNESS

ACUPUNCTURE
1. Jenny Abel Acupuncture
2. Main Acupuncture Clinic
3. Mint Integrative Health 

AT-HOME WORKOUT EQUIPMENT
1. Fitness Town
2. Peloton
3. PowerBlock

WORKOUT APP
1. Peloton
2. Down Dog
3. FitOn

CHIROPRACTOR
1. Dr. Bradley Yee - C.A.R.E. Clinic
2. Mint Integrative Health
3. Kingsway Spine & Muscle

DENTIST 
1. Dr. Harry Sangha (Kitsilano Dental Clinic)
2. Broadway Dental
3. Kingsgate Dental 

DENTURE CLINIC
1. Northwest Denture Clinic
2. Platinum Denture Clinic
3. Kerrisdale Denture Clinic

FERTILITY CLINIC
1. Dr. Elena Fenske (Tonume Integrated Health)
2. Olive Fertility Centre
3. Mint Integrative Health

GROUP FITNESS CLASS
1. Rumble Boxing Studio
2. Orange Theory Fitness
3. Core Community

HEALTH & FITNESS CENTRE
1. Trout Lake Community Centre
2. YMCA
3. Fitness World

HEALTH & WELLNESS STORE
1. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre
2. Body Energy Club
3. Quidditas

LASER EYE CLINIC 
1. LASIK MD
2. Pacific Laser Eye Centre
3. Central Eye Clinic

MASSAGE THERAPY
1. Nicole Scott
2. Mint Integrative Health
3. painPRO Therapeutics

NATUROPATHIC CLINIC
1. Dr. Vanessa Lindsay
2. Mint Integrative Health
3. Local Health Integrative Clinic

NUTRITIONIST 
1. Jordan Bruce Wellness
2. Healthy with Kelsey (Kelsey Ellis)
3. Adrienne Ngai

OPTOMETRIST 
1. FYidoctors
2. Mount Pleasant Optometry Centre
3. Dr. Della Chow

PERSONAL TRAINING CLASS
1. Precision Athletics
2. Kalev Fitness Solution
3. Core Community

PHYSIOTHERAPIST
1. Tall Tree Health & Physiotherapy Centre
2. Kelvin Physiotherapy Clinic
3. Total Therapy

SPIN STUDIO 
1. Spin Society
2. Cadence Cycling and Movement Fitness Studio
3. Ride Cycle Club

WALK IN CLINIC 
1. UNA Medical Clinic
2. Yaletown Medical Clinic
3. Viva Care Medical Clinic

YOGA STUDIO
1. YYOGA
2. Oxygen Yoga & Fitness
3. Modo Yoga

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

URBAN HIKE
1. The Seawall
2. Pacific Spirit Park
3. Stanley Park

BEACH
1. Kitsilano Beach
2. Spanish Banks Beach
3. Wreck Beach

PUBLIC GARDEN
1. Queen Elizabeth Park
2. VanDusen Bontanical Garden
3. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden

OFF-LEASH DOG PARK
1. Spanish Banks
2. Trout Lake Beach
3. Queen Elizabeth Park

BIKE TRAIL
1. Stanley Park
2. Arbutus Greenway
3. The Seawall

RUNNING TRAIL
1. Pacific Spirit Park
2. The Seawall
3. Stanley Park

BEST OUTDOOR PLACE ON A RAINY DAY
1. Granville Island
2. Stanley Park
3. Pacific Spirit Park

BEST PLACE FOR A FIRST DATE
1. Stanley Park
2. Pacific Spirit Park
3. Granville Island

FAMILY OUTING
1. PNE Playland
2. Science World
3. Stanley Park

DOG WALK 
1. Pacific Spirit Park
2. Spanish Banks
3. The Seawall

STAYCATION

BEST HOTEL
1. Westin Bayshore
2. Fairmont Pacific Rim
3. The Sylvia Hotel

BEST TV SERIES
1. Poker Face
2. Riverdale
3. Yellowstone

FAVOURITE SKI HILL (nearest to Vancouver)
1. Mount Seymour 
2. Cypress Mountain
3. Grouse Mountain