ViewpointsMario was agreat host.In The Week: Eating Out (Echo, February 12), Alison Stokes Stokes , William 1804-1878.British physician. Known especially for his studies of diseases of the chest and heart, he expanded on the observations of John Cheyne in describing the breathing irregularity now known as Cheyne-Stokes respiration. extolled the new Italian eatery, Casanova, in Quay QUAY, estates. A wharf at which to load or land goods, sometimes spelled key. 2. In its enlarged sense the word quay, means the whole space between the first row of houses of a city, and the sea or river 5 L. R. 152, 215. Street, Cardiff, and says: 'The staff are friendly and obliging, which makes a refreshing change." This implies that when it was Cafe Mario, this was not the case. Mario Finelli, who is now on his 'umpteenth" retirement, is one of the most cheerful 'mine host" I have ever met. His staff were always cheerful and obliging. Perhaps Alison had caught them on a bad day? Christopher Short Redbrink Crescent, Jacksons Bay, Barry Island For the Antarctic island, see . Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a district and peninsula forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is named after the 6th century Saint Baruc. Editor's Note: Alison Stokes was making no comment on the previous owner. It was a general point about service standards in restaurants. |
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