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The gallery

All 37 photographs from Gente’s website in one place: food and desserts, the dining room and patio, the kitchen, and a few memories. Select a photo to see it larger.

Food & Desserts 19
Restaurant & Patio 5
Kitchen & Catering 6
People & Memories 6
Setting 1

Food & Desserts

Plates from Gente’s kitchen over the years. Some are from earlier menus, so check the current menu for what’s cooking now.

Tomato and mozzarella stacked with pesto, greens and a balsamic drizzle — Tomato and mozzarella, stacked with pesto and greens.

A salad of greens and white cheese on a square plate, with a bottle of red wine behind — A salad and a bottle of red at the table.

Fried calamari rings with lemon wedges and a dipping sauce — Fried calamari with lemon.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

Thick slices of garlic bread on a white plate with an orange spread — Garlic bread.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

Toasted bread topped with melted cheese and green herbs — Toasted bread with melted cheese and herbs.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

Two golden cakes with greens, a cherry tomato and a red relish — Golden cakes with greens and a red relish.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

Greens with shaved carrot and radish, dark mushrooms, goat cheese and balsamic — Greens, mushrooms and goat cheese.

Dark pasta with clams, seafood, a cherry tomato and parsley — Dark pasta with clams and parsley.

A square of lasagna in tomato sauce, topped with grated cheese and basil — Lasagna in tomato sauce.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

A neat round of tomato risotto with a herb sprig and a balsamic swirl — A round of tomato risotto.

A fish fillet with small potatoes, peppers and broccoli — A fish fillet with vegetables.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

Salmon topped with capers, with potatoes, broccoli and lemon — Salmon with capers and vegetables.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

A whole grilled fish with potatoes, green beans, peppers and lemon — A whole grilled fish with vegetables.

A whole grilled fish with white beans, potatoes, greens and lemon — A whole grilled fish with white beans and potatoes.

A folded pastry drizzled with chocolate, with raspberries and icing sugar — A folded pastry with chocolate and raspberries.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

A round cake on a plate decorated with chocolate and raspberry sauce, with berries — A round cake with chocolate and raspberry sauce.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

A dark chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, a strawberry and chocolate sauce — Chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate cake and a scoop of vanilla ice cream with raspberry sauce — Chocolate cake and ice cream, another view.

Cream puffs drizzled with chocolate, with raspberries and a sauce design — Cream puffs with chocolate and raspberries.Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com

Restaurant & Patio

The sign out front, the dining room and the patio.

The red oval Gente sign in the garden in front of the brick building — The Gente sign out front, beside the brick building.

Guests at tables under large white umbrellas on a stone patio — Tables under the umbrellas on the patio.

Another view of the patio, with guests at tables under umbrellas and a dark pergola — Another view of the patio.

A man in a white shirt and tie carries menus through the dining room while guests sit at tables — Daylight in the dining room.

Guests at their tables in a dining room with pale green walls and framed pictures — Guests at their tables in the dining room.

Kitchen & Catering

Behind the pass, and a few catering spreads.

Antipasto plates of cured meats, olives, roasted peppers and cheese lined up for service — Antipasto plates lined up for service.

Mussels in a pan of broth over a blue gas flame — Mussels on the flame.

A cook lifts a whole octopus out of a steaming pot with tongs — Octopus, lifted from the pot.

A pizza topped with shrimp and sausage on a metal tray — A pizza with shrimp and sausage, from the photo archive.

Long platters of fresh cut fruit lined up on a table — Fruit platters lined up for an event.

Three diners at a white-clothed table by a bright window, next to a green banquette — A table by the window, from a video on the old Gente website.

People & Memories

Snapshots with guests and a newspaper clipping, from the old website’s album. Guests are not named.

Chef Angelo D in his white chef’s jacket, leaning on a chair in the dining room — Chef Angelo D.

The chef in a white jacket smiling beside a guest in dark glasses — The chef with a guest.

Two men smiling for a photo inside the restaurant, by the bar — A photo by the bar.

The chef in a white jacket with two guests; one wears a medal — The chef with two guests.

The chef laughing with the same two guests; one bites a medal — The same evening, a moment later.

A copy of The Brampton Guardian with a large photo of a chef holding a plate — A newspaper clipping from The Brampton Guardian, kept in the old Gente website’s photo album.

Setting

A riverside view used as a background on the old Gente website. It is not the restaurant or a view from it.

Old stone mill buildings beside a calm river, with autumn trees — Riverside view, from the old Gente website. Location not confirmed.

Food photographs marked “Photo: Henry Lin, 424u.com” are by Henry Lin. Some small photos are shown at their original size.