36 - Wednesday, November 28, 1990 —- North Shore News GEORCE WALKER'S WINTER TERM '91 New ciasses Register Now! NEWS phate Cindy Goodman FOR WHAT ales ye.-..Petticoat Lane owner Dave Archer celaxes with a selection of the West Van- couver restaurant’s Great British ales and beer. Petticoat is one ef the best places on the North Shore to sample fish and chips and beer from the British Isles. Our talented chefs are eager to have you West Van chippie does roaring trade PETTICOAT Lane Fish and Chip Cafe, 1863 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. 926-4158. Visa, oa . Mastercard and American Ex- i press accepted. Wheelchair ac- cessible. Open from 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Clos. ed Monday. correct, a trip to the High Street ‘chippie’ in ‘jolly old’ was akin to a gas- trenomic oil change, only the oi! on the other side of the service counter usually needed changing. > And the fish end of the great British fish and chip tradition was usually some tawdry white-fleshed relative of the once bountiful cod. The chips were usually thick and oozing with grease. And the whole works was wrapped up in some back page English tabloid news- paper horror story. Aye, those were the days, lads. Fortunately for those with more sensitive constitutions, the North Shore fish and chip tradition has developed a touch more elegance. Take the Petticoat Lane Fish and Chip Cafe, for example. | F MY recollections are TIMOTHY RENSHAW table hopping It opened about three years ago in digs once used as election headquarters for former West Vancouver mayor Derrick Hum- phreys. ° Something about the locale ob- viously is attractive to British sen- sibilities. While the mayor has directed his hounds at other pursuits, Pet- ticoat has remained and pro- spered. It expanded its original location to take in the adjoining store front. And from ail indications on a recent Friday night, the cafe does a ripping West Vancouver trade. The reasons for its success are many: it serves good, simple English working-class food; it offers heart-warming and thirst-quen- ching selections of beers, ales, stouts and ciders from Canada and the British Isles; it serves both of the above fast; and it serves all of Sue Coleman New 1990 Prints at Christmas Savings 47x25 framed reg. $430.00 e Seal e Whaie Eagle Loon ¢ Woif 45x18 framed Signed Book Sheeis 42x15 framed BILTON’S ART CENTRE 409 East 1st Street N.Vancouver Member Professional Picture Framers’ Association Enjoy their exciting NEW MENU items such as Mataysian curried lamb tenderloin, Picatia of Veal Al Marsala. bdo 445-13th St., West Van. 926-8922 Quick bites Appetizing: * great English beer selection * good fish & chips * fast service Unappetizing: * uncomfortable booths the above in warm British sur- roundings guaranteed to puta quiver in the stifiest of upper lips. Apart from anything else, you won't find anything on Petticoat’s menu over $9. You would be hard-pressed to beat this combination of British and Scottish gourmandise after battling your way through Lower Mainland traffic, North Shore rain and West Vancouver southeast gales: a Belhaven Scottish Ale ($6.40) and an order of Petticoat Halibut and chips ($8.85). The ale, served room temperature in a pint bottle, is a marvellous example of Scottish brewing magic. It is brewed in Dunbar, Scotland, and is made with the same well waters used by monks in the Middle Ages for their own See Grease page 3% PRESENTATION HOUSE PEOPLE “Harry the Horse!” Odds on favourite? Wally’s Cate! $9900 “Wally’s Cate” Clark & Bobrick’s enchanting comedy about life in a giant hamburger Wed-Sat. 8 p.m. til Dec. 15th 986-1351 PRESENTATION House THEATRE 3rd & Chesterfield, NVan. reg. $87.00 °G90° reg, $67.00°49°9 985-4033 FS