27th Street Grille

Grille on a sign has come to suggest a kitchen with a broad, everyday menu rather than a narrow specialty, the sort of place a town leans on for ordinary weeknights rather than occasions. What that looks like in practice differs from one kitchen to the next, so the honest way to find out is to look at what is coming out of the kitchen the night you walk in.

Kitchens in this line change what they run as the seasons turn, and a city that fills with visitors through July and August keeps a different rhythm in the shoulder months than it does at the peak. A phone call ahead of a larger table, or before driving in from Okanagan Landing or the Commonage, can save you the trip back. It is also the quickest way to settle whether the room takes reservations at all, since plenty of places this size work on a first come basis and would rather tell you that than turn you away at the door.