22 - Friday, September 5, 1986 - North Shore News

MORE THAN A BANQUET HALL

Canyon Gardens offers dining
for every taste and occasion

ANY self-respecting North
Ender knows somebody who
has had their wedding recep-
tion there.

And because of that matrimo-
nial rencwn, the Canyon Gardens,
3382 Capilano Road, has become
much more than simply a restau-
rant. It has become the North
Shore’s unofficial marital laun-
ching pad.

The restaurant’s Alpine and
Ridgewood rooms have hosted
over 6,000 wedding receptions
since current owner Ray Marinakis
took over the location in 1967.

A portion of that 6,000,
reproduced in colorful eight by
10s, is proudly displayed in a Can-
yon Gardens’ marital hall of fame
in the corridors leading to the two
reception rooms.

It is a staggering display of
blushing brides and rented tux-
edos.

Because of its extracurricular
activities, the Canyon Gardens is
billed as a full-blown entertuin-
ment centre.

True to that mandate, the place
never rests. It runs flat out for 365
days each year, ringing in New
Years, rolling out red carpets and
reeling in its regular clientele.

There are close to 200 seats in
Canyon Gardens’ main restaurant,
its bistro and its new non-smoking

table
hopping

Timothy Renshaw

Garden Air lounge.

Food offered is a fairly standard
selection of steak, seafood and
salad. Entrees are concentrated in
the $12 to $17 range.

For the chronically indecisive or
the virtually unfillable, the Canyon
Gardens also features a good buf-
fet. Roast beef, chicken breasts,
salads, Chinese dishes, Greek ap-
petizers and various desserts are all
available in any portion and in any
quantity for a set $16.50 buffet
price.

Now that the
children are
| back ut school...
| Treat yourselves
| to La Belle Sole,
¥ intimate dining
experience.

RESTAURANT

235 - 15th Street,

West Van

a Lunch Monday-Friday
11:00-3pm

926-6861 |

Dinner Monday-Sunday

5:30-11pm |

My wife, struck temporarily
dumb at the sight of such edible
opulence, immediately signed up
for an open-ended buffet ticket.

It was the last I saw of her for
several hours.

From the regular menu, I tried a
Shrimp with Papaya and Proscuit-
to ($5.95).

The dish was an_ excellent
opener, featuring a small pyramid
of sweet papaya slices laid careful-
ly around a mound of fresh shrimp
and chewy proscuitto, the reigning
king of hams.

With a bottle of Christian
Brothers Cabernet Sauvignon
($19.50) for company, I tested
Canyon Gardens’ New York Steak
($15) with peppercorn sauce ($1
extra).

Meat was cooked somewhat
beyond rare specifications, but,
overall, was juicy. The peppercorn
sauce was suitably pungent and
mined with a goodly number of
explosive corns.

The restaurant’s new non-smok-
ing section, filled with bracing
Capilano River air, is a welcome
sanctuary for the growing numbers
of vocal smoke-weary folk.

For those with dine and dance
ambitions, Canyon Gardens’ bistro
features the internationally mellow
stylings of 3 of a Kind.

The Canyon Gardens serves up
good basic food amidst North
Shore coniferous grandeur — for
weddings, wingdings and casual
dining. Open every day for

Join
GARFIELD
and his gang
this Saturday
and Sunday
for pawsitively
super fun and
super-duper
good deals!

United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

GARFIELD: +. 1978

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