Milano Restaurant, 3
Lonsdale, North
Vancouver, 984-3337.
Visa, MasterCard and
American Express accept-
ed. Open every day for
lunch and dinner. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian
options? Some. Take the
kids or call a babysitter?
Take the kids.

Menu for tonight:

* Glass of imported white
($4.95)

© Mussels Dimilano ($6.95)
© Prawn Souvlaki ($14.50)
© Bill’s Famous Charbroiled
Ribs ($13.95)

* Village Style Lamb Chops
($12.95)

FEAR not fans of No.

. 3 Lonsdale: your tradi-

-:. tional Mediterranean
menu awaits,

:. For it matters not who
operates this Lower

- Lonsdale eatery, its kitchen

. turns out the same ageless
“Greco-Roman cuisine.

Must be some kind of

culinary heritage require- -

mene in the lease.

7) Milano is but the latest

purveyor of the above to
- take up residence at No. 3.

It does a better iob of it
“than its immediate predeces-
“sor, Mind you. _-

! Owners Leo Triantafillou
and Bill Paleogiannis took
--over the restaurant earlier
’.this year in the wake of the
« brief and unimpressive

“Sergio’s Pasta and Grill era. ,

Sergio’s, the product of
Steve, Victor and Paul
Sergiannidis, filled the room
‘with souvlaki, steak, pasta
“and pizza.

“ Their predecessor, Tasos
Collias, had filled the room
with souvlaki, steak, pasta

and pizza.
-: His predecessor, in what

*.was.a radical departure for

No. 3, filled the comically
>“named San Francisco Pizza
“Departmeni, with more
pizza than pasta and steak.
“"* Delos, the original No. 3
restaurant, filled the room
“with steak, pasta and pizza
way back in the late 1970s.
“J UAnyone care to wager
‘what figures prominently in
the new Milano’s menu?

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delivers more

That of course is the
$100 question,

It gets harder trom here
on. Trv this: why would suc-
cessive restaurateurs keep
recveling the same unsuc-
cessful dining approach in
the same location?

That’s the millien-dollar
question.

I hope Messrs.
Triantafillou and
Paleogiannis have the

Lonsdale area.

answer.

Aside trom the addition
of white table cloths to the
tables, the 80-seat interior
of their Milano is much the
same as was Sergio’s.

Service on a recent
Friday night was friendly
enough, but our waitress
was not familiar with the
menu's finer points.

More dishes were familiar
than not at Milano — sou-

DINING

Wednesday, May 31, 2000 - North Shore News - 25

lediterranean at No. 3

viaki, pasta, Zorba
Charbroiled Lamb, Veal
Parmigiana, Baked Lasagna,
Fettuccini Alfredo, Calamari
Dinner — but there were
some departures from the
No. 3 norm.

Curried Chicken, for
example, along with Wild
Trout Val"Dpstana (baked
with butter, tomatoes and
herbs) and Red Snapper ‘Ala
Spetsiota’.

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

PLATTERS of Bill’s Famous Charbrolled Ribs, Prawns Riviera and Greek Salad
presented at the new Milano Restaurant in North Vancouver City’s Lower

Other off beat items
included Beef Neptune
(broiled steak topped with
faux crab mwat, asparagus
tips and Hollandaise sauce);
Chicken Tijuana; and Tiger
Prawns and Scallops
Madeira.

There's a central
Mediterranean heart to the
menu bur overall the focus
is confusing. What do the
owners have in mind here?

i don’t think they know.

On the positive side
entree prices are reasonable.

The pasta section
(lasagna, penne, fettuccine,
spaghetti, ravioli) ranges
berween $8 and $12 and
most selections have a vege-
tarian option.

Milano also offers a rea-
sonable variety of seafood
dishes ($12 to $15).

A sampled Mussels
Dimilano from the appetizer

fist was good.

Ic included cight large
steamed mussels on the half’
shel! presented beneath a
simple saute of fresh
chopped tomatoes and red
onions sprinkled with
minced parley.

Main uishes, however,
were uneven. .

Bill’s Famous Ribs
promised to “melt in your

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