The June/July Issue of The Riversider Magazine 2026

The Best Thing I Ever Ate ... In Riverside

Riverside’s America 250 celebration is officially underway, transforming the city into a summer-long tribute honoring the nation’s 250th anniversary through patriotic events, public art, performances, and citywide displays.

Iconic Downtown Riverside landmarks including The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, Riverside Municipal Auditorium, City Hall, and the Main Library are now illuminated nightly in red, white, and blue through Labor Day.

Expanded Fourth of July festivities will return to La Sierra Park and Mount Rubidoux, joined by upcoming community celebrations including a patriotic concert and drone show at Fairmount Park and the annual Concert for Heroes at Riverside National Cemetery.

Throughout Riverside, streets are lined with American flags, while a new America 250 mural on the Main Street Pedestrian Mall and the planting of 250 commemorative trees will honor each year of the nation’s history. Fairmount Park’s Rose Garden will be renovated and receive an America 250 dedication plaque later this year to celebrate Riverside’s longstanding connection to civic pride, city beautification, and community celebrations.

Special museum exhibitions at the Mission Inn Foundation and Heritage House are highlighting Americana artifacts and Riverside’s unique role in American history as part of the City’s America 250 celebration, inviting residents and visitors to explore the stories and traditions that helped shape the nation and the community.

As Riverside joins communities nationwide in commemorating America 250, the celebration serves as both a reflection on the nation’s past and a celebration of the people, places, and stories that continue to shape Riverside today through art, culture, history, and community connection.

Local Vibes Concerts in the Park & Drone Show

June 17, 2026 • 6 - 9 p.m.

La Sierra Park

Patriotic Concert & Drone Show

July 1, 2026 • 6 - 8 p.m.

Fairmount Park Bandshell

Concert for Heroes

July 3, 2026 • 7 - 9:30 p.m.

Riverside National Cemetery

Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular

July 4, 2026 • 6 - 10 p.m. (Fireworks at 9 p.m.)

La Sierra Park and Mount Rubidoux

First Floor Tour Highlighting U.S. History

July 7, 2026 • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Heritage House

Movies on the Lawn, Patriotic Edition

July 24, 2026 • 8 p.m.

Heritage House AND MORE!

Inland Exposures

The Riversider | June/July 2026

A long exposure of star trails over the Tequesquito Arroyo concrete railroad viaduct and Santa Ana River Trail.

Photo by Julian Jolliffe

A biplane approaches the landing strip at Flabob airport. Photo by Julian Jolliffe

Blumenthal & Moore, Inland Southern California’s pre-eminent criminal defense firm, is devoted exclusively to the defense of the accused.

The firm’s trial-tested attorneys handle a range of criminal matters, from simple to complex. They are often retained in difficult cases, and defend people from all walks of the community.

In every case, the client benefits from a team approach. By combining their expertise, the attorneys at Blumenthal & Moore bring more than 100 years of legal experience to every case, providing each client with the best possible defense.

Virginia Blumenthal, Jeff Moore, Brent Romney and Heather Green all contribute unique strengths and perspectives, along with thorough knowledge of the court system in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Mr. Moore and Mr. Romney are tough former prosecutors who put their experience to work in defending cases, while Ms. Green has a passion for defending those with mental health disorders – prioritizing justice for everyone, regardless of mental health status.

Founding attorney Virginia Blumenthal, known for opening the first female-owned law firm in the region, has been named one of the Top 100 trial lawyers in the United States by the National Trial Lawyers. Over time, she has received a long list of awards for her courtroom excellence and volunteer service in the community.

Most recently, Ms. Blumenthal was named Best Lawyer in the Inland Empire by Inland Empire Magazine (2024); received a Champions for Justice Award from the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County (2023); received the Civil Rights Law Giant Award from the Riverside County NAACP Youth Council (2023); and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Corona Chamber of Commerce (2023).

Also in 2023, the team at Blumenthal & Moore received the Small Business Eagle Award from the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce – an honor that reflects a culture of excellence, experience and nearly five decades of commitment to clients.

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Love Letter to Riverside

We are so proud to present our fifth year anniversary issue, and we can hardly believe that these years have flown by, but it’s true!

We are so grateful that our Riverside community continues to support us and we continue to support them with articles and features that showcase our city's finest. Our readership has grown, and we love having people come up and tell us how much they love the magazine. It makes our hard work worthwhile!

As we come to this moment, we joyfully reminisce over the last five years and all of the amazing people we’ve met and how much we've enjoyed sharing their stories. We feel lucky to have these opportunities to connect with our wonderful community. We’ve learned so much about our town and how much love people have for this one-of-a-kind city.

Over the next five years the goal for The Riversider is to continue to highlight the many faces, places, and events that make our town so special and unique. We are also looking to expand into more community music events such as our

60 Miles East monthly music night featuring ska and reggae. It’s held every third Thursday night at the Brüe Crüe Taproom in La Sierra, and we look forward to seeing you there!

As a free magazine for our city, none of this would be possible without the continued support from the City of Riverside and our dedicated advertisers. We want to thank all of them for making our dream a reality and helping us along the way.

For those interested in supporting our magazine and to help us print more copies, the best way is for more Inland Empire businesses to advertise in our pages. It helps businesses reach a broader audience and helps us to keep going strong. Feel free to reach out to us directly for more information.

Thank you Riverside, and here’s to five more years of The Riversider Magazine !

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Kim Alexander Riverside's Finest

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Known by many for her ability to light up a room with her infectious laughter and larger than life personality, Kim Alexander is a beloved member of the local community and a true Riverside success story. Her journey from singing in a local ska punk band and bartending in downtown Riverside, to becoming a full time student and intern for NASA is not only inspirational, but a shining example that with courage, discipline, and dedication, anything is possible.

Born in Kearny, Nebraska in 1986, Kim moved to Southern California when she was only one year old, when her mother accepted a position as a math teacher for Moreno Valley Unified School District. Before graduating from Valley View High School in 2004, she organized a sold out “Battle of the Bands” for her senior project with over 800 people in attendance.

Her love for the local music scene led her to move to Riverside immediately after high school and around 2007, she was encouraged by a friend to audition to sing for his new ska punk project.

“I had piano and voice lessons growing up and I was in choir, but I never sang in a band before or anything like that,” she recalled and added with a laugh, “I just sing when I’m happy.”

The band ended up choosing Kim as their lead vocalist, and from there Buddha Bomb was born. Over the next eight years, she was given the opportunity to share the stage with countless acts she grew up admiring, including Bad Manners, The Skeletones, Fishbone, and Voodoo Glow Skulls.

“Jonas from The Skeletones gave me my first microphone,” she said proudly. “I have it tattooed on my wrist.”

Throughout her twenties, Kim worked as a freelance graphic designer and a number of random jobs before becoming bartending at a local live music venue in downtown Riverside.

“I loved the job, I loved the people, and I absolutely loved the downtown music scene,” she explained. “But I didn’t feel like I was being challenged. I felt like I was hitting a glass ceiling.”

At 32 years old, Kim enrolled at Riverside Community College with the intention of pursuing an associate’s degree in graphic design.

“When I got to RCC, I had to take general ed, and I realized that I really liked my math classes,” she said. “In high school, I purposely hated math because both of my parents were math teachers. It was the absolute worst. It was terrible, but I guess it just caught back up with me,” she said jokingly.

Before earning two Asssociate Degrees in

Math and Science from RCC, Kim heard about a program called the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS), and decided to apply as a way to build her extra-curricular experience towards a four-year program.

Out of approximately 800 applicants accepted to the program, Kim was one of only 60 chosen to advance to the second round where she

participated in a week-long team-based competition. Her team ended up winning the competition and were invited to personally visit a NASA Center for the third phase of the program, but because she was already in the process of transferring to a four-year university and no longer a community college student, she was unable to attend. Regardless, Kim was accepted to UC Riverside

during the COVID-19 pandemic and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Pure Mathematics in 2023. Still influenced by her experience with the NCAS program, it was at this time that Kim took part in two workforce training academies through NASA’s “L’SPACE” Program.

In the fall of 2023, she began her Masters in Applied Mathematics at UCR and worked as a teaching assistant while applying to several internships. With the help of her previous experience with NCAS and NASA workforce training academies, Kim was offered an internship at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, analyzing data for wind tunnel testing facilities from January through June 2024.

Although the program was primarily remote, she was able to visit the research center several times in person. “On the third day of my first internship, I was given a tour of the 8’ x 6’ Supersonic Tunnel at Glenn Research Center, and I walked in to see this model of a crazy looking jet. I read the placard and it showed a concept sketch of the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet,” she recalled. “When built, it will be able to break the sound barrier without making a sonic boom. This was about two years ago that I saw this, and I have been fascinated with this jet ever since.”

Because of her performance, Kim was offered a second internship at Glenn Research Center from July through August 2024 and is currently preparing to begin her third internship over the summer of 2026 at the Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Airforce Base just north of Palmdale. The ten-week program is part of the “Quiet Supersonic Technology” (QUESST) program where she will be given the opportunity to work as a data analyst for the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet, which has since been constructed and flown three times since.

Her longtime goal for the future is to secure a full-time position as a data scientist in the aerospace industry, and with her skillset, drive, and determination, it is no question that she will achieve it.

Although she no longer performs in a band, she continues to support the local music scene and was able to share the stage as a guest vocalist with The Skeletones at The Farm House Collective in November 2025. It was another full-circle moment for Kim as she sang a duet with lead vocalist Jonas Cabrera, the same artist who gave her her first microphone that she proudly wears inked on her wrist.

There is a certain magic and charisma around Kim that she seems to carry so naturally. Despite her many achievements, she remains the same friendly, caring, and lovable person she has always been.

Kim performing with The Skeletones last November at The Farm House Collective.

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Local Retailer

The Riversider | June/July 2026

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From King High to King of Riverside, Justin Hudson of One Love IE is making an impact far beyond ball caps

Justin Hudson started 1LoveIE with a simple idea: the Inland Empire deserved its own brand. Something rooted here, made for people from here, that could travel anywhere and still mean something.

That was thirteen years ago. Today the 1LoveIE logo is everywhere. On hats, shirts, tote bags, and jackets. It has become a point of community pride that cuts across generations. People have walked into the store with the logo tattooed on their skin.

The downtown Riverside flagship sits on Main Street between Fifth and Sixth, tucked into

a quiet tree-lined block in the shadow of the Mission Inn. The store is warm and carefully merchandised, drawing tourists, convention visitors, and longtime locals alike. Hudson calls his customers family members.

"It's a great opportunity to connect with folks and spread our mission," he said.

That mission, peace, love and unity, has always been bigger than apparel. 1LoveIE has expanded into watches, board games and car air fresheners. Hudson calls it a lifestyle brand.

"Anytime you think of love, we want to be a part of that," he said.

His reach extends beyond retail. Hudson serves on the board of Altura Credit Union, teaches business as an associate professor at Riverside City College and San Bernardino Valley College, and runs DARE, a youth program pairing entrepreneurship and financial literacy with creative arts. In 2021, the 60th Assembly District named 1LoveIE its Small Business of the Year. On Instagram, where he’s known as the Ambassador

of the Inland Empire, his feed moves from storefronts to classrooms to boardrooms without much separation between them.

A Martin Luther King High School grad with a bachelor's from Cal State LA and a MBA from Azusa Pacific, Hudson came back to Riverside to build something. The logo on a hat is the most visible part. The teaching, the board service, and the youth programming are the parts he seems to consider the point.

"My goal is to be anywhere and everywhere," he said, "and to show other folks that anything is possible."

Owner Justin Hudson

Local Business

The Riversider | June/July 2026

Monster Media

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KEN CRAWFORD

Riverside Spawned a Monster

Derric Swinfard built Monster Media from a $675 printer. Now he’s producing Coachella’s most ambitious experiential installations.

Derric Swinfard was not supposed to be in the printing business. He was a snowboarder, sponsored by H Street and later EVOL Snowboards, spending winters on the mountain and summers doing sports marketing for Osiris Shoes. Then a friend showed up at his house on Brockton Avenue with a vinyl banner, and something clicked.

He tracked down an HP printer through a contact in Irvine and financed it for $675 a month. The math was simple: make enough to cover the payment. He started selling to friends, and Monster Media was in business.

That was roughly 25 years ago. Today the company operates out of a solar-powered facility in Riverside, producing large-format printing, custom signage, and experiential media installations for clients that include Goldenvoice and, most recently, Radiohead.

Swinfard’s wife, Erin, returned to the business full-time once their son Dash was grown and now runs day-to-day operations. “She runs circles around people,” Swinfard said. “She doesn’t miss anything. I’m chasing squirrels.”

The company’s social conscience developed alongside the business. After Dash was born, Swinfard came across footage of Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society confronting Japanese whalers in Antarctica. He brought in his business partner Bill Fold and artist connections including Shepard Fairey,

and launched Sea No Evil, an annual fundraiser that ran six years at the Riverside Art Museum and Municipal Auditorium, raising roughly $300,000 for Sea Shepherd.

“Just making stuff for money is cool,” Swinfard said. “But doing things that make a difference is even cooler.”

That impulse extended to the facility. Working with then-city council member Rusty Bailey, Swinfard helped change city policy to allow businesses to access Riverside’s solar rebate program. Monster Media became the first commercially rebated solar project in the city.

The Goldenvoice relationship grew steadily over years of Coachella work. This past spring it culminated in the Radiohead bunker, a 17,000-squarefoot subterranean structure built in five months to house the physical debut of the band’s Kid A Mnesia exhibition. Monster Media produced more than 8,200 square feet of drape printing, 4,200 square feet of wheat paste, and continuous prints stretching 55 feet wide.

Swinfard watched his crew install graphics while welders finished handrails around them. “I didn’t know if it was going to finish in time,” he said. “It was pretty wild.” It did. And Monster Media did it all from Riverside.

“You don’t have to go to LA to get cool stuff,” Swinfard said. “Make it here in Riverside.”

Coachella art installation manufactured by Monster Media

Coachella signage

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Owner Derric Swinfard

Radiohead Bunker at this year's Coachella

Monster Media's Riverside HQ

Riverside: An All-American City A Celebration of America

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In 2026 the United States of America observes its Semiquincentennial—250 years since its founding. The Mission Inn Foundation and all of Riverside joins in this observation because Riverside history is American history, and American history is Riverside history.

To commemorate 250 years of American freedom, the leading role the Mission Inn and Riverside has played in the shaping of American history and politics comes into the spotlight with “Riverside: An All-American City,” a celebratory gallery exhibition.

A handbell of Paul Revere from Frank Miller’s expansive Mission Inn bell collection, wooden shields and portraits that adorned city streets to honor the local heroes of the Civil War, a bust of Benjamin Franklin, a relief of Abraham Lincoln, mementos from the Mission Inn’s multiple presidential visits, and a retrospective of Riverside’s—and the country’s—elaborate 1976 American Bicentennial celebration are featured elements to ring in the celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial.

Viewing the exhibition from different perspectives—from varying political views, cultural

and religious backgrounds, and beliefs in what makes for “a more perfect union”— is encouraged as together these perspectives shape America’s past, present, and future. The artifacts, images, and stories presented are small pieces of an overarching 250-year story. A story that is still being written.

The Presidents Come to Riverside

Since its earliest days, the Mission Inn has been a go-to destination for presidents—and presidential hopefuls. Founded in 1876, the Mission Inn, then known as the Glenwood, has hosted nine presidential visits and dozens of significant figures in American politics.

Lining the wall of the Inn’s Presidential Lounge are the portraits of these noteworthy leaders. Harrison (a drive by “visit”), McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Hoover, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush all have connections to the Inn. Bobby Kennedy, Johnson, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Obama, and more made Riverside a destination on their California excursions.

Come 1895, Riverside was the wealthiest city in the nation per capita due to the boom of the

citrus industry. The city was also a Republican stronghold. Therefore, President Teddy Roosevelt, who ascended to the presidency following the assassination of President McKinley, was campaigning for the presidency for the first time in 1903. Riverside was a high-priority stop, likely for the accessible wealth for campaign fundraising and the groundswell of support for Roosevelt—a bastion of the Republican Party.

During his May 7-8, 1903, visit, Roosevelt lodged at the Mission Inn, where he planted one of the two parent navel orange trees in the front Court of the Birds. The visit highlighted the region’s triumphant citrus industry and its growing national significance, symbolizing Riverside’s role in the development of California’s agricultural economy at the turn of the twentieth century.

An avid naturalist, Roosevelt further showcased his passion for the quintessential California landscape at the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Mrytle Street, when he planted a 40-foot tall Mexican fan palm dedicated to the late Queen Victoria, namesake of the Avenue. It is known as the Roosevelt Palm and is City of Riverside Cultural Landmark #64 as it commemorates his visit and

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JULIAN JOLLIFFE

A 45-star flag flies above guests on opening night of “Riverside: An All-American City” exhibition at the Mission Inn Foundation gallery on May 1, 2026.

marks the scenic skyline of Victoria Avenue. Before leaving Riverside, the official photographer of the Inn had an audience with Roosevelt and commemorated the visit with a photographed portrait of the president.

Richard Nixon’s connection to Riverside was deeply personal long before he became president.

Miscellaneous presidential memorabilia on display representing nearly every presidential visit to Riverside.

He was born and raised in Yorba Linda, just several cities away from Riverside. As a child he would visit his Aunt Edith (Milhous) Timberlake, who lived in Riverside. The Mission Inn was a childhood playground for Nixon. On June 21, 1940, Richard Nixon and Pat Ryan were married in the Presidential Suite at the Inn. It was a simple

Quaker ceremony, and afterwards, the Nixons left on their honeymoon—a drive from Riverside to Mexico City.

Years later, the couple was vacationing at the Inn when Nixon received a telegram that he was selected to be the vice-presidential candidate for the Eisenhower campaign. Due to these personal

Images displayed of the Nixons’ Mission Inn stay and Reagans’ 1952 Mission Inn honeymoon.

World War II U.S. war ration book issued to

Harry A. Mousen on Larchwood Place.

and professional connections, Nixon’s visits to Riverside often felt less like formal political stops and more like returns to a place that was part of his Southern California roots.

At the age of twenty-six, Ronald Reagan made Southern California his home. A successful actor and two-time president of the Screen Actors Guild, Reagan married Nancy Davis in 1952 in a small, private ceremony in Studio City. Later, the couple honeymooned at the Mission Inn. Reagan would return to Riverside many times as both governor of California and president, but his honeymoon connection gave the city an especially personal link to him beyond politics.

Long before his time in congress and as president, John F. Kennedy visited Riverside in 1940 at the age of twenty-three while representing his father, Joseph Kennedy Sr., who was serving as the United States Ambassador to Great Britain.

Kennedy attended the Institute of World Affairs conference held at the Mission Inn, where international diplomacy and global affairs were major topics of discussion. His presence connected Riverside to international happenings at a critical pre-World War II moment and marked his earliest connection to the city.

During the 1960 presidential campaign, the City of Riverside was a political epicenter for California. With Nixon having the multitude of connections to California—and particularly the Mission Inn—the Kennedy campaign exercised a slick political move. The “Citizens for Kennedy” Riverside County committee headquarters was located in the Mission Inn’s International Rotunda, turning one of the Inn’s most famous gathering spaces into a Kennedy political hub.

Volunteers, supporters, and campaign organizers worked from the Inn—a deeply personal

place for Nixon—to build momentum for Kennedy’s run, making the Mission Inn part of the national story of the 1960 election. Nixon squeaked by and won California with 50.1% and Kennedy achieved 49.9%. The practically tied results were a shock to the homegrown Californian—Nixon.

Riverside Celebrates the Spirit of ’76!

The 1976 American Bicentennial could not have come at a better time for lifting American spirits. On the heels of a national turmoil brought about by the war in Vietnam, tensions over the Civil Rights Movement, and crises like the Watergate scandal and economic inflation, the country was hardly in a celebratory mood. With a focus less on Washington, D.C. and more on the power and pride of local history and celebration, President Ford encouraged cities to lead the charge in commemorating the Bicentennial in their own way.

Officially recognized as a National Bicentennial Community in 1974, Riverside joined 3,500 cities from across the nation in embracing the celebration with a unique local emblem, a full calendar of activities, and widespread public participation. The festivities ran from July 1975 through the end of 1976 and included parades, performances, exhibitions, and the grand opening of the new City Hall, which became a central hub for events and symbol of civic pride. One of the first City Council meetings in the new City Council Chambers included the City Council dressed in full George Washington-era colonial costumes.

The Bicentennial also inspired lasting contributions to local history and preservation. Riverside’s Bicentennial Commission authored a history book to catalog the many activities completed in honor of the 200th anniversary. The eighteen months of celebration concluded with the dedication of the Riverside History Walk at Raincross Square Convention Center in December 1976.

A gift from the Soroptimists International of Riverside, these 31 granite stones depicted highlights from Riverside history. After being removed in 2012 and in storage for over a decade, the History Walk was reinstalled in front of the Historic Riverside County Court House in December 2025. A time capsule near Main and 5th Streets was laid in 1976 and will be opened in 2076—the nation’s tricentennial.

This bust of Benjamin Franklin from Frank Miller’s collection closely resembles the famed Franklin bust by Jean Antoine Houdon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Commemorative granite marker at 5th and Main Streets for the Riverside Bicentennial Time Capsule

strengthened appreciation for both national and local history. The country today finds itself in a similar situation that it did in 1976—uncertainties at home and abroad, painfully divided political ideologies, and economic struggles due to ongoing inflation.

Overall, the celebration united the community, encouraged widespread civic involvement, and

It can be one’s hope, albeit optimistic, that the celebration of and reflection upon America’s 250th anniversary will inculcate a similar sentiment that transformed the hearts and minds of Americans five decades ago. One does not need to agree with and praise every aspect of American political happenings to celebrate and honor the country’s core tenets of

self-governance through representative democracy and individual freedoms. Tenets that if not celebrated and exercised could be chiseled away.

By way of this museum exhibition, the role Riverside has played in the shaping of American life and politics is brought into the spotlight. For Riverside—and Riversiders—are intertwined with the thousands of other cities and millions of other Americans that this July 4, 2026, recommit themselves to being part of the nation’s earliest motto: e pluribus unum—out of many, one.

This exhibition is made possible by the Mission Inn Foundation and City of Riverside Office of Councilmember Philip Falcone. Open daily at the Mission Inn Museum, 3598 Main Street, until August 3, 2026. Learn more about how Riverside is celebrating America’s 250th anniversary at RiversideCA.gov/America250

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s signature Stetson Open Road fur-felt cowboy hat became synonymous with the Texas democrat and was frequently worn at campaign rallies like the one held in Riverside on October 28, 1964.

A 1976 Riverside, California Bicentennial Calendar of events produced by the City of Riverside Bicentennial Commission.

San Bernardino Mayor Bob Holcomb presents a Bicentennial telephone to fellow Mayor Ben Lewis at Riverside’s City Hall dedication in October 1975.

FRESH PAINT IN DOWNTOWN RIVERSIDE

Grounded in the arches of Victoria Bridge, Juan Navarro’s Riverside County Office of Education mural honors a foundation formed by those who cared about the future: where students would go, how they would get there, and who would help them cross. With the support of educators, families, and mentors, the student constructs knowledge through play—quietly building curiosity toward expertise, imagination toward degrees. Remaining childlike and inventive, they turn ideas over in their mind until, in time, they complete the circle of education: building blocks become homes, stones become a bridge, and the student achieves the dreams they believed in as kids.

Photo: Julian V. Jolliffe

Words: Christopher Menezes

Riverside's Plumber John Dixon is about to dig into his favorite breakfast at Riviera Family Restaurant.

The Best Thing I Ever Ate ... In Riverside

We asked our friends to share with us their favorite dish in town….the best thing they ever ate in Riverside. The only limit was that it had to be from a locally owned establishment and not a chain. We got dishes from every corner of the city and from sandwich staples to Ethiopian fare. The Riversider staff worked hard, traveling the city, taking photos (and the occasional bite) of all the delicious dishes. Many of the places we were familiar with, but there are some hidden gems that had been under our radar until now. Please go check out these restaurants and always support locally owned businesses.

PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

Camarones al Mojo de Ajo at Mi Lindo Apatzingan

Chosen by Kaitlin Reierson, City of Riverside’s Director of Marketing & Communications

Mi Lindo Apatzingan

9948 Magnolia (951) 688-0908

Lasagna with Meatballs Dinner at D’Ceasaro Pizza and Italian Restaurant

Chosen by Julian Jolliffe, Staff Photographer of The Riversider Magazine

D’Ceasaro Pizza and Italian Restaurant

6160 Arlington (951) 687-0777

Chicken Salad Sandwich on a Croissant with BBQ Sauce Drizzle at The Upper Crust Sandwich Shop

Chosen by Justin Hudson, owner of 1LoveIE

The Upper Crust Sandwich Shop 3573 Main Street (951) 784-3419

Fajitas Mixtas at Yoli’s Mexican Grill

Chosen by Alondra Figueroa, Co-Publisher of The Riversider Magazine

Yoli’s Mexican Grill 3225 Market Street (951) 530-8280

Club Sandwich on Parmesan toast with Tater Tots at Riverside Airport Cafe

Chosen by Ken Crawford, Editor of The Riversider Magazine

Riverside Airport Cafe 6951 Flight Road (951) 688-3337

The Best Thing I Ever Ate ... In Riverside

Veggie Combo at Sekela Ethiopia Restaurant

Chosen by Gabe Roth, owner of Daptone and Penrose Records

Sekela Ethiopia Restaurant 12702 Magnolia (951) 407-1021

The Turkish Eggs at Arcade Downtown

Chosen by Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson

Arcade Downtown 3870 Main Street (951) 394-3809

Cashew Noodles at Chaam Thai

Chosen by Zach Cordner, Co-Publisher of The Riversider Magazine Chaam Thai 2955 Van Buren Boulevard (951) 359-1331

The Joey Combo at Joe Aguilar’s Templo Del Sol

Chosen by Rusty Bailey, Former Riverside Mayor Joe Aguilar’s Templo Del Sol 1365 University Ave (951) 682-6252

Red Chilaquiles with Steak at Habanero Mexican Grill

Chosen by Mano Mirandé, Associate Editor of The Riversider Magazine

Habanero Mexican Grill 2472 University Avenue (951) 224-9145

Carnitas Tacos Plate at Tuxies Juices

Chosen by Matt Beld, Penrose Record Store

Tuxies Juices 6030 Magnolia Ave (951) 781-1858

The Best Thing I Ever Ate ... In Riverside

Riviera Supreme Omelette with Biscuits & Gravy and Chicken Fried Steak at Riviera Family Restaurant

Chosen by Riverside’s Plumber John Dixon

Riviera Family Restaurant 5633 Mission Boulevard (951) 274-9509

By nine in the morning Flabob Airport is already hours into a busy day. Smokey Steve has the barbecue going. A DJ is set up near the hangars. Docents are in position throughout the museum exhibits, ready to walk visitors through aviation history stretching back to the early days of flight. Out on the flight line, vintage and classic aircraft sit in the sun below Mount Rubidoux, the DC-3 among them.

This is Display Day. Every third Saturday it goes like this, eight to noon, and the cafe tables have long since pushed past the building and the patio and around the corner to tarmac level, where nobody minds when the DC-3 fires up, drowns out the small talk and rolls toward the runway.

Over the River

Flabob Airport

Riverside's Best Kept Secret

After a century in the shadow of Mount Rubidoux, Flabob Airport is making its move as a community destination

WORDS: KEN CRAWFORD PHOTOS: JULIAN JOLLIFFE

Flabob Airport turned 100 last year, putting it among a handful of general aviation fields in the United States still operating on their original ground. Flavio Madariaga and Bob Bogan established it in 1925, combining their first names, on a flat stretch of land along the Santa Ana River in what is now Jurupa Valley.

Riversiders know the city was only incorporated in 2011, which means Flabob was there nearly nine decades before the city around it had a name. Aviation itself was barely older than the airport. The Wright Brothers had flown at Kitty Hawk just twenty-two years earlier.

What grew up around that airfield over the

next century was something the founders could not have anticipated. Flabob became a gathering place for pilots, builders, and enthusiasts. Stunt pilots flew out of it. Movie pilots called it home. In 1953, a group of aviation enthusiasts meeting at Flabob founded EAA Chapter 1, the first chapter of what would become the Experimental Aircraft Association, now with more than 1,000 chapters worldwide. Chapter 1 is still there. When Tom Wathen stepped in around 2000 to save the airport from developers, he preserved a piece of aviation history that most Riverside residents didn't know they had.

The airport is thriving, but for a long stretch

Flabob Airport Cafe

it stayed quiet, tucked against the river, known mostly to pilots and a small orbit of regulars. The cafe was low-key. The hangars hummed with private work. Suburban sprawl grew up around Flabob without particularly noticing it.

Flabob has struggled to engage the community. The offerings are there. To those in the know, Flabob offers an enclave, a small town of makers and doers. There was a real treasure emerging but many of the people on the Riverside side of the Santa Ana didn’t know the airport existed… until Leimamo Taylor took over the cafe. The current version of the Flabob Cafe may be the best reason to cross the river since Gay and Larry’s closed.

Taylor also runs the cafe at Riverside Municipal Airport. She is the kind of operator who stops at every table even when the room is full. You can hear her laugh from across the cafe.

"She's done some wonderful things over there," airport manager Coleman Fait said. "It's just been amazing to see the difference."

The cafe itself hasn't changed much and that's the point. A big stone fireplace anchors the room. Dark wood, aviation photographs and artifacts cover the walls. It is small, the kind of place that fills up fast and feels full even when it isn't. Leimamo Taylor didn't gut it. She upgraded the menu and tightened the operation and left the patina alone. The room looks like it has been there forever because it has.

The difference is easy to measure. The cafe has pushed past its walls, past the patio, and out onto the tarmac, where tables sit at runway level with a view of the flight line. Taylor's role at Flabob extends beyond the kitchen. She is involved in events and programming, including Display Day, as part of a broader effort to put the airport back on the map.

"Having Leimamo part of the team was just a home run," Fait said. "The stuff she brings with her is in the direction we're already heading."

Through the Roof

"We kind of call ourselves an educational campus with a runway," Fait said.

The programming backs that up. "The kids didn't build the airplane," he said. "The airplane built the kids."

Inside Flabob's more than 120 hangars, that plays out in practical terms. The Spartan School of Aeronautics trains aircraft mechanics in the large hangar with the checkerboard roof. Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy, a free charter

Civil Air Patrol

"The Big Red Barn program runs every Saturday, volunteers teaching kids to rivet, tear down engines and reassemble aircraft."

school, runs junior high through high school on the grounds. The Big Red Barn program runs every Saturday, volunteers teaching kids to rivet, tear down engines and reassemble aircraft.

The Rocket Program, in its fourth year, draws top collegiate rocket schools to an annual symposium, including USC, Caltech, Purdue, Georgia Tech and the Air Force Academy. EAA Chapter 1's Young Eagles program puts kids in actual aircraft the first weekend of every month. The Civil Air Patrol rounds out the youth programs, serving as a pipeline into the military for interested students.

The hangars also house aircraft restoration shops, auto builders, a company called Bombs Away that makes fiberglass props for film productions, and Flabob Aero Engines, a new shop focused on keeping the radial engine in production, one of only a handful in the country. Along the flight line, Fait is developing Museum Row, a chronological exhibit running from a Wright Flyer replica through the Cold War jet era, with docents opening the hangars on Display Day each month.

The first stop is a full size replica of the Wright Brothers' original aircraft, displayed in a hangar filled with period tools and bicycles, a nod to the Dayton shop where Orville and Wilbur built their first machines before anyone believed flight was possible. Tom Wathen's passion for vintage air racing is preserved nearby in the Tom Austin Racer Museum, home to replicas of 1920s-era racing aircraft including the Pesco Special.

"Eventually," Fait said, "we're going to turn it into Disneyland here at Flabob."

That ambition is grounded in something Flabob has always done well. The airport has long been a place where people with an idea and not much else could find room to work. Fait sees that as central to the mission. The hangars today house startups alongside established operations, small businesses getting their footing in spaces that have sheltered builders and tinkerers since the

beginning. It is the same instinct that brought Madariaga and Bogan here in 1925, and it is the thread that connects the founders to the charter school students, the rocket teams, the Saturday morning mechanics, and the families sitting at tarmac level watching the DC-3 taxi past their breakfast. Flabob has always been a place where people show up to make something. The community is just now being invited to watch.

A car show is coming this summer. Veterans Day in November is the airport's largest annual event. In May 2027, Flabob will host the inaugural Flying Circus, a fly-in targeting antique aircraft that could draw between 50 and 200 planes for the weekend.

Flabob is an important part of Riverside history. With an ambitious plan and a great group of people running the show, it’s likely that Flabob will have a role in the future; not just as a nostalgic reminder of the past but as an active economic generator and a community entertainment hub. Next time you see a small plane buzz the top of Mount Rubidoux, follow it to Flabob for a club sandwich. You might learn something while you're there.

For more info on upcoming events, please follow @flabobairport and @theflabobairportcafe

The DC-3 fires up its engines.

RIVERSIDERS HAVE RETURNED TO FAIRMOUNT PARK

The Park

In 1911, the Olmsted Brothers delivered a plan for a public park on the western edge of downtown Riverside. Their design called for lawns, shaded walks, and a lake large enough to sail on.

It took thirteen years to build the lake. On the Fourth of July, 1924, Riverside dedicated Lake Evans, named for Mayor John Evans, who pushed the project forward. The Stewart Boathouse had already been standing since 1912, built in anticipation of what the park would become. A bandshell designed by Arthur Benton, who also designed the Mission Inn, gave the park a performance venue. In 1925, the city donated land near the water to World War I veterans, who built a clubhouse for American Legion Post 79. Fairmount was built to be used, and for a long time it was.

For a stretch of years beginning in the 1970s and running into the early 2000s, the park fell into disrepair. The reputation turned. Families stayed away. The Arthur Benton bandshell was

Riverside’s biggest civic park is having its best run in decades, and the city is investing in the next hundred years

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lost to fire and replaced in 1995 with a structure that met the moment without reaching for anything more. The park did not disappear, but it became a place people talked about in the past tense.

That changed. Gradually, without much announcement, Fairmount found its way back.

The Lake Boating has been part of Fairmount since Lake Evans opened in 1924. After years of closure, Brown Lake was dredged and the city brought in Wheel Fun Rentals to operate the reopened Stewart Boathouse. Wheel Fun runs concessions at Yorba Regional, Irvine Park, and Bonelli Park. Their decision to add Fairmount to that list reflects what the park has become. Swan pedal boats, kayaks, and Surrey bikes are available now, on a lake that has had boats on it for more than a century.

The Riverside Community Sailing Program has been on Lake Evans since 2008, built by volunteers in partnership with the city’s Parks

Department. The annual Riverside Regatta draws council members, rowing clubs, and school kids to race on the water while spectators line the shore. At the water’s edge near the Legion clubhouse, a Water Buffalo amphibious vehicle sits on a concrete ramp, placed there in 1949 to mark Riverside’s role in manufacturing the vehicle during World War II. It has been pointing toward the lake ever since.

The Legion at 100

American Legion Post 79 was chartered in 1920. Its clubhouse has stood on city-donated land since 1925. The Sons of the American Legion planted the landscaping in 1930. Post 79 has been through every version of Fairmount: the busy years, the years when the park’s reputation turned and families stayed away, and the years since. Through all of it the Legion stayed. A hundred years on the same piece of ground is remarkable.

Swan Paddle Boats, Kayaks and Surrey Bikes are now available for rental at the Stewart Boathouse.

Summer Fun Concerts in the Park draws hundreds of Riversiders every Wednesday night in June and July.

Sailing on Lake Evans during the Riverside Regatta.

What a Saturday Looks Like

The parking lots fill early. Families arrive with coolers, folding chairs, portable grills, and volleyball nets. Fairmount has returned to its traditional role as the place where Riversiders gather with family and friends, for casual afternoons and Quinceaneras, for the kind of weekend that does not require a plan.

Along the lakeshore, the regulars have their spots. Fishing poles and lawn chairs at the same bend of the bank. Couples on benches. Children running the path. Fishing has always drawn people of all ages to the lakes at Fairmount, but in recent years the activity has grown among the young. Small groups of teenagers work the shoreline on weekends, waiting on a bass or a carp with a patience that challenges the screenager stereotype.

On the lawn near the main drive, the car clubs are out. Lowriders in the morning light, their owners gathered in the easy way of people who have done this a hundred times. The cars are the occasion but the gathering is the point.

By noon the smell of charcoal is everywhere. Families grilling at Fairmount on a Saturday is one of those facts about Riverside that does not need explaining to anyone who grew up here.

On Wednesday nights in June and July, the city’s summer concert series draws hundreds of people to the lawn in front of the bandshell. Chairs, blankets, and coolers fill the space in front of the stage.

The current structure, a 1995 rebuild after

fire destroyed Arthur Benton’s original, was not designed for the kind of production the series has grown into, so a portable stage goes up each week to handle it. The crowd does not seem bothered. From salsa to soul, people dance with the friends they brought and the ones they meet when the music starts. The event is bigger than any single performance. It is a reason to get out.

In January 2026, the Riverside City Council voted unanimously to lease the vacant 1959 armory building at the park’s entrance to Thompson Brewing Company under a 25-year agreement. The city will spend $2.5 million in federal funds on environmental cleanup and building renovation. A Bloomberg Philanthropies grant will pay for public art on the building’s exterior. The city has also set aside $1 million for pickleball courts on the property.

Brian and Martha Thompson have run their brewery on Indiana Avenue in the Arlington neighborhood for thirteen years. Their plan for the 12,000-square-foot armory includes a brewery and beer garden, live music, art programming, and outdoor seating at the park’s entrance. The lease runs 25 years with options to extend. It is a long commitment to a specific piece of Riverside.

The city is also exploring a bandshell refurbishment with modern sound, lighting, and a permanent stage large enough to match the series it already supports. The 1920 Benton original was a civic asset. What replaced it after the fire

was a placeholder. A proper venue would complete what the concert series has already proven: that Riversiders will show up when given a reason. Taken together, the investments at Fairmount represent a sustained commitment to the next hundred years of the park’s civic life, to the 250 acres of lawn and water between the freeway and downtown where Riversiders have always found their way back. The teenagers fishing from the shore of Lake Evans today may not be thinking that far ahead. But there is a reasonable chance they bring their grandkids to the same spot.

SUMMER FUN CONCERTS IN THE PARK

(Every Wednesday from 6pm-9pm) Concert Lineup:

June 24 | Stone Soul (Motown Tribute)

July 1 | The Convertibles Band (Patriotic Rock & Soul) + Drone Show

July 8 | Bumptown (Old School & Latin)

July 15 | Vilma Diaz y La Sonora (Salsa & Cumbia)

July 22 | Pop Gun Rerun (’80s Music)

July 29 | B.I.G. (R&B & Old School), presented by Ontario International Airport

Arts

The Riversider | June/July 2026

Medallions to Monuments

Rico Alderette built a business on Riverside's identity, and he's just getting started

KEN CRAWFORD

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Before Rico Alderette put a seventeen-foot love sign on Main Street, before he fabricated the bright orange Ruhnau Raincross monument that guards the breezeway at city hall, he was selling four-inch steel medallions out of a local makers collective called MADE.

The medallions went into yards, onto walls and bookshelves across Riverside. They were everywhere.

“By having local makers, it started to create this culture,” Alderette said. “People started making raincrosses that never would have even thought about it.”

That culture turned out to be a business plan. Alderette, a former ironworkers union foreman, and his wife, Rheiana Lenox Alderette,

founded MADE as a platform for locally made goods. Rico’s metalwork was a natural fit. The market response told him something. So did the scale of what people were willing to imagine.

He eventually spun the fabrication work into its own company. Today, Alderette Designs is the parent corporation, with Paradigm Ironworks as the structural and commercial arm, the side of the business that takes on contractors, commercial builds, and industrial work. The two names face different markets but share the same shop, the same hands, and the same philosophy.

“Draw it with a crayon,” Alderette said. “If you want something like art, draw with a crayon… If you want it to float and fire to come out of it and water to come out the side of it, go ahead.

Tell me what you want. We’ll figure it out.”

That approach has built a portfolio that runs from custom furniture and residential stair rails to public monuments. The citrus swing installation at the Hampton Inn, completed in 2019, was the first major public piece, and Alderette was still working out of his garage when the project started. He proposed not just a photo opportunity but a swing that would photograph you and text the image to your phone. He had never done it before. They figured it out.

The love sign came through Leadership Riverside, a civic program that Alderette credits with reshaping how he understood his city and his role in it. The Raincross monument followed. Walking downtown now, he still gets goosebumps.

Rico Alderette

ZACH CORDNER

“That lobby sign, we did that. That sign, we did there. We did the love sign there. To have touched so many things downtown is pretty awesome.”

Alderette is quick to point out that the monumental work and the bread-and-butter commercial fabrication are not different disciplines so much as different applications of the same foundation. His years doing structural ironwork gave him the engineering instinct. An injury redirected him toward ornamental and custom work. Both inform everything Alderette Designs builds, whether it’s a commercial stairway for a contractor or a sculpture that requires a structural engineer and a permit process.

The new shop, significantly larger than his previous space, is less about volume than about

possibility. Alderette says the size of the next monument has never been the constraint.

“We can make the next monument as big as they want. I’ve always said that.”

Projects currently in the pipeline include a decorative sign for a business in Joshua Tree, a fabrication commission for a small art piece in Los Angeles, and two City of Riverside projects he cannot yet fully disclose. One involves creative input from his team. The other is already designed. Both are waiting on him.

The medallions are still out there in Riverside yards. The monuments are downtown. And Rico Alderette, working now out of a shop built for whatever comes next, is still figuring it out.

For Alderette, the business philosophy and

the civic identity are the same thing. A rising tide lifts all ships, he says, language he uses without irony because he lives the metaphor. He serves as chair on the Riverside Arts Council and is a member of the transportation commission. He went through Leadership Riverside because someone told him he asked too many questions about how things worked.

He hasn’t stopped asking the questions and hasn’t stopped searching for ways to be part of the solution.

Follow Alderette Designs on Instagram @alderette_designs

JULIAN JOLLIFFE

Dining: La Sierra Acres

The Riversider | June/July 2026

Oaxaca de Mis Amores

WORDS: ALONDRA FIGUEROA

PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

Deep off of Arlington Avenue , over a mile past Van Buren Boulevard, you can find a hidden gem that showcases a traditional Oaxacan menu. Family owned, they pride themselves in sharing their rich culture by bringing a full experience to the patron. There’s always wonderful Oaxacan music playing and even a cute little gift shop area where you can pick up some traditional clothing and ceramics. I absolutely loved the artisan cups with beautiful flower designs and will be getting one next time I stop by.

The really interesting thing is this is not your typical Mexican restaurant. They won't be serving you a California burrito here, that’s for sure! The menu is totally unique. The flavors are very different, the ingredients are intricate, and they specialize in authentic Oaxacan dishes. The owner, Alfredo, is from indigenous parts of Oaxaca (a southern Mexican state) and is proud to speak Zapoteco, the native language.

The name of the restaurant comes from a traditional song that shares the immense love for Oaxaca that many immigrants have for their native land. They are so proud of their heritage that they

are even interested in starting a Oaxacan festival that showcases their traditions. They are so serious about featuring authentic flavors that they have many specialty ingredients shipped in from Oaxaca directly.

Things like their Tlayuda which is a giant crispy corn tortilla that is served topped with pork lard and beans spread on top with tomatoes, avocado, their famous Oaxacan cheese (similar to mozzarella), and your choice of protein served on top. We had steak, chicken, and chorizo—so good! Traditionally it is eaten by hand and that is how we enjoyed it. Ripping off pieces to savor this special medley made it so much more fun.

We were happy to sit down with owners, Alfredo Santiago Reyes and Jazmin Vielmas to chat about their awesome little restaurant and try some of their favorite Oaxacan dishes. Aside from the amazing Tlayuda we tried the guacamole and Chapulines (grasshoppers!), and it was shockingly good! It is a must try culinary adventure.

We also tried the Memelitas Mixtas which are similar to Mexican Sopes but they are lighter and even more delicious! This comes with four different types: egg and cheese, chorizo, cecina (pork), and tasajo (steak). All of them were so tasty they were gone in an instant!

Next we tried the Festival de Mole which features all seven Moles that are from Oaxaca. This was such a symphony of flavors in a very special dish. The Festival features Mole Coloradito, Rojo, Negro, Amarillo, Verde, Estofado, and Chiichilo. Making Mole takes real dedication as it is a labor

of love requiring many hours and ingredients to make it just right. My favorites were the Estofado and Coloradito, each of which was so full of complex flavor. They were a little sweet and savory, a great dish to sample many traditional Mole flavors. They graciously shared their specialty Oaxacan ice cream, Nieve de Garrafa, which is made by hand in their very traditional flavors of Leche Quemada (burnt milk) and Nuez (walnut). This is not your typical ice cream. It was reminiscent of shaved ice, very good and refreshing. The burnt milk flavor which is a crowd favorite is quite strong. Just know that they are not kidding when they say burnt milk!

Overall our experience with Oaxaca de Mis Amores was fantastic. The service was excellent, the food very unique and tasty. The owners also wanted to share how grateful they are that the community has truly embraced them. They love supporting the community as well and are happy to bring the special flavors of Oaxaca to Riverside for all to enjoy.

Festival de Mole

Memelitas Mixtas

Owners Alfredo Santiago Reyes and Jazmin Vielmas

Tlayuda

Guacamole with Chapulines Nieve de Garrafa

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Bar & Restaurant Guide

The Riversider | June/July 2026

AMERICAN (NEW)

Batter Rebellion 1393 University Ave (951) 901-9357

Bushfire Kitchen

5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 92 (951) 534-0697

ProAbition Whiskey Lounge & Kitchen

3597 Main St (951) 222-2110

The Rustik Fork Eatery

1355 E Alessandro Blvd Ste 101 (951) 656-3555

The State 3800 Main St (951) 728-3330

Yard House 3775 Tyler St (951) 688-9273

BAKERIES/DONUTS

American Donuts

3355 Iowa Ave (951) 329-3238

Baguette Bakery & Café

767 W Blaine St B (951) 788-5300

Baker’s Dozen Donuts 6100 Magnolia Ave (951) 369-0198

Better-Be Donuts Café

1015 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 653-0166

Cakebox

3557 Main St A (951) 660-4179

Casey’s Cupcakes

3649 Mission Inn Ave (951) 328-6908

Chela’s Panadería 4022 Park Ave (951) 680-9983

Christy’s Donuts 8151 Arlington Ave (951) 977-8166

Wonderland Bake Shop

3569 Main St (951) 452-6271

Delicias del Horno Bakery

3969 Chicago Ave (951) 456-9448

Donut Cravings 7132 Van Buren Blvd (951) 789-8324

Donut Tyme

5225 Canyon Crest Dr (951) 788-5043

Donut Queen 5501 Mission Blvd (951) 369-8797

Dunkin’ Donuts

18641 Van Buren Blvd (951) 384-2882

Dunkin’ Donuts

4922 La Sierra Ave (951) 777-8377

Freshh Donuts 781 W Blaine St (951) 682-5648

P.S. I Crepe You 6095 Magnolia Ave (951) 742-5167

Isabella’s Cupcakes & More 5225 Canyon Crest Dr #28 (951) 782-9200

Linda’s Donuts 3950 Pierce St (951) 351-8288

Lindmair Bakery 9230 Magnolia Ave (951) 688-2131

Lola’s Bakery 4026 Chicago Ave (951) 683-1219

Miss Donuts & Bagel

3962 University Ave (951) 787-0193

Mochi Lion 1242 University Ave (951) 534-0756

Mr. Blue’s Donuts

19009 Van Buren Blvd Ste 123 (951) 780-3188

Mr. Baker 10466 Magnolia Ave (951) 299-8932

Nothing Bundt Cakes

3639 Riverside Plaza Dr #502 (951) 787-1885

Ochoa’s Mexican Bakery 10330 Arlington Ave #3 (951) 359-8128

Ortiz Bakery

421 Iowa Ave #A (951) 787-9138

Pepe’s Panaderia 3511 Madison St (951) 353-8801

Rainbow Donuts

3758 La Sierra Ave (951) 688-7889

Randy's Donuts

3519 Van Buren Blvd (951) 588-5678

Riverside Cookie Shoppe

6737 Brockton Ave (951) 686-6374

Simple Simon’s

Bakery & Bistro

3639 Main St (951) 369-6030

Star Donut

5145 Jurupa Ave #H (951) 530-8006

Steve’s Donuts

7201 Arlington Ave Ste C (951) 323-7153

Uncle Chuang’s Bakery

3740 Iowa Ave #109 (951) 275-8800

Urban Dripp

3750 University Ave #175 (951) 742-5949

US Donuts

4786 La Sierra Ave (951) 352-1893

3720 Sunnyside Dr (951) 823-0797

Winchell’s Donut House

1705 University Ave (951) 682-8834

Woodcrest Donuts

19510 Van Buren Blvd Ste F7 (951) 653-5054

Yvette’s Bakery

6729 Indiana Ave (951) 742-5541

Yum Yum Donuts

3247 Arlington Ave (951) 683-5489

BAR & GRILLS

Art’s Bar & Grill

3357 University Ave (951) 683-9520

Duke’s Bar & Grill

3221 Iowa Ave (951) 248-1143

Events Sports Grill

10560 Magnolia Ave #A (951) 352-2693

Fire Up Grill

3750 University Ave (951) 289-9071

Flat Top Bar & Grill

17960 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-0114

Joe’s Bar & Grill

10909 Magnolia Ave (951) 637-3931

Law’s Restaurant

9640 Indiana Ave (951) 354-7021

Shooters Sports & Grill

10226 Indiana Ave (951) 785-9588

Sire Restaurant

6440 Magnolia Ave (951) 683-7473

BARS/LOUNGES

Bar Ni Modo 1393 University ave (951) 223-6829

Dapper Dine & Lounge 3203 Mission Inn Ave (951) 620-0004

Downtown Experiment 3601 University Ave (951) 355-2606

Lake Alice Trading Co 3616 University Ave (951) 686-7343

Locals Public House 285 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 780-1800

Mezcal Ultra Lounge

3737 Main St Ste 100 (951) 333-8558

The Brickwood 3653 Main St (951) 352-2739

The Lobby 3730 Main St (951) 742-5020

The Menagerie 3581 University Ave (951) 788-8000

The Presidential Lounge 3649 Mission Inn Ave (951) 784-0300

VIP Nightclub & Restaurant 3673 Merrill Ave (951) 784-2370

W. Wolfskill 4281 Main St (951) 374-1176

BBQ

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 3540 Riverside Plaza Dr Ste 314 (951) 683-9700

Gram’s BBQ 3527 Main St (951) 782-8219

Mongolian BBQ 1242 University Ave STE 7 (951) 686-0702

Smoke & Fire Social Eatery 5225 Canyon Crest Dr #9 (909) 542-9054

Spirit of Texas BBQ 3965 Market St (951) 462-1117

BREAKFAST DINERS & CAFES

Amy’s 10635 Magnolia Ave (951) 689-0296

Brandon’s Diner

10246 Indiana Ave Ste A (951) 359-3617

Brandon’s Diner 9646 Magnolia Ave (951) 637-2782

Buenos Dias Cafe 2790 14th St (951) 405-8031

Crest Cafe 5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 40 (951) 784-2233

Flabob Airport Cafe 4130 Mennes Ave (951) 213-6030

Flo’s Farmhouse Cafe 5620 Van Buren Blvd (951) 352-2690

Joanna’s Cafe 17950 Van Buren Blvd (951) 789-8843

Kountry Folks 3653 La Sierra Ave (951) 354-0437

Soup Shoppe 6712 Magnolia Ave (951) 781-4710

The Riverside Airport Cafe 6951 Flight Rd (951) 688-3337

Riviera Family Restaurant 5633 Mission Blvd (951) 274-9509

Rodeo Cafe 17136 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-0388

BREWERIES/TAP ROOMS

All Points Brewing Co. 2023 Chicago Ave Unit B8 (951) 213-6258

Brüe Crüe 11626 Sterling Ave, STE G (951) 299-8860

Carbon Nation Brewing 9860 Indiana Ave, Unit 19

Euryale Brewing Company 2060 Chicago Ave Ste A-17 (951) 530-8865

Hangar 24 5225 Canyon Crest Dr Unit 58 (951) 213-4777

Packinghouse Brewing Company 6421 Central Ave Ste 101-A (951) 333-9261

Route 30 Brewing Company 9860 Indiana Ave Ste 19 (951) 776-7083

Thompson Brewing 9900 Indiana Ave (951) 289-7533

BURGERS

Baker’s Drive Thru

2221 Main St (909) 884-5233

Baker’s Drive Thru

6686 Indiana Ave (909) 884-5233

Baker’s Drive Thru

1300 Blaine St (909) 884-5233

Baker’s Drive Thru

10225 Magnolia Ave (909) 884-5233

Baker’s Drive Thru

5396 Mission Blvd (909) 884-5233

Boys Burgers

10737 Magnolia Ave (951) 689-1294

Chris’ Burgers

407 Iowa Ave (951) 781-8542

Dairy Queen

8610 California Ave, Suite 101 (951) 343-4075

Farmer Boys

3400 University Ave (951) 680-0900

Farmer Boys

2901 Iowa Ave (951) 782-9003

Farmer Boys

3303 Madison St (951) 351-9700

George’s Drive-In

9910 Magnolia Ave (951) 688-2471

Johnny’s Burgers

4825 La Sierra Ave (951) 688-1000

Johnny’s Burgers

3394 Madison St (951) 687-3599

Mission Burgers 4606 Pine St (951) 682-7272

MGM Burgers 1691 Main St (951) 276-1744

Nikko’s Burgers

9295 Magnolia Ave STE 112 (951) 352-7290

Original Tommy’s 7504 Mission Grove Pkwy S (951) 780-4201

R Burgers

5980 Van Buren Blvd (951) 358-9203

R Burgers

1666 University Ave (951) 784-4350

Urban Skillet

1223 University Ave, Ste 150 (951) 213-1760

Smash Papas 3605 Market St

Star Burgers

7207 Arlington Ave (951) 689-5050

Zorba’s Restaurant 450 Iowa Ave (951) 686-5830

Zorba’s Express 770 University Ave (951) 787-0094

CHINESE

Canton Chinese Food 1756 University Ave (951) 684-6126

Changan Kitchen 1299 University Ave (951) 213-6790

Chen Ling Palace 9856 Magnolia Ave (951) 351-8511

Chinatown 10935 Magnolia Ave (951) 785-6197

Greedy Cat 1400 University Ave Ste 108 (909) 655-7235

HK BBQ House 3740 Iowa Ave #102 (951) 777-1368

Ho Choy’s 10352 Arlington Ave (951) 785-1188

Ho Ho 3511 Madison St (951) 637-2411

Hong Kong Express 1490 University Ave (951) 686-2223

Jade China 2712 Canyon Springs Pkwy (951) 653-9200

LOC Chinese Kitchen 1223 University Ave, Ste 130 (951) 204-1521

Little Beijing

Chinese Fast Food

5800 Van Buren Blvd (951) 509-1188

Lucky Wok

2995 Van Buren Blvd (951) 688-2888

Master Gan 1299 Galleria at Tyler

Monark Asian Bistro

5225 Canyon Crest Dr #64 (951) 683-1073

Mr. China Express

8451 Colorado Ave #8301 (951) 687-8967

Mr. You

19530 Van Buren Blvd G7 (951) 653-1740

Peking Restaurant

11170 Magnolia Ave (951) 687-4822

Red Chilli Noodle Star 4069 Chicago Ave, Ste 100 (951) 584-3645

Wok In Kitchen

5050 Arlington Ave #101 (951) 343-7888

COFFEE/TEA/JUICE

7 Leaves Cafe 1201 University Ave Ste 101 (951) 530-8666

Arcade Downtown

3870 Main Street (951) 266-6839

Arcade Coffee Roasters

3672 Chicago Ave Ste A (951) 266-6839

Arcade Coffee Roasters

5225 Canyon Crest Dr. Ste 17A (951) 266-6839

Back to the Grind

3575 University Ave (951) 784-0800

Boba Fiend Tea House

3375 Iowa Ave (951) 823-0700

Bobaloca 19009 Van Buren Blvd (951) 789-8646

Bolcupop 3605 Market Street (951) 595-4513

The California Lounge

3649 Mission Inn Ave (951) 784-0300

Cafe Oro Dos Aztecas

3521 Main St (657) 933-1685

Coffeecito House 3882 12th St (951) 405-4599

Condron Coffee

3696 Sunnyside Dr (951) 880-3354

Copper Goat Coffee

3563 Main St (951) 744-4364

Crave Coffee & Tea

3590 Central Ave (951) 289-9436

Daily Brew Coffee House

2955 Van Buren Blvd (951) 352-7477

Ding Tea

1575 University Ave Ste E (951) 429-9706

Earth Cafe 10051 Magnolia Ave, Ste B4 (951) 406-1001

Flavor Theory

11090 Magnolia Ave (951) 977-9698

Goodwin’s Organics Cafe 191 W Big Springs Rd (951) 682-2667

JUJUBAR

19040 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-0224

Kung Fu Tea

3678 Central Ave Ste 102 (951) 254-9609

Kraemer’s Coffee Bistro 6734 Brockton Ave (951) 686-4400

Lift Coffee Roasters

2060 Chicago Ave Ste A10 (951) 742-7413

Molinos Coffee

3660 Mission Inn Ave (951) 276-7147

Mundial Coffee 1725 Spruce St (951) 777-1225

Nekter Juice Bar 5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 7B (951) 224-9842

R&B Tea

1889 University Ave Unit 105 (951) 462-4142

Sharetea 10920 Magnolia Ave Ste 103 (951) 406-5165

TRA Boba & Snack

3740 Iowa Ave Ste 103 (951) 530-8536

Tastea 11130 Magnolia Ave Unit C (951) 588-8138

Tim Boba 1450 University Ave Ste N (951) 462-1929

Toasted

6160 Arlington Ave Ste C9 (951) 977-9847

Twee Coffee 9344 Magnolia Ave (951) 335-0599

Krak Boba

3907 Chicago Ave Ste B (951) 742-5341

DELI/SANDWICHES

Backstreet Restaurant

3735 Nelson St (951) 683-6650

Butch’s Grinders

4602 Pine St (951) 781-8511

Cheba Hut 3505 Market Street Ste 101 (951) 777-1117

Diane’s Deli 2900 Adams St #B1 (951) 689-2900

D’Elia’s Grinders 2093 University Ave (951) 683-7380

D’Elia’s Grinders 9009 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-3354

European Intl Market &Deli 7120 Indiana Ave G (951) 274-9100

M & M Deli 1960 Chicago Ave #D1 (951) 684-6861

My Hero Subs 355 Iowa Ave A (951) 784-7370

RiverCrust Deli 6235 River Crest Dr Ste F (951) 656-8145

Subs & Spuds

5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste #83a (951) 369-1491

The Sub Station 3663 Canyon Crest Dr (951) 683-4523

Tummy Stuffer 1159 Iowa Ave O (951) 369-1266

The Upper Crust Sandwich Shoppe 3573 Main St (951) 784-3149

ETHIOPIAN

Sekela Ethiopian Restaurant 12702 Magnolia Ave UNIT 22 (951) 407-1021

FILIPINO

Sarap Social 1393 University Ave, Ste 109 (657) 272-1186

Nanay Gloria 10959 Magnolia Ave (951) 977-8831

FRENCH

Le Chat Noir 3790 9th St (951) 786-9266

GERMAN

European International Market & Deli 7120 Indiana Ave G (951) 274-9100

Bar & Restaurant Guide

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HAWAIIAN

Kaua Hawaiian BBQ 10949 Magnolia Ave (951) 624-3900

Ohana Cravings

3740 Iowa Ave, Ste 104 (951) 742-5555

Ono Hawaiian BBQ 3531 Madison St (951) 351-0888

Ono Hawaiian BBQ

3540 Riverside Plaza Dr #324 (951) 328-1988

Ono Hawaiian BBQ

2721 Canyon Springs Pkwy #101 (951) 656-6188

Park Ave Polynesian Restaurant 4038 Park Ave (951) 344-1090

ICE CREAM/FROZEN YOGURT

Afters Ice Cream 1201 University Ave

Baskin-Robbins

7024 Magnolia Ave (951) 682-3131

Benedetto Gelato 1393 University Ave, #112 (951) 213-6984

Canyon Crest Ice Cream & Water

5225 Canyon Crest Dr #27 (951) 675-7385

Cherry On Top

3560 Riverside Plaza Dr (951) 213-6018

Cherry On Top

19009 Van Buren Blvd Ste 125 (951) 780-0800

Cold Stone Creamery

9867 Magnolia Ave Ste C (951) 637-0920

Dairy Queen

8610 California Ave, Ste 101 (951) 343-4075

Dairy Queen 6665 Magnolia Ave (951) 684-6280

Frostbites Crepes & Frozen Delights 10347 Magnolia Ave (951) 352-4903

Handel's Ice Cream

5225 Canyon Crest Dr (951) 742-5013

La Michoacana

3961 Chicago Ave 951) 248-9142

Mixies Ice Cream & Cookies 3605 Market St (951) 595-4520

Toi Moi Italian Ice & Juice Shop 10181 Hole Ave (951) 343-4146

Yogurtland 1242 University Ave Ste A (951) 683-1950

Yogurtland 3510 Tyler St #104 (951) 772-0229

INDIAN

Azaad Indian Cuisine 4290 Riverwalk Pkwy, Ste 306 (951) 299-8307

Bombay Stores 1385 W Blaine St (951) 788-3042

Cali Tardka 9212 Sunridge Drive (951) 376-0566

Gandhi Indian Cuisine 1355 E Alessandro Blvd #205 (951) 653-4147

India Sweets & Groceries

779 W Blaine St (951) 784-7400

Mantra Indian Cuisine 10359 Magnolia Ave (951) 417-4539

Namaste Indian Kitchen 6061 Magnolia Ave (951) 275-5316

Punjab Palace Cuisine of India 1766 University Ave (951) 686-9968

ITALIAN/PIZZA

Aloha Pizza & Pasta 755 W Blaine St (951) 788-8830

Antone’s Italian Food 4125 Sunnyside Dr (951) 682-5900

Antonio Pizza 195 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 776-1888

Antonious Pizza Cafe 3737 Main St (951) 682-9100

Bella’s Pizza

5196 Arlington Ave (951) 351-3131

Blaze Pizza 3540 Riverside Plaza Dr (951) 789-3212

Blaze Pizza

10920 Magnolia Ave Suite 107 (951) 474-5855

Bricks & Birch

3605 Market Street #5 (951) 500-7776

Bricks & Birch 1393 University Ave

Capone’s Pizza 7207 Arlington Ave F (951) 689-3520

Dave’s New York Style Pizza 1490 University Ave #102 (951) 787-9900

DeMatteo’s Pizza 7030 Magnolia Ave (951) 682-6198

Dematteo’s Woodcrest 18590 Van Buren Boulevard (951) 429-7317

D’Caesaro Pizza & Italian 6160 Arlington Avenue C4 (951) 687-0777

Enzo’s Pizza 10170 Indiana Ave (951) 351-2375

Farfalla’s Cucina Italiana 5250 Arlington Ave (951) 354-5100

Dough Bros

5300 Arlington Ave (951) 977-9090

Dough Bros 1889 University Ave #108 (951) 781-3838

Fiesta Pizza 6110 Van Buren Blvd (951) 353-8007

Mamma Mia Restaurant and Bar 10971 Magnolia Ave (951) 729-5555

Marcello’s Pizza & Pasta 783 W Blaine St (951) 781-9996

Marcello’s Pizza & Pasta 6519 Clay St A (951) 681-9797

Mario’s Place

3646 Mission Inn Avenue (951) 684-7755

MOD Pizza

3444 Arlington Ave (951) 374-5255

New York Pizza Co 3570 Van Buren Blvd (951) 688-4000

The Old Spaghetti Factory 3191 Mission Inn Avenue (951) 784-4417

Papa Joe’s Pizza 5115 Jurupa Ave B3 (951) 680-9090

Papa Joe’s Pizza 10555 Indiana Ave (951) 688-1188

Pietro’s Italian Cuisine 6788 Brockton Ave (951) 784-1310

The Pizza Place 18955 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-5588

Romano’s Chicago Pizzeria 285 Alessandro Blvd (951) 780-7399

SF Hole In The Wall Pizza 1725 Spruce Street (951) 215-4444

Scratch Pizza 4950 La Sierra Ave #8 (951) 359-2023

Tower Pizza 3375 Iowa Ave (951) 518-4300

Tommy Salami's 17040 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-6000

The Outpost 3692 Sunnyside Dr

Slasher Pizza 1201 University Ave #116 (951) 823-0630

Viano’s Restaurant 16810 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-3000

JAPANESE/POKE RAMEN/SUSHI

AhiPoki 3540 Riverside Plaza Dr STE 310 (951) 530-8255

Amagi Sushi 19510 Van Buren Blvd Unit F6 (951) 656-8144

Dada Kitchen 1393 University Ave STE 113 (951) 213-6253 Fuego Hibachi 3750 Main St (951) 742-5039

Ichi Sushi & K-Food 9555 Magnolia Ave (951) 353-1929

Kotsu Ramen & Gyoza 3522 Madison St Ste 101 (951) 299-8889

The Lowkey Poke Joint 11860 Magnolia Ave (951) 299-7699

Momo Sushi 9844 Magnolia Ave (951) 999-9123

Ohana Sushi 195 Alessandro Blvd Ste 8A (951) 789-0443

Oishii Sushi 6133 Magnolia Ave (951) 784-2550

Ooka Sushi & Hibachi Steak House 3525 Riverside Plaza Dr #200 (951) 779-0099

Poke Bistro 3375 Iowa Ave Ste K (951) 394-8580

Ramen Okawari 3740 Iowa Ave #104 (951) 680-9411

Rohey’s Wok & Grill 4294 Riverwalk Pkwy (951) 359-5272

Saku Ramen 3643 Main St (951) 742-5849

Shabu Garden 11120 Magnolia Ave (951) 373-4727

Silverlake Ramen 3775 Tyler St (951) 934-9160

Soho Ramen Riverside 3605 Market St (951) 595-4528

Sushi Asahi 2955 Van Buren Blvd Suite #D2 (951) 637-1313

Sushi Ok 5228 Arlington Ave (951) 689-8054

Sushi Okoku 10380 Magnolia Ave (951) 343-2225

Sushi R91 1630 Spruce St (951) 682-1323

Sushi Station 19029 Van Buren Blvd #115 (951) 789-0068

Sushi Times 1400 University Ave Ste A101 (951) 777-1037

Sushingon 6060 Magnolia Ave (951) 224-9590

Taiyos Sushi & Poki 11120 Magnolia Ave (951) 343-1112

Teriyaki Plus 7120 Indiana Ave (951) 788-8337

Tomo 7 Sushi 5519 Van Buren Blvd (951) 343-5991

Top Grill

5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 94 (951) 530-8668

Zen Street

3600 Central Ave #1 (951) 683-3648

KOREAN

bb.q Chicken

3770 9th St (951) 534-0254

Chimak House

11120 Magnolia Ave, Unit A (951) 343-1120

Manna Grill

1201 University Ave #110B (951) 530-8033

Koreana Grill 10051 Magnolia Ave Ste A1 (951) 688-9000

Ok Tofu House

10560 Magnolia Ave, Ste D (951) 509-0808

Saet Byul Asian Market 9555 Magnolia Ave (951) 637-5652

Wang Cho Korean BBQ

3639 Riverside Plaza Dr (951) 788-8889

MEDITERRANEAN

Elias Pita

1490 University Ave Ste 103 (951) 686-6800

Fufu’s Mideast Grill

3605 Market Street (951) 595-4527

Georgie's Mediterranean 5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 57 (951) 823-0440

Greek Street Grill

3312 La Sierra Ave Ste 103 (951) 352-0801

The Halal Guys 1201 University Ave, Ste 102 (951) 742-7656

Kabob House 10901 Magnolia Ave (951) 353-9711

Lucky Greek

3887 Merrill Ave (951) 686-2621

Mandi Express 3940 University Ave (951) 777-1043

Panini Kabob Grill 1298 Galleria at Tyler (951) 352-6318

Sam’s Pita & Kabab 9799 Magnolia Ave (951) 376-1269

MEXICAN

Ahumadas Mexican Grill 7614 Evans St (951) 368-4583

Anchos Southwest Grill & Bar 10773 Hole Ave (951) 352-0240

Antojitos Mexicanos La Ribera 4773 Tyler St Ste 2d (951) 353-1852

Armando’s Mexican Food 4294 Riverwalk Pkwy Ste 200 (951) 343-5896

Ay Mi Pa 3775 Tyler St #1B (951) 729-6174

Azteca Market

5125 Jurupa Ave A2 (951) 530-8791

Blue Burro 1201 University Ave Ste 109B (951) 742-5353

Birrieria Little Tijuana 12702 Magnolia Ave Unit 25 (951) 268-6895

Birrieria Xolos 9696 Magnolia Ave (951) 376-1226

Cactus Cantina 151 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 789-0211

Casa Mota 8151 Arlington Ave (951) 352-7383

Castaneda’s Mexican Food 6751 Indiana Ave (951) 786-0996

Castañeda’s Mexican Food 1450 P University Ave (951) 786-0996

Chilitos Mexican Grill

3847 S Pierce St Ste F (951) 509-1002

Cielito Lindo 10277 Arlington Ave (951) 352-3214

El Chapala Seafood Restaurant

8201 Arlington Ave (951) 359-7560

El Fogon Mexican Grill 765 Blaine St (951) 782-8959

El Habanero

6160 Arlington Ave (951) 343-5868

El Ojo De Agua

2115 University Ave (951) 779-6293

El Patron

3204 Mission Inn Ave (951) 777-1131

El Torito

3639 Riverside Plaza Dr Ste 526 (951) 684-6816

El Trigo

4155 Park Ave (951) 787-6937

Estrella Taqueria Lounge

3635 University Ave (951) 999-4323

Fire Up Bar & Grill

3750 University Ave (951) 289-9071

Fish Taco Xtreme

16960 Van Buren Blvd Ste D (951) 800-9061

Fuego 360 Rotisserie Chicken

3866 La Sierra Ave (951) 456-3705

Green Taco 3812 Pierce St (951) 353-2272

Habanero Mexican Grill

2472 University Ave (951) 224-9145

Ixtapa

4093 University Ave (951) 777-1132

Joe Aguilar’s Templo Del Sol 1365 University Ave (951) 682-6562

Juan Pollo 6055 Magnolia Ave (951) 683-3513

Mariposas 1690 Spruce St (951) 742-5761

La Bufadora Baja Grill 497 E Alessandro Blvd Ste B (951) 776-2881

La Bufadora Baja Grill

5650-52 Van Buren Blvd (951) 687-7237

La Cruda Mariscos

6733 Indiana Ave (951) 777-0862

Las Campanas

3649 Mission Inn Ave (888) 326-4448

Las Nuevas Islas

4920 Jackson St (951) 772-0020

Los Cabos Tacos 11840 Magnolia Ave (951) 352-2653

Los Fredo’s Mexican Food 9111 Magnolia Ave (951) 525-3411

Los Novillos Market

2650 Main St (951) 530-8893

M Taco 4111 Main St (951) 784-7135

Maria’s Mexican Kitchen 17028 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-2034

Mariscos El Camaron Loco

3340 Mary St (951) 682-3882

Mezcal Cantina Y Cocina 3737 Main St Ste 100 (951) 888-2240

Miches De La Baja 1242 University Ave Ste 5 (951) 742-5633

Mi Lindo Apatzingan 9948 Magnolia Ave (951) 688-0908

Morena's Mexican Cuisine 3457 Arlington Ave Ste 106 (951) 266-6333

Mr. Taco 2435 Main St (951) 682-4020

Mr. Taco 18590 Van Buren Blvd (951) 776-9900

Olivia’s Mexican Restaurant 9447 Magnolia Ave (951) 689-2131

Palenque 3737 Main St (951) 888-2240

Pepitos Mexican Restaurant

5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 42 (951) 783-9444

Ramiro’s Cocina 9418 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-6146

Ranchito Tacos Al Carbon 2995 Van Buren Blvd Ste A1 (951) 359-8646

Rancho La Perla 3700 Van Buren Blvd Ste 109 (951) 688-8682

Rico’s Tacos El Primo 1788 University Ave Ste 102 (951) 782-9610

Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill

3848 La Sierra Ave (951) 687-2280

El GoGo's Taco Shop

19530 Van Buren Blvd Ste G6 (951) 656-0304

Señor Baja 6033 Magnolia Ave (951) 369-5720

Sushingon 6060 Magnolia Ave (951) 224-9590

Taco Station 4088 Mission Inn Ave (951) 782-8226

The Taco Stand 1393 University Ave (951) 266-6295

Tacos La Piedad 3522 Madison St Ste 104 (951) 578-0892

Tacos Y Más 10203 Hole Ave (951) 687-1344

Taqueria Azteca 5959 Arlington Ave Ste E (951) 509-3670

Taqueria 2 Potrillos 10088 Magnolia Ave (951) 588-8772

Taqueria Tomateros 9164 Magnolia Ave (909) 257-1545

The Tamale Factory 3663 Main St (951) 342-3023

Tijuana’s Tacos 8151 Arlington Ave (951) 343-7777

Tina’s Mexican Food 2421 University Ave (951) 686-1524

Tio’s Mexican Food 19009 Van Buren Blvd Ste 124 (951) 780-7776

Tio’s Tacos 3948 Mission Inn Ave (951) 788-0230

Tony’s Mexican Food 3870 Chicago Ave (951) 788-4410

Tony’s Mexican Grill 9670 Magnolia Ave (951) 729-6141

Tuxies Juices 6030 Magnolia Ave Ste 3 (951) 781-1048

Yeye's Kitchen 18181 Van Buren Blvd, Ste 103 (951) 398-7075

Yoli’s Mexican Grill 3225 Market St (951) 801-7104

Bar & Restaurant Guide

Zacatecas Cafe

3767 Iowa Ave (951) 683-3939

PAKISTANI

Al-Karam Pakistani Cuisine

3457 Arlington Ave Ste 101 (951) 742-5610

Mirchi Restaurant 1385 W Blaine St (951) 400-2825

SEAFOOD

California Fish Grill 10920 Magnolia Ave Suite 101 (951) 405-6880

Market Broiler 3525 Merrill Ave (951) 276-9007

Pier 76 Fish Grill

3555 Riverside Plaza Dr Ste 108 (951) 341-9297

Rockstar Shrimp 767 W Blaine St (951) 530-8620

Shrimp Shack Cajun Fusion 3605 Market St, Ste 9 (951) 742-5558

Seafood & Crawfish 10173 Magnolia Ave (951) 359-5999

Star Crab 10051 Magnolia Ave (951) 977-9440

STEAKHOUSES

Duane’s Prime Steak & Seafood 3649 Mission Inn Ave (888) 326-4448

Flat Top Bar & Grill 17960 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-0114

THAI

Angel Thai Cuisine 6736 Brockton Ave (951) 788-1995

Best Thai Cuisine 1735 Spruce St F (951) 682-4251

Gra Pow 497 E Alessandro Blvd #D (951) 780-1132

Monark Asian Bistro 5225 Canyon Crest Dr #64 (951) 683-1073

Chaam Eatery 2955 Van Buren Blvd #F1 (951) 359-1331

Riverside Thai Kitchen 7755 California Ave (951) 729-6675

Royal Orchid Restaurant 9791 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-6100

TK Thai Cuisine 11860 Magnolia Ave Ste T (951) 509-3701

VEGETARIAN/VEGAN

Blue Bowl Superfoods 1393 University Ave Ste 108

Goodwin’s Organic 91 W Big Springs Rd (951) 682-2667

La Sierra Natural Foods 11550 Pierce St (951) 785-2563

Oasis Vegetarian Café 11550 Pierce St (951) 688-5423

Veg & Go 1201 University Ave Ste #115 (951) 213-6233

VIETNAMESE/PHO

5 Stars Pho Restaurant 4950 La Sierra Ave (951) 772-0700

Pho 81 2995 Van Buren Blvd Ste A13 (951) 977-8869

Phở 99 4557 La Sierra Ave (951) 688-2671

Pho Anh 5646 Van Buren Blvd (951) 977-9889

Pho Anh Hot Pot & Crayfish 10271 Magnolia Ave (951) 729-6668

Pho Anh Hot Pot & Crayfish 231 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 215-0585

Pho DJ 5180 Arlington Ave (951) 354-2799

Pho Ha 10185 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-8918

Pho Ha #7 1820 University Ave #101 (951) 680-0790

Pho Star Bowl 10051 Magnolia Ave (951) 299-8130

Phở Vinam Restaurant 1201 University Ave #107 (951) 784-4290

WINE BARS/WINERIES

The Brickwood 3653 Main St (951) 352-2739

Canyon Crest Winery 5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 7A (951) 369-9463

Mario’s Place 3646 Mission Inn Ave (951) 684-7755

DISCOVER A NEW CHAPTER AT

60 Miles East Thunderclap at Brüe Crüe

WORDS: KEN CRAWFORD

PHOTOS: JULIAN JOLLIFFE

Sixty Miles East is the next move for The Riversider Magazine. Beyond telling the stories of Riverside’s art, music, and dining scenes, we want to participate. We hope to build events and institutions, connecting artists and spaces to enrich the entertainment environment in the city. Thunderclap is our first long-term endeavor and a model for what should be many more well-curated artistic endeavors in every corner of the city.

For Thunderclap, Stephen McKee at Brüe Crüe has opened his space to us on the third Thursday of every month. Embarc Dispensaries, a Riversider advertiser committed to returning something to the community, comes on as our sponsor. This is a relationship that we believe is built to last. Both organizations are dedicated to making Riverside a better place, and we are excited about future opportunities that may emerge from this connection.

Our first Thunderclap event exceeded the expectations of all involved, and we expect that it won't take long to make Thunderclap an event

that draws from well beyond Riverside's borders. We chose the name Thunderclap because it is a phrase with impact and represents that we want to make a loud noise that can not be ignored. That said, we are not throwing your typical beachy, “irie vibes” reggae night. That is part of the mood, no question. But the music of the Jamaican diaspora is as much well-tailored suits as it is board shorts, as much Doc Martens as it is flip flops, as much Peter Tosh’s M-16 as it is Bob Marley’s love-overeverything. We celebrate all of it.

Come hang out with us on the third Thursday of every month at Brüe Crüe. It’s free, 21 and over, and starts at 8pm. Follow Sixty Miles East on Instagram for details @sixtymileseast

Brüe Crüe

11626 Sterling Ave STE G (951) 299-8860 bruecrue.com @bruecrueinc

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Amp Up Your Amp Up Your

SAVINGS

BY POWERING DOWN

When temperatures rise, so can your energy bill, but staying cool doesn’t have to cost more.

Simple habits like setting your thermostat to 78°F, using fans wisely, unplugging unused electronics, running appliances during off-peak hours, and keeping blinds closed can help you save.

For even more ways to save, Riverside Public Utilities offers rebates and programs to help residents improve energy efficiency at home.

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