Wednesday, October 6, 1993 ~ North Shore News - 27
Order your

FRESHLY BAKED THANKSGIVING &
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Mythos Restaurant, 1811 Lons-
dale Ave., North Vancouver,
984-7411. Visa, MasterCard and

American Express accepted. Open

every day for dinner. Open Mon-
day to Friday for lunch. Take the
kids or call a babysitter? You
could do either.

Timothy Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING

Menu for tonight:

@ % livre of Pere Patriarche
($11.95)

@ Marinated Octopus ($6.95)
® Stuffed Kalamari Fournou
($10.95)

® Stuffed Eggplant ($14.95)

WHAT THIS town
needs is some

es more good Greek
restaurant myths and
legends.

Like the myths and legends
surrounding the opening night par-
iy for Pasparos Taverna back in
1974, and the number of chopped
off ties hanging from the ceiling of
Kypriaki or how the Great Greek
got his name or how sabre dances
Xen leasned his dancing chops.

Because north of isth and Lons-.
dale, Greek mythology and most
other forms of cultural expression
pretty much dry up.

But times are evolving in the
local restaurant and cultura} trade.

Mythos (Greek for myth) has
opened in an area bereft of good
restaurants but loaded with poten-
tial and is set to_establish its own
iliad of legends, myths and dining
sagas.

Initially opened in mid-August,
Mythos has already filled the im-
mediate area with Greek energy
and social warmth.

As with any good Greek taverna,
it draws its clientele with laughter
and light. A wall of glass doors
opens directly onto the sidewalk,
welcoming diners, passersby and
shoppers to eat, talk or just
observe: ©

Inside they will find bold colors,
robust aromas and a whirl of
waiters.

Those familiar with Pasparos
Taverna will also find Angelo
Angelopoulos, a former-Pasparos
waiter/manager, and Erodotes

- Anayiotos, the taverna’s former
head chef.

In a quest for more restaurant
challenges and to spread the
message of Greek cookery, the
two set out on their own Odyssey
to found a taverna of their own.

The effect of their move on
Pasparos has yet to be investigated
by Table Hopping staff, but its ef-
fect on the upper Lonsdale dining
scene has been immediate and
impressive.

Ona recent Friday night, the
80-seat Mythos, former site of a

taco shop, was buzzing with cus:
tomers and fife.

The restaurant offers much to in-
terest Greek food fans on its
good-sized menu: traditional
standbys such as Kalamari,
Keftethes, Souvlaki, Spanakopitta
and Mousaka, of course, but also
many enticing variations and
combinations that the restaurant's
owners have perhaps filed on
mental back pages for the day
when they opened their own res-
taurant:

Black Eye Bean Salad ($3.50);
Ontiki (marinated charbroiled
quail, $4.95); Kalamari Gemisto
Skaras (stuffed charbroiled squid,
$6.95); Psaropitta (seafood and
cream cheese pie, $3.95);
Loukaniko (charbroiled Greek
sausage, $5.95); special Mythos
Combinations for two ($25.95 to
$29.95 for feasts of mousaka,
souviakis, kalamari, and seafood)
and the grand three-course Mythos
Symposium ($18.95).

Price range for the restaurant's
main entrees: $7 to $15.

Mythos also has a medium-sized
wine list ($14 to $30) with selec-
tions from Greece (a dozen, in-
cluding several by the glass) and
elsewhere around Europe,
Australia, South and North
America.

Owning a restaurant usually

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