- ‘SPACE BAR... Richard “the Trott” Schailer surveys the view from the bar at his new Planet Three

" Oasis cafe. Schaller hopes to have Planet Three in orbit this month.

= IME To swap politi-
., cians from other

planets for restaurants —

from other planets.
_ Table Hopping staff, tuckered
out from voti:g and listening to’

” |. political blamey for the past two

~ months, has dipped into the res-
faurant morsel bag for some tidbits
. of local restaurant news.
‘So take the cotton batting from
: thine, ears, readers, and enjoy
some bite-sized pieces of dining .
: news.
The regular four-course restau-
rant review will return in the next
» Table Hopping episode.

"Planet Three Oasis, Third and.

- Lonsdale, North Vancouver —
Touching down from interstellar

travel fong enough to fauncha

new business venture, the North

- Shore’s amusing and irreverent

Richard ‘‘the Troll’ Schaller is set

to fill the former Sergio’s Oyster

Bar with his own brand of Rhinoc-
705 party merriment and tom-

footery.

“>> if he were to serve nothing else
on the menu, he would be
satiating the appetites of many
humor-hungry folk on the North
Shore.

But the Troll has much more on
his mind than political hijinks.
His two-stage, 150-seat Planet
Three Oasis wili, he promises,
rovide a showcase for a host of
* five musical acts (from jazz to

Classic rock), live theatre and even

“a live indoor Speaker's Corner,
- Schaller plans to stick with live
cts, because he says dead ones
ae leave too much work for
“the Planet's owner.
Besides live entertainment,
Schaller’s initial plans call for a
' modest selection of sandwiches,

. coffees and pastries. Selection may

widen as the Planet's orbit of pop-
_ularity increases.

Opening date is set for some
time in this month.

As to the inspiration behind the
- cafe’s name, we turn the
microphone over to Schaller:
“We are the third planet from
the sun, eh. We also happen to be
on Third Street.”’

Regardless of its planet of origin,
the Rhino touch might be the an-
swer to reviving the long-mori-
bund northeast corner of Third
Street and Lonsdale Avenue.

Timothy “Renshaw

TABLE HOPPING

All hai! Marks and Lennon.
Valentino’s, 2168 Marine Dr.
West Vancouver, 925-2765

In this locale of former restaur-
ants — the latest being the short-
lived Cilantro’s — Satinder Jaswal
hopes to establish what he says
will be a West Vancouver restau-
rant that serves ‘‘real Italian
food.”

An initial Valentino’s menu
features two dozen pasta selec:
tions ($8 to $10) and various
meat-based entrees that range
from Chicken Piccata ($12.95) to
Steak Pizziola ($14.50) and Prawn
Diavolo ($14.95). ;

Jaswal, a former Peppi’s
employee, opened Valentino’s on
Oct. 15.

The restaurant is open every day
for Junch and dinner.

Lifestyles N. A. Sports Bar and
Cafe at Park and Tilford Centre,
130-333 Brooksbank Ave. North
Vancouver, 983-9083 -

Lifestyles has everything the avid
sports fan could want in a bar ex-
cept alcohol, which a lot of avid
sports fans and their companions
would rather do without these
days.

The 50-seat bar, which opened
on Oct. 23, boasts three TVs link-
ed via satellite to the wide world
of sports, a full menu of appetizers
and salads (around $5), pastas
($7.99 and $8.99) and other en-
trees, and a wide range of de-
alcoholized beer and wine.

Happy Hour two-for-one drink
deals and other food and drink
specials are featured daily.

The bar is open every day from
11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

An official Lifestyles grand
opening is planned for Saturday,
Nov. 20.

Caffeine, anyone?

Vancouver's Best Espresso Spots,
a book produced and recently
released by Richard Wolak and
Phit Yacht, examines the cof-

feemania that has seized the |
Lower Mainland area.

Itincludes history, maps and a
list of espresso bars around the
Lower Mainland, Whistler and Vic-
toria.

North and West-Vancouver are
well represented with listings for
most of the current Starbucks
outlets, Grabbajabba, Bean
Around the World, the Bread
Garden, Brewster's, Cappuccino
Kitchen, Jody’s Fine Foods and
Catering, Murchie's, Pastameli of
New York, Second Cup and Ara- _
bica’s.

The book was published before
the Remarkable Dog opened in
West Vancouver, else the Dog
would have been included, con-
sidering that itis the most inter-
esting new coffee bar to have
opened anywhere in the Lower
Mainland thus far this year.

The book, which retails for
$9.95, also includes a host of
coupons for free caffeine cocktails
designed to inspire coffee fans to
explore espresso bars beyond their
usual favorites.

For information on the book fax

“Richard Wolak at 738-2549 or

write to P.O. Box 2181, Van-
couver, B.C. V6B 3V7.

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