Readers’ Choice Awards 2016

This week’s Courier includes the results of a reader survey on “the best of” Vancouver. There were quite a few winners on the Drive.  Most of the categories were voted on as “east”, “west” and “downtown”; so, except for the first, all the winners below are for “Best Eastside…”

• Italian Day won best Festival city-wide;
• Fratelli’s — Best Bakery;
• St. Augustine’s — Best Pub/bar;
• Vera’s — Best Burger;
• Charlatan — Best Cocktail Bar;
• Saloniki — Best Greek;
• Sula — Best Indian;
• Havana — Best Patio;
• Bandidas Taqueria — Best Working Lunch;
• Dream Cycle — Best Bike Shop;
• Catz Lair — Best Hair Salon;
• Donald’s — Best Produce Store.

Congratulations to them all.

For what it is worth, I agree with the Bakery, Greek, and Patio awards (so long as I could sit in Havana’s patio eating Fet’s food).  The others, for my taste, are as follows:

• The Dime — Best Pub/Bar;
• Cannibal — Best Burger;
• Fet’s — Best Working Lunch;
• Tino’s — Best Hair (salon);
• Santa Barbara — Best Produce Store

I suspect I would really like Sula but I haven’t tried it yet. And I don’t have a bike, so ….