Carme

renewed

Carmelo Ristcrante Italiano, 1448 Marine Dr., West Van- couver, 922-4739. Visa, MasterCard and American Ex- press accepted. Open everyday for dinner. Open Monday to Friday for lunch. Take the kids or call a babysitter? Call a babysitter.

ARMELO PRO-

VIDES compelling

edible evidence that everybody should take 10 months off at least once per decade. :

It is also another good example of why a community can never have too many good Italian res- tauranis.

Carmelo, which originaliy opened in 1985 at 1428 Marine

Dr., was forced to close earlier this year to make way for a new office

Timothy Renshaw TABLE HOPPING

block dedicated to high finance — a popular West Vancouver pastime.

Prior to the temporary layoff, Carmelo was a traditional 56-seat front-end dining room with a cloistered rear-end kitchen.

Its menu’s focus was Italian, presenting a wide range of @ Antipasti:

(Bresaola, Cured Beef Tenderloin in olive oi! and fresh lemon, $5.95

NEWS photo Mike Wakojiald

CARMELO cuisine ... A presentation of (clockwise from top) Pro- scultto with Fresh Peaches, Fettuccine with Gorgonzola Cheese, Radicchic and Fresh Tomatees, and Scaloppine di Vetello at West Vancouver's Carmeio Ristorante latiano.

Restaurant at Granville Square

Sun., Oct. 11th & Mon., Oct. 12th Served 4 p.m. ‘til closing

COMPLETE

io reopens with inspir

ation

pre-layoff, $6.95 poust-layoff: Caesar Salad, $3.95 pre-layoff, $4.95 post-layoff; Prawns in a Mar- tini, capers and lemon sauce, $5.95 pre-layoif, $6.95 post-layoff); @ Pasta:

{over a dozen — pre-layoff they ranged from $8.50 to $10; post- layoff they range from $9.95 to $11.95 ~— including the ever- popular Pasta Expo 86, now $11.95, and a host of intriguing linguine, ravioli, penne, reginette and fettuccine variations);

® Secondi:

(well over a dozen main-course entrees featuring scaloppine, seafood, lamb and chicken; price range in the old Carmelo was about $12 to $14, in the new Carmelo it is about $14 to $16).

Carmelo has returned after its 10-month sabbatical two doors to the west on the same side of the Street with fewer seats (34 com- pared with the previous 56), but with an open kitchen and renew- ed culinary inspiration,

In addition to removing the walls between kitchen and dining room, Carmelo has shed the ex- clusivity of Italian cuisine to in- corporate what owner and head chef Samuel Sentroudi calls “borderless cuisine.”

The removal of walls brings the sights, sounds and smells of a

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(in Vancouver..)

ou needn’t go toa foreign country to learn how to be a Chef. British Columbia stands on its own when it comes to cuisine and we have the Chefs to prove it. Our 17 week intensive Professional Chef Training Diploma Program can put you on our way to an adventurous career.

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Sviections from our LUNCH MENU

Sea Puff -- a medley of seafood, sprigs of dill and farm fresh cream under puff pastry... 60.00. c cece ence ence wen neees 7.85

Salmon Filet — in-house smoked and priiled; with dill and sesame aioli... cc ccc cece erence cece reece cece enn AIST

Crab cakes in foccacia pockets with yam hay .......66 5065 LOS

Seafood Club — foccacia pockets filled with salmon, cream cheese, dill and field tomato 0.06. ccc cece reece cence eens 7.95

Penne with naturally smoked chicken and crushed tomato basil ratatouille 6... 0666s eee ect e nee 7.95

Spaghettini wich steamed mussels and sweet tomato relish... .. 6.25 . Ange! Hair with prawns, fresh mint and curry beurre blanc ...8.95

Grilled Leek and Crab Cannelloni with roasted tomato and . coriander salsa 6... 002. cc settee cree ene tte eeeeenee 8.95 €

Phyllo Pocket filled with shrimp, ginger, leek, and cceam cheese; on orange beurre blanc ..0. 66sec cece eee nee eneee 5.95 F

LUNCH HOURS

Mon-Fri... ..- 11:30-2:30

Saturday . . . 12:00-2:30 Sunday Brunch ... - 10:30-2:30 DINNERS EVERY NIGHT FROM 5:00

Delicious!)

Your Choice

Steamed Prawns

glazed with light garlic sauce

Snapper wiShrimp

topped with hollandaise sauce

Shrimp Curry

as spicy as you like it, mild, medium, hot, served over rice

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I es Seafood Restaurant Closed Monday / Lunch Tues. - Fri. / Dinner Tues. - Sun.

998 Marine Drive, North Vancouver 0-1213

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Offer ends Oct. 31/92 |

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