‘BEHOLD A mid-summer ' night’s digestive dream. Or : ee nightmare, depend. _ _ ing on your calorie-counter.’ "The regular four-course” ‘restaurant review, surprise. “Power. Lunch or neighbor- hood pub crawl will return in the next:Table Hopping adventure, depending on. who’ s driving the bus...

Timothy Renshaw_

The Bread Garden, 360.333

. Brooksbank Ave., North - Vancouver, 983-8483... -

“A fertile’ garden indeed and a, producer of much bread, both the digesting and folding varieties.

On July 10, the astute local folk ‘who make up Spectra Foods (mod- ‘estly known as the Spectra Foods Group of Great Restaurants Inc.) opened the: 10th (Are these’ guys that organized?) Bread Garden outlet in: - the Lower Mainland area.

“This one’in the bread hungry land:

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“The original Park and Tilford gar- den, meanwhile, provides an elegant floral backdrop.

without stopping in. ‘Take a number, ogle the expanse _ of available digestibles and soak up the social electricity of humanity digesting good food and conversa-* tion, The Park and Tilford Garden is” Slightly smaller than its Park Royal on land ones occupied by the leg- . -- cousin to the west, which opened ‘endary Park and Tilford distillery,.."". Dec. 29, 1992, but it boasts a more whose long since retired labors still «sociable square-shaped 80-seat - charge the surrounding air with the. ‘indoor dining area and a more poss masculine odors of vintage tyes, ‘=. toral 36-seat outdoor patio back- i Sy “vag dropped by the beautiful Park and :.-Tilford Gardens. - os. The! Spectrafolk wisely chose to “fill the Garden with employees from | ~ the North Shore. Helps avoid blank stares from staff when oddball Notth Shore natives zip local eccentricities, off the counter when ordering « or” ” paying bills. “Going up to 90- Foot after this, 2 “eh. Got any Six-packs | to go?" Huh? =: . Good for the tourist trade too, when service folk know where Lonsdale or other main thorough - fares are. >.>. 7 Staff in attendance at the’ July 7 . pre-opening soiree were uniformly “courteous and enthusiastic. Another _ good reason to hire North Shore “ * folk. os a Kitty-comer to the recently" . ‘ arrived Park and Tilford Starbucks |

breads, pastas, pastries, salads pies, ; flans,’samosas; quiche, chili, '

he pherd’ 's Pies, cabbage rolls," ‘Shrimp Salad rolls and on into g ‘trcnomic eternity sits adjacent to the... fragrant Park and Tilford garden of roses, cosmos, petunias, begonias,; . azaleas and similarly on into floral”

~The: Bread Garden’ at Park a and °

ilford features the same attractive . ' ingredients. that have made the other nine Gardens such thriving success- es wherever they have sprung UP. a gleefully hyperactive ‘90800 bakery/delicatessen/cappuccino bar. manned by bright service folk sta- tioned behind grand glass display ’ cases of aforementioned Bread

Yates has coniributed hilariéus,. occasionally incendiary journalism | ‘to The Squamish Chief newspaper, “ offered to publicly debate senior _ officials of B.C. Rail over a proposal : :., to trans-ship lead through the port of ~ Squamish, (offer declined) and has -- _been known to tum up at public meetings with his own bullhorn in * lieu of microphone. Having led a

proclivity for mischief, ignoring , what he calls a ‘‘gag-order” from .° * Corrections when he spoke out over ‘the notorious 1993 case of Danny “Perrault, a dangerous offender who: walked away from New Haven mini-- mum security and Promptly attacked “

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outlet (what is that 2,000 locations in the Lower Mainland area now?) and - adjacent to the Park ‘and Tilford cin- emas, the latest Bread Garden will surely draw more life from sur- rounding neighborhoods and add

more character and personality to the -

North Vancouver shopping centre. _ Another worthy bloom.

Meanwhile on the West Side: the restless Spectrafolk are busy con- structing their first North Shore branch of Milestone’s at the Park Royal Shopping Centre's south mall, hext to the Park Royal driving range and not far from the Black Tusk Bistro.

_Stay tuned for a report from the °

7 grand opening. '

Nishiki Sushi, 1375 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, 925-5057. °

From the ashes of Bumbles’: hamburger bar has arisen Nishiki Sushi, the latest in a series of new Japanese restaurants on the North Shore.

‘ Owner Yoshiharu Takebayashi opened Nishiki on June 23. He brings with him a lengthy resume’

~ of Japanese restaurant experience,

the latest entry of which is the

_. Kyocha Ya restaurant on Robson

Street in Vancouver. __. Nishiki’s menu includes'a good

gs Variety of traditional Japanese cui- sine: Sashimi, Sushi, Donburi, |;

= Tempura, Yaki, Udon and Teriyaki.’

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- Dinner entrees go for between $9'and $17.50. Special combina- . tion plates and appetizers are also : served. ‘: Nishiki is open for dinner every:

day except Monday. Lunch is. :

served from Tuesday to Friday. Stay tuned for a full Table

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The Madison ‘Avenue Bar and

Grill at the Avalon Hotel, 1025 i Marine Dr, North Vancouver, 985-

“The steaks are‘on ‘the Grill: Ina

big way. The Avalon Hotel's main." ‘restaurant has launched a Prime Cut’

Steakhouse menu with many New

”- York,' Sirloin, Rib Eye, Filet Mignon

and T-Bone options ($13 to $24). A

. camivore’ Ss delight.

‘challenge of tie local “no sidewalk” sales” bylaw, he’s now contemplat- ing applying for the vacant position . of Bylaw Enforcement Officer.

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