Village Squire, 1977-06, Page 16Harry Israel and Carlos Aznaraez owners of The Red Pump take a moment to relax in the cocktail
lounge where diners may relax before or after dinner.
Exciting dining awaits
in the quiet atmosphere
of Bayfield
14, VILLAGE SQUIRE/JUNE 1977.
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
On the quiet main street of Bayfield, a small but quaint
cottage -like restaurant sits unpretentiously. The quaint
restaurant has an even quainter name. It's called the Red
Pump Restaurant, further signified by the red pump which
sits outside the door.
Once inside the restaurant, one is surprised not to find the
homey atmosphere of mother's kitchen but rather a
restaurant dedicated to the tastes of the gourmet.
The restaurant is decorated with small, intimate tables
adorned by candles. Copper pots and pictures hanging from
the wall further add to the decorations giving it an
atmosphere of quiet, good taste. But this is not all that
surprising when one knows that the manager of the
restaurant used to be an interior decorator.
Four years ago. while taking a Sunday drive through the
village of Bayfield, Harry Israel, an interior decorator from
Toronto came upon the Red Pump Restaurant.
Harry Israel came to Canada from Holland in 1955 and was
a decorator in Toronto for 20 years. Then after the Sunday
that he discovered the Red Pump Restaurant, he had it as a
hobby to go along with his decorating work in Toronto.
But then, Harry said he felt like a yo yo going back and