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Poutine lovers, listen up! The Poutine Week food festival is back

If you have a penchant for poutine, you're in luck. The annual food festival La Poutine Week is back from Feb. 1-14.

The Blaze Beef 'n’ Bacon Poutine from Blaze Gourmet Burgers.
The Blaze Beef 'n’ Bacon Poutine from Blaze Gourmet Burgers. Photo by Handout/La Poutine Week /Blaze Gourmet Burgers

If you have a penchant for poutine, you’re in luck. The annual food festival La Poutine Week is back from Feb. 1-14.

Returning for its 11th year, the cross-Canada food festival features about 960 unique takes on the gravy, fries and cheese combination from more than 500 eateries across the country.

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Participating restaurants in B.C. include 19 destinations in Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna and Victoria.

The B.C.-based eateries involved include:

VANCOUVER

Fable Bar

Johnnie Fox’s

Stanley’s Bar and Grill

Vancouver Aquarium

Blaze Gourmet Burgers

Five Star Fried Chicken

Fable Diner

Chirpyhut Fried Chicken

Fryway87

Crown and Anchor Roadhouse

The Ridge Roadhouse

SURREY

Hopcott Farms Bistro

Roo’s

Wok Box

VICTORIA

Greek n’ Go

KELOWNA

Kelowna Beer Institute

Meltwich Food Co.

Weekends Restaurant and Lounge

Wok Box

Diners can also vote for their favourite participating poutines on the festival’s website, where the top five restaurants will be showcased on a leaderboard in real time, according to a news release.

Check out the full list of eateries online at Lapoutineweek.com.