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.
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But the province's restaurant scene still showed up strongly on the eatery assemblage, taking 19 total spots on the list.
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Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station, Ont., was named the top restaurant in the country on the 2025 list.
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'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.'
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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.
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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).
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9. Published on Main (Vancouver) Read our review of Published, first published Aug. 26, 2020, HERE.
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10. AnnaLena (Vancouver) Read our review of AnnaLena, first published April 16, 2015, HERE.
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12. St. Lawrence (Vancouver) Read our review of St. Lawrence, first published Oct. 12, 2021, HERE.
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18. Kissa Tanto (Vancouver) Read our review of Kissa Tanto, first published May, 19, 2016, HERE.
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26. Baan Lao (Richmond) Read our review of Baan Lao, first published April 7, 2021, HERE.
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28. Le Crocodile, by Rob Feenie (Vancouver) Read our review of Le Crocodile, by Rob Feenie, first published Dec. 3, 2024, HERE.
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32. Botanist (Vancouver) Read our review of Botanist, first published May 25, 2017, HERE.
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55. Boulevard (Vancouver) Read our review of Boulevard, first published Oct. 7, 2014, HERE.
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'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.