Restaurants
Station BBQ
About Station BBQ
A name on the door is a promise of sorts, and the name Station BBQ suggests a menu built around slow cooked, smoked meat, though the specifics of any kitchen's style are worth confirming before ordering for a group. The restaurant works out of 3131 29 St in downtown Vernon and takes calls at +1-250-260-6677, with more at https://www.stationbbq.com/.
Restaurants in a downtown like this vary in ways that matter more than the sign out front suggests. Service style differs: some rooms take orders at a counter, others seat and serve at the table, and the balance between eating in, taking food out and catering a larger order shifts from one kitchen to the next. What is actually on the menu, how it is prepared and what it costs are all questions best put directly to the room rather than assumed from a name, since a name can point in a direction without settling the details. Anyone planning a large order is generally better off calling ahead, since any kitchen has its limits on a given night.
The downtown core is the natural home for a restaurant like this. Shaded storefronts, Polson Park at the edge of the district and the comparison shopping that draws people in from across the North Okanagan mean a steady flow through the middle of the day, and the streets stay lively into the evening through the warm months when the summer crowd is in town. Winter shifts the rhythm to a local one. A call ahead saves a wasted drive if you are coming in from the townships or down off the hill.
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In the Downtown Vernon neighbourhood of Vernon.
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