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2016 ‘Canada’s Best New Restaurants’ Shortlist Out. Which Ones Are The Worthiest?

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Early this morning enRoute Magazine put forward the nominees for this year’s Canada’s Best New Restaurants list.

Air Canada enRoute is excited to announce the return of Canada’s Best New Restaurants. To kick off the program Canadians are invited to vote at EATANDVOTE.com for their favourite restaurant from the 2016 nominees for Canada’s Best New Restaurants. The winner of Eat&Vote will be announced in the November issue of Air Canada enRoute, which reveals the top ten Canada’s Best New Restaurant for 2016.

B.C. restaurants had a great showing this year, with eight restaurants from across Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler being part of the 2016 Eat&Vote nominees:

Agrius (Victoria)
Ancora (Vancouver)
Bar Oso (Whistler)
Kissa Tanto (Vancouver)
Mission (Vancouver)
Osteria Savio Volpe (Vancouver)
Royal Dinette (Vancouver)
Torafuku (Vancouver)

The complete list from coast to coast is as follows:

Agrikol, Montreal, QC; Agrius, Victoria, BC; Alo, Toronto, ON; Ancora, Vancouver, BC; Antler, Toronto, ON; Backhouse, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON; Bar Oso, Whistler, BC; The Berlin, Kitchener, ON; Candide, Montreal, QC; Chabrol, Toronto, ON; Charbar, Calgary, AB; Commodore, Toronto, ON; Datsun, Ottawa, ON; Fairouz, Ottawa, ON; Le Fantôme, Montreal, QC; Fireworks, Bay Fortune, PEI; Foxy, Montreal, QC; Highwayman, Halifax, NS; Hoogan & Beaufort, Montreal, QC; Hvor, Montreal, QC; Kissa Tanto, Vancouver, BC; Kraken Cru, Quebec City, QC; Le Mousso, Montreal, QC; Little Grouse on the Prairie, Saskatoon, SK; Máquè, Winnipeg, MB; Mission, Vancouver, BC; Montréal Plaza, Montreal, QC; Noorden, Toronto, ON; Osteria Savio Volpe, Vancouver, BC; Piano Piano, Toronto, ON; Royal Dinette, Vancouver, BC; Seto Kitchen + Bar, St. John’s, NL; Torafuku, Vancouver, BC; Uccellino, Edmonton, AB; Whitehall, Calgary, AB

Before you vote for your faves at enRoute, keep it local in the poll below:

Which THREE BC restaurants are worthy of the final list in November? PICK 3

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There are 3 comments

  1. Confusingly, Nightengale is listed on the Eat & Vote site but it’s the only restaurant where the site doesn’t allow you to vote for it. MYSTERIOUS…

  2. @ Heater – That is because David Hawksworth has a partnership with Air Canada. He is not eligible for voting or the top 10 list. Nightengale would have cracked the list regardless.

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