Cafe Roma pushes all the right dining buttons

Cafe Roma, 60 Semisch Ave., North Vancouver, 984-0274. Visa, MasterCard and American Ex- press accepted. Open every day for dinner. Open Monday to Fri- day for lunch. Take the kids or cail a babysitter? Call a babysitter.

Menu for tonight:

@ Chianti Fossi ($26)

@ Fritto Misto ($9)

@ Legumi Al Crostino ($7)

@ Carpaccio Sottobosco ($8.50) @ Prosciutto E Carciofi ($8.50) ® Ravioilo Aperto ($8)

@ Zabaglione Alla Frutta ($4.95)

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Timothy Renshaw TABLE HOPPING

RADUATION CALLS for some rousing 3% culinary celebra- tions. No matter that aforementioned achieve- ment recognizes graduation from kindergarten, raised lasses and celebratory cads remain in order.

And on a warm June night, a good harbor-side sundeck is also in order, as is a gaily colored Cin- zano table umbrella, a tall iced beverage and numerous plates laden with brightly colored foods doused in oils and pungent vinegars and accompanied by thick wedges of fresh crusty bread.

A slightly tannic chianti might also be good company.

Don’t forget that pair of expen- sive sunglasses and studied look of sophistication.

A kindergarten grad also needs some wide-open spaces and lots of surrounding hustle and bustle.

Suggested destination?

Roma, recommends the Table Hopping research team.

And Roma it is.

Because on a bright summer evening, the big warm North Van- couver restaurant pushes all the right dining buttons.

Now a seasoned seven years old, Cafe Roma is reaching full maturity. .

It is the largest of the Corsi brothers’ restaurants and it is ‘therefore the most difficult to

A SUMMER CORSI... Antonio Corsi presents a - the sundeck of his North Vancouver restaurant.

maintain, both in vitality of at- mosphere and in quality of food and service.

When it is empty, Roma feels very empty; but when it is full, it is a special place to be.

It features an expansive menu of fine Italian food and an extensive selection of equally fine italian wines.

Maintaining the standards of such variety takes the special focus that Mario and Antonio Corsi share. It also helps that they share a love for food and people.

Their North Shore restaurant trio, which also includes the ele- gant Corsi Trattoria and the aristo- cratic Park Royal Hotel, is soon to

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be joined by a Corsi outpost in Edmonton, Albena.

A wild west adventure will be tight up the Corsis’ alley. And the rough-and-ready cowpunchers east of the Rockies will appreciate the Corsis’ culinary vigor.

On the North Shore, the Corsis

- already have most dining bases

covered.

Trattoria is the intimate version of the Corsi experience; the Park Royal represents the more tradi- tional hotel dining experience; and the Roma has always been the Corsis’ grand room for the celebra- tion of food and family.

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