Lenny's named Cheney's August Yard of the Month

For John Maticchio, owner of Lenny's American and Italian Fine Cuisine restaurant in Cheney, how his restaurant looks on the outside is just as important as what's on the inside.

"People stop by just to look at the outside," Maticchio said last Thursday while sitting in the restaurant's patio. "They say, 'if he does this outside, inside must look good too. It shows he cares.'"

Maticchio's careful and intricate landscaping has earned him the Cheney Garden Club and Kiwanis Club Yard of the Month selection for August. It's a distinction that's long in coming, more than the 15-plus years the resta...