Awards & Press
"Awards are not everything in our business, but we've won a few."
2021 MASI DESIGN AWARD
DESIGN EXCELLENCE FOR HOSPITALITY/RESTAURANT
BARBACOA – SPRUCE GROVE, ALBERTA
2020 MASI Design Award
DESIGN EXCELLENCE FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA – CAB FOOD HALL
2020 Avenue Magazine
BEST BAR 2020: BAIJU
2019 Avenue Magazine
BEST BAR 2019: BAIJIU
BEST BRUNCH RESTAURANT: CANTEEN
BEST RESTAURANT FOR SHARING: GURU
2019 enroute city guide
EDMONTON EAT AND DRINK: BAIJIU
EDMONTON TO DO: GET COOKING
EDMONTON TO DO: SPOTLIGHT CABARET
2018 WHERE MAGAZINE CANADA
EDMONTON’S BEST NEW RESTAURANT:
BEST DRINKS: BAIJIU
2018 VUE WEEKLY GOLDEN FORK AWARDS
BEST CHILI: KB&CO
BEST GLUTEN FREE: PRESS’D
BEST HAMBURGER: DELUX BURGER BAR
BEST POKE: SPLASH POKE
BEST SALAD: KB&CO
BEST STEAK: BAIJIU
BEST WRAPS: PRESS’D
2018 avenue magazine
BEST BRUNCH RESTAURANT: CANTEEN
BEST LUNCH: JAPONAIS BISTRO
2017 where magazine canada
EDMONTON’S BEST NEW RESTAURANT:
THE BUTTERNUT TREE
2017 VUE WEEKLY GOLDEN FORK AWARDS
BEST SANDWICHES: PRESS’D
BEST WRAPS: PRESS’D
2016 VUE WEEKLY GOLDEN FORK AWARDS
BEST CHICKEN WINGS: ORIGINAL JOE’S
BEST LUNCH TIME GRAB & GO: DOVETAIL DELICATESSEN
BEST PUB FOOD: ORIGINAL JOE’S
BEST SANDWICHES: PRESS’D
BEST SEAFOOD: SABOR DIVINO
2015 where magazine canada
EDMONTON’S BEST NEW RESTAURANT: BEST GRAB & GO: DOVETAIL DELICATESSEN
2015 VUE WEEKLY GOLDEN FORK AWARDS
BEST SEAFOOD: SABOR DIVINO
BEST GREEK: YIANNI’S TAVERNA
BEST PORTUGESE: SABOR DIVINO
BEST SANDWICHES: PRESS’D
BEST BRUNCH: CANTEEN
BEST LATE NIGHT/ALL NIGHT: NORTH 53
BEST COFFEE ROASTERS: TRANSCEND COFFEE
BEST PATIO: THE BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE
BEST ATMOSPHERE: CANTEEN
2014 where magazine canada
EDMONTON’S BEST NEW RESTAURANT: NORTH 53
2014/2013 CALGARY HERALD
CALGARY’S BEST PUB: ORIGINAL JOE’S
2013 EN ROUTE – AIR CANADA DINING GUIDE
TOP 30: CANTEEN
2013 VUE WEEKLY
BEST NEW RESTAURANT 2012: CANTEEN
2011 INTERIOR DESIGNERS OF ALBERTA (IDA)
BRONZE AWARD – BEST NEW RESTAURANT:
SPRING ROLL KITCHEN, EDMONTON
2007 AIR CANADA EN ROUTE MAGAZINE
TOP 10 NEW RESTAURANTS IN CANADA:
BLINK, CALGARY
2006 where magazine canada
BEST NEW RESTAURANT IN CANADA:
LUX STEAKHOUSE
2005 where magazine canada
BEST NEW RESTAURANT IN CANADA:
DELUX BURGER BAR
EDMONTON JOURNAL
NICK LEES: DYNAMIC DUO OF EDMONTON RESTAURANT SCENE CELEBRATES 20-YEAR PARTNERSHIP – ONE OF EDMONTON’S MOST RECOGNIZED ENTREPRENEURS AND A WORLD-RENOWNED LOCAL DESIGNER DINED TOGETHER LAST WEEK WHILE CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF THEIR 20-YEAR PARTNERSHIP.
national geographic
BEST SUMMER TRIPS 2015 – EDMONTON AND NORTH 53 NAMED IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S LIST OF TEN BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD TO VISIT THIS SUMMER.
avenue edmonton
STYLE Q&A: CHRIS KOUROUNIOTIS’ CLASSIC STYLE HAS PUNCHES OF PERSONALITY, EVIDENT IN HIS INTERIOR-DESIGN CHOICES AND HIS WARDROBE.
SETTING THE [LONG] BAR: LACK OF SPACE, HIGH RENT PRICES, AND A COCKTAIL RENAISSANCE IN EDMONTON HAVE LED TO A NEW RESTAURANT TREND.
nait@50
TOP 50 ALUMNI – CHRIS KOUROUNIOTIS, INTERIOR DESIGN TECHNOLOGY ’94
design quarterly
THE REVITALIZATION OF RESTAURANT RESTROOMS – CHRIS KOUROUNIOTIS.
