57 - Friday, November 22, 1985 - North Shore News

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and the skill of master chef

Benny's for beer and burgers

SATURDAY afternoon

remains the last

unspoiled male retreat.
It is the momentary soft

centre of the week when the
Dagwood Bumsteads of this
world thumb their noses at
the job jar and hit the living
room couch. When that
sudden fleeting calm of
Saturday afternoon strikes,
it is time to slip quietly away
from responsibilities
masculine and swap male lies
over refreshment in seedy
surroundings.

It was my father’s habit

until recently to ‘*go to the
office’’ (ho, ho) on Saturday
afternoon. The instinct re-
mains; the tradition must be
upheld.

Fortunately, a growing
urban maturity has blessed
the Lower Mainland with an
increasing diversity of
locales in which to while
away such _ gloriously
frivolous hours. No longer
must we swill dreadful
draught huddled at round
hotel beer parlor tables in
hazy atmospheres of guilt -
onward into the 20th Cen-
tury.

Benny’s Bistro, 157
Chadwick Court North
Vancouver, represents one

surroundings.

Steinlager, all $2.95; and a
reasonable representation of
Canadian brew for $1.99 per
bottle.

To complement its beer

table
hopping

by Timothy Renshaw

such Saturday afternoon
alternative. Located in the
ground floor of Benn-
ington’s restaurant, Benny’s
is the ground level alter ego
of its upstairs restaurant rel-
ative — the noisy younger
brother playing music a
touch too loud, guzzling
beer a trifle too en-
thusiatically.

In keeping with its ground
floor philosphies, Benny's
offers a ground-level menu
outfitted with ground-level
prices.

The four entrees offered
are all under $7, with an
eight-ounce New York Steak
topping the list at $6.50.
Fish and Chips are available
for a mere $3.95.

Featured at the other end
of Benny’s menu are such
inflation fighters as Peel
Your Own Prawns (50 cents

selection and raw-boned
style, Benny’s relies on the
infallible’ hamburger to
shouider the bread basket of
its menu. There are six basic
varieties (none over the
$4.50. Benny’s Dungeness
burger, featuring Hollan-
daise and crabmeat) and a
build-your-own section to
cater to the new culinary in-
dependence and intrepitude
of 80s restaurant goers.

After an opening tin of
Australia’s Foster’s Lager, I
tried a Benny’s Burger
($2.50) with smoked salmon
($1.50) and mushrooms (75
cents) to bolster the basic
tomato and lettuce garnish.
Portions were mountainous,
but the all-important one

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each) and a Basket of Garlic .

Bread for a single dollar. If
you like, you can join the
hoi polloi with an order of
six Burgundian Escargots
($4.25) or indulge in a
Caesar Salad ($3.50).

But Benny's outlook,
overall, is blue collar value
awash in easily digestible
schooners of beer. Its ex-
pansive 20-foot elmwood bar
sits front and centre like a
raucous throwback to an age
when thirsts were forces to
be reckoned. Jt beckons all
to belly-up and = dispatch
parched throats and deep
thirsts.

Draught beer, the time-
honored lubricant best suited
to set the wheels of a good
Saturday afternoon argu-
ment in motion, is a bargain
basement $1.75 per pint at
Benny’s. Also available, for
the more discerning beer
hound, is a good selection of
malted imports: Foster’s,
Tuborg, Dos Equis, and

Terry Peters

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BENNY'S Bistro employees Kin Blackwood (left) and Cathy Kent present the edible and
imbibible bounty available at the North Vancouver restaurant. Situated on the ground floor
of Benningtoa's adjacent to the Seabus station, Benny's features low prices amidst informal

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