22 - Fridsy, April 15, 1988 ~ North Shore News “ADVENTURES IN. Music: “comes. to North, Vancouver's Centennial Theatre April, 17 » “when ‘the North) Vancouver © Alumai Band takes to the stage 1.” for its latest concert... ° . Playing a.selection of tunes : . from overtures/concertos (o ~ :Dixieland jazz, the 50-strotig “band: will be joined in perfor-:: = mance by the B. C. Boys Choir. - "Forming just over 3 year ago, the: alumnt band is kicking off. tts ‘atest. ‘slate’ of “ numerous: sammer. performances with this Centennial Theatre concert.’ “(We are a new organization, ” but we have been well received: . by aediences and the city. and: district," noted |. trombone - player: and- Publicist Kevin’ Hamilton. * mea ‘Combined. “under, “the. ur _ brella ‘of the alumal band. is, " Dideland group, 2 jazz ensem ble aad the Freddy Faddpuck “and bis Rofling Clones group!" “‘Untimited musical skil? ina comical. vein,*!.. the .. group: - 7:30; known as the Freddy Fudds will tained * be at a special band car wash “April 16 from 10 £.m. to.2 pam At Ths free car wash st the 13th and *Lotadale : “Petro-Cancd: “ ‘station | ‘will farther ; Introduce: Cactus Club . . a ‘ Cafe gives the goods . -THE- CACTUS CLUB CAFE, . 1598 PEMBERTON. . AVENUE, NORTH -VANCOUVER, .986- 5776. WHEELCHAIR AC- CESSIBLE, EXCEPT _WASHROOMS. VISA, MASTERCARD AND AMERICAN EXPRESS | AC- CEPTED. . SATURDAY morning | ‘breakfast often suffers the .. ill effects of Friday night ; celebration. ‘Depending on n thei intensit y of the latter, the former is too often relegated to pawing through the: <. > powdered dregs of last month’s 5 Cheerios. mee i* ’ The obvious answer for those chee” zi thick of head arid bleary of eye *” Saturday mornings: pack'up the : household, pull.on those out-of-: - . fashion rugby panis and eat‘out.. "NEWS ae fa atierd ‘ THE ‘CULINARY braintrast bebind North Vancouver’ snew Cactus Club - Cafe, chef- Scott Morison and co-owner Richard Juffray (seated), presents m cross-section of the restaurant’s cpeciatities. The Pemberton Avenue And for those with‘an appetite: ‘for food that is more than just . fast, The Cactus Club Cafe i recommended destination. kicks and GI Joe dialogue; my" - wife and ordeted Two Eggs, . Hash Browns, Toast ($3.25) and a ’_Cactus Club. Breakfast ($5.50). The Wee Man warmed up with a strawberry Cactus : Yogurt Smoothie ($2.75), of which he ’. heartily approved, and followed ‘with a Kids’ Corner order of _ French Toast ($2.75)," from’ Richard J atfay a and ‘Scott . Morison; the brains and astute tastebuds’ behi cessfulCale | Cucamongas;: is open ; aily from.7, a.m. to.la:m:; so it, "has a lot more to offer: than just: ‘preakfast, and, ‘judging bya recent : Table:-Hopping morning shift,’ a sampling : at any one of.. e erybody’ s three favorite feeding » Thi Cucamongas: compadres 2." 100k over the Pemberton Cafe's’ _ flip-and-fry operation, . which » preyed on BC, Rail titick drivers and ‘other area blue-collar ap: ° : petites, sharpened up its interior .. i . : Naugahyde booths, big pastel: =: menu illustrations and installed a * new menti that is both interesting and economical. -~* Cactus Club breakfast i is Mod- : +. ern Trucker Continental ..embellished with wholesome food . ‘awareness and a few Euro- ‘ : flourishes. : _: Pemberton Cafe , veterans ‘might “be taken aback when presented with a fancy-pants Cactus Club on cappuccino piled high with steam-_ ed milk foam in place of. their,cus- - tomary coffee-two- stigars-splash- te) f-cream; but, if.their appetites are... in good shape, they will soon be “tucking in with two-fisted zeal. The Cactus Club Cafe opened ir in : ¢arly March and is already tapping ‘the four-lane Pemberton Avenue. - *\. breakfastand lunch trade with a’ .. winning combination of good ° ” food, cheap. In order to blast clear Saturday’ 5 “mental test’ pattern, I opened with a Cactus ‘Cafe Latte (62), which»; “came crowned with several inches: of milk foam: . While the Wee Man and his © “sister cayorted i in the Cactus’s : sturdy: booths, practising karate : = < Both adult | orders were extreme. : ly generous, “My Club breakfast included a = _manhandler selection of two eggs, “sunnyside up; ample slabs of back . “bacon, a slice of brown toast and a | ... generous pile of homemade hash’, os browns ~ a good feast to'get all “functions roari ing | in ‘harmony fi inst” - thing Saturday. “ . The Wee Man's: Freich 7 Toast, thick cut, dusted with i icing sugar ~ and fried to an enticing golden -: brown, came with two pieces of * oS bacon, and went: with no argument. _ restaurant ts open every day for breakfasi, lunch and dinner. . My only complaint was ‘the ” ‘syrup, which was a synthetic con-‘.... ‘coction encased in a small plastic _container, A serving of real maple : : syrup in real crockery would vastly: improve both flavor and overall presentation. Morning service is pleasant and . os “ relatively efficient. ‘A good contemporary sound... track and good central location. make the Cactus Club Cafe a good. | breakfast destination, especially. : with its steamed milk and espresso coffee specialities, but it also, promises good things for.lunch, dinner and late-night desserts and: » coffees, of which the North Shore, ~ and especially the Pemberton area, has an extreme dearth.” | © , All in all, a much-needed ap- pendage to ‘the North Vancouver restaurant body. 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