A summary of past
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Zen Japanese Kestaurant,
2232 Marine Dr., West
Vancouver, 925-0667; fax:
925-0668. Visa, MasterCard
and American Express
accepted. Open Tuesday to
Sunday for dinner. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian options?
Several. Take the kids or call
a babysitter? Call a babysit-
ter.

Elegant, adventurous
Japanese dining in chic West
Vancouver location. Chef
Nobu Ochi, late of
Vancouver's highly-regarded

. Tojo’s Japanese restaurant.
presides. Excellent food; good
sake selection.

392
Mirabelle,.2168 Marine Dr.,
West Vancouver, 925-2765.
Visa, © MasterCard = and
American Express accepted.

every night for dinner;
open Sunday to Friday for
lunch, .. Fully . licensed.
Vegetarian options? A few.
Take the kids or call a
babysitter? Call a babysitter.
~_. Weil-prepared middie of
the road Italian cuisine served

~ in large open dining room.

Reasonable prices, Low-key
ambience.

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The Pacific: Starlight Dinner
Train, ~: BC... Rail’s . North
__ Vancouver’ passenger station,
1311 West First St. (foot of
Pemberton. Avenue), North
.Vancouver, 984-5500, 631-
3500,.or 1-800-363-3733.
Group. inquiries 984-5566.
Visa,. .-MasterCard and
~ American. Express” accepted.
Runs‘. Wednesday" through
. Sunday from’ May 1 to Oct.
a Os ‘Fully licensed. Ve;
options? Some. Take the kids
or calla babysivter. “Call a
_” babysitter.

BC Rails i spired combi-
nation of scenic rail qravel and
haute cuisine steams into its
second season.

Vintage art deco railcars,
a good food, hot jazz and Howe
Sound p panoramas

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Ariston, 1425 Marine Dr.,
West Vancouver, 925-0076.

-Open everyday from 1] a.m.
Vi MasterCard . and

censed. Take the kids _
=6r calla), babysitter?. You
“could do either." °
.< Peter Kavouras’ new Greek
dventure in the West
‘Vancouver. storefront that
~ briefly housed the Obnpia
Greek restaurant, but is more
fondly remembered for hous-
ing Soren Fakstorp’s Saffron

‘iston offers pretty stan-
‘d Greck fare in an informal,
eighborly‘aemosphere.

The Marmalade Cafe, 999
Marine Dr, North
Vancouver, 983-3463. Open
for lunch Tuesday to Friday;
open for dinner Tuesday to
Sunday, Sunday brunch.
Visa, MasterCard = and
American Express.
Vegetarian options? A_ few.
Fully licensed. Take the kids
or call a babysitter? You
could do either. Or you could
take your dear old dad and
mom if they are hankering
for a taste of the old country.

Great British dining locale
offers a good cross-section of
Celtic cuisine and quality
English, Scottish and Irish ales.

Folk singers and other live
entertainment. Numerous
Celtic celebrations.

A taste of the Empire.

900

Bravo Cucina, 1209
Lonsdale Avenue, North
Vancouver, 985-3006. Visa,
MasterCard and American
Express accepted. Open
Monday to Friday for lunch.
Open every night for dinner.
Fully licensed. Vegetarian
options? A few, Take the kids
or call a bab-sitter? Call a
babysitter.

. Sami Bentroudi’s first-class

~- Iealian bistro. Mid-Lonsdale

location, Intimate 50-seater.
Great food and service.
000

The Green Spot Vegetarian
Cafe, 2220 Marine Dr., West
Vancouver, 925-2218; fax
925-2287. Visa, MasterCard
and. American Express
accepted. Open from 11 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Monday a
Saturday; open from 5
to 9 p.m. on Sun
Vegetari:

vs.
an options? Nothing

but. Fully licensed. Take the ©

kids or call a babysitter? Take
the kids if their palates can
tolerate more than burgers
and fries.

The North Shore’s only
pure vegetarian restaurant.
Full-contact vegetarian cuisine;
no-holds barred: no animal
products in the production of
the restaurant’s food; soya
options, gluten-free meals,
fresh vegetable and fruit juices,
herbal teas, low level musical
ambience.

Good idea. Better execu-

tion needed.
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‘Elegantly

Practical

Nino’s Cafe, 2232 Marine
Dr., West Vancouver, 921-
2228. Visa and MasterCard
accepted. Open every day for
lunch and dinner. Vegetarian
options? Some. Licensed to
sell beer and wine. Take the
kids or call a babysitter? You
could do either.

Good small
Mediterranean /Middle
Eastern cafe tucked away on
the outskirts of Dundarave
Village.

Husband and wife team of
ALJ. and Vida Azma preside.
Good food, reaxanable prices
and gracious service.

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The End, 15 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver, 984-4685.
Visa and MasterCard accept-
ed. Open everyday from 6
p.m. Fully licensed.
Vegetarian options? A few.
Take the kids or call a
babysitter? You could do
either.

Jacquie Butler's Lower
Lonsdale beatnik bar ind grill.
Burgers and other simple
entrees. Bohemian atmos-
phere. Live music.

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Chez Michel, 1373 Marine
Dr., West Vancouver, 926-
4913. Visa, MasterCard and
American Express accepted.
Open for lunch and dinner
Monday to — Saturday.
Vegetarian options? Available
upon request. Take the kids
or call a babysitter? Call a
babysitter.

The place for French food
on the North Shore.

Michel Segur’s second-
storey French bistro is closing
in on its 20th anniversary.
Plays to a long and loyal clien-
tele, Deservedly so.

000
Moustache. Cafe,
Marine Dr.,
Vancouver. 987-8461. Visa
and MasterCard accepted.
Open Monday to Friday for
lunch; open Monday to
Saturday for dinner. Closed
Sunday. Fully _ licensed.
Ve rian options? A few.
Take the kids or call. a
babysitter? Call a babysitter.

Onc of the North Shore’s
best all-round restaurants.
Moustache is located in a
brightly painted residence on
North Vancouver's Marine
Drive strip. Excellent food and
service, Intimate atmosphere.

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Mythos Restaurant, 1811
Lonsdale —_ Ave. North
Vancouver, 984-7411. Visa,
MasterCard and American
Express accepted. Open every
day for dinner. Open
Monday to Friday for lunch.
Vegetarian options?. Some.
Take the kids or call a
babysitter? You” could do
either,
Mid-Lonsdale’s warm

house of quality

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Mediterranean cuisine.

Partners Angelo
Angelopoulos and Erodotos
Anaviotos preside.

Angelo works the dining
room; Erodotas rides the
range. Good Greek food; lively
atmosphere.

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Corsi. Trattoria, No. |
Lonsdale, North Vancouver,
987-9910. Visa, MasterCard
and = American — Express
accepted. Open Monday to
Friday for lunch. Open
Monday to Saturday for din-
ner. Fully licensed,
Vegetarian options? A few.
Take the kids or call a
babysitter? Call a babysitter.

Corsi has ditched the tapas
bar menu it launched in 1997
and has re-introduced a more
traditional Trattoria selection
of Italian entrees. Some tapas
still available.

Always a good Lower
Lonsdale bet.

909
Cordon Bleu Cafe, 250 East
Ast St. North Vancouver,
987-0789. Visa and
MasterCard accepted. Open
Monday to Saturday for din-
ner; open Monday to Friday
for lunch. Vegetarian
options? Few. Take the kids

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or call a babysitter? You
could do either.

Chef Gerard Page’s inti-
mate Lower Lonsdale French
bistro fills the heritage store-
front previously occupied by
My Place Cafe.

Good, basie French cuisine.
Reasonable prices. All served
in a warm oucofthe way
Lower Lonsdale location.

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The Beach Side Cafe, 1362
Marine Dr., West Vancouver,
925-19-45. Visa, MasterCard
and American Express
accepted. Open every day for
lunch and dinner. Vegetarian
options? Some. Take the kids
or call a babysitter? Call a
babysitter.

Janet McGuire's Beach
Side place of dining excellence.
Add in sommelier extraordi-
naire Mark Davidson and the
consistently first-class culinary
skills of chef Carol Chow and
you have one of the North
Shore’s best restaurants. Year
in, year out.

990
Manyo-Sushi Japanese
Restaurant, 180 East 2nd St.
North Vancouver, 980-1510;
fax: 980-1507. Visa and
MasterCard accepted. Open

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every night for dinner.
Vegetarian options? Many.
Take the kids or calla
babysitter? You could do
either.

Long-lived North
Vancouver City sushi house
continues to thrive in the
Lower Lonsdale area. Original
Manyo man Yuki Kasukawa,
who launched his Lower
Lonsdale sushi bar in 1980,
bailed out in 1996, Manyo is
now run by Myung Nae Lee.
Good sushi, big dining room.

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Grama! Opening Weal: Celebration
starts Friday, June26th ==

Take two of Vancouver's top chefs,
combine with one restaurant and add a
liberal sprinkling of creativiry and what do
you have? The new Grand Garage Bar &
Grill ar the Atrium Inn... ag

Formerly the Caffe
Florian, the restaurant
features "Stone Grill
Specialties.". Adapted
from a cooking
technique used by
Mediterranean
fishermen, cut slabs of
marble are used as grills,
right at your table.

Diners, who cook at
their own pace, can
choose from a variety
of mouth-watering
combinations
including a mixed

seafood grill featuring prawns, cz allops,
salmon and halibut. Accompanying this
1 portable feast are twelve different dips

Stone Grilled :

be enjoyed.

JUNE 26] 6pm-10om Vintage Car Show 'N Shine
7pm Music by "The Toasters”

3pm-7pm Vintage & Classic Car Show N'
Shine 7pm Music by the "Cal Bachelor Band”

3pm-7pm Vintage & Classic Car Show N!
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9pm-tam Music by "GI Blues”

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teain headed by
Director of Food
& Bevernge, Richard
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By Chef, Stephen’) :
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first rate'in a casual,
Be. comfortable atmos-
phere." says Richard.

With free
underground parking
and live entertain. - -

ment on weekends, the Grand Garage Bur &
Grill is the place to visit for relaxed and
memorable dining. .

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