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The Rice Box
About The Rice Box
A name like The Rice Box suggests a kitchen built around orders to go, and asking directly whether dine-in is offered alongside takeout is a fair question at a place with a name like this one. The Rice Box works out of 3104 27 St in downtown Vernon, sharing its building with one other operation.
If takeout is on offer, phoning an order through before arrival is the standard advice for any kitchen of this kind, and it pays to be specific about timing rather than saying you are on your way. Ask about heat levels if that matters to anyone at the table, ask what can be adjusted around a dietary restriction, and if the order is large, give more notice than feels necessary. A family order landing at six on a Friday is a very different job from one at two in the afternoon.
Downtown Vernon is compact enough that a stop here folds neatly into other errands, with the shaded storefront core a couple of blocks away. Parking is a mix of street spaces and lots behind the shops, easy enough outside the busiest evening stretch. In winter, when this end of the valley gets the cold that the south mostly escapes, a short walk from the car is worth planning around. The Rice Box is at 3104 27 St.
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In the Downtown Vernon neighbourhood of Vernon.
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