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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

MAGGIE MASON recently received an award of recognition
from her peers at the North Vancouver Community Arts
Council. Her outstanding artistic work with children was
acknowledged at a recent annual general meeting.

Chalet’s no-frills food
and prices packs ‘em in

From page 28

Its new North Vancouver loca-
tion opened Aug. 22 and has been
busy ever since even though it is just
across the parking lot from the
perennially popular Red Robin
restaurant.

Table Hopping sampled the
Chalet’s wares on a recent Friday
night and the restaurant was packed,
with a crowd filling its waiting
chamber and heated confrontations
over parking spots breaking out in
the parking lot immediately in front
of the Chalet.

Most bizarre.

Our food was strictly Swiss
Chalet style. Straight meat and
stodge. No distracting vegetable gar-
nish. In fact no green vegetable at
all. Rice, fries or baked potato are
the main accompanying options. But
diners could also choose a salad or
cole slaw.

The baked potato comes with
fixings, but all are apportioned in
single serving plastic tubs — airline
food style.

The main meat is not bad. Ribs
are steamed then charbroiled.

The chicken is indeed golden on
the outside and tender and juicy on
the inside. You also get a Swiss
Chalet voll and aforementioned
famous Chalet sauce with its odd fla-
vors of allspice, and that's about it.

But it’s cheap and it's popular.

Service is provided by crowds of
young folk. many in their first real
job experience. A tip of the hat to
the Chalet for providing that oppor-
tunity.

Service confusion, however, can
tesult. | could have sworn I ordered
the Charbroiled Chicken Breast that
was supposed to come Jightly
brushed with barbecue sauce and
charbroiled to perfection, but some-
how I ended up with the Rotisserie
Barbecued Quarter chicken.

I'll leave the final meal comment
to the Table Hopping youth division:

“Tm full. Great place, Dad. The
Chocolate Sundae was really good.”

Right you are, young man.

It’s not really Swiss and it’s not
much of a chalet, but it delivers
meat and potatoes at rock bottom
prices.

For many that’s all that matters
for a successful night on the town.

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