This year the drinking categories are being showcased in the January/February issue to highlight the cities top bartenders, sommeliers, breweries are more. The Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards are judged by a hand-selected group comprised of media, food and wine critics and key industry experts who taste their way through the city to discover the very best in culinary, cocktail and wine.

“This mecca for true cocktail nerds also serves as a world-beating factory for creating competition-winning bartenders in its spare time. The most elegant, adventurous watering hole in the city.”

Read the full list of finalists here.