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standard-issue burger affai
Better was the Stuffed
Organic Chicken Breast.
Served on a mound of pota--
toes mashed with roasted gar-
lic. Stuffed with goat cheese
and spinach and finished with
a blackberry demi-glace.
Accompanying on the plate:
grilled yellow and red bell pep-
pers and grilled zucchini.
Good sized meal, capably
delivered.
Accoutrements: 30-seat out-
door covered patio; dance
ficor; fireplace nook; TVs al!
over the place; pool table; uni-
sex washroom for the sexually
confused; adjacent cold beer
and wine store.
Service: Serving staff crisply
outfitted in baste black. No
shortage thereof. Attentive
_and amiable. Minor quibble:
- No mention of daily specials
on Table Hopping’s visit.
Parking: Acres of the stuff
‘surrounding the pub and the
-adjacent hotel.
. Power Lunch Rating: GOO
_ (Ratings range from one to
_ five stars, with one star being
poor and five being outstand-

ing.)

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Salute!, 1747 Marine Dr.,
West Vancouver.

Alas, another member of
the once mighty Italian winity
of restaurants founded by the
Corsi brothers, Mario and
Antonio, and Gamal Hanna
has departed the North Shore

- restaurant scene.

Hanna’s Salute! restaurant
quietly closed its doors on
Aug, 14 after 1] years in

- business.

Salute’s closure follows
the demise of Corsi Trattoria
late last year and the closure
of Vivace! at the end of
2998. All three restaurants

. Tepresented some of the best

in North Vancouver.

examples of the North

Shore's once buoyant high-

end Italian dining trade.
Hanna pulled the Salute!

- plug after much reflection on

the state of his business and
his life. He has spent, he said,
the past 20 vears working
nonstop. No holidays. Little
time for his family.

When Vivace!, Corsi
Trattoria and Salute! were all
open, Hanna spread his time
among all three.

That left him thin ina

+ of areas, homelife

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OR DRUMS

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being one, Salute! being
another.

His West Vancouver
restaurant never really recov-
ered from his involvement in
the Corsis’ two North
Vancouver restaurants.

Restaurants are all about
customer service. The best
have the owner in the dining
room or the kitchen or both.

Vivace! and Corsi Trattoria
took Hanna out of his restau-
rant’s dining room and
kitchen for extended periods.

Salute! patrons resented

NEWS photo Mike Wakatleid
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that.

By the time he returned
tull-ume to Salute! his and
restaurant's energy were not
up to the challenge of
rebuilding lost clientele.

Immediate plans for the
42-vear-old restaurateur are
to take a month off and
reflect on his future

Fans of quality dining will
be hoping he won't reflect
too long. The North Shore
restaurant scene will miss Mr.
Hanna.

—trenshaw@nsnews.com

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