Hundreds of Iqalummiut voted in the Best of Iqaluit 2015 poll, and the results are in! Here is what you chose as your top Iqaluit eateries, bars, and social spots for this year. Click here to see the 2014 results.
Best of Iqaluit 2015
Best Upscale Dinner: The Granite Room at the Discovery Hotel
Runner Up: The Gallery at the Frobisher Inn
Best Casual Dinner: Storehouse Bar & Grill at the Frobisher Inn
Runners Up: The Kickin’ Caribou Pub at Hotel Arctic
Best Upscale Lunch: The Gallery at the Frobisher Inn
Runner Up: The Granite Room at the Discovery Hotel
Best Casual Lunch: Yummy Shawarma
Runner Up: The Legion
Best Service – Upscale Restaurant: The Granite Room at the Discovery Hotel
Runner Up: The Gallery at the Frobisher Inn
Best Service – Casual Restaurant: Yummy Shawarma
Runners Up: Grind and Brew; The Snack
Best Breakfast: The Gallery at the Frobisher Inn
Runner Up: The Snack
Best All-You-Can-Eat Brunch: The Gallery at the Frobisher Inn
Runner Up: The Granite Room at the Discovery Hotel
Best Lunch Buffet: The Legion
Runner Up: The Captain’s Table at the Navigator Inn
Best Food Truck: Curbside Grill
Runner Up: Kulu’s
This one was super tight, with only 0.7% separating Curbside from Kulu’s!
Best Burger: The Snack
Runner Up: Curbside Grill
Best Pizza: Grind and Brew
Runner Up: Yummy Shawarma
Best Poutine: The Snack
Runner Up: Kulu’s
Best Wings: Storehouse Bar & Grill at the Frobisher Inn Runner Up: The Legion
Best Take-Away: The Snack
Runner Up: Yummy Shawarma
Best Catering: Frobisher Inn
Runner Up: I Like Cake
Best Coffee: Tim Hortons
Runner Up: Starbucks
Best Desserts: I Like Cake
Runner Up: The Frosted Sisters
Best Food Store: The Marketplace (Arctic Ventures)
Runner Up: Baffin Canners
Best Gift/Jewellery Shop: Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum
Runner Up: Carvings Nunavut
Best Bar: Storehouse Bar & Grill at the Frobisher Inn
Runner Up: The Legion
Only three votes separated the Storehouse from the Legion in this category.
Best Dancefloor: The Legion
Runner Up: Storehouse Bar & Grill at the Frobisher Inn
No contest: The Legion won with 90.4% of the vote.
Winner of the Best of Iqaluit 2015 Draw
And the winner of the $400+ prize pack is…
Malaiya Netser!
Congratulations, Malaiya! Check your email!
And a deserving congratulations to all of our awesome local businesses! And thank you to everyone who voted in our Best of Iqaluit 2015 poll. Special shout outs to those who offered great suggestions – for example, Best Taxi Service, Best Vegetarian Options – to help make next year’s poll even better!
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