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Venus aligns with Caspian for belly-dancing displays

photo Caepian F Resturant

BELLY-DANCER Venus will be performing at West Vancouver's Caspian restau-
- rant. The house of Persian cuisine is now featuring non-stop belly-dancing every
Friday and Saturday night.

From page 28

east of Salute and will pro-
vide a luncheon oudet for
Salute’s prodigious Italian
culinary talents.

The Loco persona is
Tropical Mediterranean.
Warm breezes and light nib-
blies — the former provided
by the semi-tropical West
Vancouver climate; the latter
courtesy of Salute’s kitchen.

Loco’s menu will stick to
high quality panini sandwich-

4 Roast Prime Rib, Thursday. Friday and Saturday Evenings. §
Specialists in Catering & Take-out Services’ -

es ($4 to $6) Salute-style.
Fans of designer David
Vance’s late great
Remarkable Dog will already
be familiar with them. Salute
supplied Vance’s place with
its paninis when the Dog was
in its heyday — Grilled
Chicken with pesto and sun-
dried tomato anyone?

Coco Loco will also fea-
ture a full deli cooler stocked
with antipasto items available
in individual portions ($.60
to $1 cach), baked goods,

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lattes, cappuccinos, ice
creams and other open collar
culinary items.

Loco sports the same
grand high-cciling interior
pioncered by the Dog and
adopted by Crankpots.

It also has the Dog’s inti-
mate rear courtyard and
accordion glass front doors.

A summer place if ever
there was one.

Besides midday finger
food and other edibles, Loco
will also market speciality

Regular menu
$39.00

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olive oils, balsamic vinegars
and colourful Tralian ceram-
ies.

Opening hours will be
fram 7 am. to 7 p.m. every:
day.

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Bravo Cucina, 1209
Lonsdale Avenue, North
Vancouver, 985-3006.

Sami Bentroudi has finally
opened the newer bigger
Bravo,

The restaurant’s expan-
sion into the adjacent
Lonsdale Avenue storefront
began about ewo months ago
and has added approximately
30 seats to Bravo's original
40 that made up the dining
room of the original Bravo
when it opened in May
1996.

Ifyou had trouble secur-
ing a table at this popular
Italian restaurant in its origi-
nal format, Table Hopping
recommends sampling the
updated version.

900
Blend!’s, 5775 Marine Dr.,
Marine Dr, West
Vancouver, 913-2471.

As reported in the July 30
News, Fernando Blendl and
the other principals of this
40-seat (20 inside, 20 out-
side) Fisherman’s Cove-area
coffee house and bakery

ied in their bid to secure a
wine and beer licence.

The sage minds of West
Vancouver District council

resided over a ncighbour-
hood debate that pitted the
promoters of an area social
watering hole against the
opponents of local alcohol
availability.

Those in the latter camp
raised concerns that ranged
from limited parking and .
possible future drinking
debauchery to a noisy fan
and kitchen staff that banged
pots into the middle of the
night.

Pot banging as an after-
hours kitchen sport is a new
one on me, but then I don’t
have the keen sensibilities of
West Vaticouverites.

Blend! and his business
pareners Boris and Monica
Danon-Schafier claim
Blendl’s will expire without a
liquor licence.

Too bad. The area could
use a good quality bistro.

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Gambrinus Restaurant, 707
Queensbury Ave., North
Vancouver, 988-1331.

Sandor Szendrei is cele-
brating the first anniversary
of his Queensbury village
restaurant.

Join him for a Roasted

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With coupon

$19.95

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Duck or Lamb Shank Osso
Bueco with a martini chaser
(Szendrei offers 40 varieties:
How about a Blue
Dolphin?).

900
Caspian Restaurant, 1495
Marine Dr., West
Vancouver, 921-1311.

A touch more Middle
Eastern spice with that
kabob, sahib?

Right this way then: to
the Caspian, where the West
Vancouver restaurant in con-
junction with the Middle
Eastern Dance Association
present “Non-Stop
Bellydance” every Friday and
Saturday night starting at &
p.m.

Gyrations will be courtesy
of Caspian headliner Venus.

Following the non-stop
belly-dancing Caspian

patrons can do their own

non-stop dancing to some-

thing called che ward bear.
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Hilda’s Galley Cafe, 205-

1425 Marine Dr, West

Vancouver, 926-8664.

After 20 vears in the fish
and chip trade, Hilda
Brawley bid fond adieu to
her West Vancouver Galley
Cafe with a July 31 Galley
Goodbye party.

Brawley’s friends and
Gallery regulars were in
attendance to send the Grand
Dame of the Deep Fry off in
style. Look for Brigh Lights
photos in Friday’s News.

A beer and batter ball.

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Queens Cross
Neighbourhood Pub, 2989

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