Best Casual

★ CHANCHO

TORTILLERIA

2096 Commercial Dr., Vancouver chancho.ca

The gold winner of our Best Casual category, Chancho Tortilleria, offers proof that gourmet flavours can be served up on a paper-lined tin tray. Tortillas are often merely the vessel for delivering some attention-grabbing filling—but at Chancho, the made-from-scratch, heirloom-corn wrappers are as beautiful as the hearty carnitas they’re designed to hold. We love the per-pound ordering system; sides as simple as guac and chips are dynamite. Silver winner Fat Mao Noodles recently opened a downtown room to join its Chinatown outpost, doubling chef Angus An’s service of bowl after bowl of crave-worthy Thai noodle soups (Khao Soi chicken curry noodles are a fave). Richmond’s HK BBQ Master takes bronze this year with

★ Fat Mao Noodles

Multiple locations fatmaonoodles.com gemelli alla carbonara and chicken scaloppine ai porcini) earns it the bronze. And neighbour hood favourite Ca ff è La Tana gets an hon ourable mention for its morning-hour menu in particular: the traditional pastries and robust espresso delighted our judges’ palates.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

★ HK BBQ Master 4651 No. 3 Rd., Richmond instagram.com/ hkbbqmaster Douce Diner 1490 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver doucediner.com

Potluck Hawker Eatery 3424 Cambie St., Vancouver potluckyvr.ca barbecued meats that are worth the trip to the ’burbs—said one judge, “It

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