The
Lazy Dog Cafe will open its newest location on
Fourth Street in Rancho Cucamonga early next year. Shown here
is the Temecula restaurant.

Courtesy
of Lazy Dog Cafe

Lazy Dog Cafe,
a chain of Southern California restaurants, is opening its 10th
location on Fourth Street between Richmond Place and Buffalo Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga.
Construction of the restaurant is expected to be complete in March or
April.

The Planning Commission last night gave the green light on
the cafe, which will have a bar and outdoor dining space. Moni Dosanjh
of RSI Group, which represents the restaurant, told the commission the
menu includes everything from meat loaf to calamari to kung pao chicken.

“I
like the look and feel of the restaurant. It has that kind of craftsman
bungalow look that fits very well with Fourth Street,” said commission
Chairman Lou Munoz. “I’m partial to Not Your Mom’s Meatloaf. It sounded
pretty mouth-watering.”

Not Your Mom’s Meatloaf was among the
more standard items on the menu. Lazy Dog also dishes up some unique
items such as spicy fried chicken lollipops and sweet potato tater tots.

The
9,400-square-foot restaurant will be built on an empty parcel near
where the Mel’s Drive-in used to be. Dosanjh said this is the first time
the restaurant is building from the ground up, as opposed to moving
into an existing space.

“We’re looking forward to go under construction,” he said. “This building will be our prototype.”

Tomorrow, the restaurant is expected to wrap up construction of its West Covina restaurant.