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Cheese Salad with Grilled Eggplant, Roasted Peppers and Butter Lettuce; Saffron ” Risotto with chorizo sausage, clams, grilled veg- etables and lemon zest; Grilled Lamb T-Bone with " creamy polenta and rose- “mary shallot gravy; and | more. ‘Food quality: Excellent. ‘ Soup special sampled: Cream of Apple, carrot and - basil puree, courtesy of : Sous Chef Ross Spence. “Grilled Calamari.

: : Wonderful. Whole grilled

squid covered in a spicy -yogurt cucumber sauce. Chipotle pepper, anise fla- _- -yors. Decorative radicchio - filled with shaved Japanese ‘ettuce. A feast for the sens- es. * Service: Attentive but not overly familiar, ~ Price: $4 to $15. Guest du jour: Community - «patron of the arts, Think this winter has been cold?

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ve Sundeck Small store-front . ‘patio.

Parking: A half dozen in

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North Vancouver. 984- 0274. Visa, MasterCard and American Express accepted. Open Monday to | Fridsy for lunch. Fully licensed. Vegetarian |. ‘options?.A few... -

Overview: Mario Corsi’s :

d Roman dining room in the old Cafe Roma locale continues to. improve after overcoming some initial teething problems. Bright,

: -open and elegant.

“Location: Second-storey

’ Esplanade with peek-a-boo .-view of Vancouver's harbor. ~ Lunch menu: Good selec- .

“tion of salads (Warm:

“Scallop, Tomato and Fresh

-: Mozzarella, Caesar) sand- wiches and burgers

- AClubhouse, Stacked Ham,

Vegetarian, Shrimp, Grilled

‘Chicken, Tuscan Lamb) and

pasta (Fusilli Pesto, Penne

Arrabbiata, Linguine

Vongole, Rigatoni’

Bolognese).

Also 10 pizza options avail-

able from Vivacef’s all- “day bar-side pizza oven.

’, Food quality: Had the soup - ‘of the day ($3) — vegetable with Italian sausage. Meaty minestrone. Good scul- “warning stuff. Topped lib-

_erally with shavings of

*fresh parmesan. Followed

soup with a Vegetarian sandwich. Big plate of focaccia bread slathered with mayo and stuffed with. grilled eggplant, red pep- ‘pers and onions. Mixed

_- green salad on the side.

-Kitchen quality fluctuations

‘have been reported to the

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Vivace! fare, but department experiences have all been positive thus far.

Service: White shirt and black tie. More growing pains. Long waits reported to Table Hopping staff. Recent lunches suggest, however, that midday ser- vice is crisp,

Price: Starters $3 10 $9; entrees $7.50 to $11.50. Guest du jour: Local crime fighter with appetite for law and order and hearty plates of Italian food.

Sundeck: Big outdoor deck awaits the warm winds of summer.

Parking: Several stalls in the rear covered parking lot, otherwise street-front Esplanade or area side streets.

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Ya Ya’s Oyster Bar, 6418 Bay St., Horseshoe Bay, . West Vancouver. 921-8848. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Open daily from 11 a.m. for lunch. Fully licensed. Vegetarian options? A few.

Overview: Horseshoe Bay

seaside eatery launched

with much effervescence by

Chilean-born Alex Von Kliest back in early 1990s.

Has enviable bayside locale.

Von Kliest, however, no longer involved in Ya Ya's. Original crackle appears’to have evaporated.

Washrooms and main dining

room need interior over- haul. ; Location: Picturesque out- look from Horseshoe Bay- side streetfront.

Lunch menu: Notable selection of oyster dishes. Six variations ($7.95 for a half dozen oysters) from Bombay (curry and cream sauce) to Fuego (hot chili

sauce) and Ya Ya’s (spinach,

cream, garlic and parmesan cheese); also a pair avail- able raw on the half shell.

Balance of the menu a fairly

predictable selection of starters (Soup de Yesterday — candid stuff Garlic Prawns, Escargot, Ribs),

burgers and entrecs (Halibut steak, Brochette Portuguese,

New York Steak, a pair of

pastas).

Food quality: Entry level

pub fare. Sampled fish and chips. Halibut and Cod

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orders switched in delivery. Reasonable portions. Average quality.

Service: Casual! with a cap- ital C, Bartender handled the entire room. Sparse crowd. Perhaps a place geared primarily for sum- mer.

Price: Starters: $2 to $10; Entrees $5.50 to $16,

Guest du jour: Economist and advocate of flat tax, self-administered Canada pension plan funds and the simplification of govern- ment. A tall order. Might not be achievable in a single lifetime. Heavy thinking for midday meal. Pass the Bufferin.

Sundeck: Small store-front patio.

Parking: Primarily street- front.

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