Timothy Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING

Inn Cogneato Bistro and Bakery,
1857 Lonsdale Ave., North
Vancouver. 988-0201. Visa and
MasterCard accepted. Open
from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday
to Thursday; open trom 11 a.m.
to midnight Friday and
Saturday. Closed Sunday.
Licensed to sell beer and wine.
Take the kids or call a babysit-
ter? You could do either.

Menu for tonight

eGlass of Carbett Canyon
Cabernet ($3.95)

¢Houmous ($3.95)

°Beef, bacon, onions, mozzarel-
la, rosemary sauce open face
sandwich ($5.25)

eGrilled Beef Wrap ($5.95)
©Baked Cheesecake topped with
raspberry sauce ($3.95)

RIPS TO the old home-
town sometimes ;
require the donning of
a Van Dyke beard and
Sigmund Freud specs.
Anonymity, after all, is the
‘key to objective dining reviews.
It also goes helps the objective
reviewer avoid personal blasts
from the past who might still
remember that minor delinquent
loan or other youthful transgres-
sion.

A good part of town, ther, in
which to be incognito, and a
good part of town for Inn
Cogneato and its brand of hearty
high-quality mid-afternoon big-
bread cuisine, because appetites
continue to grow in the booming
North Vancouver City midtown
area. .

The Cog, which opened April
21, is an instantly likable neigh-
borhood diner. It’s outfitted in
clean, modern decor, hardwood
floors, a long wood and block
glass serving counter, a barside
television and assorted tables.

The Cog’s serving staff is

The two operations share the
sume owners, and the same first
class Middle Basted breads.

But the Cog is mare a bistro
than a bakery. Rs menu is built
upon the solid foundation of
chewy pitas, thick sandwich
breads and robust buns.

The Cog’s open-face sand-
wiches ($4.95 and $5.25) are the
size of medium pan pizzas built
on sturdy slabs of Perstan
Barbary bread and piled high
with good, fresh toppings, (Five
main varieties range fram olive
oil, garlic, parsley, sundried
tomatoes and Parmesan —- $4.95
— to ham, green peppers, fresh
tomatoes, onions, mushrooms,
mozzarella and rosemary sauce
-- $5.25.)

The Cog also serves a pair of
pastas (pasta primavera, $6.25;
stuffed manicotti with salad,
$6.25), a vegetarian chili ($3.95)
and a daily quiche (also with

salad, $5.75).

All come highly recommend:
ed by the diner’s regulars, but
the Cog’s signature dish is The
Wrap.

Itcomes in grilled chicken or
heel or straight fresh veggies
sauteed variations and is a two-
listed! meal in anybody's hooks.

Table Hopping’s grilled beef
wrap featuied juicy chunks of
grilled beef kabob, tomatoes,
leaf lettuce and onions all
wrapped up in an LP-sized Pars
pita bread and laced with a fine
piquant yogurt sauce.

Accompanying it on the large
teal green plate was a generous
side of Caesar salacl (optional
sides: Greck salad or pasta)
spiked with a potent cream
Caesar dressing.

Our beef, bacon, onions,
mozzarella and rosemary sauce
open-face sandwich was a meal
in itself, featuring ground beef

Wednesday, Jun

mixed with ample portions of the
sandwich’s other ingredients
atopa thick pita bread hase,
Both meals provided excellent
value for your doltar, Pars-pro-
duced desserts are also available

ps for

1 FREE

je 15, 1994 - North Shore News - 33

atthe Cop,

Itmay be Inn Cogneata, but
discerning diners will recognize
a good dining deal when they
sample this new Lonsdale
histro’s wares.

SUN. THRU THURS.

DINNER

Purchase one dinner entrea, receive a second entree of equal or

lesser value FREE. Expires June 23/94

“Excludes beverages and Tandoori Eniroes. Dlaner Mon.-S.it. 5-10; Sun.5-9

FAST OR FREE compte unen any tn tom our mera

Served in 20 min. or los:
12-2:30 - Mon.-Fri.

for $5.9

175 E. 3rd St., N.Van. Fully Licensed
Phone #:

3 OF it's Fiee!

985-5477 {

Fx: 985- ATT

eg ee

FATHER’S DAY

Fo

Soup or Salad
wl Supper

Generous slices of white and dark turkey,

dre:

turnips.

G)SKATCHEWA
RESTAURANT

With Flapper or
Saskatoon Pie

ssing, mashed potatoes, gravy, mashed

$B 3 55s
$1.0...

located at the “Sundown” end
of Park Royal South

ras |

2 FOR 1 [

DINNER SPECIAL |

Enjoy one complimentary entree when a second entree i
j of equal or greater value is purchased.

Value up t

o $14.95

i BRIDGE HOUSE
|! RESTAURANT

i 3650 Capilano Road
E North Vancouver
| Valid until June 21st, 1994

NEWS pirate Neil Lucente

INN COGNEATO adventure ... (Left to right) Kathryn Casey,
Angel Labslie, Debbie Sever and David Hossini prasent an
open-face spinach sandwich at the new Inn Cogneato Bistro
on Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver.

1987-3388

reservations strongly recommended

friendly and efficient, and its
food is straightforward and inter-
esting.

It deals primarily in hearty fin-
ger foods that lend themselves
more to luncheons and long
afternoon snacks than full-blown
dinners, but those who prefer
their evening meals less complex
will appreciate Inf Cogneato’s
selection.

The restaurant's billing as a
bakery springs primarily from its
relationship to the popular Pars
Bakery three blocks to the south.

AWSON TRAVEL;

18 WITH ORCAS OL aU Ba, AAD MARY BTR

8 ested by
§ JOHN

Mb eranspar

Sauteed with mushroonis In a light wine sauce. , vhs
q sty

OR
PRAWN CURRY

Dinner Includes your cholce of rice or
potatoes, vegetables and hot

_ "Sea M ates

SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
980-1213 398 Marine Drive N. Van.

im phe atnenatys
penser (te

avnoted |

Bur rewr va: 35595"
B tions and a
B fully detatied

“itinerary, ~ .

ease calf cere staeee :

fulict Steams, | gg ee sy EER

P. Lawson Travel, ~ Sa aa an

Ste. 150-409 Granville pag BANAT OI TRAVEL:

4 Street, 682-4272 2 LAP PQUATENrn! rOTAEEU ML Am mC Aaa WAIT fe toc
5 ect, .

FATH
1 BRONCH.
SUNDAY J
12 NOON - 3:009m
BOARDING 11:00AM
LIVE JAZZ rtatunine
CHRISTINE DUNCAN & THE BOB MURPHY TRIO

HOT BUFFET
PS30 ADULTS $26 SEN. & UNDER 12 Inet. 657

681-2915 nexers umied

Offer expires
June 30th/1994

LEE