The GOODS from Notturno

Vancouver, BC | With a new year comes a new food program. The Notturno team is excited to announce that starting this month you can enjoy your favourites all the time. Our new regular menu features dishes like Beef Carpaccio, potted chicken livers and, of course, burrata three ways. We’ll still be adding new items and specials, too, so check back often. Who said change is a bad thing?

FOOD

Pane Bello and Serego Alighieri extra virgin olive oil, maldon salt
Warm Castelvetrano olives, extra virgin olive oil, cracked chili, maldon salt
Local cured sardines, lardo and pancetta pesto
Beef Carpaccio, Serego Alighieri extra virgin olive oil, balsamic romantico, crumbled pecorino cheese, maldon salt, cracked pepper
Potted chicken livers, Marsala gelatina
Bucatini carbonara, shallots, pancetta, white wine, whole egg, cracked pepper and pecorino cheese
Feature pasta
Burrata (choice of):
Straight up: Serego Alighieri extra virgin olive oil, maldon salt, cracked pepper
Chickpeas: warmed with olive oil, shallots, garlic, Prosecco vinegar, cracked chili
‘Nduja: soft and spicy from Calabria Italy
Salumi and cheese board with accoutrements

COCKTAILS

Felice – Lemon and coffee bean infused grappa, Cinzano Rosso vermouth,
red wine reduction and white truffle syrup, Aphrodite bitters
Duck Duck, Bang Bang – Foie gras washed Calvados, fig and cracked pepper syrup, pimento-spiced bitters, lemon zest and apple foam
Carnegie – Bourbon, Yellow Chartreuse, Punch Abruzzo, spitfire cherry bitters and smoked alderwood rinse
Nineteen Cocktail – Dry vermouth, kirsch, gin, absinthe, sugar
Honeysuckle Daiquiri – Blanco rum, honey, lime juice and orange juice

Details

280 Carrall Street | Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604-720-3145 | Email: info [at] notturnogastown.ca
Web: www.notturnogastown.ca | Twitter: @notturnogastown
Hours: Open Tuesday to Saturday: 6 p.m. to late | No reservations

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The People

Chef/Co-owner – William Robitaille
Bartender – H
Co-owner – Scott McTavish

About Notturno

A Gastown Italian bàcari with an ever-changing selection of cicchetti share plates, craft cocktails, wines by the glass and BC-brewed craft beers, Notturno has something for everyone.

Chef and co-owner William Robitaille has designed Italian-inspired fare with a focus on seasonal, market-fresh products. Industry trained in the West Coast style with Italian and Spanish influences, Robitaille has worked in some of the finest restaurants in Vancouver and Whistler where he developed new and exciting menus. Wine consultant Chris Royal has curated a wine program that expertly complements the food menu.

Known around the world simply as “H”, Notturno’s craft cocktail maker and Vancouver Magazine’s Bartender of the Year for 2013, designed our signature cocktail Gli Felice. This along with H’s five monthly creations is sure to please every taste. Like our menu, our space delivers an eclectic combination of historic and modern.

The new look by Andrea Rodman Interiors is designed to combine the rustic look synonymous with the surrounding Gastown neighbourhood and modern detailing. Master woodworkers Josh Hooge and Steve McFarlane of J&S Reclaimed Wood Custom Furniture have created a new feature wall and bar counter.

Reviews

Eater Magazine – Vancouver Heat Map | This tiny bar and restaurant tucked away on Carrall has cocktail fans thoroughly over-excited thanks to bartender H’s creative concoctions – impressively, William Robitaille’s Italian tapas even delighted notoriously hard-to-please Globe & Mail critic Alexandra Gill.

Alexandra Gill, Globe and Mail | Notturno’s signature Gli Felice is, as advertised, “a taste of Tuscany in a glass.” I happily say to you that of all the tiny tapas-style wine bars in Gastown, Notturno hits higher than most.

Vancouver Magazine | Don’t miss chef’s succulent Venetian ling cod, which is poached and whipped with olive oil while warm, then served with salty pops of steelhead roe […] “H” (Vancouver magazine’s 2013 Bartender of the Year) mixes exacting craft cocktails with bitter-predominant Italian flair.

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