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Visa, Mastercard and American Express accepted. Wheelchair ac-
cessible. Open every day for lunch and dinner. Sunday brunch

served.

HE CAULFEILD Village shopping centre offers an
oasis of informality in the starched collar and dinner
jacket elevations of upper West Vancouver.

For a cup o’ jae and light con-
versation, there is the Caulfeild
Village Starbucks outlet; for a half
dozen oysters and a glass of chili-
ed chablis there is Caichy’s oyster
bar; and for a slice of New York
Italian culinary informality there is
Pastameli.

All those looking to foosen old
school ties and shed club blazers
could happily make an evening of
it in the Village, but be forewarn-
ed, the lights go oul early in West
Vancouver.

Most doors were being locked
and bolted as the clock struck 9
p.m. the night Table Hopping
toured the Village.

But prior to that, we enjoyed the
hospitality and hearty cuisine that
has established Pastameli as a
Caulfeild neighborhood fixture
over the past four years.

Pastameli has a good natural feel
to it: its staff is young and eager: its
kitchen is open and active; and its
food is hearty and vigorous.

The focus of the restaurant’s
menu is italian fast food: pizza ($6
to $17) and pasta ($6.50 to $9.95).
But there is also a selection of
hamburgers, sandwiches and
larger meat-based entrees.

Vegetarian options, too, are
featured prominently.

Pastameli has a split personality.
Its front end is a deli and pasta
shop with a takeout window; its
back end is an informal bistro-style
dining room and art gallery.

The unifying character of both
halves of the Pastameli persona is
an unpretentious neighborliness
that can accommodate a track-
suited lawyer and his clan while
whipping out a half dozen pizzas
to go.

Pastameli offers a concise selec-
tion of wine ($10 to $16) and beer
($3.25 to $4.50).

A Bardolino Bolla ($14.95) set
the stage for our meal with its
robust italian red character.

| tried a Minestrone soup ($3.95)
to take the chill off the humorous
monsoon downpour and crisp
mountain air of summer on the
North Shore.

The classic Itatian vegetable

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Timothy Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING

soup was excellent. Pastameli
makes it thick with chunks of car-
rots and celery, kidney and gar-
banzo beans and ravioli.

All is topped with tresh grated
parmesan cheese and parsley.

The soup is best consumed with
slabs of Pastameli garlic bread or
Focaccia and washed dowa with a
glass of aforementioned Bardolino.

Tiger Prawns Primavera ($12.95)
followed.

The dish presented four sweet
nr 4 ona bed of fettuccini and
esa Vegetables finished in a mild
snerry cream sauce.

Like the minestrone, the
Primavera was simple, fresh and
filling — honest, good-quality
food.

And like the food it serves,
Pastameli boasts qualities of
freshness and honesty that ensure
it a lasting popularity.

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PASTA ANYONE...A plate of ribs, veal cannelioni and spinach and cheese tortellini awaits diners at
Pastameii in the Cautfeild Village shopping centre in West Vancouver.

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