Multi-million dollar restaurant slated for Vernon

A multi-million dollar restaurant with views spanning across Vernon and Okanagan Lake is scheduled to open next year.

Perched 1,000 feet above Okanagan Lake, the restaurant at The Rise Golf Course will also feature a corporate event space, a wedding venue, a golf simulator lounge, and a retail store in a 30,000 square foot building.

With 30-foot floor-to-ceiling windows and 180-degree views of the lake, the 120 seat restaurant will be the first of its kind in Vernon.

According to The Rise Golf Course website, construction has already started and the basements interior and exterior walls have been poured.

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The restaurant at the rise was originally announced in 2019, but stalled after a spat over a water bill with the City of Vernon hadn't been resolved.

The club's general manager Ian Renton told iNFOnews.ca in 2020 that the City had never given an explanation for a $65,000 bill for a water line.

In 2017 both sides headed into the court over the matter, which now appears to have been resolved.

"Vernon is the right place and now is the right time to elevate local experiences. We’re breaking ground now and we’re so excited to build this for the Vernon community and our visitors," Renton says in a statement on the company's website.

Renton's family business purchased the Vernon golf club in 2014, after it had gone into receivership.

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