RC Sizzler may sizzle again
The Sizzler at 9588 Base Line Road in Rancho Cucamonga looks forlorn these days. A sign on the door reads "We are temporarily closed. Sorry for the inconvenience." Yes, this Sizzler has fizzled. (Fizzler?) RC will have to trek to Malibu for chicken.
"Do you know why Sizzler in Rancho closed?" reader Sharon B. asks. "We used to go there at least once a week for the salad bar. I know about 6 months or so ago they lost their liquor license, then a few months back, we walk up to the entrance door only to find a handwritten notebook paper note stating 'Temporarily closed, sorry for the inconvenience.' Well that was about 3 months ago. They are still closed. Any idea as to why they shut down?"
Not really, although obviously the location was ailing. My visit to the property left me thinking it really needs a makeover: faded paint, '80s look, cracked asphalt, weedy lot behind chain link in the back. Not very inviting.
I contacted Sizzler for an explanation and all they'd say is: "Please let your readers know the closure is temporary. The location is targeted to reopen in the future."
Normally a Sizzler wouldn't merit a mention here but this one opened circa 1982 (thanks to the Ontario Library for looking that up for me) and was one of the few sitdown restaurants in the community in the 1980s. So it has a place in the hearts of longtime residents.
Anyone want to share a memory of this Sizzler?
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I probably haven't been to the Rancho Cucamonga Sizzler *since* the 1980s. The Sizzlers that I visited more frequently were the one on Foothill in Upland (now called something like "Sizzlin") and the one on Holt in Montclair (now a sushi bar). I'll grant that the chain is not as popular as it once was, but I like their buffet.
[Sizzler, Bonanza and Ponderosa were all childhood favorites of mine. -- DA]
I had my first (and hopefully only) instance there where I had water dumped on my head (accidentally) by a waiter.
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I have eaten there too many times to count since they opened and just before I moved out of the area two years ago. My grandmother had gone there just about every Sunday and her brother would befriend the servers.
I was surprised by this closure myself...maybe this is just the sign of the times.
Oddly, I attempted to eat at Sizzler today (not this one, but the one off Hamner in Norco), and was sad to learn that one has recently closed as well.
I remember going there back in the late '80s for some sort of work-related celebration (another employee's birthday?) back when I worked for the City of Rancho Cucamonga (when the city offices were down the street).
The RC location is still listed on the Sizzler website, so I'm inclined to think that it will reopen...unlike the above-mentioned Norco location, which is not.
And if you indulge in the salad bar, make sure you get some apple cobbler. It is delicious!
I knew it will reopen soon, remodeled and with new manager.