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The Green Spot Vegetarian
Cafe, 2220 Marine Dr.,
West Vancouver, 925-
2218; fax 925-2287. Visa,
MasterCard and American
Express accepted. Open
from noon to to 9 p.m.
Tuesdays to Thursdays;
open from noon to 10 p.m.
on Fridays and Saturdays;
open from 10 am. to 9
p.m. on Sundays.
Vegetarian options?
Nothing but. —- Fully
licensed. Take the kids or
call a babysitter? Take the
kids if their palates extend
beyond burgers and fries.

Menu for tonight:

e Glass of Jackson Triggs
Chardonnay ($4.25)

¢ Yam Cakes ($10.95)

*® Smoked Artichoke Paella
($11.95)

TIME to veg out.

If the bovine world is too
much with.ye, saddle up the
old VW microbus and head
west to 2220 Marine Dr.,
West Vancouver.

There, with the aid of
Linda Jackson and her ani-
mal-product-free staff, you ae
can dine with guiltless exu-
berance upon the vegetable-
based bounty of Mother
Earth.:

-Your spot is green.”

Jackson’s is too.

‘And has been thus since November 1997 when it opened
in what had been Saki’s Greek restaurant.

Excuse my surprise that the Green Spot is still in business.

My survey of one confirms that the restaurant trade
remains mercilessly Darwinian.

Survivai of the fittest or the trendiest is rhe unwritten law.

Double chat for restaurants that fall any distance from the
pizza, pasta, steak, dairy and potatoes core of North
American gastronomy.

> Double again for restaurants that eschew meat and dairy

and promote tofu and soy.

According to the Table Hopping rule of Darwinian sur-
vival chen, the Green Spot resides somewhere to the south of

- the Galapagos Islands.

DINING

NEWS photo Julle lverson

OWNER Linda Jackson and chef Chris Sawyer at their Green Spot vegetarian
restaurant in West Vancouver.

But whether you appreciate the vegetarian way of life or
not, the message delivered by the Green Spot deserves con-
sideration: Alternatives to the carnivorous lifestyle abound.

And most of them are easier on the earth and easier on
the wallet.

. Tougher on chefs though.

Meatless cookery demands much kitchen imagination and
resourcefulness.

Tofu and brown rice are not much fun at a party.

But Green Spot Chef Chris Sawyer does some interesting
work ina challenging field.

The restaurant's menu offers good variety with enough
ambition to make it interesting even for those who might

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