The design plans are done. So are the plans for the overhaul of Lakewood Plaza.

The buildout of the new 6,600-square-feet Quaker Steak and Lube is expected to begin soon.

A sign was hung in the former Quizno's shop in the plaza — the new home of the Pennsylvania-based bar and restaurant — that the Quaker Steak will open late this summer.

The proposed restaurant is slated to be one of the new tenants of a renovated Drug Mart Plaza on Detroit Avenue.

Representatives from Quaker Steak have said that the company would like to begin construction as soon as possible.

Last month, the Lakewood Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a 50-seat outdoor, brickyard patio. The commission also approved a second conditional use permit to keep the business open later than originally planned. 

According to the plans, a “brickyard,” outdoor patio — located on the Detroit Avenue side of the building — will have an outdoor bar area connected to the indoor bar. 

Quaker Steak and Lube officials said the restaurant, based in Sharon, PA, would be open “seven days a week, 365 days a year.”

Last summer, Quaker Steak and Lube signed its lease to open in the renovated Drug Mart Plaza. However, after Dots and Blockbuster closed their doors, Radio Shack is the only other remaining tenant. 

The city’s architectural board of review approved the redesign of the entire plaza in January.