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Handmade Pasta at Il Corsaro
Chef-owner Giovanni Pagan has kept his parents' Maple Ridge pasta bar going since 1977, and the food, apparently, does the persuading.
Dewdney Trunk Road
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Chef-owner Giovanni Pagan has kept his parents' Maple Ridge pasta bar going since 1977, and the food, apparently, does the persuading.
Dewdney Trunk Road
More infoIl Corsaro has been doing the intimate date-night thing in Maple Ridge since 1977, which in suburban-restaurant years is roughly the Pleistocene. Chef-owner Giovanni Pagan kept his parents' pasta bar alive and made it his own: the pasta is house-made, the room is dim enough to be honest, and the wine list handles the emotional lifting. Reservations only, dinner only, Tuesday through Saturday. Book it and dress like you care.
Reserve ahead, Il Corsaro is dinner-only, Tuesday to Saturday from 5pm, and the dining room is small enough that walk-ins on a Friday get the apologetic head-shake. Call and ask for one of the tables tucked toward the back; the front by the door catches the draft and kills the candlelit mood you came for. Order the house-made pasta over anything off the mains, the dough is the whole reason this place has lasted since 1977, and let your server steer you on the Italian-leaning wine list, which is where the value actually hides. Don't miss the house-made dessert; regulars know to save room, and splitting one is the classic move to stretch the evening. Timing trick: it's a true neighbourhood spot, so the energy is warm rather than buzzy, go when you want to actually hear each other talk, not when you want a scene.
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