Campagnolo & DB Bistro Named On Condé Nast’s 2009 “Hot List”

Condé Nast Traveller’s much anticipated 2009 Hot List Tables is out. The annual nods to the world’s hottest new restaurants is a sought after cap feather, especially here in Canada, where usually fewer than 10 properties are singled out for mention. This year it was only five.

Toronto had two (Nota Bene, Harbord Room); Montreal, one (Restaurant DNA); and Vancouver, two.

I was flattered to be asked to do the picking and the micro-write-ups for our city back in January, and settled on DB Bistro Moderne and Campagnolo. It was sort of a no brainer.

While I’d have liked to have added Market, La Quercia, and Au Petit Chauvignol (which wasn’t even open yet) to the list, I could only choose two. Read more