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Balance Vegetarian Shop and Tea Room
About Balance Vegetarian Shop and Tea Room
Tea rooms operate at a different speed from coffee shops. Steeping takes time, the pot rather than the cup is often the unit, and the room gets arranged for sitting a while instead of moving a queue along. Pair that with a vegetarian kitchen and a shelf of goods to take home, and the result is a format that suits a town whose pace is deliberately slower than Kelowna's.
Balance Vegetarian Shop and Tea Room is at 249 Westminster Ave, one of the cross streets in downtown Penticton running between Main Street and the blocks toward the water. It is a walkable position in a walkable core, close enough to the Okanagan Lake beach that a stop here works as the middle of an afternoon rather than a destination on its own. The business also keeps a page on Facebook.
Places that combine a kitchen with retail shelves are worth approaching with a question or two. Loose tea sold by weight, packaged goods and pantry items may all be available alongside what is served at the table, and the retail side sometimes runs on different hours from the room. For a group, or for anything you want set aside, a word ahead of time helps in a small space. Vegetarian and vegan are not the same thing, so if a restriction is firm rather than a preference, say so plainly when you order.
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In the Downtown Penticton neighbourhood of Penticton.
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