One of the high spots of our wine tour last year was not a winery, but rather a little food trailer nestled between a pair of grounded boats in Penticton. It's just too bad that on our second trip to the same region months later the trailer was not on a higher spot, given said boats were no longer grounded.
It was on our last trip in the fall of 2016 when my girlfriend and I heard about the Crêperie Ooolala. We enjoyed the experience so much that on a follow-up trip less than a year later, it was one of the few destinations earning a revisit. Alas, there was no creperie to be found, as the location it had usually claimed was quite literally below the water line. It's a tragedy that people still ignore the consequences of man-mad climate change, even with the evidence is so plain to see. The Penticton beaches were gone, the park nearby fenced off, leaving poor Crêperie Ooolala nowhere to park. Denied.
If and when it does return, everyone should take the opportunity to samples their crepes. The two hosts are friendly, fast, and believe it or not, very, very French. Their selection is authentic and the girlfriend and I both ordered brunch before embarking on another leg of our wine tour. If you happen to find this trailer, don't miss out...though I fear they may as endangered as the Do-Do. Their Facebook was last updated at the beginning of May, and when I called them at the end of the month, they explained they were still closed. The Crêperie Ooolala is adorable, what a food trailer would look like in a Monet painting or, to take a more modern comparison, a city Lego set. There are small tables nearby covered in cloth for those to sit, most under the shadow of the SS Sicamous. These were by far the best crepes I have ever had, hopefully an authentic representation of the owner's homeland, regardless if that homeland is actual France or Quebec. read more