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Ten 13
About Ten 13
A meal downtown in Kelowna tends to come attached to something else, a show, a walk along the waterfront parks or an evening after work, because the civic and commercial heart of the city packs its venues and restaurants into a few blocks. Ten 13 belongs to that compact stretch, at 272 Bernard Avenue.
Independent rooms of this kind are usually where the interesting cooking happens in a mid-sized city, and they tend to run smaller and change more often than the chains out on the arterial roads. What that means in practice is that the day of the week matters, seating is often limited, and a group of six needs more warning than a table for two. If someone in your party has a serious dietary restriction, raising it when you book gives a small kitchen room to plan rather than improvise.
Downtown parking is the usual complication, especially between June and September when the beaches and the lakefront pull crowds into the same handful of blocks, so arriving early or on foot is worth considering if you are staying nearby. Winters here are short and more grey than snowy, which keeps these streets walkable for most of the year. Before setting out from Rutland or the Upper Mission it is worth confirming the evening arrangements, since a crosstown drive at the wrong hour adds a surprising amount to the trip.
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In the Downtown neighbourhood of Kelowna.
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