26 - Wednesday, May 29, 1991 ~ North Shore News

Tanoor Restaurant, 1445 Lons-
dale Avenue, North Vancouver.
Visa and MasterCard accepted.
986-0182. Wheelchair accessi-
ble. Open every day for din-
ner. Open Monday to Saturday
for lunch.

ANCOR sits between

a bank and a bar; its

menu straddles the
borders of ttaly, Greece, the
Middle East and North
America.

Timothy Renshaw
TABLE HOPPING

Its location is perhaps symbolic
ot all small businesses: trying to
make a buck with the bank on one
side and the bar on the other
without having to resort to visiting
either.

lis menu is also fairly typical of
small restaurants affecting a
Mediterranean demeanor: pizza,
pasta, souvlaki and pita bread.

But Tanoor, which occupies the
Lonsdale location formerly oc-
cupied by Picasso’s and a subse-
quent parade of assorted restau-
rant variations, also offers its grow-
ing clientele some pleasant ac-
coutrements that are not always
typical of restaurants of any size.

The restaurant is run by a hus-
band and wife team recently ar-
rived from Montreal. They provide
customers with a winning com-
bination of warm and polite ser-
vice and carefully made food in
generous portions.

Tanoor prices are low. Diners
will be hard pressed to find any-
thing over $10 on the menu. And
the dollar value of the food served
is good.

On a recent visit, Table Hopping
staff sampled an intriguingly nam-
ed Penilry pirastuffed appetizer
($3.95).

The selection resented pita
bread stuffed with feta cheese,
toasted, then brushed with butter.

Souvlaki followed.

Tanoor offers Snack ($6.95/
$7.95) and Dinner ($8.95/$9.95)
options. Both souviaki sizes come
with rice, Greek salad, pita bread
and roasted potatoes; and both
sizes make filling meals.

266-7767
7985 Granville St.

681-6302
608 Robson St.

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

KEBAB’S your uncie...Ray Nejad presents a feast of kebabs at
his Tanoor restaurant on Lonsdale. Tanoor features southern

Mediterranean-style food.

The snack souvlaki comes with
one skewer of meat; the dinner
souvlaki comes with two skewers.

We sampled Prawn Snack
($7.95) and Beef Dinner ($8.95).
The Prawn Snack included a half
dozen grilled prawns.

The two skewers with the Beef
Dinner souvlaki were tightly
packed with chunks of braised
meat lightly brushed with oil and
herbs.

My only complaint was that the
meat was a touch heavily salted
for my palate.
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