8 -- Wednesday, January 13. 1999 - North Shore News

Police halt
Ambleside
Bisiro bash

Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reparter
dangelo@usnews.com

WEST Vancouver
Police cleared out
about 70 people
from the Ambleside
Bistro at 4:30 a.m.

on New Year’s Day.

Police were acting on a
noise complaint about the
restaurant, which is logcted on
13th Street and Bellevue
Avenue in the secand-storey
location formerly occupied by
the Granite Cate.

West Vancouver Police
Sgt. jim Almas said people in

the restaurant, including scatt

and customers, were drinking
alcohol and a “party (was)
taking place” when police
arrived. Almas said scaif ar the
restaurant had troubie finding
the establishment’s liquor
hvence. The restaurant should
have stopped serving alcoho!
at 2 a.m., according to_ its
liquor licence.

The party-goers left soon
after police arrived. Almas said
Liquor Control and Licencing
staff was to look into the inci-
dent. To press time, staff at
the Liquor Contre! and

Licencing were not aware of

the incident.

Ambleside Bistro co-
owner Joe Perri said last week
that there was nothing unusu-
al about the police coming, to
the restaurant on New Year's
morning.

Pern said he had heard the
rumours that rhe restaurant
had been closed down.

“The rumours have been
thing,” said Perri.

He said ir was standard
procedure for the Liquor
Control and Licencing staff to
leok into the incident. Perri
said that restaurant manage-
ment had planned well: in
advance to close the restau-
rant the following nights on
Jan} and Jen. 2. The closure,
he said, had noting to do
with the police call on New
Year’s morning. Pers said
peuple in the restaurant lett
quietly and responsibly on
New Year's.

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