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The Eclectic Med
About The Eclectic Med
A name like The Eclectic Med points toward the Mediterranean end of the cooking world, a broad territory running from Greece and Italy across to North Africa and the Levant. Kitchens working in that register in a small Canadian city tend to borrow widely rather than hold to one national tradition. The room is at 2915 30 Ave in downtown Vernon.
Vernon's main street holds a tight core of storefronts with restaurants tucked among the shops, which means a meal downtown folds easily into the rest of an evening. Anyone with a dietary requirement is better off asking directly, since kitchens working in a broad Mediterranean style can vary widely in how they handle vegetarian or vegan requests. Phoning about a specific need is still the sensible move, particularly for a table of several people who each need something different.
The North Okanagan grows a good deal of what ends up on plates around here, from the orchards on the benches to the market gardens toward Swan Lake and the dairy farms in the surrounding townships, and the growing season leaves its mark on what any kitchen can do in February compared with August. Reservations are worth making for weekend evenings in summer, when the visitor crowd on top of the local one fills downtown rooms quickly. The Eclectic Med is at 2915 30 Ave, an easy walk from the main downtown parking lots and from Polson Park.
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In the Downtown Vernon neighbourhood of Vernon.
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