Finally Le Gavroche Opens Again

By: Anthony Gismondi

Thursday, June 5 2003

Vancouver, B.C., After too many months, owner Manuel Ferreira, has reopened Le Gavroche to the dining public.

Le Gavroche was closed July 19, 2002 to due to fire damage and after ten months of wrangling with city inspectors Ferreira has finally been allowed to reopen the Vancouver landmark. Le Gavroche is open for dinner seven nights a week from 5:30p.m. and lunch Monday to Friday, 11:30 - 2:30p.m.

New at Le Gavroche is the Wine Bar. Using space to its maximum efficiency, Ferreira has chosen to make some changes to the front dining room and now has a ten seat Wine Bar. This will afford the luxury of solo dining at the bar; be it lunch, dinner or a late night supper. Given Ferreira incredible 35,000 bottles wine list - recognized by The Wine Spectator for eight years, I suspect the wine bar is going to be a hit with Vancouver wine aficionados.

First opened in 1978 by Jean Luc Bertrand, the gently refurbished Victorian house (circa 1910's) features French cuisine not pretending to be anything but, and spectacular views of the Coastal Mountains and Coal Harbour from the upstairs terrace. For event listings and details on the 25th Anniversary Celebration, September 18, 2003, visit the website at www.legavroche.com, or visit the restaurant at 1616 Alberni Street, Vancouver, BC. To book reservations call 604-685-3924.

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his YouTube Channel.