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WITH FATHER’S DAY looming on the horizon, |
took 10 deep breaths, adopted my best fatherly per-
sona, and packed the family off to the amiable con-
fines of Pat’s Spirited Dining.

Though it has been located
on the western frontier of
West Vancouver, at 445 13th
Street, for the past seven
years, Pat's Spirited Dining
can easily be missed by pro-
spective diners whose atten-

tions are more often
awestriken with the prospect
of crossing into hallowed
West Vancouver territories
than watching out for an in-
teresting place to eat.

All attempts must be
made, however, to control
such excitement, because
Pat’s is well worth finding
and Pat, himself, well worth
meeting.

After a pleasant family
drive, punctuated with an
amusing hail storm of toys to
the back of my head from the

- always amusing wee man, we
waltzed into the North

’ Shore’s home of spirited
. dining.

Congeniality attacked us
from all quarters, Head chef,
Kirk Westcott, installed as
weekend maitre d’, greeted
us with effusive and unaf-
fected enthusiasm. We
sheepishly pointed to the wee

At the foundation of the
spirited dining end of Pat's is
Spirited Dining Ltd.’s Presi-
dent, Everett Miller, past
head chef of posh dining
rooms from L.A. to San
Francisco to Portland to
Vancouver's Westin
Bayshore. He has cast his
culinary credentials and
talents into Par’s kitchen
with scrupulous but subdued

table hopping

man. Kirk laughed (they’d
obvicusly never met), “Of
course, come in.”

Such unrestrained
hospitality, such joviality in
the face of imminent adversi-
ty isa major characteristic of
the restaurant’s atmosphere.
At. Pat’s, customers are
guests not prey.

The impish glint in the wee
man's eyes was misconstrued
by our waitress as being
‘cute’. She smiled fearless-
ly: “I have a two-year-old
and a five-year-old.’’

“Thank God,” my wife
and I sang in harmony as a
plastic dinky toy ricochetted
off my chest.

by Timothy Renshaw

abandon. The restaurant's
menu represents basic quality
over esoteric flim flam.

Entres are an almost even
split between seafood and red
meat. Bounty of the Sea
Crepes ($9.45), featuring
shrimp, crab, red snapper,
and scallops in white wine,
mushroom cream sauce, is
balanced with Milk Fed Veal
Steak ($10.95) layered with
ham, creamed mushrooms,
Swiss cheese, and tomato
concassees.

Marseilles Style Seafood
($14.95), a casserole featur-
ing the who's who of fish and
shellfish, is. offset with

Parners change the other

From Pages 54

account and into. her ‘purse.
Penniless, the . moralistic
rookie ‘soon finds himself:
turning the screws on local
merchants and petty thieves,
‘ much to the delight of his
new mentor, Rene.
But the senior cop’s smile

fades when his eaterprising
young partner decides to up
the ante and steal $1 million
from an underworld heroin
deal.

Director Zidi has a
delightful way of turning the
tables on his characters,
revealing their strengths and

Hanson benefits

A GIANT barbecue is being
held tonight (Friday) at the
North Shore Winter Club: to
raise money for Rick
Hansen's around-the-world
wheelchair drive.

Hansen is a _ champion
athiete, whose courageous
wheelchair journey is aimed
i

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LUNCH’ MON - FRI

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Schnitzel, vegetables, pan fried

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& Sunday only

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at raising money for spinal
cord research.

You can do your part by
buying a ticket for the winter
club’s giant barbecue.

Tickets are $7.95 each and
are available at the North
Shore Winter Club, 1325
East Keith Road, or call
985-4135.

the Varsity Theatre.

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weaknesses through their
own actions.

Francois, once eager to
make police inspector before
the starch came out of his
new dress shirts, is now just
as eager to make the big
squeeze and retire. Rene, in
his wrinkled, stained shirts
and rumpled jacket is past
the age of quick dreams and
easy money. His young
partner’s plan is also
dishonest, he points out.

Blackmailed into helping
Francois, much in the same
way he blackmailed the
rookie into a life of crime,
Rene must face a fate much
of his own making.

My New Partner is a
serious comedy not to be
missed. ft is now playing at

Savoury Loin Lamb Chops
($13.95).

Special attention has been
given to appetizer assort-
ment, courtesy of Miller, or
perhaps Pat himself, to allow
a mix and match meal of
small dishes: Linguini
Alfredo” ($4.25) with Ar-
tichoke Hearts and
Mushroom Buttons Di-
jonaisse ($3.25); or how
about an order of Steamed
Clams ($4.25) with Shrimp,
Sliced Tomato, Cucumber,
and Guacamole Mayonnaise
($4.50). Variations are

_ legion, so best to get help

from one of Pat’s team of
made-to-measure culinary
tailors.

The restaurant also puts in
a strong salad showing with
five selections, from the
meal-in-itself Shrimp a la
Louis ($9.95) to the simple
Sliced Onion and Tomato
($2.45).

With the wee man ham-
mering out a pleasant tables-
poon rhumba, we tried a
Pat’s Antipasto Plate for two
($7.50). This assortment of
marinated artichoke hearts,
cognac chicken liver pate,
fresh vegetables, and shrimps
around a vat of Guacamole
dip is the ideal alternative for
all those weary of salad and
bored to shivers with
escargot.

Brochette of Beef Sirloin
($11.95), grilled rare with
green peppers, onions, and
tomatoes laid to rest on wild
tice. and Julienne of Veal
($16.95), done Zurich Style
with mushrooms, cognac,
and veal demi-glace, were
both first class examples of
the restaurant’s eye to
culinary simplicity and
excellence.

By eutre’s end, demands
from the wee man to meet
Pat were becoming too vocal
to be denied. Pat had been

warned and was apparently .

ready.
After picking through the
remains of dinner, which,

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with fresh Strawberries
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amily to dine

with a slice of fresh
Strawberry Tart ($1.95) and a
carafe of house red ($4.75),
came to $42, and colfecting
the far flung wreckage of
toys, nursery rhyme books,
and cutlery, 1 followed our
small entourage to the
renowned Pat.

Fortunately, he was in a
good fettle. He lashed his tail
and meowed his greetings

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with eyes lixed at all times on
the grunts and gestures of the
wee man. Staff gave me his
card.

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open Monday to Saturday
from 5 p.m. onward-—-Good
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