Cafés
The Beanery Cafe
About The Beanery Cafe
Anyone working through a wine-route day on the western bench eventually wants a break from tasting rooms, and a cafe in the lower town does that job well. The Beanery Cafe can be found at 13016 Victoria Road North, a few minutes on foot from the marina and the waterfront park at the bottom of the hill.
What a cafe covers differs from one door to the next, which is why thebeanerycafe.com is a useful first stop for anyone planning ahead. Some places on this bench run a full kitchen through the middle of the day, while others keep to coffee, baking and a short counter menu. Seating, whether there is a patio, and how much room a larger group can expect all shape a visit, and they are simple things to establish before you set out.
Summerland's calendar is not flat. Cherry and stone fruit picking, the summer weekends when the heritage steam railway pulls out of town, and the long quiet stretch from late autumn into spring all change how busy the lower town feels, and that rhythm reaches the cafes first. If you are coming down from the higher streets or in from Trout Creek and the timing matters, a call to 250-494-1884 saves the trip. For a visitor new to the town this stretch is a reasonable place to begin in any case. The storefronts sit close together, the lake is at the end of the street, and the road climbing toward Giant's Head starts a couple of turns away, so a coffee here can be the hinge between a morning downtown and an afternoon further up the bench.
Visiting The Beanery Cafe
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In the Downtown Summerland neighbourhood of Summerland.
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