This is my personal checklist of the winners in The Georgia Straight Golden Plates Awards 2024 and 2025: Best of the Bunch. I did not include categories I don't particularly like (e.g. alcoholic beverages).
Bakery
☑️ Breka Bakery & Cafe (2024, 2025)
⬜ Livia (2025)
☑️ Purebread (2024)
☑️ Small Victory (2024, 2025)
Breakfast
☑️ Cafe Medina (2024, 2025)
☑️ Fable Diner (2024)
⬜ Jam Cafe (2025)
⬜ Maxine’s Cafe & Bar (2025)
⬜ OEB Breakfast Co. (2024)
Brunch
-
☑️
Cafe Medina
(2025)
⬜ Chambar (2024)
⬜ Jam Cafe (2025)
⬜ Livia (2024)
⬜ Maxine’s Cafe & Bar (2025)
⬜ OEB Breakfast Co. (2024)
Cheap Eats
⬜ Duffin's Donuts (2024)
⬜ Fat Mao (2025)
☑️ Hawkers Delight Deli (2024)
⬜ House of Dosas (2025)
⬜ Jo's Italian Deli (2024)
☑️ Juke Fried Chicken (2025)
Chocolatier
⬜ Thomas Haas Chocolates (2024, 2025)
⬜ BETA5 (2024, 2025)
☑️ Thierry (2024, 2025)
Coffee Shop
☑️ Elysian Coffee Roasters (2024)
☑️ JJ Bean (2024 ,2025)
⬜ Nemesis Coffee (2024, 2025)
☑️ Small Victory (2025)
Comfort Food
⬜ Burgoo (2024, 2025)
⬜ DownLow Chicken Shack (2024)
⬜ Hai Phong (2025)
⬜ Jam Cafe (2024)
☑️ Juke Fried Chicken (2025)
Deli
⬜ Bosa Foods (2024, 2025)
⬜ Cioffi’s Meat Market and Deli (2024)
☑️ La Grotta Del Formaggio (2024, 2025)
⬜ Oyama (2025)
Dessert Bar
☑️ Thierry (2024, 2025)
⬜ True Confections (2024, 2025)
☑️ Cheesecake Etc.(2024, 2025)
Food Truck
⬜ Between 2 Buns (2025)
⬜ Chickpea (2025)
☑️ Mom's Grilled Cheese (2024, 2025)
☑️ Mr. Shawarma (2024)
☑️ Tacofino (2024)
Hidden Gem
⬜ Apollonia Greek Restaurant (2025)
⬜ Hai Phong (2025)
⬜ It's Okay (2024)
⬜ Merci Beaucoup Cafe (2024, 2025)
⬜ Red Accordion (2024)
Hotel Lounge
⬜ Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge, Wedgewood Hotel & Spa (2024)
⬜ The Lobby Lounge & RawBar, Fairmont Pacific Rim (2024)
⬜ Sylvia’s Restaurant & Lounge, Sylvia Hotel (2024)
Hotel Restaurant
⬜ Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge, Wedgewood Hotel & Spa (2024)
⬜ Botanist Restaurant, Fairmont Pacific Rim (2024, 2025)
⬜ Boulevard, Sutton Place Hotel (2025)
⬜ Hawksworth Restaurant, Rosewood Hotel Georgia (2024, 2025)
Pub
⬜ The American (2025)
☑️ Dublin Crossing (2025)
⬜ The Magnet (2024)
⬜ Mahony's Tavern (2024, 2025)
☑️ The Wicklow (2024)
Restaurant: Best Overall
- ⬜ Published on Main (2024)
- ⬜ Chambar (2024)
- ⬜ Botanist (2024)
Restaurant: Best View
- ☑️ Seasons in the Park (2024)
- ⬜ Cardero's (2024)
- ⬜ Miku (2024)
Restaurant: Casual
☑️ Bin 4 Burger Lounge (2024)
☑️ Cactus Club (2025)
⬜ Chancho (2025)
⬜ DD Mau Chinatown (2024)
☑️ MeeT (2025)
⬜ Superbaba (2024)
Restaurant: Fine Dining
⬜ AnnaLena (2025)
⬜ Elisa (2025)
⬜ Kissa Tanto (2024)
⬜ Published on Main (2024, 2025)
⬜ St. Lawrence (2024)
Restaurant: New
⬜ Dovetail
⬜ Dear Gus Snack Bar
⬜ Elio Volpe
⬜ Gary's
⬜ Nui
Restaurant: Patio
⬜ Anh and Chi (2024)
⬜ Cactus Club Cafe English Bay (2024)
⬜ Cardero's (2025)
⬜ Dovetail (2025)
⬜ Joe Fortes (2024, 2025)
Restaurant: Romantic
- ⬜ AnnaLena (2024)
- ⬜ Chambar (2024)
- ⬜ Brix and Mortar (2024)
Restaurant: Seafood
⬜ Blue Water Cafe (2024, 2025)
⬜ Joe Fortes (2025)
⬜ Miku (2024)
⬜ Oddfish (2024, 2025)
Restaurant: Steakhouse
⬜ Black & Blue (2024, 2025)
⬜ Elisa (2024, 2025)
⬜ Gotham (2025)
⬜ Hy’s Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar (2024)
Restaurant: Plant-Based
⬜ Acorn (2025)
⬜ Chickpea (2024)
⬜ Kokomo (2025)
☑️ MeeT (2024, 2025)
⬜ Virtuous Pie (2024)
Restaurant: Vegetarian
- ⬜ The Acorn (2024)
- ⬜ The Naam (2024)
- ⬜ Do Chay (2024)
