table hopping

A taste
of Britain
in the
colonies

THE CHESHIRE Cheese Inn, at
the Lonsdale Quay Market, 123
Carrie Cates Court, North Van-
couver, 987-3322. Visa, Master-
card and American Express ac-
cepted. Open every day for
lunch and dinner. Wheelchair
accessible.

‘M ON my way to the

Cheshire Cheese to

down a pint or two.
Care to tag along?

It’s not far. Just down at the
Quay. On the east side. Has a
good view of the North Shore's
industrial waterfront: tugs, ship-
yards, barnacles, blackguards,
blue collars and all manner of salty
types.

The Cheese itself does a good
trade serving a mix of British and
Canadian pub-style food amidst
convincing British pub-style decor.

For dinner, Cheshire
Cheeseheads can tuck into a good
variety of appetizers (Fresh East
Coast Mussels $6.95, anyone?),
salads, soups and hamburgers (Ca-
jun Chicken goes for $5.95) for
those with only a middlin’ hunger.

And for the jumbo pub ap-
petites, entrees cover most of the
pasta ($6 to $9), meat, chicken
and fish ($9 to $11) bases run by
the pub crowd.

While the food has little upper
crust embroidery, it has the kind
of good two-fisted honesty that has
established British pubs as reliable
social and culinary watering holes
since the dawn of British ale.

And speaking of ales, me lads,
the Cheese has a sterling list of
brews irom around the world, in-
cluding Bass Pale Ale and
McEwan's (both $4.50) that will do
battle with any reasonably
cosmopolitan thirst.

Set designer
eyes opera

From page 27

between the director, designer
and artistic team, requiring long
hours of discussion.

This isn’t, of course, the case
with every play — some directors
have difficulty sharing authority.
And that’s something Zacharias
would like to see change.

“It’s important to have more
than one approach,” he says.

For the most part Zacharias and
Lillo saw eye-to-eye on Streetcar.

Using positive and negative
space, likeness and opposites —
such as the frilly Blanche jux-

taposed against the sweaty Stanley

— the set was an attempt to con-
vey the duality of human nature,
and the idea that two sides can ex-
ist in the same person.

Zacharias admits he’s been a bit
lazy about pursuing more theatre
design jobs, but on the other
hand, his design business allows
him to pay the bills.

Then again, he says he can't
imagine chucking the theatre. In
fact, one day he'd tike to take on
the grander scale of opera.

NEWS photo Cindy Geodman

A STEAK and kidney, mates?...Cheshire Cheese chef Leah Ryon
pops an order through the windows of the Lonsdale Quay res-
taurant. The Cheese offers a British pub-style atmosphere with

British pub-styfe food.

QUICK BITES

APPETIZING:

* beer selection
* pub food selection
* dock-side view

UNAPPETIZING:

* greasy Halibul and chips
* trifle
* store-bought tartar sauce

The restaurant also has a small
wine list ($11 to $14), which
features all selections by the bot-
le, half litre and glass.

But who would be having any of
that when you have Guinness on
tap?

Yes, and while you're drawing a

pint of Guinness, get me a Ruddles
($4.50) please.

The deep amber British beer
comes in a squat wide-mouthed
bottle that the unwary or unusual-
ly thirsty could quite easily lose
their dentures in.

But it’s a good brew, full of Brit-
ish bitter beer subtleties.

Worth the risk, I'd say. and also
very compatible with one of the
Cheese’s Caesar Salads ($3.75
small, $5.25 large).

The restaurant's kitchen sends
them out with a mild and creamy
Caesar dressing atop good, crisp
Romaine and a sprinkling of
store-bought croutons

See Trifle page 34

Chesa Seafood g Grill

LOBSTER
MADNESS

“seasonal greens, sesaine Vinaigrette:

FRESH PLR ATLANTIC LOBSTERS |
@, Chilled Lobster — with: Russian Salad ad. home-made

‘Basil Mayonnaise

. Lobster -Thermidor ~ in light mustird sauce .
=: Lobster Epernay:— poached in champagne

with salmon caviar

© Poached Lobster served with drawn butter
© Baked Lobster in. Chesa’s famous herb butter

Alf served with Sresh seusonat vesetables and

potatoes or rice

2168 Marine Dr.

W Vancouver

12.95

922-3312

Besides the regular North Amer- |
ican selections on the Cheese
menu, the restaurant includes a

or most retailers, manufacturer’s cooperative

advertising programs represent the best way
ames to gain more visibility and to sell more
products while keeping advertising costs to a
minimum.

The North Shore News operates a Co-op Depart-
ment that’s both free end easy. Free, because we don’t
charge for researching your product lines for available
co-op dollars, for taking case of the claiming procedure,
or for keeping track of the advertising requirements.
Easy, because all you have to do is give us a call. We'll

do the rest. CO-OP

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