A summary of past
Table Hopping reviews
for your consumption:

Ambleside Bistro, 235 15th
St. West Vancouver, 922-
7678; fax: 922-7898. Visa,
MasterCard and American
Express accepted. for
dinner Tuesday to Sunday.
Fully licensed, Vegetarian
options? Some. Second-hand
smoke. factor? Dining room is
non-smoking; holding lounge
bar allows smoking. Take the
kids or call a babysitter? Call a
babysitter.

The Edgemont Village
Bistro Boys go west and estab-
lish a Jarger better version of
their popular Village Bistro in
West Vancouver.

Great food; high octane

north shore news

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atmosphere and eclectic decor.
Jai

La Cucina, 1509 Marine Dr.,
North Vancouver, 986-1334.
Visa, MasterCard and
American Express accepted.
Open for dinner Monday to
Saturday. Open for lunch

Monday to Friday. Fully
licensed. Vegetarian options?
Few. Take the kids or call a
babysitter? Call a babysitter.

place of fine halian cuisine on
the banks of North
Vancouver's Marine Drive
stnp.

Menu bears Tusean inthi-
ences. Excellent wine list, crisp
Servi

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Anatoli Souvlaki, 5 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver, 985-
9853. Visa and MasterCard
accepted. Open for lunch and
dinner everyday — except
Sunday. Fully licensed.
Vegetarian options? Some.
Take the kids or call a
babysitter? You could do
either.

Top quality Lower

Simple menu, low prices

From page 26

— has packed it in.

His Czechoslovakian
Restaurant U Zavoralu
helped fill the tiny hamlet of
Queensbury with the robust
glories of Czechoslovakian
hunting lodge cuisine and
spread the glories of goulash
and dumplings for miles
around.

But ail chings must pass.

And in July the Benny
Zavoralu era in the 707

- Queensbury Ave. locale
passed. It could have passed
to far less worthy succes -
sors— a faceless chop house
or deep fry and fast food pit.

The small Queensbury
strip is hard-pressed to inspire
much creativity.

But the Duke of
Dumplings has left 707 in
good hands.

Regal hands at that.

Gambrinus, no less.

The restaurant’s namesake
—ale aficionados will need
no introduction — is the leg-
endary Flemish King credited
with inventing beer.

Now that is royalty wor-
thy of adulation from the
masses,

Bur while it excels in
many areas, Gambrinus the
restaurant has little to do
with that sacred brew.

The restaurant offers a
pair of brew on tap
(Shaftebury’s Long Beach
Lager and Cream Ale) and
assorted brew in bottle, but
Gambrinus has more to do
with food than drink.

Owner Sandor Szendrei is
a host of uncommon courtesy
and congeniality.

He immigrated to Canada
from Hungary 14 years ago
with rudimentary English
skills and found work in the
kitchens of the Chateau
Granville. Szendrei subse-
quently toiled in a variety of
hotels and restaurants as a
waiter before progressing to
the Pan Pacific Hotel’s Five
Sails restaurant. ©

A chance visit to
Zavoralu’s restaurant earlier
this year convinced the
Hungarian that it was time to
run his own place.

He bought
Czechosloyakian Restaurant
U Zavoralu i in July. Buckets
of blood, sweat and tears
later, Szendrei has trans-
formed the dark and chut-
tered Czechoslovakian dincr
into a bright upscale neigh

bourhood bistro.

While it is not running on
all cylinders ds yet, he has,
out of the gate, hit the mark
on a number of fronts.

The hunting lodge debris
is gone.

In its place is a large dou-
ble-barreiled dining room
dressed in salmon and rasp-
berry tones and trimmed in
bold Aztec print table cloths.

There is no art on the
walls yet but aural decor on a
recent Friday night was an
appealing soundtrack of hot
jazz and smooth Nat King
Cole.

In the Gambrinus kitchen:
Chef Claude Croteau, late of
Saturna Island’s Boot Cove

Lodge.

On the menu: thus far a
spare selection of dishes, but
they boast influences that
range from Mediterranean
through the Southwestern
United States and the Deep
South.

Appetizers and salads ($3
to $7.50) include Smoked
Onion Soup, Caribbean
Chicken Satay, Calamari
Bodega and Smoked Beef
Carpaccio.

A half dozen entrees ($10
to $15) offer diners New
Orleans Jambalaya, Salmon,
Chicken Mediterrancan, Rib
Eye Steak, Halibut and

See Nick's page 28

Montreal Smoked Meat.

Really!

Soups & sandwiches too.
Take out or eat in

Soff cach sandwich or soup. & sandwich
combo with this coupon

Offer valid Tues., Wed., Thurs. evenings
and Sat. & Sun. Brunch

frere!

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6
Ub rs

(maximum 4 entrees
per table)

~ until Oct. 13th -
Please present coupon
before ordering.
Not valid with set
price meals or
any other promotions

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Look for new menu 2nd week in October!

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1734 Marine Drive

West Vancouver
Closed Mondays

922-2411

Lonsdale Greek taverna.
Roomy split level dining
room, Small outdoor patio.
Spinted Mediterranean ates:
phere.

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La Toque Blanche, 4368
Marine Dr., West Vancouver,
926-1006; fax: 926-1063.
Visa, MasterCard = and
American Express accepted.
Open for dinner Tuesday
through = Sunday. — Fully
licensed. Vegetarian options?

See more page 29

Starting from

$15,595

2.8% finance

3.2% lease rate

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