As modern consumers, we all vote with our wallets. We choose the places that deserve our support because they best fulfill our needs, and often times align with our values.
Stars of Vancouver gives us another way to let our favourite businesses shine. Over the past few weeks we've encouraged readers to vote in a number of different categories, to help others sort through the myriad of choices they have to make every day.
Thank you to everyone who voted this year, and congratulations to the winning businesses. Many others have not made it through the phases of the COVID-19 pandemic we've been through, and the ones that are left can use all the support they can get.
Bob Kronbauer
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Vancouver Is Awesome
ART & CULTURE
LOCAL POLITICIAN
- Spencer Chandra-Herbert
- Kennedy Stewart
- Joyce Murray
- Pete Fry
NEIGHBOURHOOD
- Kitsilano
- Mount Pleasant
- West End
TOURIST ATTRACTION
- Stanley Park
- Granville Island
- Science World
PUBLIC ART
- Olympic Cauldron
- A-maze-ing Laughter
- Vancouver Mural Festival
EAT & DRINK
BAKERY
- Breka Bakery & Cafe
- Purebread
- Beaucoup Bakery & Café
BRUNCH
- Medina Café
- Banana Leaf on Davie
- Jam Café
BEST BURGER
- Burger Heaven
- White Spot
- Romers Burgers
BEST FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE
- Door Dash
- Uber Eats
- Skip the Dishes
CHINESE RESTAURANT
- Peaceful Restaurant
- ChongQing Restaurant
- Kirin Restaurant
COFFEE SHOP
- Starbucks
- JJ Beans
- 49th Parallel
CRAFT BREWERY
- The Parkside Brewery
- 33 Acres Brewing Company
- Strange Fellows Brewing
DESSERTS
- Cheesecakes etc.
- The First Dessert
- Thierry Chocolates
FINE DINING
- Five Sails Restaurant
- Hawksworth Restaurant
- Blue Water Café
FOOD TRUCK
- Tacofino
- Chickpea
- Japadog
GREEK RESTAURANT
- Stepho’s Souvlaki Greek Taverna
- The Greek by Anatoli
- Apollonia Greek Restaurant
ICE CREAM/GELATO
- Earnest Ice Cream
- Rain or Shine
- Mario’s Gelato
INDIAN/ SOUTH ASIAN RESTAURANT
- Tasty Indian Bistro
- Vij’s
- Sula Indian Restaurant
ITALIAN RESTAURANT
- Anton's
- Ask For Luigi Restaurant
- Osteria Savio Volpe
JAPANESE RESTAURANT
- Minami
- Miku Vancouver
- Applause Japanese Restaurant
KOREAN BBQ RESTAURANT
- SURA Korean BBQ
- Kosoo Korean Restaurant Chicken & BBQ
- Miss KOREA BBQ
LATE NIGHT EATS
- Lucy’s Eastside Diner
- Denny’s
- Breka Bakery & Cafe
- The Naam
LATIN AMERICAN RESTAURANT
- El Camino’s
- Cuchillo
- Sal y Limón
MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT
- Nuba
- Afghan Horsemen Restaurant
- East is East
- JamJar Canteen
NEW RESTAURANT (OPENED IN 2020)
- Ophelia Restaurant
- Lunch Lady
- Published on Main
PATIO
- Tap & Barrel
- Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
- Bridges
- Cactus Club
- Local
PIZZA
- Via Tevere Pizzeria
- Pizza Garden
- Pizza Hut
SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
- Joe Fortes
- Blue Water Cafe
- The Sandbar Seafood Restaurant
SPANISH/ TAPA RESTAURANT
- Bodega on Main
- España Restaurant
- Como Taperia
SPORTS BAR
- The Score
- Shark Club
- The Rio Theatre
TACO
- Tacofino
- La Taqueria
- Sal Y Limon
THAI RESTAURANT
- Sawasdee Thai Restaurant
- Maenam
- Sala Thai Thai Food
VEGAN RESTAURANT
- MeeT
- Heirloom
- Chickpea
VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT
- MeeT
- The Naam
- Acorn
- Heirloom
LIFESTYLE & SERVICES
APPAREL
- Lululemon
- Arcteryx
- 8th and Main
ARTS & CRAFT SUPPLIES
- Opus
- Michaels
- Urban Source
AUTO REPAIR
- Pawlik Automotive
- Sunlight
- M & N Auto Repair
- Tremblay Motors
BABY/CHILDREN’S STORE
- Westcoast Kids
- Active Baby
- Bean Sprouts
BARBERSHOP
- Barber and Co
- Dunbar Barbershop
- Jeffersons’ Barbershop
BIKE SHOP
- West Point Cycles
- Denman Bikes
- Reckless Rider
BRIDAL STORE
- Bisou Bridal
- Union Bridal
- Bello Wedding World
BUTCHER
- Windsor Quality Meats
- Columbus Meat Market
- Rio Friendly Meats
CAR DEALER
- OpenRoad Toyota
- Granville Toyota
- Brian Jessel BMW
CAR SHARE
- Evo
- Modo
- Uber
CAR WASH
- Shine Auto Wash
- Esso
- M & J Car Wash
CATERER
- Peake of Catering
- Emelle’s Catering
- Lazy Gourmet
CHARITY
- Covenant House
- BC Children’s Hospital
- Two Paycheques Away
COBBLER
- Quick Cobbler
- Kim’s Shoes & Bag Repair
- East Van Shoe Repair
- Hugo’s Shoes Repair
- La Galoche
- Robson’s Shoes Repair
- Progressive Shoe Service
CONTINUING STUDIES INSTITUTION
- BCIT
- UBC
- Langara College
COOKING CLASSES
- Dirty Apron
- Vancouver Community College
- Salt and Earth Virtual Classes - Jonah Joffe
DRY CLEANER
- Busy Bee Cleaners
- Fletchers Fabricare
- Shirtland Drycleaners
ELECTRICIAN
- Burr Electric
- Wicks Electric
- West Skype
ETHNIC FOOD STORE
- T&T Supermarket
- Bosa
- Persia Foods
EYEWEAR STORE
- Hi-Care Vision Centre
- Clearly Contacts
- Bailey Nelson
FLORIST
- Flower Factory
- Celsia Florist
- Queen Bee Flower Shop
FUNERAL HOME
- Kearney Funeral Services
- Hendersons
- Dignity
- First Memorial Funeral Services - Burkeview Chapel
FURNITURE AND DECOR STORE
- Structube
- Ikea
- Homesense
GARDEN STORE
- Hunter’s Garden
- Figaro’s Garden
- Southlands Nursery
GAS STATION
- Petro Canada
- Chevron
- Esso
GIFT SHOP
- Bird on a Wire Creations
- MAKE Vancouver
- Giving Gifts
- Welks General Store
GROCERY STORE
- H-Mart
- Save-on Foods
- Safeway
HAIR SALON
- Suki's
- Artel Salon
- Big Joy Barber & Salon
HARDWARE STORE
- Rona
- Home Depot
- Home Hardware
HEARING AID CLINIC
- NexGen Hearing
- Costco
- Connect Hearing
HOME APPLIANCE STORE
- The Brick
- Canadian Tire
- Trail Appliances
HOME RENOVATIONS
- Home Depot
- Actis Projects
- Woodpecker Flooring
INSURANCE BROKER
- Jack Chow Insurance
- AllWest Insurance
- Westland Insurance
JEWELERY
- Maharani Jewels
- Blue Ruby Jewellery
- Tiffany & Co.
KITCHENWARE STORE
- Ming Wo
- Gourmet Warehouse
- Welks General Store
LANDSCAPING
- Elemental Gardens
- MRD Landscaping
- Watermark Gardens
LASER AND SKIN CLINIC
- Vancouver Laser & Skin Care Centre
- Arbutus Laser
- Pacific Dermatology
LAWYER
- Russell G. Lew
- Krista Simon - Hammerco Lawyers
- Angela Cao-Queenstone Law Corporation
LIQUOR/ WINE STORE
- BC Liquor Store
- Legacy Liquor
- Marquis Wine Cellars
MEAL KIT DELIVERY
- Fresh Prep
- Hello Fresh
- Good Food
MORTGAGE BROKER
- Birgit Holm
- Mike Sato
- Todd Hickling
NAIL SALON
- Purenails
- La Lotus Nail Salon
- Ari Beauty
- Sparkle Nail
- Yaletown Nails
OIL CHANGE
- Mr. Lube
- Pawlik Automotive
- Mobile 1 Lube Express
PET STORE
- Bosley’s
- Tisol
- PetSmart
PLUMBER
- Perfect Fit Plumbing & Heating
- R&M Mechanical
- Hillcrest Plumbing
PRIVATE SCHOOL
- Stratford Hall
- Crofton House School
- York House School
REALTOR
- Rod Chow
- Shino Zhang
- Paul Tofolli
SENIORS CARE SUPPORT SERVICES
- Ace Personnel Domestic Services
- Home Instead
- Legacy Senior Living
- VCH Home Support Services
SENIORS RESIDENCE
- Tapestry
- Granville Gardens
- Louis Brier
SHOE STORE
- Footlocker
- Gravity Pope
- John Fluevog
SHOPPING CENTRE
- CF Pacific Centre
- Kingsgate Mall
- Oakridge Centre
SPA/ BEAUTY THERAPY
- Spa Utopia
- Sabai Thai Spa
- Absolute Spa
TOY STORE
- Granville Island Toy Company
- Kaboodles Toy Store
- Toys”R”Us
TRAVEL AGENCY
- Flight Centre
- Expedia Cruiseship Centres
- BCAA
- DA Vinci International Travel
- Gaba Travel Ltd.
VETERINARIAN
- Yaletown Pet Hospital
- Atlas Animal Hospital & Emergency
- Granville Island Veterinary Hospital
VINTAGE/CONSIGNMENT STORE
- Value Village
- Turnabout
- Front & Company
WEDDING VENUE
- Brock House
- Stanley Park
- Vancouver Club
HEALTH & WELLNESS
ACUPUNCTURE
- Jenny Abel - Local Health Integrative Clinic
- Trikinetic Massage Therapy Clinic
- Yasaman Safarzadeh - Backs in Action Rehab and Wellness
BEST AT HOME WORKOUT EQUIPMENT
- PowerBlock
- Peloton
- Fitness Town
BEST WORKOUT APP
- Peloton
- Beachbody
- Nike Run Club
CHIROPRACTOR
- Dr. Bradley Yee - C.A.R.E Clinic *TIE*
- PainPRO Therapeutics *TIE*
- Dr. Anne Stacey
- Eastpoint Natural Health Clinic
DENTIST
- Dr. Harry Sangha
- House of Teeth
- Willow Dental
DENTURE CLINIC
- Victoria Drive Denture Clinic
- Burke Mountain Denture Clinic
- Dr. M. Tao Inc Platinum Denture Clinic
- Precision Denture Clinic
FERTILITY CENTRE
- Olive Fertility Centre
- PCRM Fertility Centre
- Genesis Fertility Centre
HEALTH & FITNESS CENTRE
- Trout Lake Community Centre
- YYOGA
- YMCA
HEALTH & WELLNESS STORE
- Popeye’s Supplements
- Finlandia
- Body Energy Club
LASER EYE CLINIC
- Pacific Laser Eye Centre
- London Eye Centre
- Lasik
MASSAGE THERAPY
- Spa Utopia
- Absolute Spa
- PainPRO Therapeutics
NATUROPATHIC CLINIC
- Local Health Integrative Clinic
- Natural Factors
- Vancouver Naturopathic Clinic
- Dr. Aaron Van Gaver
NUTRITIONIST
- Stephanie Burns Staiano
- Nicole Porter
- Kelsey Ellis
OPTOMETRIST
- Mount Pleasant Optometry Centre
- FYI Doctors
- Asgarpour Optometry
- Ollie Quinn
ORGANIC PRODUCE STORE
- Whole Foods Market
- Choices Market
- Greens Organic and Local Market
- Spud.ca
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
- Total Therapy
- Wil Seto - InSync Physiotherapy
- PainPRO Therapeutics
SPIN STUDIO
- Spin Society
- Ride Cycle Club
- Cyklus
WALK IN CLINIC
- VivaCare
- Cross Roads Clinic
- Khatsilano Medical Clinic
YOGA STUDIO
- Oxygen Yoga
- YYOGA
- Hot Box Yoga
- Just Yoga
- Modo
- Moksha
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
URBAN HIKE
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park
- Stanley Park
- The Seawall
BEACH
- Kitsilano Beach
- Spanish Banks
- English Bay
PUBLIC GARDEN
- VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Queen Elizabeth Park
- Stanley Park
OFF-LEASH DOG PARK
- Spanish Banks
- Trout Lake
- Kitsilano
BIKE TRAIL
- The Seawall
- Arbutus Greenway
- Stanley Park
RUNNING TRAIL
- The Seawall
- Stanley Park
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park
PLACES
BEST OUTDOOR PLACE ON A RAINY DAY
- Granville Island
- Stanley Park
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park
FAMILY OUTING
- PNE/Playland
- Granville Island
- Stanley Park
DOG WALK
- The Seawall
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park
- Stanley Park
STAYCATIONS
BEST HOTEL
- Sheraton Wall Centre
- Fairmont Pacific Rim
- Westin Bayshore
FAVOURITE SKI HILL
- Cypress Mountain
- Mt Seymour
- Grouse Mountain
