EY! Summa time, summa time, sum sum sum- matime. Already. Time to don sunblock and other UV-deflective gear and move refreshments to the

dining sundeck.

Time also to sample an early summertime selection of Table Hopping notes assembled by the deparinient’s overpaid research staff.

The regi:lar four-course review feast will return in the next Table Hopping instalment.

Lifestyles Sports Bar and Cafe, at Park ard Tilford Centre, 130-333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver

The innovative founders of the Lifestyles non-alcoholic beverage bar at Park Royal Shopping Centre are preparing to open a second alcohol-free (that’s without alcohol, not alcohol free of charge, me thirsty lads) bar this August at the Park and Tilford Centre shopping mall.

The new Lifestyles will be next te the Park and Tilford Cineplex Odeon in the store-front formerly occupied by Oscarsson’s Bakery.

it will cater, in part, to the pre- and nost-cinema crowd.

Featured in the Park and Tilford Lifestyles will be the same wide range of de-alcoholized beer, wine and champagne offered at the operation’s Park Royal tasting bar, but the newer and larger Lifestyles will also feature booth seating and a fuil dining menu in a European bar-style atmosphere.

Food will be light and quick (soups, salads, pizza, quiches, pastas, breads, pies and assorted desserts) for the light and quick theatre crowd, and it will be prepared in high- tech convection ovens.

Prices will hover in the $4 to $8 range.

Aside from the food, however, Lifestyles will offer a bar at- mosphere with a real difference: no booze and no booze-related restrictions on marketing food and

‘SAUVIGNON BLANC — ROBERT MONDAVI “WOOD- BRIDGE” 1991 $9. 95 (Califor- nia) MONDAVI’S LOW-END house wines bottled under the Wood- bridge label still offer very good ‘ value for your wine dollar locally as long as you don’t think tco long or hard about them costing $3 or $4 in Bellingham. (I-was drinking the Cabernet for a whopping $3.96 in Palm Springs, . but despite being three times the price here, it's rumored ta be the est-selling red wine in B.C.) ‘The sauvignon blanc could easi- ly show as well in the white wine sweepstakes. .

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drink packages and no restrictions on the age of patrons.

As the name suggests, the bar will be plugged into televised sports via satellite.

But perhaps best of all for parents, kids will be welcome to join in some quality bar time: swig upen a de-alc beer and enjoy the ball game with your son or daugh- ter or play interactive video games over a flask of de-alc white wine and a bottle of mineral water.

Richard McRae, Lifestyles founder and Deep Cove resident, hopes to expand the Lifestyles chain to eight outlets in the Lower Mainland area by mid-fall.

He plans to open a Toronto Lifestyles beachhead in September,

Lifestyles is a great idea whose time has come.

For more information call 685- 0555.

Capers on 4th Avenue in Van- couver

Speaking of great wholesome ‘North Shore ideas whose time has come, Capers food store and res- taurant will be opening a Van- couver outlet at 4th and Vine in Vancouver some time in October.

The 20,000-square -foot (1,858 sq. m) store will include a 150-seat restaurant and feature the same

CABERNET SAUVIGNON CALITERRA 1990 $10.95 (Chile) Having waxed lyrical after wallowing in litres of Chilean cabeinet, | was slapped down when the brother-in-law popped

wholesome and hearty food and drink that have established the original West Vancouver location as a North Shore instituie of higher culinary consciousness.

The Beach Side Cafe, 1362 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, 925-1945; The Salmon House on the Hill, 2229 Folkestone Way, West Vancouver, 926- 3212

These two progressive West Vancouver restaurants are involv- ed in the B.C. Wine Institute's Wine and Dine 1993 showcase of B.C. cuisine and wine, both of which are fast establishing world- class reputations.

The promotion — which features special menus with inter- esting regional food and wine pairings, contests and prize draws — runs to June 27.

The Espresso Gallery, 103-2332 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, 926-6431

Another caffeine bar at which to quench coffee thirsts in West Vancouver, the Espresso Gallery,is scheduled to open on June 25 in the same block of buildings oc- cupied by Zen Japanese restau- rant.

The 20-seat venue wiil feature a host of espresso and bakery specials and a small sundeck. Chesa Restaurant, 1734 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, 922-2411

Applause and a special 21-fork Table Hopping salute are in order for Chesa owner and head chef Jurgen Schulte for his heroic June 5 rescue of Canucks’ marketing director Glen Ringdal and his nephew from the chill waters of Georgia Strait.

As reported in the June 9 News, Schulte abandoned the Royal Navy Sailing Association’s Van- couver-to-Nanaimo single- handed sailing race to fish the pair from the strait.

A memorable chef's Catch of the Day, indeed.

an ‘86 Haut-Medoc (Larose-Trin- taudon) to remind me what “real’' wine tastes like.

Okay, so the Chileans don’t have the backbone, the ‘dirt’ that’s distinctively Bordeaux, and rend to rely on lots of user-friendly tuit

Bought the next day, this was a pleasant surprise — abundant, predictably silky fruit, but with a definite stiffener in the bottom end.

Balanced tannins with a percep- tible note of cedar make it a bit unique among its similarly priced brethren or sistren.

— by John Moore

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