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Foodie Experiences
Pacific Northwest Fine Dining at Hawksworth
Chef David Hawksworth's marble-and-velvet Rosewood room, for the night you want them to think you eat like this every Thursday.
Foodie Experiences
Chef David Hawksworth's marble-and-velvet Rosewood room, for the night you want them to think you eat like this every Thursday.
Hawksworth sits inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia downtown, which is either a reassuring signal or the reason your palms are sweating slightly on the drive over. Chef David Hawksworth runs one of Canada's most decorated kitchens, turning BC's seasonal best into plates that are precise without being the kind of fussy that makes you afraid to use the wrong fork. The room is marble-and-velvet, polished but not stiff, which turns out to be the crucial difference between intimidating and just very, very good. The service makes you feel genuinely looked after, and the wine list is long enough to sustain a conversation through most of the evening. A 4.3 across more than 2,000 reviews backs the reputation. Book ahead, dress a notch up, and practice your most convincing 'oh, I eat at places like this all the time' expression.
