We're seeing STARS! The Vancouver Courier's 12th annual Readers Choice Awards showcases the best in the city from West Side, East Side and Downtown, as chosen by our discerning readers.

Scroll down to see all the winners who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the various categories. Perhaps you know of them already; and if not, why not try them out? They are, after all, Stars of Vancouver!

2011 Readers Choice Winners

WESTSIDE WINNERS

BEST LIVE THEATRE COMPANY

1. Arts Club Theatre Company, Granville Island Stage

2. Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

3. Metro Theatre

BEST LOCAL CINEMA

1. Fifth Avenue Cinemas

2. Dunbar Theatre

3. Hollywood Theatre

BEST PUB

1. Darby’s Pub

2. The Wolf and Hound

3. Jeremiah’s Neighbourhood Pub

BEST BAKERY

1. Cobs Bakery

2. Terra Breads

3. Moore’s Bakery & Delicatessen

BEST BURGER HOUSE

1. Vera’s Burger Shack

2. Moderne Burgers

3. White Spot

BEST CHEAP EATS

1. Kitstaya Sushi

2. BC Sushi

3. Thai Away Home

BEST COFFEE BAR

1. Bean Around The World

2. Caffé Artigiano

3. Coco et Olive Fine Foods & Café

BEST ETHNIC FOOD

1. Annapurna

2. East is East

3. Banana Leaf

BEST FISH & CHIPS

1. Go Fish

2. Mr. Pickwick's

3. White Spot

BEST HAUTE CUISINE

1. Bishop’s Restaurant

2. Provence Mediterranean Grill

3. Bistro Pastis

BEST SUSHI BAR

1. Tojo’s Restaurant

2. Kishu Star Japanese Bistro

3. Kitstaya Sushi

BEST COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY

1. UBC

2. Langara College

3. VCC

BEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

1. Vancity

2. TD Canada Trust

3. RBC

BEST FITNESS/HEALTH CLUB

1. Kitsilano Community Centre

2. Body and Soul Health & Fitness

3. FitCity for Women

BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL

1. York House School

2. St. George’s School

3. Crofton House School

BEST SENIORS RESIDENCE

1. Tapestry at the O’Keefe

2. Crofton Manor

3. Amica at Arbutus Manor

BEST SPA

1. Solarice Wellness Spas

2. Linda’s Urban Spa

3. Beverly’s The Spa on 4th

BEST U-BREW

1. Broadway Brewing

2. Stomper’s Winemaking

3. Winemaster

BEST VIDEO STORE

1. Videomatica

2. Limelight Video

3. Black Dog Video

BEST YOGA STUDIO

1. Semperviva Yoga

2. Bikram Yoga College of India

3. Sanga Yoga Studio

BEST APPLIANCE STORE

1. Harvey's Furniture & Appliances

2. Midland Appliance

3. Sears Canada Inc.

BEST ART GALLERY

1. Diane Farris Gallery

2. Bau Xi Gallery

3. Petley Jones Gallery

BEST BIKE SHOP

1. Ace Cycles

2. Reckless Bike Stores

3. Dunbar Cycle

BEST BOOK STORE

1. Book Warehouse

2. Kidsbooks

3. Banyen Books

BEST CONSIGNMENT/VINTAGE

1. Turnabout

2. The Hob

3. Second Suit For Men & Women

BEST FLORIST

1. Thomas Hobbs Florist

2. Mayhew - Sherwood Flowers

3. Garlands Florist

BEST FURNITURE STORE

1. Sofa So Good

2. Jordans Interiors

3. Inspiration

BEST GARDENING CENTRE

1. Southlands Nursery

2. The Natural Gardener Store

3. Earthwise Garden Store

BEST GROCERY STORE

1. Choices Markets

2. Stongs

3. Market Place IGA (Kitsilano)

BEST HEALTH FOOD STORE

1. Choices Markets

2. Capers Community Market

3. Finlandia Natural Pharmacy

BEST JEWELLERY STORE

1. Montreux Jewels Ltd.

2. Gurvin Jewellers

3. Collins Jewellers

BEST KIDS CLOTHING

1. Eio Kids Store

2. Sparkle & Junebug

3. Isola Bella Children’s Clothing

BEST KITCHENWARE

1. Ming Wo Cookware

2. Cookworks

3. COOKSHOP

BEST PET STORE

1. Tisol Pet Nutrition & Supply Stores

2. Bosley’s Pet Food Plus

3. Noah’s Pet Ark

BEST PRODUCE STORE

1. Kin’s Farm Market

2. Young Brothers Produce

3. Choices Markets

BEST SHOE STORE

1. Freedman Shoes

2. Ronsons Shoe Stores

3. Gravitypope

BEST SHOPPING MALL

1. Oakridge Centre

2. Pacific Centre Shopping Mall

3. City Square Shopping Centre

BEST SPORTING GOODS

1. Mountain Equipment Co-op

2. Cyclone Taylor Sports

3. Cheapskate One

BEST WOMENS CLOTHING

1. Current Fashions

2. Plum

3. Changes Clothing & Jewellery Bar

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EASTSIDE WINNERS

BEST LIVE THEATRE COMPANY

1. The Cultch

2. Arts Club Theatre Company, Granville Island Stage

3. Havana Restaurant

BEST LOCAL CINEMA

1. Rio Theatre

2. Park Theatre

3. Van East Cinema

BEST PUB

1. BierCraft Restaurant Tap & Tapas Bar

2. Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House

3. Three Lions Café Food & Drink

BEST BAKERY

1. Fratelli Bakery

2. Cobs Bread

3. Breka Bakery & Café

BEST BURGER HOUSE

1. Vera’s Burger Shack

2. Splitz Grill

3. Wally’s Burgers

BEST CHEAP EATS

1. Hawkers Delight Deli

2. All India Sweets & Restaurant

3. Sweet Cherubim Natural Food Store & Restaurant

BEST COFFEE BAR

1. Re-Entry Espresso

2. JJ Bean

3. Laughing Bean Coffee

BEST ETHNIC FOOD

1. Palki Restaurant

2. East is East Kitchen on Main Street

3. Golden Swan Restaurant

BEST FISH & CHIPS

1. The Windjammer

2. Three Lions Café Food & Drink

3. The Sea House Fish and Chips

BEST HAUTE CUISINE

1. Les Faux Bourgeois

2. Carthage Café

3. Au Petit Chavignol

BEST SUSHI BAR

1. Fujiya Japanese Foods

2. Dream Sushi Japanese Restaurant

3. Britannia Sushi

BEST COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY

1. VCC

2. Langara College

3. UBC

BEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

1. Vancity

2. Coast Capital

3. RBC

BEST FITNESS/HEALTH CLUB

1. Mount Pleasant Community Centre

2. Spartacus Athletic Club

3. Britannia Fitness Centre

BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL

1. Stratford Hall

2. Saint Patrick Regional Secondary School

3. Notre Dame Regional Sec.

BEST SENIORS RESIDENCE

1. Cavell Gardens

2. Royal Arch Masonic Homes Society

3. Clarendon Court

BEST SPA

1. Flaming June Day Spa

2. Anna Sun Centre

3. The Beehive Lounge

BEST U-BREW

1. The Grape Escape Wineworks

2. West Coast U-Brew

3. Dan’s Homebrewing Supplies

BEST VIDEO STORE

1. Black Dog Video

2. Applause Video

3. Alpha Video

BEST YOGA STUDIO

1. Open Door Yoga Inc

2. Green Room Yoga

3. Bikrims Yoga

BEST APPLIANCE STORE

1. Harveys Furniture & Appliances

2. Trail Appliances

3. Coast Wholesale Appliances

BEST ART GALLERY

1. Doctor Vigari Gallery

2. Clayzone Ceramics

3. Lido Art Gallery

BEST BIKE SHOP

1. Bikes On the Drive

2. A-l Cycle

3. Dream Cycle

BEST BOOK STORE

1. People’s Co-op Bookstore

2. Book Warehouse

3. Pulpfiction Books

BEST CONSIGNMENT/VINTAGE

1. My Sister’s Closet

2. Attic Treasures

3. Front & Company

BEST FLORIST

1. Flower Factory

2. The Flower Box

3. Brownie’s Florist

BEST FURNITURE STORE

1. Harvey’s Furniture & Appliances

2. JR Furniture Place Ltd

3. The Peg General Store

BEST GARDENING CENTRE

1. Figaro’s Garden

2. Donald’s Market

3. Pacific Northwest Garden Supply

BEST GROCERY STORE

1. Donald’s Market

2. Banana Grove Market & Deli

3. Santa Barbara Market

BEST HEALTH FOOD STORE

1. Famous Foods

2. Drive Organics

3. Sweet Cherubim Natural Food Store & Restaurant

BEST JEWELLERY STORE

1. J & M Coin & Jewellery

2. Bead Freaks Creation Inc.

3. Michael’s Jewelery

BEST KIDS CLOTHING

1. Beansprouts

2. Dandelion Kids

3. Room For 2 Maternity & Baby

BEST KITCHENWARE

1. The Gourmet Warehouse

2. The Kitchen Corner

3. Wonderbucks Stores Ltd

BEST PET STORE

1. Tisol Pet Nutrition and Supply Stores

2. Sophie’s Pet Palace

3. Mr. Pet’s

BEST PRODUCE STORE

1. Kin’s Farm Market

2. Santa Barbara Market

3. East West Market

BEST SHOE STORE

1. Kalena's Shoes

2. Spank Clothing

3. Umeboshi Footwear Inc

BEST SHOPPING MALL

1. Kingsgate Mall

2. Centrepoint Mall

3.1st Avenue Market

BEST SPORTING GOODS

1. Mountain Equipment Co-op

2. Sports Junkie Consignors

3. Abbie’s Sports

BEST WOMENS CLOTHING

1. Banshee Clothing

2. Hazel & Co Maternity & Women

3. Spank Clothing

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DOWNTOWN WINNERS

BEST LIVE THEATRE COMPANY

1. Arts Club Theatre Company, Granville Island Stage

2. Vancouver Playhouse

3. Vancouver Theatre Sports League

BEST LOCAL CINEMA

1. Scotiabank Theatre

2. Cinemark Tinseltown

3. Denman Cinemas

BEST PUB

1. Kingston Taphouse & Grille

2. Dover Arms Pub

3. Doolins Irish Pub

BEST BAKERY

1. Boulangerie Chopain

2. Maple Leaf Bakery

3. Cobs Bread

BEST BURGER HOUSE

1. Vera’s Burger Shack

2. Hamburger Mary’s Diner

3. Fat Burger

BEST CHEAP EATS

1. Hon’s Wun-Tun House

2. Japa Dog

3. Falafel King

BEST COFFEE BAR

1. Delany’s Coffee House

2. Blenz Coffee Ltd

3. Blue Tree Café

BEST ETHNIC FOOD

1. Kam’s Place Singaporean Cuisine

2. Vina Vietnamese Gourmet

3. Banana Leaf Malaysian Cuisine

BEST FISH & CHIPS

1. Raincity Grill

2. Boathouse Restaurants

3. Mr. Pickwick’s

BEST HAUTE CUISINE

1. Provence Marinaside

2. The William Tell Restaurant

3. Le Gavroche Restaurant

BEST SUSHI BAR

1. Kisha Poppo Japanese Restaurant

2. Samurai Japanese Restaurant

3. Shuraku Restaurant

BEST COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY

1. VCC

2. BCIT

3. SFU

BEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

1. CIBC

2. Vancity

3. TD Canada Trust

BEST FITNESS/HEALTH CLUB

1. Denman Fitness

2. Vancouver Aquatic Centre

3. Pantheon Athletic Club

BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL

1. York House School

2. Crofton House School

3. St. George’s School

BEST SENIORS RESIDENCE

1. Amica at Arbutus Manor

2. Haro Park Centre Society

3. Grace Seniors Home

BEST SPA

1. Absolute Spa at The Century Plaza Hotel

2. Pink Lime Salon & Spa

3. Wedgewood Hotel & Spa

BEST U-BREW

1. Neighbourhood Wine Makers

2. West Coast U Brew

3. Wine Kitz

BEST VIDEO STORE

1. Rogers Plus

2. Blockbuster Video

3. Independent Flixx Video

BEST YOGA STUDIO

1. Bikrams Yoga

2. Pilates Unlimited

3. Yaletown Yoga

BEST APPLIANCE STORE

1. Harvey’s Furniture & Appliances

2. Miele

3. Sears Canada

BEST ART GALLERY

1. Vancouver Art Gallery

2. Diane Farris Gallery

3. Marion Scott Gallery

BEST BIKE SHOP

1. Bicycle Sports Pacific

2. Denman Bike Shop

3. English Bay Bike Rentals

BEST BOOK STORE

1. Book Warehouse

2. Chapters

3. Blackberry Books

BEST CONSIGNMENT/VINTAGE

1. The Carriage House

2. True Value Vintage Clothing

3. Deluxe Junk Company

BEST FLORIST

1. Davie Flowers

2. Eden Florist

3. Divine Vines

BEST FURNITURE STORE

1. Roche Bobois

2. Bravura Interiors

3. The Cross Décor and Design

BEST GARDENING CENTRE

1. Art Knapp Urban Garden

2. City Garden

BEST GROCERY STORE

1. Choices Markets

2. Nesters Market

3. Market Place IGA

BEST HEALTH FOOD STORE

1. Choices Markets

2. Capers Community Market

3. Licious Living Café

BEST JEWELLERY STORE

1. Birks

2. Saatchi & Saatchi Fine Jewellery

3. Silver Gallery

BEST KIDS CLOTHING

1. Macgillycuddy’s For Little People

2. Roots Canada

3. The Bay

BEST KITCHENWARE

1. Ming Wo

2. Chocolate Mousse Kitchenware

3. Cookworks

BEST PET STORE

1. Bosley’s Pet Food Plus

2. Bark and Fitz

3. Aquarium West

BEST PRODUCE STORE

1. Kin’s Farm Market

2. Robson Public Market/Hybar Naturally

3. Urban Fare

BEST SHOE STORE

1. Aldo Shoes

2. Shoe Warehouse

3. Army and Navy

BEST SHOPPING MALL

1. Pacific Centre

2. Sinclair Centre

3. Vancouver Centre

BEST SPORTING GOODS

1. Deakin Equipment

2. Peak Performance General Store

3. Sport Mart

BEST WOMENS CLOTHING

1. Leone Fashions

2. Banana Republic

3. Holt Renfrew