Entertainment

The Buttery shines at breakfast

ornings are not

everybody’s

favorite time
of day. For this reason,
successful restaurant
breakfasts require a
casual approach, a good
basic menu, and quick
service. The Buttery,
adjacent the main en-
trance to Park Royal’s
south mall, has plenty
of all three.

Taking over from Ricky’s
Pancake House in June
1982, the Buttery has carried
on what owner Bill Barnard
says is a North Shore tradi-
tion.

The location has pancake
batter in its blood; Barnard
claims his restaurant has the
best selection in the Lower
Mainland.

The Buttery is large and
airy. One third of its 130
seats are designated non-
smoking—good news for all
those who prefer their corn
flakes without nicotine.

Seating is prompt; service
is brisk, and from moment
of arrival, the Buttery’s
“‘Battomless” cup of coffee
(50¢) begins to flow.

Barnard’s claim of pai-
cake selection superiority is
no idle boast: there is the
basic Buttermilk (short stack
of three, $1.95, stack of five,
$2.50); there is the intgrigu-
ing Pigs in Blankets, ($3.60);
there is the sophisticated like
Blueberry Crepes ($3.95);
and there is the bizarre like

Chocolate Pancakes ($3.50). special, Steak and Eges
Waffles come in four fla- ($6.95).

vors, from Plain ($2.50) to To accommodate both
Strawberry ($3.75). And — younger and older sets, there
there is French Toast is a Buttery ‘‘Brats’? menu,
($3.60), which the meni with a cross section of
describes as three thick slices playground favorites from
of French bread. The serving Hot Dog on a Bun with Fries
I saw delivered to a nearby at $1.95 to Junior Hot
table looked like a stack of Fud.: Sundae at $1.00.
freshly hewn two-by-fours. There is a 10 per cent Senior

Citizen Discount on all But-

CESS ry items.
The restaurant’s efforts to
table

bacon in the mix and two
strips on the side, whipped
butter and genuine maple
syrup, passed with ecn-
thusiastic head-nodding and
fork-pointing. Thumb’s up
from the wee man on_ his
poached egg with two slices
of whole wheat toast—an
opinion he expressed to a
fellow toddler three tables
away.

Breakfast for three came
to an extremely bearabic
$11.60.

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by Timothy
| Renshaw

Though pancakes
dominate the Buttery’s
breakfast inenu, there is also
a wide range of more tradi-
tional morning fare. Egg, is
served in all its variations,
from Plain Omelette ($3.60)
to Bacon and Eggs with four
rashers to the bull-bucker's

make all ages welcome has
resulted in a true family at-
mosphere. There is a casual
and friendly aura to the But-
tery; a place where you
might run into your next
door neighbor or your old
first-grade teacher.

We ordered a poached egg
(95¢) for the wee man,
Bacon Waffles ($3.50) for
my wife, and the house
special, Royal Dutch Pan-
cake ($4.50) for me.

The Royal Dutch and its
companion, Apple Delight
($4.75) are Pancakedom’s
Cadillac models. Known in
some quarters as ‘‘Bismar-
cks’’, they are baked not
fried. Orders take a mini-
mum of 20 minutes, giving
ample time to continue de-
scent into your bottomless
cup of coffee.

A note of caution when
ordering either of the two
specialities: they are for the
two-fisted appetite only. My
Royal Dutch was the size of
a mid-range birdbath, as
rewarding as it was challeng-
ing.

The Bacon Waffle, with

Blind scprano to sing

PARI ZANQANEH, an in-
ternationally-renowned lyric
soprano, will appear in con-
cert March 12, at 8 p.m., at
Centennial Theatre, North
Vancouver.

Having lost her sight in a
car accident 15 years ago,

Zanganeh has devoted many
of her concerts to promoting
the building of education
centres for the blind. in rec-
ognition of her work, she
was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal,
and was also appointed to

Piaf returns
to City Stage

THE CITY. Stage hit
musical, Piaf, Her Songs,
Her Loves, returns to City
Stage for a limited run
March 20 through April 20.

Based on the life of fiery
French songstress Edith
Piaf, this powerful musical
biography follows the life of
the great chanteuse.

This production of Piaf,
Her Songs, Her Loves
debuted at City Stage in May
1983. It continued a year’s
successful run, went on a
five-city tour in the fall of
83, had a highly successful
run in Calgary in September
"84 and just concluded a
10-day run at Richmond’s
Gateway Theatre. This ac-
claimed production now
returns to City Stage for a
limited run prior to a touring
engagement in Phoenix,
Arizona,

At the heart of this poi-
gnant musical is Joelle Rabu
in the title role of Piaf.
Rabu's intense, deeply mov-
ing singing style won her

immediate and lasting ac- ,

colades including two
“‘Jessie’’ awards for her por-
trayal.

Performances are at §&
o.m. Tuesday through
Saturday and 4 p.m., Satur-
day matine:

atiend sevezal international
conferences for the blind.

Zanganeh’s North Van-
couver appearance is being
sponsored by the Canadian
National Institute for the
Blind.

Tickets, $15, are available
at CNIB, 350 East 36th
Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.;
PARS Deli Market, 1801
Lonsdale Ave., North Van-
couver, B.C.; or PARS
Society, 2136 Marine Dr.,
North Vancouver, B.C.

For further information
phone 988-3515 or 926-9365.

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Carlos Ortega & Antonio Calderon
invite you to

breakfast ali day, with a
lunch and dinner menu, 7:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. weekdays,
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
weekends—for families,
senors, pancake enthusiasts,
and shopping strategists.

The Buttery is open for

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