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Dessert’s
A Piece
of Cake

From page 31

chicken and scallop dinners
($13 to $19) that focus ona
single dish rather than a
cross-section of Japanese
foods.

All orders come with a
stomach soothing opener of
miso soup.

‘And don’t forget the tra-
ditional mugs of medicinal
Japanese green tea.

It’s served by the bucket-
load at Daihatsu, which
roughly translated means
good luck. And that we wish
the good folk at Daihatsu.

But it’s buckets-up time,
diners,

The Table Hopping bus
is heading cast.

To Lower Lonsdale,
where there are signs of art-
ful revitalization springing
up On street corners up and
down the main drag.

Take, for example, the
Piece of Cake Dessert
Emporium (107
Esplanade, North
Vancouver, 986-7277.
Visa, Mastercard and
American Express accept-
ed. Open from 7 a.m. to
midnight Thursday to
Friday; from 10 a.m. to
midnight Saturday; from
10. a.m. to 10 p.m.

are Anniversary Celebration Week®

@

The Wrap Zone on Lonsdale is celebrat-

@ ing its first anniversary in North

©) Vancouver. Bruce and Sara have had a

terrific year! For all you loyal “wrappers”

@ out there, you know what all the excite-

ment is about. You know that at Wrap

Zone — the first or the North Shore —

~ you can “hold the world’s flavours in
your hand.”

They have opened another Wrap Zone,

too. Now, the healthy food for the mil-

lennium is available in West Vancouver.

@ Wednesday February 17 - Tuesday February 23 @

specialties are available for your enjoy-
ment, including Italian, Greek, thai, ©
Japanese and curry to name only a few. @
Drop into the Wrap Zone for one of
those incredible wrape and try a ©
smoothie while you're there. A Wrap
Zone smoothie will not only refresh it
also contains energy boosters to help
make your day even better.

Visit the Wrap Zone today in North
Vancouver on Lonsdale at 18th and
their new location in West Vancouver at

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NEWS photo Faul McGrath

A piece of cake? How about the whole thing, along
with coffee and a good book at North Vancouver
City’s new Piece of Cake dessert bar.

Sunday; from 7 a.m. to 10
p.m. Monday to
Wednesday).

Another newcomer. This
one in the fabled Esplanade
heritage building that
housed the world’s first Keg
and Cleaver. More recently
it housed Nick Vavaris’
Nick’s Place Greek taverna,
site of the Seven Years
Neighborhood Pub War.

Vavaris, as regular readers
will know, eventually lost
that titanic struggle and
went gentle into the dining
industry night.

He left behind a restau-
rant worn and frayed from
years of fruitless struggle.

it was in desperate need
of revitalization.

And a change of persona.

A Piece of Cake, you say?

Well, if you asked Greg,

Ward, the man behind this
new bakery, dessert empori-
um and book store, the
makeover was far from that,
but the result is in striking
contrast to Nick’s Place.

Piece of Cake is as distant
from a Greek taverna as is a
British tea and crumpet par-
lour.

Its goal is to provide
Lower Lonsdale residents
with a civilized place to
digest perhaps a slab of
coconut macaroon cake with
a steaming JJ Beans latte or
a pot of Naomi’s Saltspring
Island tea with a thick
wedge of chocolate swirl
cheese cake.

It is to be a tranquil

ort in the storm to imbibe
ja dolce vita. A post-theatre
retreat for the enjoyment
of a dessert with coffee

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or ice wine,

And civilized it is. Gone
is the cluttered crawling vine
and Mediterranean bric-a-
brae interior of its predeces-
sor, In its place is an airy
dining space reminiscent of
a private men’s club, com-
plete with gas fireplace sur-
rounded by couches and
other comfy chairs.

The south end of the
Cake is given over to shelves
of books for perusal and
purchase.

Discreet halogen light-
ing, mallard green furniture,
trim and ceiling are com-
bined with wood, terracotta
and lighter clay tones.

Service is deli style.
Orders are taken over a long
bakery/deli counter that sits
atop a glass display case
stocked with the Cake’s
impressive baked goods.

On the night Table
Hopping visited, the selec-
tion was limited, but there is
promise of much more to
come.

Alcohol was not available
during the department's
visit, bur a stock of wine,
beer and sclected liqueurs
should be in place by the
time you read this.

That refreshment is sure
to add another dimension to
the Cake experience.

It is still in its infancy,
and Ward, a former mutual
fund salesman and small
business development advi-
sor with Vancouver City
Savings, is new to the dining
trade, but he and the Cake
offer a service that North
Vancouver has long needed:
a sophisticated dessert par-
lour where relaxation,
conversation and contempla-
tion of the written word can
be digested in equal por-
tions. .

The Cake celebrated its
official grand opening on
Feb. 13 to general applause
and enthusiasm.

Expect its hours of oper-
ation to expand and the
quality of che Cake’s dining
experience to be fine-tuned
as its customer base grows
and its ownership’s market
knowledge expands. .

It is already a good plac
to end an evening.

At least a dozen or more terrific wrap 1487 Marine Drive, 926-9702.

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