flags stil wh MMA Band ahaa ROLE Al iment uerhonchelAl 46 —- Wednesday, February 16, 1994 - North Shore News Ey " oa ° NEWS photo Mike Wakefleld CROSSING HIS fingers and hoping for the best is actor Jackson Davies as he purchases his raffle tickets for the Arts Club Theatre's giveaway of a 1994 Mustang. Both the auto and the theatre are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. Tickets will be sold until Mar. 31. Flavor of India’s From page 27 Dewey then Pardie and Howe. La Minore, 2039 Lonsdale Ave., ‘North Vancouver, 984-6525 Opened in mid-january in the upper Lonsdale block that has played host to a number of srnall restaurants in the past, La Minore features 27 varieties of home- made pasta (dinner entrees around $10) in a 40-seat venue across from the massive London Drugs complex. The restaurant is licensed for beer and wine and is open every _ day from 11 a.m. An Table Hopping investiga- tion into La Minore’s wares will appear in a future adventure. Argo Greek Restaurant, Capilano Mall, North Vancouver, 987-5025 john Papadimitriou opened his 60-seat Greek restaurant in mid-November after selling his interest in the Olympia pizza and pasta outlet on Denman Street in Vancouver’s West End. Table Hopping has yet to sample the Argo, but its menu offers a simple selection of Greek dishes (appetizers range from Homous, $3.50; to Greek Salad, $3.95; Kalamari, $5.50; and Garlic Prawns, $5.50; main dish- es are all under $8 and include such standards as Moussaka, $6.95; Kalamari dinner, $7.45; and a handful of fess well-known entrees such as Athenian Chicken, $6.50; and Paithakia Skaras, $6.50.) The Argo is open everyday for funch and dinner. Flavor of india, 175 East 3rd St., North Vancouver, 985-5477 | missing The quality of the rich East Indian cuisine continues to be maintained at the Flavor, but the flags have not returned, Owner Hardev Sandhu initial- ly offered a $500 reward tate last year for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieving lout or louts who made off with the five flags that had been flying proudly from the front of the Flavor’s 3rd Street building. The fags, warth a total of $300, represented Canada, B.C., the United States, Britain and the Unitect Nations. It was the third time they had been stolen from the restaurant. The Fish House in Stanley Park, Vancouver, 681-7275 Hats off to the Fish House for biting the nicotine bullet and becoming Vancouver's first 100% smoke-free restaurant, thereby sparing their enlightened and growing smoke-free clientele the 4,000 chemicals and 50 known carcinogens contained in second-hand smoke. A fresh idea from a fresh seafood house. Caffinated trivia to consider with that triple latte: Starbucks, the ever-expanding caffeine chain from Seattie, is now 240 links long. It added about 86 new stores last year. This year, the addition total is anybody’‘s guess, but surely we need several more on the North Shore. A new 300,000 square foot Starbucks bean roasting facility should also be opened by the time you read this dispatch. Another cup? CAPILANO MALL Monday & Tuesday !Qam-6pm NORTH VANCOUVER saturday ggoameom -925-MARINE DRIVE 988-6311 Sunday ttam-Som . Low Prices. Fivst And Always. Sunday, March 6th ’94 - 1p.m. The 7th annual Duck Race takes place on March 6th 1994 down the Capilano River from the upper levels highway (route #1) to Park Royal South. Get your ticket for $5 from any North Shore Mall, Save-On- Foods Store or North Shore Credit Union branch - or call 980-DUCK and charge it to your Visa or Mastercard GRAND PRIZE A return trip for two to London and Singapore sponsored by British Airways and Globai Travel. Fly from Vancouver, on British Airways Club World Class, to London and Singapore. AG 4 cd Includes 4 nights at the Berkshire Hotel London, with theatre tickets included; 2 nights at Singapore's Raffles Hotel, then travel on the new Eastern & Oriental Express to Kuala Lampur, with 2 nights at the Shangri-la Hotel and to Bangkok, with 2 nights at the Oriental Hotel. Value: $17,000 ~ SECOND PRIZE A1 week vacation for two on the Isle of Fiji, with accomodation included at a first class hotel, and flights from Vancouver. THIRD PRIZE A1 week vacation for two in Singapore and Bali, with 4 nights accomodation at a first class hotel in Bali, with overnight stays in Singapore. Plus 7 other prizes all totalling over $38,000 The Great Capilano River Duck Race is supported by: | £48 © TM WOICT OF ORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER ¥ ara ita i ag DAY = FRIDAY 1% 1 BUNDAT -WHDNE! For a full list of sponsors and benificiaries see the Duck Race supplement in the February Sth issue of the North Shore News.