PHOTOS: Fear And Loathing From Inside The Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards

That was interesting, and I don’t mean the lady pictured above walking around in a cocktail dress made out of meat. The somethingth annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards went down deep in the colon of the Wall Center yesterday, and boy are my teeth still covered in beer fuzz. It was the most fun I’ve had with a drink in my hand for a while, and as always it’s cool seeing so many restaurants get the recognition they deserve (hat tips to La Quercia, Tannis Ling, Jack Evrensel, Craig Stanghetta, Simon Kaulbach, Giovanni Giardino and all the other podium takers). The results – some of them always questionable – are never everyone’s cup of tea, but us judges do our individual best to ensure the best get their due. If I had a dime for every befuddled person who asked me “how the fuck does Bacchus in the Wedgewood even qualify for Best Bar/Lounge?”, I’d probably be able to buy a drink there. To see who won and who didn’t, click here. For some snaps from the day, click on any of the thumbnails below to enlarge…

All Scenes & Results From The Van Mag Restaurant Awards…

The 21st Annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards went down yesterday at the Wall Center. There were lots of predictable winners and quite a few surprises as well. And as with every year there were as many disappointed people as there were happy ones. The better highlights I’ll save for the deathbed (except for the part when a high profile executive chef accidentally nailed an old lady in the head with a Nimby burger frisbee – that was just too awesome to keep to myself), plenty second-guessing of us judges, and an intoxicating array of after-parties that left half our finest rooms staffed with fabulous drunks, ecstatic winners and not a few honourable mentions wondering how it all went wrong. Results after the photos… Read more