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Kojo
About Kojo
The south end of the city keeps a rhythm of its own, arranged around Skaha Lake rather than the downtown beaches, with its own shops and its own regulars. Kojo belongs to that side of Penticton, at 3480 Skaha Lake Rd in a commercial building shared with two other businesses, the kind of small block where the parking lot turns over all day.
Restaurants in a city this size lean on repeat custom rather than passing tourists, which usually means a room that fills at predictable hours and empties in between. Booking ahead is sensible for a weekend evening or a group, and asking about takeout is worth doing if the plan is a meal by the water instead of at a table. The website at kojo-penticton.square.site is the natural first stop for anyone wanting a look before deciding, and a phone call covers anything it does not answer.
Skaha Lake Road carries traffic the length of the city, from the downtown core south toward the beach at Skaha, so the drive in is straightforward from almost anywhere in Penticton and parking is far easier than on the streets nearer the water in August. Summer swells the city and the shoulder seasons quiet it down again, a pattern every kitchen in town works around. Anyone coming up the highway from Oliver or Osoyoos will find this end of the city the first they reach.
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In the Downtown Penticton neighbourhood of Penticton.
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