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Entertainment

53 - Friday, April 12, 1985 - North Share News

Toronto style moves west

| F LOWER LONSDALE is to become North

Vancouver’s .Yorkville, it

will need more

restaurants like Whatsamacallits.

Owners Eric and Sandra
LaBute have installed, in pink
and blue pastel tones, some

Torontonian snap and pizzaz
into what was The Grape

_ Escape, an unsuccessful wine

and pun bar.

Still awaiting such final

-touches as color coordinated

crockery and custom designed
chairs, ‘complete with the

Whatsamacallits saxophone
logo built into their backs, the
restaurant manages to mix a
light and concise menu with

traffic on both First and
Second Narrows Bridges.

He also plans to turn bhat-
sumacallits’ vault (the building
was originally a bank in the
1920s) inte an impenetrable
retreat for those customers
seeking the ultimate in dining

table hopping

‘light and concise jazz.

Eric LaBute has the manner
and air of Torontonian con-
fidence and marketing flare.
Among plans to promote his
restaurant, lie says, is to
dispatch a sandwich board-
equipped saxophone player to
serenade mosning rush hour

«sweet. smell of success for deadpan fun-
nyman Woody Allen. —

A | By COLIN LAMONT |

Allen, the balding, bespec-
tacled Jewish comic, stepped
off the screen and behind the
camera to write and direct
this latest comic epic. His
New York poor-boy sense of
humor stayed with him,
however, and. comes across
with almost every -line his

_ characters deliver.

Allen chose the era of the

- Great: Depression in- the

. United States for. The ‘Purple

’ Rose of Cairo. Set against the

; depressing. ‘reality of New
_ Jersey in ‘a: time when jobs ’

* couldn't be bought. or. found,

star-struck © Waitress. .and

. movie | fanatic:. Cecilia: (Mia
Farrow) ‘finds refuge from a

harsh, reality ‘in “the © local

Cecilia. not. only hates her

“ job: but. must: also contend
~ with her increasingly drunken :

and Wife-beating husband.
Mia Farrow has the amazing
capacity to step inside the
soul of her character and take
us with her.

The dreamy, faraway look
of rapture on Cecilia’s face as
she slips into her dark seat at
The Jewel and focuses her
eyes on the fantasy
Hollywoed world of cham-
pagne, caviar, tophats and

tails is all the proof you need

of Farrow's acting ability.
As the bored waitress finds
reality harder and harder to
handie, she finds - herself
drawn more and more to the
latest flick showing. Called

The Purpis ose of. Caira, it

fills her head with visions of
handsome ‘debonaire- men,
moonlit dinners: and -a
fearless, perfect gentleman
explorer called Tom Baxter.

- Baxter. (Jeff Daniels) is all”

she has dreamed.of.. Dressed

in his pith helmet, white -

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intimacy. When the decora-
tions and necessary ventila-
tions are complete, $125 will
buy an evening’s insulated din-
ing, complete with wine and li-
quors, in the sound and pester-
proof confines of the “Vault”
— recommended for the
socially retiring or the wildly

safari jacket’ and knee-high
leather boots, he comes alive
to her through the screen,
literally.. Halfway through
the picture Baxter turns away
from the script and towards
Cecilia, ‘You. must really
like this picture!’’ he tells
her. Then to a_ shocked
Cecilia’s amazement, he
climbs out of the picture and
into her life.

Leaving the black and
white images of 1930 movies,
Baxter comes alive in a color-
ful real world where he in-
tends to stay. Not intent to

tacle, director Allen then
turns his other black and
white characters on the au-
dience in the theatre, who de-
mand their money back after
Baxter leaves. The insults,
shouts and pandemonium
that breaks loose between the
audience and the film
characters would ° sell this
movie on.their own merit.
Meanwhile, “Torn and

- Cecilia escape into the out-

side world, find love and all

-leave us howling at this spec-

romantic.

Being from the East, LaBute
is unsure of West Coast quirks
and thirsts. Consequently,
Whatsamacailits’ wine list is
still in a free form, experimen-
tal state awaiting proper
assessment of local
preferences. In hopes of in-
fluencing these preferences
and in hopes of expanding
North Shore beer con-
sciousness, LaBute will soon
be introducing, via What-
samacallits, two popular
Toronto brews, Amstel and
Grizzly Bear lagers.

Consistent with its breezy
uptown atmosphere, What-
samacallits features a selection
of nine appetizers from
Chicken Wings ‘New York
Style’ ($2.50 per serving of
four, though on Friday nighi
they were only 25¢ each) to
Deep Fried Prawns ($2.95) to
a Jazz Club Tray of' assorted
cheese, fruit, and pate ($3.95),
There are also four salads and
two soups.

Film stops to smell the roses

. T= PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO has the

its real-world wonders. After
a passionate kiss, Tom turns
to his lady love and looks
bewildered, ‘‘Where’s the
fadeout?’’ he asks. Cecilia
explains that in real life there
is no fadeout after a kiss but
Tom is not easily convinced.

Back at the theatre, the
manager calls Hollywood
and begs the film's producer

Raoul Hirsch to capture the -

character that has left the
screen. Hirsch, the ever im-
patient movie mogul, sends
the actor Gil Sheperd (Jeff
Daniels) who played Tom to
retrieve his character.

Gil is shocked that just as
his career is taking off, an er-
rant character. of his would
spoil it for him. Flying to
New Jersey, he confronts his
character and orders him
back onto the screen, but to
ro avail. Then in further

competition with Tom, Gil _

falls in love with Cecilia.

The Purple Rose of Cairo

is plaving at the Park Theatre - .

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Standout in the appetizer
category is Whatsamacallits’
Skins ($3.00), potato skins fill-
ed with cheddar cheese, bacon
and mushrooms, accompanied
with a trough of sour cream
for unabashed shovellinz.

Entrees are all under $10,
They range from Linguini in
red clam sauce ($5.55) te, Veal
Marsalla done a LaBute
($8.95). House specialty here is
Whatsamacallits’ Ribs and
Chicken ($9.95) featuring
lightly smoked chicken and an
entire rib cage delicately
honey-glazed, surrounded with
big-city portions of rice and
vegetables.

Thought not yet listed on
Whatsamacaliits’ menu,
desserts are a must-sample. Ice
cream ($1.75) is home-made:
and the slice of Rum and
Raisin Cheesecake ($2.95) }
tested had me joining LaBute
in a chorus of Go Leafs Go.

Whatsamacaliits also
features nightly live jazz, a
sound rarely heard this side of
the Burrard Inlet.

Open for lunch and dinner
Monday to Saturday, dinners
only on Sunday, What-

samacallits is bright and
uptempo — culinary and
social informality Toronto
style, eh.

You can’ tbeat |

Care 5 fo |

Taste.

“And, A, vothing § over $10.

Dinner

Dine, and watch a commanding performance of
cityscape, lights and ocean view though wall to wall
windows. Start off with one of our many appetizers.
Choose your meal from our. extensive new menu of.
fresh seafood, meats and house specialities. 4 or 5
seasonal specials highlight the menu. Charley
Potatoes has put the accent on fresh.

Dancing

With your pleasure in mind, Charley Potatoes has
added a dance floor. Every. Thursday, Friday &’
Saturday after dinner, listen and dance to the best of

the 60's, 70's and 80's.

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