The GOODS from Notturno

Vancouver, BC | This month at Notturno we’ve added a couple new items to our regular roundup, like the Lamb Peposo Stew with tons of cracked pepper (peposo literally means “peppered” in Italian) and Farrotto with shallots, garlic, spinach, basil, green peas, and pecorino cheese.

Also new this month are three original “H” cocktails – the Maple Cubed, Love It or Hate It, and The Blue Nutter. And speaking of something blue, we’ve got something borrowed too: the Chan Chan – created by Mike Shum from the Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition.

A big thanks to everyone that helped us kick off our Monthly Wine Dinner Series! We had lots of fun with the Le Marche region of Italy. Next up, a San Sebastián style pintxo bar on March 16th. Updated food and drink menus below…

FOOD

– Pane Bello and Serego Alighieri extra virgin olive oil, maldon salt.

– Warm Castelvetrano olives, extra virgin olive oil, cracked chili, maldon salt.

– Cured white anchovies, eggs, salsa verde, garlic aioli.

– Beef Carpaccio, salsa verde, garlic purée, pecorino cheese, maldon salt, cracked pepper.

– Lamb Peposo Stew: lamb shoulder, onions, garlic, veal stock, red wine and lots of cracked pepper served with grilled bread and mascarpone cheese.

– Farrotto: whole grain farro, shallots, garlic, spinach, basil, green peas, pecorino

– Feature pasta

– Burrata (choice of):

Straight up (Serego Alighieri extra virgin olive oil, maldon salt, cracked pepper)
Prosciutto
Eggplant caponata

– 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.

– Maple Cubed – Tennessee whiskey, maple syrup, maple bitters, dry Fino Sherry, and Benedictine, all smoked with maple wood.

– Love It or Hate It – Butter-washed blended Scotch whisky, Cinzano Rosso vermouth, marmite syrup and baked bread vapour.

– The Blue Nutter – Bourbon, lemon, wild blueberry jam, molecular peanut butter foam.

– Chan Chan – Bacardi Blanco rum, dry vermouth, St-Germaine Elderflower Liqueur, lime juice, sugar and Peychaud’s Bitters.

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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