24 ~ Morth Shoro News — Wednesday, August 9, 2900

Primavera fakes on terminal dining chal

hopping

Primavera Ristorante, 3-
157 Chadwick Crt., North
Vancouver, 929-8283.

Open from I] a.m. every
day. Visa, American Express
and Interac accepted.
Vegetarian options? One or
two. Fully licensed. Take
the kids or call a babysitter?
You could do either.

Menu for tonight:

® Glass of house red ($5.25)
© Stracciatella ($4.25)

© Vitello Secil ($16.50)

¢ Seafood — Cannelloni
($16.95)

DINING

ANOTHER round of
termina dining.

On deck this time in the
second-storey SeaBus-side
venue that has hosted sa
many players in the bus ter-
minal dining sweepstakes:
Giuseppe Sfara and his
Primavera ristorante Italiano.

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the cover of a Sicilian travel
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Wife Nina at the door full
of warmth and hospitality.

Shell need it and more.

Add in some stamina.
Thevw'll both need that.

A generous serving of
good luck wouldn't burt,
either.

Because regular readers
will know that Sfra is not
the first to take on this once
promising, Chadwick Court
dining space.

They might remember
Alberto and Maria
Sabatucei’s Caruso Italian
restaurant.

Or that Thai Patace
southeast Asian hot spot.

¢ Or Crassings. Another
Italian culinary venture with
a touch of Greek thrown in
for good measure.

Or real gastronomic histo-
rians will recall Bennington’s
back in the distant ‘80s, a
place of seafood and steak.

All have taken a run at the
transit terminal dining venue.
Some have had longer runs
than others.

Some better runs than
others.

But all have met with the
same fate.

As with his predecessois,
Stara is confident that he has
the right ingredients to make
No. 3 Chadwick Court sing
as it should.

After all, it has much to
offer: an intimate harbour-
side oudiook; a good sized
dining room — 90 seats at
least; wo outdoor patios —
a 40-seat eastside deck over- »
looking the Lonsdale SeaBus
terminal and a smaller 20-
seater overlooking the har-
bour.

And Sfara has a lifetime of
cooking experience behind
him. The former cruise ship
chef has owned Primavera

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restaurants in Toronto,
Edmonton, New York and
Crescent Beach.

Burt with each passing year
and each terminated restau-
rant tenant, the external
facade of the Chadwick
Court restaurant space Sfara
Now occupies grows ever
more shabby and ever fess
appealing.

Primavera has affixed a
new awning tricked out in
Isaly’s national red, white
and green colours, but all
else is showing its age.

Hardly inspiring for the
casual passerby.

And while there are plen-
ty of passersby, most are not
passing by hunting for
restaurants. Most are run-
ning to catch the SeaBus or
other bus connections.

So walk-in traffic is limit-

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