Wednesday, April 17, 1991 —- North Shore News ~ 27

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

HAVE you ever been to Sea Mates?...If not feast your
eyes upon a selection of prawns and scallops from
the North Vancouver seafood restaurant. Sea Mates
recently expanded and overhauled its original loca-
tion.

BEACH RETREAT
PACKAGE

|COUPLES|
NIGHT |
SAT. 8:30 PM. }

2 Male Dancers
Jay Cummings
4 Michael Lee
3 Female Entertainers

| Plus er 3
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COMEDIAN a
CHRIS MOLINEUX

700 Lillooet Rd.
985-6013

Get away frorn the hustle and
bustle of city life and retreat to the
beach at the

Island Hall Beach Resort

‘Your Retreat Package includes:
© 2 nights accommodation
© 2 breakfasts io
@ 2 dinners
Unlimited use of our indoor
pool, sauna, whirlpool & the beach

All for just...
$50. 56 per person

per night (double occup.)
For Reservations Call Toll Free
1-800-663-7370
Isiand Hall Beach Resort
Box 340, Parksville, BC. V9P 2G5
Tat (604) 248-3225
Fax: (604) 248-3125

OMETHING savory? something seaworthy? or is it

all Greek to you too? Well, Table Hopping provides

a sampling of all three today in a special selection of
smaller bite-sized dining news nuggets.

The regular restaurant review
will appear in the next Table
Hopping instalment.

THE NEW SAVOURY RESTAU-
RANT, 4390 GALLANT
AVENUE, NORTH VAN-
COUVER, 929-2373

After being closed for almost a
year while its original location was
torn down and its new location
constructed in the Gallant Avenue
demolition zone, the Savoury
reopened on Good Friday to ap-
plause from diners all over the
Deep Cove area.

Augusto Pecorelli’s new restau-
rant is slightly smaller than the
original, seating about 48 com-
pared with 65 in the old Savoury,
but it has a new menu and,
because it occupies the ground
floor or a new building on the site
of the old Nutshell restaurant, it
has a marvellous new view of
Deep Cove harbor.

Stay tuned for a compiete Table
Hopping critique.

SEA MATES SEAFOOD RES-
TAURANT, 998 MARINE
DRIVE, NORTH VANCOUVER,
980-1213

The crew at the Mates have
recently signed back aboard a
larger, modernized version of this
consistently popular seafood res-
taurant.

Owner Peter Chiu closed Sea
Mates in mid-January to expand
the restaurant eastward into the
adjoining storefront. Two months
later the newer, brighter Sea Mates
was launched.

Another dozen Sea Mates seats
have been added, bringing the
total close to 100. But of more in-
terest to Sea Mates regulars will be
the new elbow room allotted
diners.

Sea Mates, now into its 16th
year, also plans to overhaul its
menu within the next few months.

Timothy Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING

SAKI’S 22ND STREET CAFE,
2220 MARINE DRIVE, WEST
VANCOUVER, 925-2218.

Simon Dimakis opened Saki’s in
February on the site of the original
22nd Street Cafe after that restau-
rant, renowned for its excellent
breakfast and luncheon fare,
changed hands, then suddenly
closed.

Saki’s is a departure from its
predecessor, which offered hearty
West Coast new-age food in
abundant servings. The new res-
taurant serves Greek cuisine every
day from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., ex-
cept Sundays, when it is open for
dinner only.

The menu is small, consistent
with Saki’s small 40-seat cafe size,
and its prices are reasonable: the
most expensive selection is a
$10.95 order of Garlic Prawns.

Saki’s is the first restaurant own-
ership venture for Dimakis, who
has worked in a number of
downtown Greek restaurants such
as The Simpatico Ristorante.

Watch this space for a full Table
Hopping assessment of Saki’s.
THE MONTEREY LOUNGE &
GRiLL AT THE PACIFIC PALI-
SADES HOTEL, 1277 ROBSON
STREET VANCOUVER, 688-0461

The Palisades reopened April 4
following an $8-million overhaul

that has renovated and redesigned

925-1945

Dinner
Lunch
Sunday Brunch

the hotel’s public areas, its
meeting and banquet facilities, its
233 guest suites, and its dining
areas.

The new Monterey Lounge &
Griilis pan of the new Palisades
and features a &8-seat lounge area
and an 80-seal restaurant.

Its menu will showcase chef
Anne Milne’s affectron for south-
western American cuisine influ-
enced by the cuisines of Italy and
the Orient.

Expect light and lively foods.
And while you’re downtown,
don’t forget the dancing special at

the Hotel Vancouver's Roof res-
taurant: people who dine at the
Roof before 7 p.m. an Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday nights
will have 50 per cent taken off the
price of their meals. Call 684-3131
for reservations.

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