Food writer and enRoute contributing editor Chris Johns, enRoute editor Charlene Rooke, and restaurateur Harry Kambolis celebrate at Nu
photo Cassandra Anderton
The enRoute Magazine awards went down tonight, and boy is my liver ever swell. It was quite the bash, with just about every food writer and restaurant PR type showing up to get the lowdown and to mingle with industry lions, magazine editors and not a few publishers, too. As I alluded to the other night, the invite sent out last week had given the No.1 away, so there were only 9 surprises left.
This year’s Top 10 finalists and enRoute’s choice for Canada’s Best New Restaurant 2006 will be announced at an event and press conference on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at 5 pm at 1661 Granville Street (under the Granville Street bridge) in Vancouver, BC.
Hmm. How very quasi-vague. 1661 Granville St…under the bridge. Ah, yes. Nu. It was nice to see the room full once again.
Here are the rankings:
1. Nu {Vancouver, BC}
2. Capo (Calgary, AB)
3. Dayboat (Hunter River, PEI)
4. Cava (Toronto, ONT)
5. Rare (Vancouver, BC)
6. Pintxo (Montreal, QUE)
7. Harvest (Picton, ONT)
8. Treadwell (Port Dalhousie, ONT)
9. Joe Beef (Montreal, QUE)
10. Saint Germain (Calgary, AB)
The issue with Chris John’s write-ups should be available, cruising at 11,000 feet, sometime next week, at which point we should expect to see it make an appearance online as well. Also check out Vancouver’s own Chris Stearns’ article on page 96. In Charlie’s Angels: You need divine patience to take the heat in Trotter’s famous restaurant, Stearns gives his very well written take on four days at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago. Page 61 has Where to Eat Next: 25 new Canadian restaurants that are changing the way we’ll dine in 2007 and beyond. BC restaurants that make the cut include White Goose Bistro, Century, Mistral, and Senova.
