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Global•Mount Pleasant•Best New Restaurant, 2026
Elem
Vancouver Magazine's 2026 gold winner for Best New Restaurant, praised for a globally inspired menu with South Asian influence.
Source checkedVerified June 9, 20265 recent openings
New Restaurant Openings in Vancouver (2026)
A tighter guide to recently opened Vancouver restaurants that were identified by local dining editors, restaurant-news reporters, or current best-new-restaurant lists. This page does not use TastyPals database import dates as proof that a restaurant is new.
By TastyPals Editors•Updated June 9, 2026
How this list is different
External source
Every pick links to outside dining coverage that identified the restaurant as new, recent, or part of the current best-new conversation.
No import-date logic
A restaurant is not included just because it was recently added to TastyPals or Supabase.
Refreshed manually
The list is intentionally smaller and source-led so it stays more accurate than an automated scrape.
Recent openings to know
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Indian•Vancouver•Best New Restaurant, 2026
Kavita
The silver winner in Vancouver Magazine's Best New Restaurant category.
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French•Fraser Street•Best New Restaurant, 2026
Chez Celine
The bronze Best New Restaurant pick from Vancouver Magazine, from the team behind St. Lawrence.
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Restaurant•Cambie•Honourable mention, 2026
June
An honourable mention in Vancouver Magazine's Best New Restaurant category.
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Japanese Grill•Mount Pleasant•Honourable mention, 2026
Sumibiyaki Arashi
A Japanese grill honourable mention in Vancouver Magazine's Best New Restaurant category.
What counts as recent here?
We prioritize restaurants that local dining coverage has described as new, recently opened, or part of a current best-new-restaurant list. When a source gives an exact opening month, we use it. When it does not, the label names the source context instead.
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