Lazy Dog to open across from Ontario Mills

The Lazy Dog Cafe will open its newest location at the Signature Plaza on Fourth Street and operate everyday from 11 a.m. to midnight. Shown here is the Temecula restaurant.

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Lazy Dog Cafe, a chain of Southern California restaurants, is opening its 10th location on Fourth Street between Richmond Place and Buffalo Avenue. 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.