_ 32 - Morth Shore News — Wednesday, October 18, 2000

- KILBY’S

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Reservations now being accepted
Book now to avoid disappointment!

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NEWS photo Pau! McGrath

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A traditional mobster affair

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with ; a classic menu

Tuesday, Nov..1, 5- 1 ipm.
‘Book now to reserve your table. Call 926-4228

From page 34

began with great promise in 1995,
closed at the tail end of 1998.

The Trattoria closed a year later.
Initially Mario and Holubitsky
planned to reopen the Trattoria as
the anchor ground floor tenant ina
new three-storey’ development: at
No. F Lonsdale.

“Bur, as is the case with so many

developments, plans kept going

sideways instead of forward.

Mario focused on his Park Royal

Hotel responsibilities; No. 1

Lonsdale languished.

Re-enter Antonio.

He inquired about the location.
Available? Yes.

it was a homecoming opportunity

too good to miss.

. Thus, Gusto was born.

Not a painless birth however.

The. project to renovate the old

Trattoria began in May and was ini-

tially scheduled to be finished by

mid-July.

But, you know renovations. Old
buildings. Old
plumbing. Old
wiring. Multiply
everything by two
or three.

- Add in city inspec-
tors and you have
complications. by
the platter.

31 opening, for
example, was
scotched because a
washroom counter
was an. inch. too
high. This with 69
reservations _ and
people at the door.

Could... we © not.

open and lower the
_counter ‘ tomor-
row?

“Fraid not. - Rules ..’
are. - rules.”
Inspectors are!

inspectors.
Grin and bear it. °

The planned Aug.

The oo scat Gusto finally opened
Sept. 5. Washroom counter top in order
and all.

Worth the wait?

Without a doubt. .

A labour of love, perhaps. A classic
bistro setting for sure.

Tomato paste walls; eggplant ceiling.

Mahogany, pine and teak fixtures.
Italian chairs, stylish and comfy. Wail
hangings with Sistine Chapel overtones:
angels with plates of food, bottles of
wine.

Semi-open kitchen outfitted - with
enough cooking power to serve a 300-
seat restaurant.

Wine cellar cabinets stocked with a
selection (S24 to $100 and beyond)
that’s already deep in Italian (Toscana,
Piedmont, Veneto), Californian, ©
Australian, B.C. and aiming to Bet deep- |
er. an
Close to 20 options by the glass -"
($5.25 to $9.75).

Gusto is an entirely-new restaurant,
but, with Antonio at the door, there’s :
something warmly | familiar about . the ..
whole affair. :

Hometown boy makes good; makes.
hometown better. ~

Meanwhile in the kitchen; long-time

. Corsi chef Rob Parrott:in concert with

Mr. Corsi has put together a menu’ that
will please fans of Italian food and espe
cially fans of Italian food as Presented oy
Corsi. ,

Carpaccio; crab’ and. rock: :shrimp
cakes; grilled calamari. steak; steamed
mussels: a salad of mixed greens, with pis-:::
tachio-nut goat’ cheese and cranberry.
vinaigrette, and- other tapas inthe
Appetitosi Stuzzichini and Zuppa. and’:
Insalate ($6 to $11) section. °°

Gusto pasta ($15 to $19) offers such -
combinations as prawns, scallops: and
apple; wild” mushrooms, ‘mascarpone
cream cheese and white truffle oil; shaved
beef: tenderloin, ' tomato, argula and
parmiggiano . . cheese;*: ricotta cheese,
minced: =. chicken, -.-spinach

, parmigiano, tomato and cream ‘sauce:

-Main dishes will cost you between $25

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