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TripAdvisor recently unveiled its Best of the Best Awards for 2022 and Pluvio Restaurant and Rooms tops the list of Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Canada.
Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey opened the intimate 24-seat culinary experience in 2019 and have been delighted to see their creation quickly become a TripAdvisor darling with a 5-star rating based on 553 reviews. The restaurant has also as long as its reservation list, with the recent fine dining award joining an already crowded trophy cabinet that includes a spot on Air Canada香蕉视频直播檚 enRoute magazine香蕉视频直播檚 list of Canada香蕉视频直播檚 Top 10 Best New Restaurants, www.canadas100best.com Best New Destination Restaurant list, and a fourth place spot on TripAdvisor香蕉视频直播檚 Best Date Night Restaurant in the World.
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Verney-Downey said they had not heard about the Best Fine Dining award from TripAdvisor before her phone started buzzing with messages from excited patrons and supporters congratulating them.
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She added one of the first people to congratulate them was Richard Norwood,
Barr noted Norwood香蕉视频直播檚 had also cooked up a long list of awards in its day.
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Verney-Downey added the community香蕉视频直播檚 support has been palpably robust since day-one.
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andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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