Michelin-noted Bacaro Italian restaurant closes in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver has lost another restaurant.
The Italian eatery Bacaro, located at 1029 W. Cordova St. In the ground floor of the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, has shuttered.
In a post on Instagram that went live earlier this week, the restaurant shared a simple statement: “A thousand thanks for all the love over the years. Ciao, bella.”
Opened in 2021, the eatery was operated by the Kitchen Table Group, the team behind other popular local eateries such as Ask for Luigi, Di Beppe, and Giovane Caffè, the cafe that sits directly beside the now-closed Bacaro.
Inspired by — and named after — a Venetian bàcaro, which is typically a tavern or wine bar serving affordable local wines and light bites, the Vancouver eatery was among 49 restaurants listed on the Michelin Guide’s roundup of recommended restaurants in 2025.
In a 2021 review following the restaurant’s opening
, Vancouver Sun restaurant critic Mia Stainsby described it as “a contemporary and lean bacaro with high-top seating in one area, a standing counter down the middle, a bar seating facing a 40-tap Enomatic wine system and a more private dining area at the back.”
The Google listing for the restaurants now reads “permanently closed.” The Bacaro website has also been taken down.
Bacaro joins
a growing list of Vancouver restaurants that have closed in recent months
. Restaurants closures have included: the
Main Street location of
Goldilocks Bake Shop
; Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar’s West Broadway location;
Pizzeria Farina (another Kitchen Table Group outpost); Cartems Donuts; Flamingo Chinese Restaurant; The Poor Italian; Zefferelli’s Spaghetti Joint; Floata Seafood Restauran; and MeeT in Gastown.
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Source: vancouversun.com