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TABLE HOPPING

NPLEASANT anony-
mous phone calls and
ude finger signs from
unidentified kitchen workers
‘in parking lots have con-
vinced the Table Hopping
department to switch the
annual year-end Table
Hopping gastronornic round-
. up frora being strictly a best-
“of listing to being a Table
- Hopping dining highlights
package.
+ Next year we hope to add a
“panel of special guest analysts to’
“ comment.on the year’s dining
“season and perhaps package the
“most visibly stirring moments on

*-a Rock’em Sock’em Dining video”
‘with voice-over by Don “Grapes” -

Cherry. «0.0:

“For. this year, we present sim:
ply a mixed hors d’ceuvre platter
of outstanding ‘dining experiences

‘and other highlights from Table

Ho ping’s 1993 year in calories. .

~ Best Barley Sandwich:.
"A night with international
Sultan of Suds Michael Jackson, .
at Earl’s Tin Palace, 303 Marine
Dr. North Vancouver, 984-4341,
“Jackson led Table Hopping
‘staff and a host of other thirsty
folk ‘on an educational and thirst-
uenching malted safari through

:the world of pilsners, ales, stouts —

nd bocks in October.
<All who attended came away
‘from the evening with a renewed
tespect for the oft-maligned bev-
-erage of choice for the masses

“and questions as to how they,
ora

“too, might secure financing
‘world tour of breweries. .
-* Best Burgers: 7
“,” White Spot Restaurant, 752
: Marine Dr., West Vancouver, '
“922-4520.
~-. The stuff of hamburger leg-
* ends lives on in this original
North Shore White Spot location.
© Itopened in May 1955 and
~~ has been dishing out the great
. hamburger pioneered by White
Spot founder Nat Bailey ever
since. -
-.". The White Spot hamburger,

with its slathering of Triple O
sauce, its fresh meat patty and its
custom-made bun, is an original
that just can’t be duplicated else-
where.

Best Caffeine Bistro:

The Remarkable Dog, 1735
Marine Dr., West Vancouver,
922-0334.

This indeed remarkable Paris-
style cappuccino bistro combines
the decorative brilliance of own-
ers David Vance and Bronwen
Wilson with a host of fresh
juices, coffees, steamed milks,
granitas and fresh grilled sand-
wiches served in elegant Euro-
slassware in'a part bistro, part
anciful retail store loaded with
novel knicks and knacks from all
over the world.

The Dog's atmosphere reflects
its interior decor: lively, fun and
energetic.

Best Japanese restaurant:

Arigato Sushi, 6342 Bay St. ,
West Vancouver, 921-6300.

Arigato features lots of great
sushi ina hurly-burly dock-side
location in Horseshoe Bay. Its
clientele is a mixture of locals
and transients. Always an inter-
esting combination..

. Abundant sea air.adds to the

" appeal of fresh seafood,

Ichiban and Manyo-Sushi

_ deserve honorable mention in
this category. |. -

- Best New Bar Concept:
Lifestyles non-alcoholic bars:

" The Beverage Bar, Park Royal
Shopping
The

entre south mall, 925-
0506; The Sports Bar and Cafe,
130-333 Brooksbank Ave., North
Vancouver, 983-9083.

Bars with bartenders, beer,

“video amusement, food, conver-

sation and camaraderie, but with-
out booze, lager-louts and age
restrictions.

A good alternative social con-

cept worth supporting.
Best Catch of the Day (Most
Heroic Chef): ‘

» Jurgen Schulte, owner and
head chef of Chesa Restaurant,
1734 Marine Dr., West
Vancouver, 922-2417,

in the same year that Chesa
lost its january business to
kitchen reconstruction after a fire
in November 1992 knocked the

-. fine restaurant out of commis-

sion, Schulte performed an act of
unusual heroism by pulling
Canucks marketing director Glen
Ringdal and Ringdal’s nephew

from the chill waters of Georgia

Strait. .

Schulte, wha had been com-
peling in the June 9 Royal Navy
Sailing Association’s Vancouver-
to-Nanaimo single-handed sail-
ing race, abandoned the race to

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BEST BARLEY SANDWICH... Reigning international Sultan of
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fish the pair from the strait.

The Ringdals had become sep-
arated from another vessel that
was not involved in the race.

Best Seafocd:

The Salmon House, 2229
Folkestone Way, West
Vancouver, 926-3212,

The Salmon House came
charging back in 1993 with a
rejuvenated interior and a revital-
ized menu.

The fori aer polished the
restaurant's original native Indian
decor and added some new artis-
tic flourishes; the latter focused
the kitchen on West Coast fresh-
ness and innovation.

Best Wholesome West Coast:
. Capers Cafe at Capers Food
Store, 2495 Marine Dr., West
Vancouver, 925-3316.

_ Speaking of West Coast and
innovation, Capers has set the
standard locally for combinin,
the best of both:in restaurant food
and grocery presentation.

Its menu is rich with whole-
some foods colorfully presented
by bright staff.

The Capers operation has
added a sundeck to its West

Vancouver cafe and a whole new

Capers store in Kitsilano.

Best Customers:

Patrons at 8.G.’s on Lonsdale,
731 Lonsdale Ave., 986-2534.

A team of volunteers made up
from B.G.'s regular clientele
stepped forward to run the small
North Vancouver restaurant after
its owner, Linda Fletcher, fell il!
in August. .

The customers, none of whom
had any experience in running a
restaurant, invested holiday and
other free time in keeping B.G.'s

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Customer loyalty above and
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Best informal Energetic Youth
Bar for Generation Xers and oth-
ers:

The Cactus Club Cafe, 1598
Pemberton Ave., North
‘Vancouver, 986-5776.

A North Shore original that -

has expanded to five outlets since -

it was founded on Pemberton
Avenue in 1988. 2
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ers and other modern fast foods,
TV sports, balloons and riotous
pastel colors and other wild
decor, the Cactus Club is guided
by.a far-sighted management phi-
losophy that emphasizes the
importance of making work fun
and meaningful.’

Earl's Tin Palace and Red
Rabin deserve honorable men-
tions in this category.

Good New Addilions:

Mythos Restaurant, 1871 |.
Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver,
984-7411; Alisa Japanese .
Restaurant, 1344 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver, 985-4171;

Gen Sushi, 1933 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver, 988-1637;
Hamersley House, 350 East 2nd
St., North Vancouvet, 986-5977,

All four ase part of the
Lonsdale culinary revival that is
providing North Vancouver resi-
dents with a renewed variety of
choices in local dining. ° ;

Best Cafe Baked Goods:

Bread Garden Bakery Cafe, -
Unit 550, Park Royal North, West
Vancouver, 925-0181." Soe

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