BUMBLES, 1377 MARINE DRIVE, WEST VANCOUVER, 925-3335 BUMBLES Restaurant specializes in creating fancy burgers for basic prices. Located in West Vancouver on the ground floor beneath Chez Michel, the 43-seat restaurant of- fers excellent hamburgers with all the favorite fast food extras but with none of the less favorite fi- nancial extras. De table hopping its owner and founder Jeremy “Great Balls of Burgers’? Lewis is an expatriot British hotelier and restaurateur whose first stop in . Canada was Toronto. After realizing, amid the snow drifts and Bay Street barracudas, the grave error of that decision, he struck out for the West Coast. But the one fly set buzzing in his otherwise contented ointment once he touched down in West Van- couver was the complexity of local hamburger dining. He learned, to his eternal so frustration, that besides bun and patty, toppings and other ac- coutrements are now virtually all a la carte. The last straw came when he found himself being charged 75 cents for an extra side of mayon- naise at a well-known local ham- burger outlet. His ensuing outrage gave birth to Bumbles, From a quick walk-past, the res- taurant appears somewhat swank for the body-bruising family ham-~ burger trade, Its walls are decorated with deli- cate Laura Ashley wallpaper and gently mauve tones. Tables have real tablecloths. The Lewis theorem here being that family dining surroundings do not have to be plastic or pre-pubescent for the proper digestion of hamburgers. But who cares about such dec- orating detail, right? When a fami- ly gets hungry, it’s food not wall papering that counts. Bumbles menu is concise and to the point. Seven hamburgers are featured. All, from the Italian, with “or (0 © 4M Fine Continental Cuisine 14 ~ Friday, May 8, 1937 ~ North Shore News BUMBLES IN WEST VAN Fancy burgers served without breaking bank sauteed zucchini, mozzarella and gourmet pizza sauce to the American, with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise, are $4.95. Kid's portions are $2.95. All include Bumbles’ special corkscrew fries. Also available are Fish and Chips ($5.95), Chicken Monte Carlo and Chicken Marengo (both $7.95) and such breakfast items as Eggs Bumbledict ($5.95). A six-member family Table Hopping party, suitably hungry and impatient, tested kids’-sized cheeseburgers, a standard Cana- dian and a spirited Mexican. All burgers rated a good seven on the open-ended gourmet ham- burger scale. Patties were uniform- ly juicy and grilled to a tasty me- mm RESTAURANT _— OPEN MOTHER'S DAY FOR BRUNCH & DINNER 10:30-2:30 §5:00-10:00 13873 Marine Drive, West Vancouver dium rare. Buns were big and toppings were generous but not overwhelming. The Mexican, outfitted with salsa sauce, refried beans, real cheddar and a side dish of hot peppers, was especially good. Its refried accompaniment was creamy and its salsa sauce had just the right amount of Mexican accent to set it apart from the mass of its North American brethren. The side dish of peppers, too, meant business and was not for tender tastebuds. Bumbles’ Canadian, with bacon, mushrooms and real cheddar cheese, acquitted itself well. See Rib-a-Thon Page 15 A la carte Brunch Regular Dinner Menu 926-4913 PERSIAN CUISINE LS a am nm a a A A 4 2 FOR 1 COUPON Receive a complimentary DINNER ENTREE with the >} purchase of a second DINNER ENTREE value to $12.00 N, « Dine in only © Expires May 31/87 7 “S© One coupon per table © Not valid with other offers. 7 Ne nce eee ae ce mae ee ee oe ee ’ ¢ OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK © 1352 Lonsdale, N. Van LICENSED PREMISES Belly Dancers Sat Nite -at the Avalon Hotel vt... An Exotic Safari into the Heart of Fine East African Indian Cuisine Mother’s Day Buffet from 4 p.m. Reservations ASPARAGUS ASPARAGUS ASPARAGUS ASPARAGUS MONTH! Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Also Sunday Brunch. For reservations 980-7080 ai the International Plaza Hotel Treat mom to a deluxe buffet brunch with a ‘special’ beverage included. Call early for », reservations and details. Mother’s Day Brunch May 10 from 11 a.m. SCaudticon VY al 1025 Marine Drive, Norih Vancouver 985-4181 4999 Marine Drive