The GOODS from Notturno

Vancouver, BC | This month at Notturno, we’re excited to launch four new original H cocktails just in time for the holiday season. Try Santa’s Porter Call, with dark rum, chocolate porter, whole egg, gingerbread syrup, nutmeg and cinnamon dusting or The Wise Men No. 5, with London dry gin, Lillet Blanc, dry vermouth, honey, myrrh tincture, something gold, and frankincense perfume. Keeping things festive never tasted so good.

Our last day of service will be Dec. 23, reopening on Jan. 6 with new food and cocktail menus for the New Year. We wish you a safe and happy holiday season. Thank you for a great 2015! We couldn’t have done it without you!

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

Santa’s Porter Call – Dark rum, chocolate porter, whole egg, gingerbread syrup, nutmeg and cinnamon dusting

The Wise Men No. 5  – London dry gin, Lillet Blanc, dry vermouth, honey, myrrh tincture, something gold, and frankincense perfume

Christmas Fruit Pie Old Fashioned – Blended scotch whisky, French brandy, house-made minced fruit pie syrup and Christmas bitters

Rudolph’s Vice – ?ubrówka vodka, house-made spiced apple and saffron syrup, lemon juice, fresh cranberry juice and egg whites, topped with caramel and maldon salt

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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