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Tasos

Tasi’s, 3 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver. 984-
3337. Visa, MasterCard
and American Express
accepted. Open every day
for lunch and dinner.
Fully licensed. Take the
kids or call a babysitter?
You could do either. But
I’d take the kids.

Menu for tonight:

* Glass of House Red
($4.75)

* Minestrene Soup ($3.50)
* Cannelloni Ala Spinaci
($10.95)

« Lasagna ($10.95)

HOT POLICE dining
tip gleaned from
recent Table Hepping
interrogation: try
Tasi’s.

Yes, officer, a sterling
idea. No, officer, 1 was not
thinking of a doughnut
joke.

I was thinking instead of
the virtues of honesty and
diligence.

And that had gotten me
thinking of Tasi’s, which
has tong been on the Table
Hopping list to revisit.

The last time the Table
Hopping department par-

amit tecomes

Timothy
Renshaw

took of Tasi's it was Taso’'s,
prior to that it was Taso's
Steak, Pizza and Spaghetti
House, and, for an everso
brief interlude it, was
Baci’s.

The name changes
revolve around complicated
restaurant industry issues
that have little bearing on
today’s tale.

Suffice it to say that the
personality behind all three
restaurant incarnations at
No. 3 Lonsdale is Tasos
Collias.

A veteran of the Hy’s
restaurant chain, Collias
embarked on his own
restaurant adventure two
decades ago in West
Vancouver.

He moved to his current
Lower Lonsdale location in

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late 1987, installing the
Collias brand of popular
Mediterranean cuisine in
what had been the San
Francisco Pizza Department
and prior to that odd combi-
nation of police hijinks and
pizza, Delo’s, the subject of
a tale told not long ago in
this space.

Tasos now approaches
his 10th anniversary at No.
3 Lonsdale. And his 23rd
anniversary of delivering
his brand of cuisine to
North Shore diners.

It’s a feat few other
restaurateurs have been able
to duplicate.

It is also testimony to the
enduring popularity of
Tasos Collias and his
approach to the restaurant
trade,

There is nothing very
complicated about either.

_ There is instead a robust

streak of hard work and
consistency ihot runs
through the two.

When you take a table at
a Tasos restaurant you. know
you are going to get your
money’s worth. And that
counts for a !ot in these
days of pretty plates and
nouveau cuisines,

The Tasi's menu departs
somewhat from its Taso’s
predecessor. Both are
anchored in southern
Mediterranean fast-food
cookery.

But Tasi's has dropped
Taso's pizza section and has
drifted closer to Italy and
further away from Greece

~ than Taso’s.

Pastas predominate. All
are available in regular (250
grams of pasta — $8.75)

the Jenacious

and large (500 grams of
pasta — $10.95) portions.
Linguine, Rigatoni,
Fettuccine, Ravioli and
Spaghetti are ali well repre~
sented in varieties ranging
from pescatore to gorgonzo-
la and vongole.

A pasta for every mem-
ber of the family.

Tasi's also offers a good
selection of veal, chicken,
seafood and beef entrees
($13 to $15 will get you
anything from Pollo
Parmigiana to Broiled Filet
of Salmon and Steak and
Lasagna.)

Tasi's wine list is a sim-
ple affair ($15 to $35),
Italian selections predomi-
nate. Unfortunately, there
are only two uninteresting
house wines available by
the glass.

But what is delivered on

the plate will fill the bill for”

most Italian food fans.

The sampled Minestrone -
was a substantial and full-
flavored rendition ‘of the
classic Italian vegetable
soup: lets of vegetables; .
some kidney and navy
beans; pasta; and a sturdy -
soup stock designed to fend.
off the chill grey of winter. '

The cannelloni, mean- |...
while — highly recom. :
mended by the local con-
stabulary — was more than
a match for Table’ ~ ° “
Hopping’s appetites. -- :

Served by. our cheery .
and attentive waitress, the
deep-dish baked pasta was:
stuffed with ricotta cheese
and spinach and topped.”
with lashings of mozzarella.

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