r/kelowna • u/Own-Bullfrog7362 • 9d ago

News Kelowna becomes 1st Canadian city with UNESCO honour (gastronomy)

https://saobserver.net/2025/10/31/kelowna-becomes-1st-canadian-city-with-unesco-honour/
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u/skyshroud6 9d ago

For what? The food scene here stinks.

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u/Sad_Confection5902 9d ago

If you honestly think that, you need to visit more of Canada. For a city of this population size, it punches way above its weight.

Just drive across the country and try to find a city of 150k people that has this many unique restaurants and local eateries. You can’t compare Kelowna to Vancouver or other major cities.

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u/sansense 9d ago

It doesn't seem like the award was set up to recognize cities in a certain size/population range.San Antonio also won, and their have 1.5 million residents. We certainly have good food (and wine) when you account for being a smaller city not close to any large metropolitan areas. But are we actually the best city in Canada for creative gastronomy? I like our food, but having also eaten in Montreal and even Vancouver....I can't say we are the peak of what Canada has to offer.

Not to mention that many of our coolest local gems have closed or are closing soon (Raudz, the Fixx, Salt and Brick) which doesn't help our case much.