Breweries & Distilleries
Bad Tattoo
About Bad Tattoo
A kitchen near the water keeps different hours from one on a highway strip. Restaurants close to a beach or the channel fill fastest through the months when Penticton's population swells with visitors, and the same room in February looks nothing like it does on a Saturday in August.
Bad Tattoo is at 169 Estabrook Avenue, a short distance from the lakeshore and the entrance to the channel that carries floaters between the two lakes all summer. That puts it in walking range of the beach crowd rather than out on a highway frontage somewhere. The phone number is 250-493-8686, and the operation keeps its own site under the badtattoobrewing.com address, which is the quickest way to sort out details before you set off.
In a room of this kind the practical questions are about timing and capacity. Summer evenings in a lakeside city fill quickly, patios are weather-dependent and seasonal, and larger groups are far easier to accommodate with notice than on arrival. If you are ordering food to take away, ask what travels well over a short drive and what is better eaten on the spot. Families should check how the room is licensed for minors, since that varies from one place to another and can change with the hour.
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In the Downtown Penticton neighbourhood of Penticton.
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