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general frontier exuberance
and bare-knuckled lifestyles
was not considered a fit place
for pubs.

Valley tore has it that law
enforcement officials in years
past were less than keen on
the approval of any liquor
licences in the Valley area.
When one well-known Valley
legend inquired after a tem-
Porary liquor licence for an
area event, the local constab-
ulary was rumored to have
cracked: “Giving a liquor
licence to you (notorious
Valley personality) would be
like pring a blasting cap to a
child.”

_ ‘Nuff said your honor.

But where Valley Boys
failed, ex-Qucens Cross boys
have prevailed.

Ron Slinger and Dave
Raht, the duo behind the
Cross for 17% years lobbied
long and hard — over four
years of disentangling them-
selves from North Vancouver
District red tape, you say? —
to bring a‘neighborhood pub
to Lynn Valley, and on Feb. .
9 at'5 p.m. they celebrated —

. me opening of The Black
~ Bear. :

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General manager Milos
Indic, an 11¥-year Queens
Cross veteran, also made the
move with Slinger and Raht
to the Bear.

Located on key Lynn
Valley Road frontage on the
northwestern edge of the
Lynn Valley Centre mail, the
Bear offers 16 different beers

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DINING
New pub a good iunch bet

pasta and New York Steak.

Price range: openers and
appetizers $3 to $10; ham-
burgers, wraps and sandwich-
es $7 to $12; pastas and
entrees $7 to $13.

The Bear’s kitchen delivers
the aforementioned with a
deft and hearty Valley grace.
No mere pub grub this, me

“ Its menu ... reflects the bear’s
omnivorous nature: everything
from Vegetable Spring Rolls... to
New York Steak. ”

on tap (Guinness, Kootenay
Black, Rickard’s), eight of
which are from micro-brew-
cries (Bowen Island, Spring,
Shaftesbury, Storm Brewing,
Tree and Coquihalia), and
will offer 24 when it is in full
bruin stride.

Its menu, meanwhile,
reflects the bear’s omnivo-
Tous nature: everything from
Vegetable Spring Roils and
Firecracker Prawns to
Philadelphia Cheesesteak
Wraps, hamburgers (all five
selections come in chicken,
beef or veggic variations),

boyos.
A sampled Italian Veggie
burger was very good.

The patty was a moist and
substantial mix of grains, nuts
and vegetable matter.
Sandwich between a thick
fresh bun, some fancy lettuce,
some tomato and onion slices
and top with sharp asiago
cheese, a mild basil pesto and
a sprig of fresh basil and you
have a robust luncheon —
Valley style.

It comes with a choice of
House or Caesar salads, soup
or fries.

The sampled Hense salad
consisted of mixed greens
tossed in a sweet mustard
dressing.

The Bear is airy, bright
and new.

Built along classic
Craftsman-style lines, it has
the pub-standard 65 seats
inside and another 20 on its
open-air veranda.

The latter is on the Bzar’s
southeast corner. Not much
of a view, unless you like mail
parking lots, but on a warm
day it is the place to be for a
Valley luncheon. ;

It was packed on Table
Hopping’s midday visit.

The Bear’s interior, how-
ever, is also extremely agree-
able: a hunting lodge stone
fireplace; high peaked ceil-
ings; natural wood all round
with rich copper trim; a trio
of overhead TVs at the bar’
and the traditional dart board
corridor.

Service is prompt, and the
ambience is fired by the good
neighborly spirits of Valley
folk enjoying their first quali-
ty watering hole.

The Bear is finally out of
hibernation and not a
moment too soon for the
long-suffering Valley.

Bamboo Gardens Chinese Restaurant
are proud to introduce you to our

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Please call: 984-8888 for more information

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