Van on the list of top cities in the world for culinary prowess.
From the Post.


Food & Wine magazine names Vancouver one of the world's best "restaurant cities" and Toronto as one to watch
Posted: May 12, 2008, 11:35 PM by NP Editor
Culinary Routes
From Food & Wine magazine:
10 Best Restaurant Cities
1. Tokyo
2. Paris
3. New York City
4. London
5. Barcelona
6. Sydney
7. Madrid
8. Chicago
9. Stockholm
10. Vancouver

10 Restaurant Cities to Watch
1. Beijing
2. Mexico City
3. Istanbul
4. Toronto
5. Los Angeles
6. Athens
7. Boston
8. St. Petersburg
9. Tel Aviv
10. Santiago, Chile

The magazine also named Toronto's Mark McEwan, was named as one of the world's "Next Chef Superstars", Montreal's Liverpool House as one of the best restaurants in the world for carnivores and Toronto's C5 as one of the top 10 best restaurants with a view.

San Francisco is a good restaurant town too

I was gonna say, `Wheres San FranciscoÉ`

I'm going to be up in Vancouver on business in mid June. This will be my first visit and I am really looking forward to it. Does anyone here have any good recommendations for restaurants and bars to check out?

Vij's is a must-go for anyone who likes Indian food. It is just about the best I have
ever had in my life. Vancouver is blessed with two huge advantages for foodies... lots of wonderful fresh garden market produce, and of course lots of fresh fish. Those are two
things chefs just love to have at their fingertips! :)

I'm going to be up in Vancouver on business in mid June. This will be my first visit and I am really looking forward to it. Does anyone here have any good recommendations for restaurants and bars to check out?

Gotham Steakhouse if you're into steak.

Hmm I wonder how much of Toronto they covered? Probably a 200m perimeter of the CN tower.
Anyways glad to hear Vancouver made the list with so much tough competition. I'd recommend the restaurant at Van Dusen gardens in Shaughnessy. Great quality, lots of local ingredients. If you're on a real tight buget try Yopo a chinese phone-booth sized restaurant on Homer street in Yaletown. Brilliant little place!
If you've got $300.00 to blow try La Terrazza on Pacific. One of the three best Italian restaurants in the city with the best wine list!
I've heard Toronto's Scaramouche and Sassafraz are great if you're travelling there.

I'm going to be up in Vancouver on business in mid June. This will be my first visit and I am really looking forward to it. Does anyone here have any good recommendations for restaurants and bars to check out?
Try the cannery for seafood, pick local items. Commercial Drive also has a few good restaurants with decent prices.

I can't believe Vancouver made the list and Montreal didn't and neither did San Fransisco. Also, from everything I've heard Melbourne is Australia's culinary capitol.
I'm surprised Buenos Aires, Milan, and Amsterdam didn't make the list as well.

No offence to the people of San Francisco, but their chinese food suck! Sorry!

I am surprised that Montreal is not on the list.

Internationally, "Food Culture" has transformed rapidly over the past couple of decades, and magazines like Food and Wine will tend to reward cities that are keeping up with the times and creating new and exciting food. Lists like this are highly subjective, of course, but I think they did a pretty good job with this one.