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TORCH BEARERS... Chef Allison James (left) and owner Lee Bjornson. present: refreshment a at: Tor hy

restaurant in North Vancouver’s Edgemont Village.

Torchy’s i in the Village, 1050 Menu for tonight:

West Queens, North Van, ¢ Glass of Beaujolais
987-7444. Visa and Villages Marquisat ($4.95)
MasterCard accepted. Open © Torchy Burger ($5.95)
every night for dinner. No © Poached B.C, Salmon
longer open for lunch. ($14.95)

Opening for Sunday brunch * Roasted Lamb Tenderloin
starting May 4. Fully licensed. ($15.95) :
Vegetarian options? Some.

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And Torchy’ 5, a Village ;
‘originai, has joined in that.
rebirth.

With the construction of.

the fine new Highland”. ~
- House development on its

southwest bank, Edgemont’s .

Village strip boasts a stylish
new personality that replaces

sor.

Let there be fife.
Community life. A little |
buzz and pizzazz provided ~.
by such newcomers as
Delany’s, Basic Stack and
Hans- Peter Roth’ s La
Galleria.

Add to the above such.
Village mainstays as Cafe =

Norte, Starbucks and. the 4:
Village Bistro and you have,“
as they say in the percolat-  . -

ing fast lane, 2 happening
kind of place.

With a history.

And some unique fea-

tures: how about one of thé. 5

Western Hemisphere’ 's last:
fillin’ stations — the sturdy

Highland Chevron — that is 7

still outfitted with a real
working garage and honest-
to-goodness mechanics.

What a concept!

Then there is Torchy’s,

The off-Edgemont diner
was originally opened in
1975 by Torchy Pechet,
who enjoyed a good short-
order run until 1978, when
he closed his small restau-
rant.

But it’s hard to keep a
good village neighbor down.

Pechet’s niece and
nephew, Lisa and Sean
Bjornson, reopened Torchy’s
in 1987, and 10 years later
the Pechet tradition. contin-
ues.

No — more than contin-
ues — it thrives.

At the helm now is Lee
Bjornson, the personable
sibling of Sean, who has ‘

. Since departed.
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its dowdy and dull predeces-