The. Black. Tusk Bistro, 1200 Park. Royal South, West Vancouver. 922-5311..Visa and MasterCard accepted. Open from 17:30 a.m. everyday. Take the kids or call a babysitter? Call a babysitter.

“Timothy Renshaw TABLE HOPPING ‘OR RECREATIONAL:

outdoorsfolk who prefer .

“to-ski the lodge, the “restless Lalji brothers have - brought a bright piece of the Whistler-Garibaldi area to the North Shore flatlands.

. ~The Black Tusk Bistro is a “combination bar, restaurant and “pub affixed to the Laljis’ Park - + Royal golf centre... “.» “The Tusk opened on April 8, but its ownership hosted an offi-

cial grand opening-wirié-ding on”

_ May 12 to which Table Hopping ’“staff and other conspicuous free- loaders were invited...

: We came to observe first- hand the Jatest $750,000 addi- tion to Shiraz and Amin Lalji’s ‘grand Park Royal Shopping Centre.revival and to perhaps “swap some social ‘bon mots with “the in-crowd and down a com- plimentary lager‘or two in the bargain.

-A sampling of some of those ‘bon mots ; be they. bon or not, gleaned from an ale-stained “Table Hopping notebook:

... The Tusk is the sophisticated

elder brother to the more ram-

-» bunctious Jake.and. Elwood's

sports bar— a mere ‘stone's throw to the ‘east in.the refurbished Park Royal Lanes ~ bowling alley.

‘Its name ‘is taken from Garibaldi provin- cial park’s Black Tusk, a distinctive horn of lava that reaches up to 7,350 feet at its highest point. Area wildlife

“includes marmat, “grouse, mountain goat, black bear and wolves.

Wildlife at the Park . Royal version of Black Tusk has yet to be fully monitored.

Its decor is ski lodge modern: lots of masculine wood and stone — a handsome wood- grain bar with matching tables _and chairs, slate and stamped concrete floors; a gas fireplace framed with stone mantle; steer’s skull hung proudly over the roaring blaze, araund which robust outdoors conversations will surely flourish.

Elsewhere, snowshoes on the wall and assorted carefully selected ski lodge bric-a-brac foretell brisk patronage by the cross-country set and power

- seawall walkers.

Also lots of good ales on tap (Black Tusk, Shaftebury Wheat, Shaftebury Cream, and Okanagan Pale).

The Tusk’s wine list (primari-

NEWS photo Neil Lucente

A TASTE of the Tusk... A selection of penne rigate and smoked salmon in pesto cream sauce graces a table at the new Black

‘Tusk Bistro in West Vancouver.

ly $17 to $30, with a few big ticket bottles —- Barriére Chateau Montalbert St. Emilion — in the $40 to $50 range) includes some well chosen bot-

tles from California, Chile, B.C.,

France, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.

66 The Tusk is the sophisticated elder brother to the more ram- bunctious Jake and Elwood’s sports bar — a mere stone's throw to the east in the refurbished Park Royal Lanes bowling alley. ??

Eleven selections are also available by the glass ($4 to $6.50). Service in the Tusk’s 90- seat lounge area is anchored by a big L-shaped wooden bar.

Discreetly placed televisions pipe in sports action, while off in one corner a three-piece jazz combo fills the evening air with a tasteful musical backdrop.

Live music is scheduled at on Friday and Saturelay nights.

The Tusk’s kitchen, mean- while, features an open grill area that faces on to the 64-seat dining room. Window seats here look directly out over the lower tier of the Park Royal driving range affording intimate views of back swings, slices and long- ball drivers.”

Worry not: the windows are tinted so that the assorted pros and duffers are largely unaware

of their dining audience. However, shouts of “Great shot or “What a loser” from diners are discouraged by staff.

An outdoor patio area adds another 48 seats to the Tusk.

Chef Eddie Loo, formerly of the Horseshoe Bay Boat House, has put together a menu that Tusk gener- al manager Tim Cowley describes as West Coast continen-

“”

Openers ($4 to $70) range from chicken wings through beef and pep- per kabob and on to bocconcini and toma- to salad and Mussels steamed with garlic and vermouth.

Entrées ($11 to $17) include a selection of pas- tas (paparadelli with camembert in tomato sauce) seafood (cajun tuna with baked onion and roasted potato), red meat (lamb meatloaf with feta, olives and fresh rosemary) and chicken (tandoori chicken ia cucumber sauce).

All appears to be turned out in a simple, clean style that fits

“the Tusk’s clean West Coast

alpine motif. A place methinks for wearing Nordic turtleneck sweaters, supping on simple fresh Pacific Rim foods and thereafter glowing with abun- dant good health by the crack- ling Tuskian fireplace.

The Black Tusk Bistro pro- vides further evidence that the Laljis’ project to upgrade Park Royal is a top-drawer undertak- ing.

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