By Jennifer Feinberg | The Chilliwack Progress—May 09 2006
A Chilliwack restaurant has been recognized for its “outstanding” wine list – for the second year in a row – as a winner in one of the country’s most prestigious wine festivals.
Bravo Restaurant & Lounge on Yale Road was awarded the bronze medal from the Vancouver International Playhouse Wine Festival.
It’s an event that attracts the most ardent oenophiles from around the globe. The 2006 festival featured 186 wineries and 1,320 wines from 15 countries.
Bravo’s creative and ever-changing list of libations merited a bronze according to a panel of industry experts and wine critics, with judges citing the local resto’s “outstanding selection, service and value.”
The Yale Road restaurant and lounge, which has become a local ode to sunny cocktails and West Coast comfort food, is run by Damian Du Plessis and Louie De Jaeger.
Bravo’s offerings edged out many of Vancouver’s finest establishments for this award, such as Brix and Cassis, and it was the only restaurant in the Fraser Valley to receive recognition.
Check out more at www.bravorestaurant.ca, 604.792.7721, or see the complete list of this year’s winners at: www.playhousewinefest.com