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Gastown’s “Notturno” Serving Up New Plates And Cocktail Features In August

Notturno is located at 280 Carrall Street in Vancouver, BC | 604-720-3145 | www.notturnogastown.ca
Notturno is located at 280 Carrall Street in Vancouver, BC | 604-720-3145 | www.notturnogastown.ca

The GOODS from Notturno

Vancouver, BC | Here are five awesome reasons to visit Notturno in August: 1. Our new sidewalk patio is only open for 5 or so weekends (Fridays and Saturdays from August 1 to September 13, excluding August 29 and 30). 2. We’ll be opening at 5pm on the weekends our patio is open. 3. We have 5 new cocktails (what’s better than a Pina Colada on a patio?). 4. Our new share plates will make you want to lick at least 5 of your fingers. 5. One of your top 5 favourites – our potted chicken livers – is back! Take a look at the menu and cocktail additions after the jump…

• Ricotta with honeyed grapes and thyme, pane bello
• Veal tonnato, local cold smoked tuna, Cinzano vinaigrette, saffron crema
• Salt Spring Island mussels with spicy Italian sausage, roasted red peppers, tomatoes and white wine
• BC salmon, lemon and thyme curd, bagna cauda foam
• Sous-vide duck breast salad with duck skin crumble, brown butter solids, espresso fluid gel
• Pearl bocconcini in chili, mint, extra virgin olive oil and Maldon salt
• Potted chicken livers with a Marsala gelatine
• Burrata with a warm chickpea and tomato salad, salsa verde
• Local salumi and Italian cheese board
• Espresso and mascarpone cheese budino with a Kahlua cream

COCKTAILS

• Felice – Lemon and coffee bean infused grappa, Cinzano Rosso vermouth, red wine reduction and white truffle syrup, Aphrodite bitters
• Planter’s Punch – Gosling’s dark rum, lemon and lime juice, grenadine and bitters
• Puck’s Folly – Beefeater gin, el Jimador tequila, mezcal, oleo saccharum, orange and lemon juice, Midsummer Night’s Dream herbal tea
• Gastown Mai Tai – Gosling’s rum, Cachaca 51, coffee bean infused orgeat, fig and Cointreau liqueur, absinthe and lime juice
• Pina Colada – Appleton rum, pineapple juice, coconut manna, banana cherry blossom and cherry herring whip

Details

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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

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Chef/Co-owner – William Robitaille
Bartender – H
Co-owner – Scott McTavish
Wine Consultant – Chris Royal

About Notturno

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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

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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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