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Cheese Salad with Grilled
Eggplant, Roasted Peppers
and Butter Lettuce; Saffron
” Risotto with chorizo
sausage, clams, grilled veg-
etables and lemon zest;
Grilled Lamb T-Bone with
" creamy polenta and rose-
“mary shallot gravy; and |
more.
‘Food quality: Excellent.
‘ Soup special sampled:
Cream of Apple, carrot and
- basil puree, courtesy of
: Sous Chef Ross Spence.
“Grilled Calamari.

: : Wonderful. Whole grilled

squid covered in a spicy
-yogurt cucumber sauce.
Chipotle pepper, anise fla-
_- -yors. Decorative radicchio
- filled with shaved Japanese
‘ettuce. A feast for the sens-
es.
* Service: Attentive but not
overly familiar,
~ Price: $4 to $15.
Guest du jour: Community
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“eastern Arctic. blasts. Chills
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‘patio.

Parking: A half dozen in

_ ithe rear lot. A few street-
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North Vancouver. 984-
0274. Visa, MasterCard
and American Express
accepted. Open Monday to |
Fridsy for lunch. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian |.
‘options?.A few... -

Overview: Mario Corsi’s :

d Roman dining room
in the old Cafe Roma locale
continues to. improve after
overcoming some initial
teething problems. Bright,

: -open and elegant.

“Location: Second-storey

’ Esplanade with peek-a-boo
.-view of Vancouver's harbor.
~ Lunch menu: Good selec- .

“tion of salads (Warm:

“Scallop, Tomato and Fresh

-: Mozzarella, Caesar) sand-
wiches and burgers

- AClubhouse, Stacked Ham,

Vegetarian, Shrimp, Grilled

‘Chicken, Tuscan Lamb) and

pasta (Fusilli Pesto, Penne

Arrabbiata, Linguine

Vongole, Rigatoni’

Bolognese).

Also 10 pizza options avail-

able from Vivacef’s all- “day
bar-side pizza oven.

’, Food quality: Had the soup
- ‘of the day ($3) — vegetable
with Italian sausage. Meaty
minestrone. Good scul-
“warning stuff. Topped lib-

_erally with shavings of

*fresh parmesan. Followed

soup with a Vegetarian
sandwich. Big plate of
focaccia bread slathered
with mayo and stuffed with.
grilled eggplant, red pep-
‘pers and onions. Mixed

_- green salad on the side.

-Kitchen quality fluctuations

‘have been reported to the

--“ Table Hopping department

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Vivace! fare, but department
experiences have all been
positive thus far.

Service: White shirt and
black tie. More growing
pains. Long waits reported
to Table Hopping staff.
Recent lunches suggest,
however, that midday ser-
vice is crisp,

Price: Starters $3 10 $9;
entrees $7.50 to $11.50.
Guest du jour: Local crime
fighter with appetite for law
and order and hearty plates
of Italian food.

Sundeck: Big outdoor deck
awaits the warm winds of
summer.

Parking: Several stalls in
the rear covered parking lot,
otherwise street-front
Esplanade or area side
streets.

Fower Lunch Rating: © ©

000

Ya Ya’s Oyster Bar, 6418
Bay St., Horseshoe Bay, .
West Vancouver. 921-8848.
Visa and MasterCard
accepted. Open daily from
11 a.m. for lunch. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian
options? A few.

Overview: Horseshoe Bay

seaside eatery launched

with much effervescence by

Chilean-born Alex Von
Kliest back in early 1990s.

Has enviable bayside locale.

Von Kliest, however, no
longer involved in Ya Ya's.
Original crackle appears’to
have evaporated.

Washrooms and main dining

room need interior over-
haul. ;
Location: Picturesque out-
look from Horseshoe Bay-
side streetfront.

Lunch menu: Notable
selection of oyster dishes.
Six variations ($7.95 for a
half dozen oysters) from
Bombay (curry and cream
sauce) to Fuego (hot chili

sauce) and Ya Ya’s (spinach,

cream, garlic and parmesan
cheese); also a pair avail-
able raw on the half shell.

Balance of the menu a fairly

predictable selection of
starters (Soup de Yesterday
— candid stuff Garlic
Prawns, Escargot, Ribs),

burgers and entrecs (Halibut
steak, Brochette Portuguese,

New York Steak, a pair of

pastas).

Food quality: Entry level

pub fare. Sampled fish and
chips. Halibut and Cod

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orders switched in delivery.
Reasonable portions.
Average quality.

Service: Casual! with a cap-
ital C, Bartender handled
the entire room. Sparse
crowd. Perhaps a place
geared primarily for sum-
mer.

Price: Starters: $2 to $10;
Entrees $5.50 to $16,

Guest du jour: Economist
and advocate of flat tax,
self-administered Canada
pension plan funds and the
simplification of govern-
ment. A tall order. Might
not be achievable in a single
lifetime. Heavy thinking for
midday meal. Pass the
Bufferin.

Sundeck: Small store-front
patio.

Parking: Primarily street-
front.

Power Lunch Rating: O ©

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