Pilgrim & Pearl

Abbott Street runs through Kelowna's downtown core within a few minutes' walk of the waterfront parks and the beaches that draw people down through summer, and Pilgrim and Pearl keeps its dining room at 1675 Abbott Street, an address shared with another business. Summer evenings are the hardest to book, and it is one of the rooms people near the waterfront call ahead for.

The surrounding blocks make this easy to build a longer outing around. The waterfront boardwalk, the parks and the beaches sit within a short walk, the galleries and cultural venues of the core are a few streets north, and the whole stretch is flat and shaded enough to cover on foot on a hot afternoon. Street parking in this pocket is tight through the summer, so many people leave the car in a downtown lot and walk the last few blocks. Coming in from Rutland, the Mission or across the bridge from West Kelowna, allow for the traffic that builds on Harvey Avenue through the middle of the day.