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Sergio’s Pasta and Grill, 3.

“Lonsdale, North Vancouver,.
: 984-3337. Visa, MasterCard
‘and: ‘American .- Express ,
accepted. - Fully: =.licensed. ,

Open every night for dinner; |

open for lunch‘ and dinner
“; Monday to Friday..
-. Vegetarian: options? Some.:
“Take the: ‘kids or *call’-a:
’ babysitter? Take the kids.,
/Menu for tonight: 2".
“Glass “of Le. Piat - DOr
“(85 95) =
« Kalamari’ ($5 95) -
“Tiger. Prawn
(14, 95) mares
:@ Veal Marsala (S13. 95)

WHAT i is it with. No. 3
» Lonsdale and low-rent
Mediterranean food? .

‘The two appear to be per
~manently joined at the hip.
“Sergio’s § Pasta Bar and Grill:
is but the latest purveyor of
the Greco-Roman dining
approach to fill the Lower"
‘ Lonsdale sto efront..,

able hybrid cuisine and. the
fans of the status quo, Sergio’s:
“avill be: good news.’ For fans of
© more adventurous ‘dining, this!
“offering from the Sergiannidis
- brothers, Steve. “Sergio,” win
brother Victor ‘and younger.
brother Paul, the be'tired).

yf
tho also’ operate ey s
: pizza parlour in Port Mood
and previously:operated a.
‘Sergio’s grill in Kimberly, B.C.
They have iitvested’ much
elbow ‘grease in renovating ’
No.:3.-1¢ now has 80 seats”
inside and ‘should:have ‘a 50
seat outdoor, patio out back *
overlooking: Lonsdale Quay by,

“Souvlaki ‘

the time you read this.

But T think they have |
missed the menu boat enti
Like ‘Tasos Collias befor

him, the Sergiannidis brothers

» have rolled out a souvlaki,':

~ steak and pasta selection that -
harkens back to No, 3’s Delos.
restaurant era’ of the late
1970s."

« Its focus is neither Grevi :
nor Italian; it isa middle of
the road workhorse cookery
that is long on familiarity but
«short on Surprise and excite-'
ment.’

The selection packs good.
dollar value, but it isan

increasingly tough sell to the .

new generation of diners, 1.
which has.had the good for.

tune to be exposed to a far. i

wider range of cuisines and

dining departures than previ:

-ous'generations, «°°.
And, at the No.3 address,
Ser gio’s is sandwiched.

‘between Corsi ‘Trattoria, ‘which

serves good quality tralian
_food,and Anatoli: Souvlaki
which serves good quality,
Greek food.

So it is starting the race
already several steps behind
ithe competition

Smafl wonder then that on
a recent Friday, night, Sergio’

; ‘dining room Ww

Tasos, Baci’s, the San-*’ /
~ Brancisco. Pizza Department,

attended, Its clientele appears

“to be'the same clientele who:
have patronized No. 3's many

previous occupants: Tasis,

Delos...’ 2
Little new blood i in evi-

“dence, however, which ‘any -

restaurant’ needs if it is to gen
erate some sizzle with ‘the

“steak. age

T at's 5 not to say that.

Sergio’s is not trying. The“:
” Friday, night affair featured 2°,

good jazz combo playing in. -
the restaurant’s  window-side ”

s seating area, which'added |
“some electricity to the evening,

Elsewhere, however, the,
voltage was much re
Service staff is pl

“enough but insane ees

Rioruen. INDIA
“Tane‘our Foons &
‘Honma DELIVERY

when you buy any ‘
entree from the menu
the price of the Chicken '
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#3-157 Chadwick Court North Vancouve