With beautiful summer weather comes patio season, and with Victoria Day long weekend just around the corner, OpenTable has released their top 100 outdoor restaurants. Six local hotspots made the cut.

DunnEnzies Pizza, Home Block at CedarCreek Estate Winery, Old Vines Restaurant Quails Gate Estate Winery, and Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Estate Winery (West Kelowna) all made the list.

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DunnEnzies General Manager Meagan Keelaghan said they sa国际传媒渁re very excited that our little slice of patio heaven is starting to get noticed.sa国际传媒�

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One of the factors OpenTable looked into when conducting the list was to also highlight dog-friendly patios. 3.7 million Canadians welcomed at least one new animal into their homes during the pandemic. People have called this the sa国际传媒榩etidemicsa国际传媒�.

DunnEnzies is the only dog-friendly patio of the local restaurants that made the top 100 list but many other establishments that didnsa国际传媒檛 quite make the list are also pet-friendly.

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With everything opened up again, establishments are getting busier and DunnEnzies has definitely noticed that when it comes to people and their dogs.

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OpenTable said that restaurant reservations in the month of May across the country are up 61 per cent compared to May 2019.

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