The GOODS from Notturno

Vancouver, BC | This month at Notturno we’ve added a couple of new additions to our regular roundup, like the piatto di tre crostini, the sous-vide local octopus with baby potatoes, Castelvetrano olives and a warm brown butter vinaigrette, and the Fregola Sarda with baby clams, spicy Italian sausage, San Marzano tomatoes, and white wine.

Also new this month are four cocktail features, ranging from an H original – the Bourbon Brassica (to support your daily veg intake, of course) to the classics, like Charles Bakers’ Quarantine Cocktail.

And coming later this month, number nine in our Monthly Wine Dinner Series. On October 19, we’re heading to Austria (a.k.a The Wild Card). Menu details and pricing coming soon. With only three wine dinners left this year, if you’ve been meaning to see what all the hype is about, now would be the time.

FOOD

– Pane Bello with creamed butter and Bottarga

– Piatto di tre crostini:

Baccalà mantecato, roasted red peppers
Truffled white beans, crispy onions
Striploin, salsa verde

– Beef Carpaccio, extra virgin olive oil, maldon salt, cracked pepper, shaved pecorino cheese

– Sous-vide local octopus, baby potatoes, Castelvetrano olives, warm brown butter

vinaigrette

– Fregola Sarda, baby clams, spicy Italian sausage, San Marzano tomatoes, white wine

– Sautéed woodland mushrooms, garlic, olive oil, egg yolk, maldon salt

-Feature pasta

– Burrata (choice of):

Straight up: Serego Alighieri extra virgin olive oil, maldon salt, cracked pepper
Pomodoro sauce, crispy onions

– Salumi and cheese board

COCKTAILS

– Felice – Grappa, lemon peel and coffee bean essence, Cinzano Rosso vermouth, red wine reduction syrup, Aphrodite bitters, white truffle and lemon oil garnish

– Bourbon Brassica – Bourbon, honey and red cabbage syrup, Applewood smoked salt, lemon juice, Boker’s bitters and egg whites

– Spitfire – French brandy, lemon juice, egg whites, crème de pêche, dry white wine float ?(Tony Conigliaro’s “The Cocktail Lab”, 2013)

– Quarantine Cocktail – Rum, gin, dry vermouth, orange juice, egg whites, lemon juice, sugar, absinthe?(Charles Bakers’ “The Gentleman’s Companion”, 1939)

– Sour Diesel – Pisco, Aperol, Mezcal, lime juice, strawberry, flamed rosemary, sugar, pinch of salt?(Created by Micky Valens at The Diamond,

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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