Modern diner

There will be exposed brick wall, 20-foot timber ceilings and dishes such as two cows and cluck and grunt.

Sunny’s will be a modern diner by RauDZ Creative Concepts, the company owned by chef Rod Butters and Audrey Surrao that also includes RauDZ Regional Table and Micro Bar & Bites in downtown Kelowna and Terrafina at Hester Creek Winery in Oliver.

Sunny’s will be around the corner from RauDz and Micro at 235 Bernard Ave. and will feature just 30 seats (44 in patio weather), with 16 of them at the stainlesssteel counter facing the open diner kitchen.

By the way, two cows is a double-stack hamburger with onions and cluck and grunt is an order of eggs and bacon.

Renovations are underway and the new eatery will open in the spring.

The restaurant gets its name from Butters and Surrao’s golden retriever Sunny and the sun of the Okanagan.

“I’ve always wanted to do a diner concept and when this space on the revitalized Bernard Avneu so close to the lake became available, it was perfect timing,” said Butters.

Butters also released his first cookbook in the summer.

The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Home Cooking recently won best local cookbook in Canada at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

It will compete against other national winners for the international title with the winner to be announced in the spring.