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CTV News
06-05-2025
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- CTV News
19 B.C. restaurants make annual list of Canada's 100 best
The 2025 list of Canada's 100 best restaurants is out, and 19 establishments from British Columbia made the cut. B.C. is home to two of the top 10, four of the top 20 and 11 of the top 50 restaurants on the list, which is compiled annually by the magazine Canada's 100 Best. Vancouver accounted for most of the province's entries, with 14 of B.C.'s 19 top restaurants located in the province's largest city, including all four of the B.C. eateries that made the top 20. Published on Main and AnnaLena took the number nine and 10 spots on the list, overall, with St. Lawrence at number 12 and Kissa Tanto at number 18. All four of those establishments were among the eight Vancouver-area restaurants that received a Michelin star when the world-famous guide debuted in the city in 2022. They also all made the top 20 in last year's list. One Vancouver restaurant also made Canada's 100 Best's list of the top 10 new restaurants in the country. Elem placed number 10 on that list and number 99 overall. Outside of Vancouver, two restaurants located in Richmond made the list this year, along with two on Vancouver Island and one in Whistler. All of the B.C. restaurants that made the 2025 list follow. No. 9: Published on Main - Vancouver No. 10: AnnaLena - Vancouver No. 12: St. Lawrence - Vancouver No. 18: Kissa Tanto - Vancouver No. 26: Baan Lao - Richmond No. 28: Le Crocodile - Vancouver No. 32: Botanist - Vancouver No. 33: Wild Blue - Whistler No. 36: Pluvio - Ucluelet No. 37: L'Abattoir - Vancouver No. 39: Marilena - Victoria No. 55: Boulevard - Vancouver No. 60: Bacchus - Vancouver No. 66: Hawksworth - Vancouver No. 82: Burdock & Co. - Vancouver No. 87: Elisa - Vancouver No. 89: The Fish Man - Richmond No. 94: Maenam - Vancouver No. 99: Elem - Vancouver (Also no. 10 on the list of 10 best new restaurants) According to Canada's 100 Best, the annual list is compiled by a group of judges representing 'a balanced mix of informed culinary enthusiasts, food writers and critics, chefs, restaurateurs and other food-service professionals.' Each judge submits a list of their top 10 restaurant experiences of the previous year, with points assigned to restaurants for each ballot they make and weighted heavily based on their position on each judge's list. There were a total of 160 voting judges this year, which the magazine says is an all-time high. It also says the judges are spread across the country in numbers 'proportional' to the population of each province and region.
Vancouver Sun
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
19 B.C. restaurants land on Canada's 100 Best list
B.C. may have missed the top spot on this year's Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list. Article content Article content But the province's restaurant scene still showed up strongly on the eatery assemblage, taking 19 total spots on the list. Article content Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station, Ont., was named the top restaurant in the country on the 2025 list. Article content 'Our new No. 1 restaurant is a sensational place, that's convincingly established a whole region on the culinary map,' says Jacob Richler, editor-in-chief and publisher, Canada's 100 Best. 'The quality of the food, its thoughtfulness and inventiveness, is reliably extraordinary, at every visit.' Article content A former No. 1 destination on the list, Published on Main, remains the top-ranked eatery for B.C., coming in at No. 9. AnnaLena came in just behind it, at No. 10. The Kitsilano favourite is one of three restaurants new to the top 10 this year. Richler says the latest ranking also includes 31 eateries that didn't make the cut last year. Article content As is often the case with the 100 best list, there are a lot of familiar names among the ranks. B.C. foodies will likely nod their heads in agreement with the other 17 eateries in the province that landed on this year's ranking including Kissa Tanto (No. 18), Baan Lao (26), and Hawksworth (66). Article content Article content Article content 9. Published on Main (Vancouver) Read our review of Published, first published Aug. 26, 2020, HERE. Article content 10. AnnaLena (Vancouver) Read our review of AnnaLena, first published April 16, 2015, HERE. Article content 12. St. Lawrence (Vancouver) Read our review of St. Lawrence, first published Oct. 12, 2021, HERE. Article content 18. Kissa Tanto (Vancouver) Read our review of Kissa Tanto, first published May, 19, 2016, HERE. Article content 26. Baan Lao (Richmond) Read our review of Baan Lao, first published April 7, 2021, HERE. Article content 28. Le Crocodile, by Rob Feenie (Vancouver) Read our review of Le Crocodile, by Rob Feenie, first published Dec. 3, 2024, HERE. Article content 32. Botanist (Vancouver) Read our review of Botanist, first published May 25, 2017, HERE. Article content Article content Article content Article content 55. Boulevard (Vancouver) Read our review of Boulevard, first published Oct. 7, 2014, HERE. Article content 'Eating out in Canada has never been better. At a time when we are all destined to spend a little more time travelling in our own country, and thinking deeply about what it means to us, our restaurants are definitely doing their part for our clarity and pride,' says Richler. 'If you look at our list you'll find great dining choices wherever you're headed. And I mean the list from top to bottom.
