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HERE’S MUD pie in your eye...A serving of this perennial dessert favorite is presented at the

Lonsdale Quay Hctel’'s new Q Cafe.

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Q Cafe, 3rd floor, Lonsdale Quay Hotel, 123 Carrie Cates Crt.,
North Vancouver, 986-8439. Visa, MasterCard, American Express
accepted. Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Lounge open to 2 p.m. on weekends. Take the kids or call a

babysitter? You could do either.

T COULD stand for queue, as in Lonsdale Quay parking
queue

It could not, at least in its
early days, stand for quick, as in
service.

Still, the Q Cafe has a lot of
possibilities; not the least of which
‘is its great location.

The Qis the new Loops — the
Lonsdale Quay’s former main din-
ing room. Like its predecessor, the
Qsits on the Quay’s third floor
overlooking the marvellous urban
North Shore waterfront with its
mixed breezes of sea air and
diesel.

During its existence, Loops
made a serious run at haute hotel
cuisine, but it always seemed to
fall short of the finish line. It pro-
duced meals that were occasional-
ly impressive, but never outstand-
ing.

And it always seemed a trifle
expensive.

Loops labored between the
rough and ready Tug’s pub, whose
tendency to be more rough than
ready fed to its recent closure, and
the energetic Waterfront Bistro,
the hotel's enduring social
goldmine.

As the midpoint between the

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two extremes, Loops lacked a
strong personality, though it
always had the natura! attributes of
southern harbor exposure and in-
triguing waterfront setting.

The Q's focus appears to be light
and casual: Loops’ Californian
cousin.

An early Table Hopping sampl-
ing found much lacking in that in-
forma! relative, but enough signs
of character to offer hope for the
Q’s future.

Saturdays only

on 10 selected items
on our 29 item Dim
Sum menu

On the positive side, the Q’s
menu has taken the low financial
road, offering GSTed and PSTed
diners cafe prices {entrees $7 to
$10} and cafe simplicity.

But it is far from adventurous
dining.

Appetizers include such familiar
fare as Chicken Strips ($6.50), Hot
Wings ($6.75, offered in mild, ket
and suicide degrees of spiciness),
and Smoked Salmon ($7.50).

Light and main course entrees
($6 up to $15) range from ham-
burgers ($6.75, four varieties) to
Fajitas ($7.95 for one; $13.95 for
two) and pasta ($9.95, three
varieties) to Q selections ($8.95 up
to $14.95: Grilled Chicken, Salm-
on, New York Steak and Texas
Pork Ribs).

The Q’s wine list ($15 to $22) is
conservative, offering familiar bot-
tles from B.C., California,
Australia, Europe and South
America.

Three main selections are also
offered by the glass and half-litre.

A chilled glass of Gold Coast
Chardonnay ($4.10) is a good way
to take in the Qs great outdoor
patio on a bright West Coast
summer day.

Depending on which way the

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