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Nightlife at the Fox Theater, 2019. Photo by Julian Jolliffe

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D E PA R T M E N T S 4 Inland Exposures Highlighting our best images of Riverside. Photography by Zach Cordner and Jullian Jolliffe 10 Love Letter To Riverside “The smell of orange blossoms is in the air, and their glorious aroma instantly summons lifelong memories”

22 Hidden Gems Butch’s Grinders Restaurant Review 42 LA SIERRA Pho Star Bowl

14 Riverside's Finest Dell Roberts

44 Bar & Restaurant Guide The Riversider’s guide to all the best bars and eateries

16 Local Retailer Urge Palette

54 Postcards From Yesterday Main Street

18 Local Retailer MADE

Sunset view of Cucamonga Peak from the Santa Ana riverbed. Photo by Julian Jolliffe

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F E AT U R E S 24 The Debonaires Celebrating the life of Jason Napayon 28 Historical Riverside Three architects of the Spanish Colonial Revival 34 Riverside’s Mid-Century Moment The city known for its Mission-style hotel is a mid-century lover’s dream

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Victoria Avenue in all of it's springtime glory!

Love Letter to Riverside We always know that spring has arrived in Riverside when the streets are layered with beautiful blooming flowers. The smell of orange blossoms is in the air, and their glorious aroma instantly summons lifelong memories. Driving through the groves near Dufferin and along Victoria is how we know we’re home. In this issue, we’re proud to showcase how incredibly stunning and diverse Riverside’s homes can truly be. We begin with our venture through Riverside’s distinct role within the Spanish Colonial Revival in Southern California. Everyone is familiar with the glory of the Mission Inn and Benedict Castle, but be sure to jump into the deep historical value of Riverside’s impressive SCR architecture in this issue’s “Designing a more perfect Mediterranean”— you’ll be amazed at how important our town’s role was in driving this style, and we agree that it should be celebrated and preserved. We then spring for ward to highlight the fascinating story of how Mid-Century architecture and styling truly is as Riverside as it gets. Find out

all about that and more in the feature “Mid- Century Moment,” and revel in the fabulous kitsch of the sensational homes that were kind enough to open their doors to us. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the remarkable images featuring homes that are part of the upcoming Old Riverside Foundation’s Vintage home tour happening this May 14th. We were so smitten with these gorgeous homes that we’re excited to announce that we’ll be featuring more unique dwellings to highlight how distinctive and individual Riverside’s homes can actually be. We’d love to hear about any cool, eccentric, and specialty homes you know of or maybe own yourself! Yes, we know this can be a variety of things—think fun, quirky styling, or an uncommon feature that might surprise us all.

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“With a lifetime of praise, awards, and accolades, Dell professed, “Every award I receive, I’m always surprised because I love all of it.” The kind and genuine concern about his community is noted by everyone that encounters him” The Riversider Magazine

Riverside's Finest Adrian “Dell” Roberts WORDS: ELIZABETH SCHWARTZE PHOTO: ZACH CORDNER

Adrian “Dell” Roberts has dedicated his life in service to the City of Riverside. The impact of his life’s efforts can never truly be quantified, but his legacy will live on in the generational change he enacted by the simple act of caring! Dell cares for the Riverside community, especially its youth as a legendary youth advocate and community icon. He made a lifelong investment in his community, and as Riverside’s Finest—no truer title can be bestowed. Dell was born in Houston, Texas, 3rd Ward in 1936. He spent his youth traversing Oklahoma and Texas with his mother, and grandmother. He moved to Riverside in 1945, when his beloved mother Aline Rober t s got married. “ My mother taught me everything—to respect and love all people, and help if you can.” He remembered that Riverside “looked like heaven” when he arrived with its openspace and fruit trees everywhere. He attended Longfellow Elementary, University Heights Junior High, and graduated from Riverside Polytechnic High School in 1955, where he lettered in swimming, football, and track. During high school, he started working at Butcher Boy’s Food, where he remembered delivering meat to the original McDonald’s on E Street! He then soon received an associate’s degree from Riverside Community College. Dell met and married his first wife, Lula, and they had three sons together: Dell, Glen, and Craig. Dell had to support his young

family when his wife became ill from cancer, and succumbed to the disease in 1981. For several years, he worked four jobs: Butcher Boy, football coach, campus security, and then parks and recreation—a work day that started at 4am, and ended at 10pm. A work ethic he credits his mother for teaching him. In 1960, Dell began his 38-year career with Riverside Unified School District as football coach. He went on to be the campus supervisor, and assistant principal in charge of discipline at his alma mater—Poly High School from 1965-1989. From 1989 until his retirement in 2003, he was assistant administrator in charge of discipline and campus security. His profound impact and dedication to Riverside’s youth is immeasurable. He’s proud to say, “All kids in Riverside belong to me. All races!” Beginning in 1968, Dell founded the Black Students Union at local high schools. He created a Multicultural Council at Poly High, the Riverside Black History Committee in 1979, and the Black History Parade in 1980. One of his career highlights was hosting world-famous boxer Muhammad Ali on May 31, 1977, where Ali delivered his stay-in-school and healthy lifestyle message to Riverside high schools. Dell met his wife of 31 years, Carmen, when she volunteered on the Black History Committee, of which she still remains President today. Dell said Carmen is “The wind beneath my wings.” As a power couple, Dell and Carmen continued to invest in the

youth of Riverside, and started the Adrian Dell & Carmen Roberts Foundation. One of their proudest achievements began in 2001 when they created the Empowering Young Women Conference. They also sponsor an annual backpack giveaway, and oversee the Black Histor y Parade and Expo— California’s longest-running black history parade. Dell never truly retired. He continues his passions, helping the youth through various programs. “A lot of what I do is prompted by children. I like to see children having good, clean fun,” he emphasized. For fun, he still participates in a car club he started back in 1956, Coche’r Car Club, showing off his 1969 Chevelle, or his 1947 Chevy Pickup. Dell and Carmen can still be found at various events where community members enjoy taking the opportunity to thank them for making an impact. With a lifetime of praise, awards, and accolades, Dell professed, “Every award I receive, I’m always surprised because I love all of it.” The kind and genuine concern about his community is noted by everyone that encounters him. Recently, Dell was named the winner of the 2022 Frank Miller Civic Achievement Award. Dell will be honored on May 19, 2022, with a ceremony and dinner hosted at Riverside’s own Mission Inn Hotel & Spa. With the heart of a young man and the eloquence of an old soul, Dell Roberts will remain one of Riverside’s Finest for generations!

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Urge Palette & The Pain Sugar Gallery

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Riverside has recently become a haven for public art. From the vibrant Black Lives Matter murals that adorned boarded-up store fronts during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, to the recent influx of murals throughout downtown, the Eastside, and across the community—Riverside’s finally living up to its name as a “City of Arts and Innovation.” But this wasn’t always the case. During the 1990s and well into the 2000s, a citywide ordinance prohibiting public art was in effect. Aside from a few murals celebrating the city’s history in the citrus industry, ballet, and a few local landmarks, public murals were scarce. One local artist and musician who has dedicated a lifetime to the progression of the local art and music community—despite opposition and adversity is Fritz Aragon owner of Urge Palette Art Supplies, and the Pain Sugar Gallery—located on 9th and Orange in the heart of downtown Riverside. Born in Manila, Philippines, Fritz has called Riverside his home since he was six years old. Today at 46, he proudly shares his life-long passion for art and music.“I got into drawing as soon as I could pick up a pencil,” he recalled. With no formal instruction, Aragon has become a master of his craft—painting every thing from canvases to large-scale public murals, and designing album covers for numerous bands. At just twelve years old, he owned his first The Riversider Magazine

Owner Fritz Aragon

guitar, and by sixteen was touring the world with various punk bands—from Europe to Japan and South America, as well as throughout the United States. In 2001, he co-founded Ethnospine Noise Records with his brother, and has since released nearly 40 records, while continuing to play with their current project, Moxiebeat. In 2008, Fritz co-founded the Blood Orange Info Shop at The Life Arts Building in downtown Riverside—a DIY space dedicated to community organizing, live music, and art gallery highlighting local talent. Employed at an office supply store on 14th Street at the time, Fritz started an in-house art supply section—learning the process of ordering art supplies on a commercial level, and developing strong relationships with wholesale distributors. In 2014, these distributors gave him a significant loan—allowing the opportunity to go into business for himself by opening his own art supply shop. With no previous professional experience as a business owner, but driven by his passion to give back to the local art community, Aragon took the risk and founded Urge Palette Art Supplies from the ground up—with the help of business partner Laura Madia. Going on its eighth year, Urge Palette has not only survived through a pandemic, but has emerged

as more than just a source for local artists to purchase supplies. It has established itself as a common ground for artists to network, collaborate, and provides other vital resources, such as art instruction, gallery exhibitions, and community events. Constantly stocked with a wide variety of affordable materials like brushes, acrylic paints, and canvases, Urge Palette also of fers unique resources like aerosol spray paint, artist literature, and printing services. The adjoining Pain Sugar Gallery—founded in 2017 by Aragon—hosts events and rotating art shows showcasing local talent, which coincides with the monthly Riverside Artwalk. Without the dedication, contributions, and undying support of Fritz Aragon and his vision, Riverside’s art community would not have flourished and grown to the level we see today.

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Resting on Magnolia Avenue is MADE , where it’s nestled between the shopping center behind Provident Bank. There’s an abundance of one-ofa-kind items at MADE, where you can find anything from handmade home decor to unique furniture pieces that’ll surely be a highlight in your home. Owners Rheiana and Rico Alderette opened their doors in 2015, and started with seven “makers.” Now, they have over 200 local artisans and makers who create these novel and quirky items for their consignment shop. “I’d say that 95-percent of everything in here is made by a local artist,” said Rico. Most of their local artisans and makers are within a twenty-mile radius, although, the majority of the artisans and makers are from Riverside. “We’ve become the Raincross store,” he continued. Many of the makers like to use the now iconic symbol that’s been an identifier for the city of Riverside since 1907. The origins of MADE started with thoughts and ideas brewing for years before the store materialized. It was truly a family coming together. “Six of those makers were family and friends,” Rico said. It included himself, his in-laws, his wife Rheiana, and a couple of friends. “Every other weekend, I’d go out and find other makers,” he concluded. Now, MADE has grown its number of consigned makers and local artisans. Before MADE opened, his in-laws were in the business of selling handmade home décor, amongst other goods, and they’d travel and take their business to Long Beach and Pasadena. But this wasn’t sustainable in the long run, and that catapulted the push for opening a store in order to create a more practical business venture. With many makers and local artisans, there’s a variety of different handmade products available at MADE. The shop carries anything from skincare products, brewed beverages to eclectic lighting fixtures and home decor. “We’ve got soaps, we have The Riversider Magazine

lighting, we have people that paint furniture, and we have people that make furniture!” exclaimed Rico. “We’ve also got people who put tea together, people that make cold-brew coffee, and people who make cool art pieces.” The shop also carries clothing in their extensive inventory. “Some of the clothes we have, we buy from small businesses that make their own prints,” he added. The makers leave their mark with their stories. Rico described a time when an older couple came into his shop, and the wife asked Rico if he’d sell handmade wooden toys. She told him that ever since her husband retired, he’d make these wooden toys and their garage was full of them. This encounter led to this retiree selling his creations, so he could create more since it was a hobby for him. Keeping and nur turing local talent allows opportunities for them to be seen, as well as giving the opportunity for others to shop for unique, oneof-a-kind items that’d otherwise not be accessible at big box retailers that already influence most customers. Shopping from your local small businesses benefits everyone. “When you’re shopping here, you’re supporting local,” said Rico. “We’re local, we live here, we go to school here, and we spend all our money here.” His belief is to keep the money local, while uplifting the community. Another way MADE stays connected with the community is through social media. “Lunch at MADE” is a mini-show that started as a promotional way to stay on the radar, and using a common lunch hour was key. “I was in line trying to get something to eat, and I saw everyone on their phone. Everyone

(L to R): Alexandria Lenox, Rheiana Lenox Alderette, Rico Alderette, and Nova Alderette.

was going through Instagram. If we go live at noon and everyone is at lunch, then maybe people will watch it a little bit.” he said. The idea took of f, and now it can be seen through Instagram, and MADE hosts nearly weekly episodes featuring dif ferent guests from local business owners to community leaders and Riverside council members. The main focus of Lunch at MADE is to primarily share stories and relate to one another while promoting local businesses, non-profits, community leaders, and people that work for the city of Riverside. “That’s the real intent of it,” Rico said of Lunch at MADE. “And trying to bring a little more of humanity back.”

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Mujeres in Art Two local latina artists creating change and inspiring their community Words: Alejandra Garcia

Say hello to Rosana Cortez. She is an oil painter focusing on portraiture to add to her extensive layers as an artist, which includes plein-air painting, photography, art documentation, and muralism. The Riversider Magazine

Rosana joined Eastside Arthouse when it first launched in September 2021 after landing her Artist-in-Residency with UCR’s Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center. Ever since joining the arthouse, she has explored muralism with the guidance of Juan Navarro, the founder of the art studio, and other members who lend their expertise in handling a spray-paint can. “Muralism is tied in with community work,” said Rosana. “It’s a great way to establish a relationship with the neighborhood.” Rosana and Juan Navarro are currently collaborating with Riverside Art Museum on the Park Avenue Storefront Revitalization Project with a grant from US Bank. Many of the community mural projects have consisted of the participation of local residents and volunteers. The themes that resonate most with Rosana are nature, femininity,

emotion, and Chicano culture. The symbolism she uses reflects in the murals she’s created, and show a common cultural heritage with some of the residents in the area, such as the monarch butterflies which signify migration, and those common elements further fortify the sense of community in the Eastside. Rosana is also leading monthly themed figurative model sessions at the Eastside Arthouse. They are monthly themed life drawing/painting workshops that are inspired by her undergraduate studies. “We’ve done five art model sessions and it’s going well,” said Rosana. “Each session we’re collaborating with more local artists, businesses and models.” For Rosana, being a member of Eastside Arthouse has opened many doors. “I’ve grown so much just being at the arthouse,” said Rosana. “ It’s has brought my career to the next level.” She also found the support system that inspires her to continue with her on-going projects. “The best thing is to be around like minded people,” Rosana said. “And being able to share resources and opportunities with others.” There’s still much more to come for Rosana. She has set her intentions on continuing community building through art, having an artist-in-residency at a national park, and her ultimate goal is to one day have a painting in Washington, D.C.’s historic art museum, the National Portrait Gallery.

teenager. It wouldn’t be after many years that she took it upon herself to learn how to use a spraypaint can on her own and create graffiti style murals. “There’s power in the messages in graffiti,” said Clarissa. She refers to herself as a community muralist. “A lot of it comes back to culture and storytelling. I love art that serves as activism driving social-political messages and critical movements that reach people.” Clarissa Cervantes is known for being She actively advocates for recently elected as a Council Member local artists, for they deliver for Riverside’s Ward 2, and she is also much needed messages an artist who focuses on muralism, to the community through more specifically community muralism. public art. Such as with the “It’s very shocking to some people, revitalization projects for Park Avenue, trying to process an artist becoming many residents in the neighborhood a Council Member.” said Clarissa. She can identify with its significance and started as a grassroots activist in her the symbolism of each piece. Moreover, local neighborhoods, and she’s currently neighborhood residents also volunteer representing six communities that make in the murals creation, which makes the experience even more personal. This Ward 2. For Clarissa, to be involved in her is one of the many focuses for Clarissa, community while using art as a medium which is the importance of public art, to speak to the local neighborhoods is and how it makes people feel safe important. “Art has the ability to heal and have a sense of belonging in their neighborhood. communities,” she said. Clarissa joined the Eastside Before she started advocating “Art has the Arthouse before there was in her community, Clarissa ability to heal a brick and mortar space started discovering her skills communities” for the studio. “I’ve been on as an artist when she was a

board since before the doors opened,” she said. “Also, I really wanted to support Juan (Navarro).” Being part of a group of artists has brought friendship and a unique sense of support that only artists can give each other. It’s had an influential difference in my life,” she continued. “It brought friends, and people I never realized I needed in my life. It’s become a homebase for coming together and creating. We’re also encouraging each other, which for me is the most powerful thing, and I feel healthier to be artistically supported in this space.”

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Hidden Gems The Riversider | April/May 2022

Butch’s Grinders WORDS: KEN CRAWFORD PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

In 1982, the Mission Inn was dilapidated, the Tyler Mall was only one story, and the Raceway was a main economic driver. Pine Center, at the bottom of the hill where Pine Street splits from Palm Avenue, must’ve had 50 tenants between then and now. Alpha Beta, a church or two, a gym, a bartender school, a skateboard shop, and a donut store have all come and gone. Butch’s Grinders has been there for 40 years—standing alone on the corner through it all. There really is a lot to say about this little shop. It’s got a great location; close enough for the downtown crowd to come grab lunch, but far enough away that you can park a work truck without having to navigate downtown traffic. I’m not trying to diminish the food by saying it’s just sandwiches. Of course, you can get soup or a salad, but it’s a classic sandwich shop. There are no exotic spices or bold fusions. We all know what grinder shops sell, and Butch’s does it as well as anyone in town. I don’t need to do a food review. If you want a suggestion, however, my younger kid would recommend the meatball sub. I like the cold roast beef. Get the squaw bread if you’re lucky enough to be there before they sell out. The food is good, but that isn’t why I was so happy to get this assignment. My dad worked at California School for the Deaf for four decades. He had several jobs there, but when I was a little guy he was a dormitor y counselor and worked a split shift. He’d go in early and get the students ready for school, then he’d come home for a few hours, and then return later in the day when school was over to super vise homework and get the boys back to bed. That gap in his shift allowed him to spend time with me during the day after preschool or kindergarten. We did a The Riversider Magazine

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lot of things around town. We hiked by the river, explored the endless hallways of the abandoned Mission Inn, and climbed the Tank at Fairmount Park. My favorite activity and most vivid memory of hanging out with my dad during those years was climbing Mt. Rubidoux. We’d go to Butch’s and buy sandwiches, and my dad would put them in his backpack. We’d park at the trailhead on 9th, and start our trek to the top. First stop was the empty water tank that was where the up and down roads meet. You could climb inside and throw rocks, or listen to the echo of your voice. Then my dad would run a little ahead of me and hide in one of the dugout bridges on the Boy Scout trails and do his best bridge troll impression: “Who’s that walking on my bridge?” he’d yell as I crossed above him. When we got to the Peace Bridge, we looked across the city to try and find our house and identify familiar landmark s like the cemeter y and the courthouse. We’d eventually get to the cross on top of the mountain where we’d unpack our sandwiches from his bag and eat while we watched the pilots practice landing at Flabob Airport. I remember how close they got to the mountain—how loud those little engines were as they flew by again and again. It’s nice that Butch’s hasn’t changed much in 40 years. I like to grab a sandwich and eat it at Bonaminio Park, while my kid has soccer practice. I look across the park to the mountain and think about eating sandwiches up there with my dad. It still tastes the same. It’s just a sandwich, but that list of things in town that are pretty much the same as they were when I was a kid is getting pretty short. These local, family-owned businesses are special.

You can get a good sandwich in a lot of places, but you can only get Butch’s on Pine and Tequesquite in Riverside.

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The Debonaires Celebrating the life of Jason Napayon

Riverside in the 90s was a significant contrast to the city we know and love today—particularly when it came to the live music scene. Venues like Spanky ’s, The Barn, and the Showcase Theatre were packed with hundreds of concert-goers on any given night—hosting an array of touring and local bands of various genres, and catering to the all ages audience. Acts like Rage Against The Machine, No Doubt, Sublime, Korn, and Blink-182—who went on to gain international fame and commercial success—all graced these local stages in their early years. Riverside natives Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Skeletones, and Alien Ant Farm earned notoriety The Riversider Magazine

outside of the area through constant touring and album releases, many of which are considered classics in their respective scenes today. Promoters such as Bill Fold of 98 Posse—who eventually cofounded the Coachella Music Festival—spent prior years dedicated to the progression of the hometown music scene, and publications like Mean Street Magazine documented the scene and provided a vital source for promoting upcoming concerts. This was pre-internet, when printed promo was physically distributed to local shops, and passed out by hand outside of live shows. While a local music scene still exists today, All Ages venues have become scarce,

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and Riverside is no longer the mandator y tour destination it once was. This was an exciting time to be a young concertgoer and aspiring musician. Teenagers didn’t have cell phones and other modern distractions. Instead they picked up instruments, formed bands, and chased their dreams of transitioning from backyard parties to sharingstages with the very bands they grew up idolizing and connecting with through their music. I was among these young musicians of the era, and in 1995, at only fifteen years old, I excitedly accepted the invitation to join my first band, The Debonaires.

bond, and lifelong brotherhood was born—a bond that still exists today, nearly three decades later. Over the following years, The Debonaires became a staple within the Riverside music scene, hosting their annual Thanksgiving Eve show, playing popular hometown events like the Orange Blossom Festival, and countless other shows in the area. Three more albums would follow, as well as numerous tours throughout the US and Canada, and in 2018 they embarked on their first European tour backing legendary Jamaican vocalist Susan Cadogan, in addition to performing their own original material. The memories made on the road—and the connection shared with fans internationally through their music—were experiences that not only shaped them as a band, but as individuals as well. Each member has contributed to the writing process, but one band member—whose songwriting exuded a signif icant weight, raw talent, and dynamic versatility—is that of bassist Jason Napayon. Jason always maintained a level of respect and integrity, not only as a talented musician, through intricately crafted bass lines and insightful lyrics, but also through his personality as an individual. His demeanor at times may have been perceived as serious, even stoic, but to those that truly knew and loved him understood that beneath it was a kind, caring, and loyal person and friend. In December of 2017, Jason was diagnosed with cancer, undergoing surger y soon af ter to remove a tumor from his stomach. The news shocked and devastated his bandmates, friends, and family, but all had faith and knew he would fight with everything he had. Jason valued his privacy and never wanted pity or sympathy from anyone—a true testament to his strength and character. Despite

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Jason playing bass at The Debonaires Thanksgiving Celebration in 2018.

Dave Sakover—a saxophone player who attended North High School that had a devout love for Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady, and Reggae—founded the band. He recruited fellow musicians and classmates, and connected with me and a few other friends attending Poly High School. This included Tony Greene on vocals, Mike Presser on lead guitar, Ryan Tomazin on keys, and Tom Cook on trombone. While several lineup changes occurred early on, by 1997, the band became solidified with Woody Diaz joining on drums, and Jason Napayon on bass. The Debonaires began performing regularly throughout Southern California, including notable

L A venues like The Whiskey-A-Go-Go and The Troubador, along with respected local venues mentioned above. They had the opportunity of opening for such Jamaican legends as The Skatalites, Justin Hinds, and Laurel Aitken, as well as 2-Tone originators The Specials and The Selecter—all while joining the ranks of the thriving LA Traditional Ska scene. The Debonaires released their first album in 1998 before graduating high school, and were introduced to Kip Wirtzfeld of The Skeletones, who was featured on sax and back-up vocals on the album, and would eventually become the band’s lead singer. With this momentum, an unbreakable

A young Jason in 1998.

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“ Over the following years, The Debonaires became a staple within the Riverside music scene, hosting their annual Thanksgiving Eve show, playing popular hometown events like the Orange Blossom Festival, and countless other shows in the area" his condition, he continued performing with The Debonaires, as well as other projects The Electric Howlers and The Counterfeits, while discretely keeping the news away from the public eye. Jason found true love in Jessica Angelo, and they happily married in March of 2020, with an intimate ceremony surrounded by loved ones. Jessica became a source of love and support through his battle, and an inspiration for the lyrics he continued

to write throughout his struggle. The Debonaires began rehearsing his new material in hopes of recording and releasing it, but the process was halted by the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unable to perform live for their annual Thanksgiving Eve concert due to mandated restrictions, The Debonaires instead recorded and streamed a live performance with Jason in November of 2020, featuring an unreleased instrumental track he wrote titled, “Blue Sunday.” His

bandmates were unaware at the time that this would be his last live performance with them. On Thanksgiving Eve of the following year in 2021, Covid mandates were lifted, and The Debonaires hosted a fundraiser for Jason’s medical expenses at The Concert Lounge in downtown Riverside. Jason, unfortunately unable to perform due to his quickly worsening condition, gave his blessing to close friend and longtime fellow musician Chiquis

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The original line-up in 1998.

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Poly High, 1998

Lozoya to fill in on bass. The Debonaires were joined by an all-star lineup of well-respec ted musicians and friends from the So Cal Ska scene. Hundreds of attendees generously donated, and showed an over whelming outpour of love and support—many of which learning of his condition for the first time. The event was an unforgettable celebration of Jason’s life, talents, and the love that he generously shared with so many.

Only a few weeks later in December of 2021, Jason succumbed to his battle with cancer, but his memor y will live on through the songs he shared, and countless memories created with those he loved. His passing was not only a devastating loss to the band, friends and family, but also to the Riverside music scene and the global Ska and Reggae community as a whole—a scene which he impacted greatly through decades of dedication,

love, and passion for the music. His contributions and influence are truly immeasurable. Jason was a devoted husband, proud father, loving friend, brother, and son. The Debonaires will continue as a band, knowing he would ’ ve wanted it that way, and they plan to record and release the songs he left behind in the near future. The flame that Jason lovingly lit in the hearts of so many will continue to burn bright forever.

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Designing a More Perfect Mediterranean Jekel, Spurgeon, Wilson: Riverside Architects of the Spanish Colonial Revival, 1914-1940 WORDS: H. VINCENT MOSES, PHD

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Benedict Castle, 1928

“ The Spanish Colonial type of architecture is that for which Riverside is becoming celebrated, and Spurgeon has embodied this in a singularly perfect manner” —Riverside Daily Press, Jan. 26, 1927

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Fred Krinard Estate, Victoria Hill

“Lion Head”

Introduction By 1925, the Spanish Colonial Revival (SCR) defined Southern California. National travel journals and newspapers baptized the region as the new, improved Mediterranean. Already a worldwide tourist mecca—with the Mission Inn and the navel orange landscape—Riverside provided the 1920s and 1930s a beating heart for the new architectural style. Three primary Riverside architects fueled that beating heart: Henry L. A. Jekel, Robert Spurgeon, Jr., and G. Stanley Wilson. They built their designs on the ubiquitous Greco-Roman courtyard houses seen across the Mediterranean regions of Europe and North Africa. SCR versions of the courtyard house facilitated an easy passage to the courtyard and the immediate outdoors, ideal for Riverside and Southern California. Often arranged to offer a vista of mountains and surrounding terrain, courtyard houses evoked the ambiance of Spain or Italy.

Harry Hammond Estate, Victoria Hill

Henry L. A. Jekel: Arts and Crafts Architect of the SCR By the end of the 1920s, Riverside hosted superb examples of SCR residential and commercial architecture. In particular, the Fred Krinard and Harry Hammond Estates, both located on Victoria Hill in the exclusive Country Club Park overlooking the Victoria Club golf course. Henr y L. A. Jekel, Riverside’s SCR Arts and Crafts inspired architect and Buffalo, New York transplant designed the houses and grounds. Jekel spent his early career as a pioneer steel skeleton skyscraper designer on the East Coast. He didn’t study at university, but apprenticed with skyscraper architects and engineers before hanging out his own Buffalo shingle in 1895. Between 19211941, after moving permanently to Riverside, Jekel completed commissions for at least 72 houses and additional commercial buildings, including his bestknown SCR legacy structures in Riverside—the James Complex at California Baptist University, and Castillo Isabella (Benedict Castle) for retired New York financier Charles W. Benedict. By the mid-1930s, two of Jekel’s residential estates located on Victoria Hill had earned National Yard and Garden Awards for their California-style terraced landscapes. The Hammond House—in

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the mode of a Mediterranean villa—epitomized the villa suburbana (Roman country estate). The Krinard Estate also exemplified the form, especially in its terraced and thoughtfully planted front yard. It has

an eclec tic facade featuring a combination of Andalusian Farmhouse Vernacular, Monterey, and sophisticated Moorish detail, with Deco art glass and wrought iron light fixtures. Jekel shared the

Jekel's Studio Mermilliod House

Morris’s House

common penchant of his peers to assemble specific features from an array of Italian, Spanish, Moorish, and Southwestern influences—adapting them to American House types reinterpreted in California SCR style for Southern California. In Riverside, Jekel excelled in rendering SCR

houses and larger structures in picturesque variant of SCR. His romantic SCR designs invoked medieval castles, with their great halls (living rooms), openbeamed cathedral ceilings, and loggias. Howard Heisler’s “Lion Head” on Rumsey Drive incorporated Spanish elements that reflected Jekel’s consistent

Fred Krinard Estate fireplace

resort to the medieval, including rusticated wrought iron fixtures and details, balconies, and art glass windows—evoking the venerability of medieval stained glass. Jekel also incorporated these elements in his plans for middle-class houses in the Wood Streets—Riverside’s well-known streetcar suburb. Jekel—who adhered closely to Arts and Crafts principles—retained the “natural” gray tone of stucco exteriors for his house designs, unless the client insisted on a different treatment. The architect always tried to stay true to his materials, leading him to oppose painting structural concrete exteriors, and lauded G. Stanley Wilson for not painting the reinforced slip-form concrete of the International Wing of the Mission Inn.

Robert Spurgeon, Jr. Beaux-Arts Architect of the SCR Robert Spurgeon, Jr. designed about 23 superb SCR houses in Riverside in the 1920s before leaving for Santa Barbara, where he designed t wo or three large homes ahead of suffering a ruptured appendix and sudden death. Robert Spurgeon’s houses reflect classical principles of balance and harmony, marking him as an academically trained Beaux-Arts designer on the Parisian [or European] model. Spurgeon looked to the Renaissance for inspiration and not the Middle Ages, which appealed more to Arts and Crafts architects like Jekel than university trained architects. Spurgeon’s 1926 plan for five superb houses at Riverside’s western entrance never materialized, but five others continue to anchor the southern slopes of Little Mount Rubidoux Historic District. The terrain and distance from the developed urban core inspired Spurgeon to design there an enclave of villa suburbana. The first was a Mediterranean Revival villa wad designed in 1923 for his parents, using a combination of Italian and Spanish motifs to create an architecture that was quite romantic, but nonetheless resonating with his rigorous BeauArts training. Spurgeon’s hallmark 1927 Elijah Parker house on Ladera Lane reflects Andalusian and Monterey Colonial influences, superbly executed by Spurgeon.

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G. Stanley Wilson with International rotunda construction crew.

His SCR house at 5110 Magnolia Avenue clearly features his Beaux-Arts interpretation of the idiom, with its classic balance of projecting and receding elements on the front elevation. His most expensive houses in Riverside, including “Casa de Arroyo” overlooking Victoria Club golf course, and the $40,000 Roberts Leinau residence on Pachappa Hill, demonstrate Spurgeon’s understand of the Spanish Renaissance, and its purposeful and restrained application of ornament to otherwise unadorned f lat sur faces. These houses presaged The Riversider Magazine

“Oaklodge”—the Montecito Mediterranean courtyard mansion designed for Spurgeon’s sister and her wealthy husband in 1930. G. Stanley Wilson: Architect of the late Phases of the Mission Inn G. Stanley Wilson moved to Riverside at age sixteen with his parents from Bournemouth, England. He obtained his architectural license through correspondence school after training as finish carpenter in Riverside. Wilson’s noteworthy SCR

houses include “Casa de Anza Hotel”—Landmark no 85 of the City of Riverside. It began as Wilson’s own residence. He expanded it, and turned it into one of Riverside’s finest uses of SCR in commercial residential design. Wilson also designed the La Cadena Avenue home of actor William Boyd, who played Western hero Hopalong Cassidy on film. Wilson’s best-known and most important work, however, came as an architect for the latter stages of Frank Miller’s Mission Inn. There Wilson and his associate architect Peter Weber brought Riverside’s contribution to the Spanish Colonial Revival to its ultimate architectural expression. Millers “Spanish Revival Oz … neo-Franciscan fantasy of cour ts, patios, halls, archways, and domes,” argued Kevin Starr in his book Inventing the Dream made Riverside the center of the SCR, and Wilson designed the most significant part of it. The transformation began in 1913 after Miller’s grand tour of Europe, when he commissioned Myron Hunt to design the Spanish Wing—including the Spanish Patio, Spanish Dining Room, and Spanish Art Gallery. Built of reinforced slip form concrete, the addition marked the dual advance of the SCR, and modern construction materials and methods at the Inn. G. Stanley Wilson supervised construction of Hunt’s Spanish Wing, and designed the third and fourth floors. Finally, between 1929 and 1932, Wilson designed and supervised construction of the last addition— the International Wing, The six-stor y Rotonda Internationale (International Rotunda) constitutes the first court of the International Wing, rising the full height of the building, and open to the sky. The Atrio of St . Francis completed the wing and

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became—with its ornate Churrigueresque details— Wilson’s magnum opus in the Spanish Renaissance Revival Style. The Atrio of Saint Francis drew rave reviews from the venerable California Arts and Architecture: “The Atrio of St. Francis… might be the plaza of a small city of Mexico or Spain. The facade of the Chapel of St. Francis is the chief architectural feature. Facing it from the entrance, one feels as if standing in front of a cathedral in a quiet plaza of Old Mexico.

Atrio of St. Francis

The Churrigueresque rich ornamentations, the rose windows, the coats of arms, the figures of saints in their niches … seem as if they must be of some bygone age.” The Atrio brought the Mission Inn to the pinnacle of the mature SCR, and to the forefront of the region’s infatuation with the style. Wilson had made it happen. Three architects, Jekel, Spurgeon, and Wilson made Riverside the center of the Spanish Colonial

Revival and left the city with a legacy of superb architecture. Their works are a worthy heritage of fine architecture in our community and deserving of praise and preservation. For a deeper look at the SCR, see H. Vincent Moses and Catherine E. Whitmore, Henry L. A. Jekel: Architect of Eastern Skyscrapers and the California Style (Inlandia Books) and Myth & Mirage, Inland Southern California, Bir thplace of the Spanish colonial Revival (Riverside Art Museum).

Backyard mid-mod utopia courtesy of the Hologram House's Courtney Gallagher.

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Riverside’s

Mid-Century Moment The city known for its Mission-style hotel

is a mid-century lover’s dream

WORDS: PHILIP FALCONE PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

A pair of mid-century chartreuse matador lamps guard the aqua sofa with various other atomic lamps and chandeliers throughout the living rooms and dining rooms.

Thought of as the Southern California posterchild for Spanish Colonial Revival and Mission styles of architecture, Riverside is not often seen as home to high examples of the Mid-Century Modern style. Being the birthplace to the world-class Mission Inn and a short drive from the mid-century mecca that is Palm Springs, Riverside’s mid-century bona fides are regularly overshadowed by its desert neighbor. However, this characterization sells Riverside short and the truth—that Riverside has many impeccable examples of high Mid-Century Modern architecture—is perhaps one of Inland Southern California’s best-kept secrets. Following the opulence of the Victorian architectural style, the dark wood and jewel tones of Spanish Colonial Revival, two World Wars and The Great Depression, America—and particularly California—was ready to turn the page and look forward. Southern California was one of the early hubs of the modern architectural movement in the United States. Immediately following World War II, Riverside County’s largest city by land—Palm Springs—began to take off as a wintertime escape for celebrities fleeing Los Angeles and beach communities. Here the stars allowed architects to explore new designs and forms of home building. Many of the new designs embraced the dry, hot climate and desert environment. The long, linear floor plans, box-style construction with flat roofs and consistent uses of natural elements included wooden beams stretching from exterior eaves, cutting through the expansive floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, across the home, and back outside again. This new type of architectural design was different from what was seen in Southern California The Riversider Magazine

The first Marr family home designed by patriarch and architect Clinton Marr.

before—it embraced simple lines, natural use of materials, and rejected the decorative embellishments of the past. The post-war boom of the 1950s and 60s also ushered in new technology and a new generation of leaders—from the White House all the way down to those who designed houses. The Space Age goals set by President John F. Kennedy paired with the modernist style of First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy led the charge of ushering in a new frontier of

American technolog y and ar t—inf luenced by European trends of Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and the International Style. Architectural historians now classify the midcentury era as 1945-1969 and identify multiple styles within the larger Mid-Century Modern period. These styles included New Formalism, Brutalism, and Googie—all of which can be found in both commercial and residential architecture in Palm Springs and Riverside.

“Yes, there are numerous examples of mid-century construction in Riverside that could even fool a Palm Springs native on just where the building is located— likely leaving them thinking “This is in Riverside?”

Yes, there are numerous examples of midcentury construction in Riverside that could even fool a Palm Springs native on just where the building is located—likely leaving them thinking “ This is in Riverside?” Riverside’s variety of high examples of midcentury styles are prominent in residential architecture in neighborhoods such as Victoria Woods and Hawarden Hills—the locations of choice by affluent doctors and attorneys in 1960 for their proximity to the Victoria Country Club and the resurgence of golfing as a favored pastime. Other neighborhoods where Riversiders embraced modern design are the Grand neighborhood—formerly known as “Grand View” and the downtown neighborhood

adjacent to the Evergreen Quarter Historic District at the base of Mt. Rubidoux, both of which capture the lush and rugged terrain of the Santa Ana River and the Mt. Rubidoux foothills. “This is in Riverside?” comes to mind not because Riverside—the largest city in Riverside County by population—had a shortage of home building or wealth in the mid-century, but rather, the fact that examples of these homes are hardly spoken of and rarely shown. These mid-century masterpieces did not even make their way into the Old Riverside Foundation’s signature Vintage Home Tour for the first 28 years of its existence. Riverside historian and director of the annual tour, Nancy Parrish, is changing this for

year twenty-nine. A tour that has historically showcased a variety of private homes ranging in style from Victorian, to Arts & Crafts, to Tudor Revival, will be exclusively Mid-Century Modern for its May 14, 2022 tour. The Riversider was given exclusive access to experience these homes prior to the tour, capture their unique features, and share them with readers. In addition to going behind the scenes of four of the tour’s five private residences, readers also get to see the backyard retreat of business owner and expert on mid-century interior design, Courtney Gallagher, of The Hologram House. The aqua blue of the swimming pool against the canary yellow shade structure, a reproduction from a 1969 Sunset Magazine, transports readers to the Space Age of six decades ago. Courtney has intricately selected all the materials and furnishings used in this time capsule retreat from the pool deck with embedded circular atomic planters, to the yellow “Riverside” sign in a signature mid-century font, and the vibrant lounge chairs of yellow, orange, and teal—the only thing missing is a Mai Tai in hand! Architect Clinton Marr and contractor Harry Marsh were two leading mid-century residential builders in Riverside with architect Herman Ruhnau specializing in commercial and government buildings

The warm ORCO block home on Fairview Avenue masterfully combines a lush lawn with desert landscaping.

The home's floating fireplace is surrounded by cube-shaped ORCO block and glass.

designed in the style of New Formalism and Brutalism. Of all the architectural offices in Riverside, Ruhnau’s was the largest. By the 1970s, Ruhnau was seen as the single mos t dominant f igure in Riverside architecture after World War II. His influence on local, modern architecture was considerable because he trained a new generation of upcoming architects. Many young architects began in Ruhnau’s office before advancing to another firm, or starting their own. For example, Clinton Marr worked for Ruhnau before opening his own office in Riverside in 1956. Marr was most influenced by the post-and-beam structural framing method, which he used in the design of his own home on Jarvis Street in the Grand The Riversider Magazine

neighborhood, and his second home in Hawarden Hills. As one of the foremost architects of modern homes in Riverside, Marr also designed an impressive number of commercial, industrial, institutional, and educational buildings. Of the homes on the tour, Marr built one as a family home. Behind the seafoam green front door, a home full of natural light and warm teak wood welcomes guests as it first welcomed the Marr family in 1954. The aqua sofa, chartreuse occasional chair, and collection of atomic ashtrays create the feeling as if one is on the set of Mad Men. Framed and proudly displayed in the home’s main corridor are the original floor plans, drawn by Marr himself with

each room identified—specifically his children’s rooms with “Cindy’s Room” and “Bruce’s Room” marked in block letters on the plan. The tour will also showcase a popular structural material used in residential design in the mid-century era, and one used in multiple homes around Riverside— the ORCO block. The cube-shaped home on Fairview Avenue is built entirely of ORCO concrete block with its façade displaying the home’s centrally located floating fireplace. Stairs to a small catwalk under a suspended flat-roofed canopy approach the emerald green double doors. The interior’s warm tan block with its sandy texture enclose the living room around the fireplace and amber velvet sectional sofa.

The W.A. Budd Home known as the "Tiki Googie" houses a 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air and mid-century travel trailer in its semi-circle driveway.

While mid-century homes are fairly common in the previously mentioned neighborhoods around Riverside, it’s rare to find a remaining Googie-style building and even more rare to find a home designed in the Googie style. This rarity is caused by the near-exclusive use of Googie architecture in commercial buildings. The Googie style is an ultra-futurist approach to Mid-Century Modern architecture, which was influenced by car culture, jets, and the Space Age of the 1950s and 60s. It originated in Southern California following the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was used as architectural design for motels, coffee houses, and gas stations. Riverside has several homes designed in the Googie style. Of these homes, the most identifiable is the “Tiki Googie” on Rodeo Road built in 1959. Only having three owners since its construction, this private home is a time capsule to the car culture days of the late 1950s. Built and first owned by W.A.

Budd, the home has a boomerang-shaped floorplan with a floating, semi-enclosed kitchen in the center covered in delicate flamingo wallpaper. The original 1959 ad for the custom-built home is framed and displayed near the entry hall, showing how the exterior is nearly unchanged after 63 years. Walls of lava rock or concrete block construct the exterior and compliment the rock landscaping with three, large wooden tiki statues. The low-pitched gabled roof utilizes gravel and rock material rather than composition shingle— an extremely rare feature to remain preserved today. The entrance is marked by a flat-roofed canopy with the words "Forty Nine Forty Two" in cursive with suspended globe lighting. A mature lemon tree thrives in the sunlight of an opening in the por te-cochere roof. The focal point of the backyard is an original kidney-shaped swimming pool—a shape that exists in the Googie style for its sleek lines and geometric design. The Old Riverside Foundation’s Vintage Home Tour will have two Googie-style homes with the addition of the 1961 Glenhaven Googie, perched atop a steep driveway with panoramic views of Riverside. The angular rooflines and varied exterior walls bring forward elements of a more simplistic Googie design. Beyond the steep approach and through its canary yellow double doors, classic mid-century materials of terrazzo tile and crosshouse wooden beams establish the clean lines of this special home. Interior walls of rough white granite add to the Googie style and are believed to be original to the hill on which the home is built. Dating back to the early 20th century, rock materials excavated or removed during construction The Riversider Magazine

The sideyard of the Glenhaven Googie with its angular roofline that's synonymous with the Googie style.

were of ten used inside as both structural and decorative elements. Flanking the left side of the white granite stone fireplace is a built-in wet bar with counter-to-ceiling decorative room dividers, underscoring how the bar was a space of necessity and a focal point in homes of the time.

These homes are just a few of the high examples of the Mid-Century Modern style that exists across Riverside. And now, as mid-century surpasses the fifty-year mark, the buildings created during this time are eligible—and worthy—to be seen as historic structures needing preservation.

Walls of natural white granite flank the living room, wet bar, and surround the fireplace. The granite is believed to be from the hill on which the home is built.

The city known for its Mission-style hotel and master architects of the Spanish Colonial Revival st yle now has greater reason to compare and compete with the mid-century giants across Southern California—making its mid-century moment a midcentury movement.

Learn more about how to purchase tickets and attend the Old Riverside Foundation’s Vintage Home Tour on May 14, 2022 at oldriverside.org

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Vermicelli BBQ Pork, Shrimp, and Egg Roll

Shrimp Pho

Pho Star Bowl

Owners Tien Ly and Thanh Ngo

WORDS: AARON SCHMIDT PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

Located on Magnolia Avenue in the FedEx Office/ KFC shopping center, Pho Star Bowl is a landmark restaurant that serves up some of the best Vietnamese cuisine in town. Owners Tien Ly and his lovely wife Thanh Ngo have been running (along with manager Bryan Tran, who’s Tien’s nephew) the business since 2014, so they’ve been busy operating the restaurant for close to eight years now. A Vietnam native, Tien grew up in Saigon and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1997 to pursue his dream of becoming an established artist. “My background is art. I studied art in Vietnam. I was also an art teacher in Vietnam, too. When I came here, I also continued my art schooling and studied graphic design at Platt College. They specialize in art and graphic design, and I have two majors—fine art and graphic design. After I graduated, I got a graphic artist job,” explained Tien. “I did that for seven years, and then I quit and opened this restaurant to run a business for my family.” Upon entering Pho Star Bowl, you’ll first notice Tien’s amazing original drawings of iconic rock stars, legendary individuals, and his large-scale mural art The Riversider Magazine

featured prominently on the walls—it’s his own personal homage to nostalgic American pop culture mixed with Vietnamese flair. Classic movie posters line the walls and the space between the bathrooms features old vintage magazines, and there’s even a turntable in there to play your favorite records while you wait—Pho Star Bowl has a truly unique visual aesthetic making it a one-of-a-kind eating experience here in Riverside. “I just wanted to explore my passion, so I combined food and art together. I want people to come here and enjoy the food and enjoy the art,” smiled Tien. When it comes to the menu at Pho Star Bowl, its been condensed down to only feature the best of what they serve at the restaurant and it runs the gamut of traditional Vietnamese cuisine. The pho is simply amazing and is the main dish served. The Pho Ga (chicken noodle soup) and the Pho Tom (shrimp noodle soup) are customer favorites—and for good reason, too, as it’s some of the best you’ll ever taste. The most popular dish in Vietnam has got to be vermicelli noodles, and the fan favorite here is the Vermicelli BBQ Pork Shrimp and Egg Roll

dish that keeps patrons coming back for more. And they also ser ve hands down the best bánh mì sandwiches in Riverside. The ever-popular pork bánh mì sandwich features pork roast complete with radishes, cucumber, and all the traditional fixings on the softest bread you’ve ever tasted. For appetizers, the spring rolls are a big hit and the perfect way to get your meal started. For drinks, they serve Thai tea, iced tea, soda, fresh lemonade, and a lot of coffee. “Coffee is a very traditional Vietnamese drink. People drink it everywhere—every day at any time, too. The French brought us the know how to make good coffee in Vietnam many years ago,” explained Tien. It should also be noted that their location housed one of the first Vietnamese restaurants in not just Riverside, but the entire Inland Empire, and was a local staple for well over twenty years. With all points covered like great food and excellent customer service in a relaxed and unique setting complete with amazing art on the walls, Pho Star Bowl is a guaranteed destination for all lovers of Vietnamese food and much more.

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Bar & Restaurant Guide The Riversider | April/May 2022

Simple Simon’s Bakery & Bistro 3639 Main St (951) 369-6030

Star Donut AMERICAN (NEW) Lenoir’s Bistro & Bakery 5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 92 (951) 462-1006

Pixels Bar And Eatery 3535 University Ave (951) 683-7957

ProAbition Whiskey Lounge & Kitchen 3597 Main St (951) 222-2110

The Rustik Fork Eatery

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

The Salted Pig

3750 Main St Ste 103 (951) 742-5664

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

The Cookie Plug

2915 Van Buren Blvd J1 (951) 505-0146

Cupcakes & Curiosities 3569 Main St (951) 452-6271

Delicias del Horno Bakery 3969 Chicago Ave (951) 456-9448

Donut Bar Riverside

3750 University Ave #175 (951) 742-5949

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

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

5145 Jurupa Ave #H (951) 530-8006

Steve’s Donuts

7201 Arlington Ave Ste C (951) 323-7153

Tikal Bakery II

3975 Mission Inn Ave (951) 276-0051

Uncle Chuang’s Bakery 3740 Iowa Ave #109 (951) 275-8800

US Donuts

4786 La Sierra Ave (951) 352-1893

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

Miss Donuts & Bagel

Dorry’s Bar & Grill

Mochinut

Duke’s Bar & Grill

Mr. Blue’s Donuts

Events Sports Grill

3962 University Ave (951) 787-0193 1242 University Ave (951) 534-0756

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

Nothing Bundt Cakes

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

17136 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-0388 3221 Iowa Ave (951) 248-1143

10560 Magnolia Ave #A (951) 352-2693

Fire Up Grill

3750 University Ave (951) 289-9071

Ochoa’s Mexican Bakery

Flat Top Bar & Grill

Ortiz Bakery

Joe’s Bar & Grill

10330 Arlington Ave #3 (951) 359-8128 421 Iowa Ave #A (951) 787-9138

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

17960 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-0114 10909 Magnolia Ave (951) 637-3931

Law’s Restaurant 9640 Indiana Ave (951) 354-7021

Rainbow Donuts

Raincross Pub & Kitchen

Riverside Cookie Shoppe

Shooters Sports & Grill

3758 La Sierra Ave (951) 688-7889

6737 Brockton Ave (951) 686-6374

3557 University Ave (951) 780-6000 10226 Indiana Ave (951) 785-9588

Sire Restaurant

Brandon’s Diner

BARS/LOUNGES

Brandon’s Diner

6440 Magnolia Ave (951) 683-7473

Downtown Experiment 3601 University Ave (951) 355-2606

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

Locals Public House 191 Alessandro Blvd (951) 780-1800

Mezcal Ultra Lounge 3737 Main St Ste 100 (951) 333-8558

MTL Concert Venue & Bar 3630 University Ave (951) 682-4427

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 Charley Rokk’s Authentic Texas BBQ 5145 Jurupa Ave (951) 774-0039

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit

3540 Riverside Plaza Dr Ste 314 (951) 683-9700

10246 Indiana Ave Ste A (951) 359-3617 9646 Magnolia Ave (951) 637-2782

Brandon’s Diner Jr Of City Hall 3900 Main St (951) 778-2588

Cafe Le Reve

141 E Alessandro Blvd Ste 10A (951) 215-0007

Crest Cafe

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

Daily Brew Coffee House 2955 Van Buren Blvd (951) 352-7477

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

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

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

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

Gram’s BBQ

Route 30 Brewing Company

Messi Soul Kitchen

Route 30 Tap Room

Mongolian BBQ

Stone Church Brewing & Bistro

Smokey Canyon BBQ

Thompson Brewing

3527 Main St (951) 782-8219 4270 Riverwalk Pkwy #104 (951) 588-6252 1242 University Ave STE 7 (951) 686-0702 5225 Canyon Crest Dr #9 (951) 782-8808

BREAKFAST DINERS & CAFES Amy’s

10635 Magnolia Ave (951) 689-0296

9860 Indiana Ave Ste 19 (951) 776-7083 3740 Mission Inn Ave

3737 Main Street (951) 233-0323

9900 Indiana Ave (951) 289-7533

Wicks Brewing

11620 Sterling Ave Ste C (951) 689-2739

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

Burger Boss

2585 Canyon Springs Pkwy (951) 656-6500

BurgerIM

10920 Magnolia Ave Unit 105 (951) 441-8868

BurgerIM

1201 University Ave #110 (951) 783-9555

BurgerIM

3522 Madison St #101 (951) 376-1277

Chris’ Burgers 407 Iowa Ave (951) 781-8542

Cowboy Burgers & BBQ 5573 Arlington Ave (951) 977-9454

Dairy Queen

Mission Burgers 4606 Pine St (951) 682-7272

MGM Burgers 1691 Main St (951) 276-1744

Monty’s Good Burger 3605 Market Street (213) 915-0257

Nikko’s Burgers

9295 Magnolia Ave STE 112 (951) 352-7290

Original Tommy’s

7504 Mission Grove Pkwy S (951) 780-4201

Pig Pen Delicacy 3605 Market St (951) 595-4520

R Burgers

5980 Van Buren Blvd (951) 358-9203

R Burgers

1666 University Ave (951) 784-4350

Riverwalk Burgers & Grill 3812 Pierce St (951) 353-0919

Slaters 50/50

3750 University Ave Ste 125 (951) 742-5585

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

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

CHINESE

Farmer Boys

Big Sky Bistro

3400 University Ave (951) 680-0900

1575 University Ave Ste A (951) 328-1688

Farmer Boys

Canton Chinese Food

2901 Iowa Ave (951) 782-9003

1756 University Ave (951) 684-6126

Farmer Boys

China Wok Inn

3303 Madison St (951) 351-9700

5771 Mission Boulevard (951) 680-9810

Fatburger & Buffalo’s Express

Chen Ling Palace

3457 Arlington Ave Suite 106 (951) 369-4950

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

9856 Magnolia Ave (951) 351-8511

Chinatown

10935 Magnolia Ave (951) 785-6197

Dragon House

10466 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-2080

Frice Szechuan Restaurant 1299 University Ave #104-E (951) 686-2182

Greedy Cat

1400 University Ave Ste 108 (909) 655-7235

Ho Choy’s

10352 Arlington Ave (951) 785-1188

Ho Ho

3511 Madison St (951) 637-2411

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

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

Coffee Court Bistro 3607 10th St (951) 328-0866

Crave Coffee & Tea 3590 Central Ave (951) 289-9436

2955 Van Buren Blvd (951) 352-7477

Little Beijing Chinese Fast Food

Ding Tea

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

Wok In Kitchen

5050 Arlington Ave #101 (951) 343-7888

ZiZi BBQ House 3740 Iowa Ave (951) 534-0960

1575 University Ave Ste E (951) 429-9706

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

Mi Cafecito Coffee 3605 Market St Ste 2

Molinos Coffee

COFFEE/TEA/JUICE

3660 Mission Inn Ave (951) 276-7147

7 Leaves Cafe

Nekter Juice Bar

Arcade Coffee Roasters

R&B Tea

Arcade Coffee Roasters

Sharetea

Back to the Grind

Sharetea

3575 University Ave (951) 784-0800

3740 Iowa Ave Ste 103 (951) 530-8536

Boba Fiend Tea House

Tastea

Bobaloca

Tim Boba

Bolcupop

Twee Coffee

1201 University Ave Ste 101 (951) 530-8666 3672 Chicago Ave Ste A (951) 266-6839

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

3375 Iowa Ave (951) 823-0700

19009 Van Buren Blvd (951) 789-8646 3605 Market Street (951) 595-4513

Backstreet Restaurant

4602 Pine St (951) 781-8511

3696 Sunnyside Dr (951) 880-3354

2712 Canyon Springs Pkwy (951) 653-9200

2995 Van Buren Blvd (951) 688-2888

DELI/SANDWICHES 3735 Nelson St (951) 683-6650

Daily Brew Coffee House

Lucky Wok

3907 Chicago Ave Ste B (951) 742-5341

Condron Coffee

Jade China

5800 Van Buren Blvd (951) 509-1188

Krak Boba

5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 7B (951) 224-9842 1889 University Ave Unit 105 (951) 462-4142 10920 Magnolia Ave Ste 103 (951) 406-5165

11130 Magnolia Ave Unit C (951) 588-8138 1450 University Ave Ste N (951) 462-1929 9344 Magnolia Ave (951) 335-0599

Butch’s Grinders

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

Firehouse Subs

10080 Magnolia Ave (951) 588-8785

Jimmy John’s

3747 Central Ave Ste 102 (951) 779-0010

Jimmy John’s

4270 Riverwalk Pkwy Ste 122 (951) 977-9672

Jimmy John’s

10277 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-2149

Marisa’s Italian Deli

5225 Canyon Crest Dr #20 (951) 788-3899

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

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Antonio Pizza

Mario’s Place

Mokkoji Shabu Shabu

Antonious Pizza Cafe

MOD Pizza

Ohana Sushi

Bella’s Pizza

New York Pizza Co

Oishii Sushi

Blaze Pizza

The Old Spaghetti Factory

Ooka Sushi & Hibachi Steak House

195 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 776-1888 3737 Main St (951) 682-9100

FILIPINO Nanay Gloria

10959 Magnolia Ave (951) 977-8831

FRENCH Le Chat Noir

3790 9th St (951) 786-9266

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

Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt 19348 Van Buren Blvd (951) 789-5201

La Michoacana

GERMAN

3961 Chicago Ave 951) 248-9142

European International Market & Deli

The Loop

7120 Indiana Ave G (951) 274-9100

HAWAIIAN 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

3678 Central Ave, Ste 104 (951) 742-5685

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

Spoonful Yogurt Café

4270 Riverwalk Pkwy #120 (951) 729-5882

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

Gandhi Indian Cuisine

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

Canyon Crest Ice Cream & Water

India Sweets & Groceries

Cherry On Top

Masala Mischief

Cherry On Top

Namaste Indian Kitchen

5225 Canyon Crest Dr #27 (951) 675-7385 3560 Riverside Plaza Dr (951) 213-6018

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

Cold Stone Creamery 9867 Magnolia Ave Ste C (951) 637-0920

Dairy Queen

779 W Blaine St (951) 784-7400

223 University Ave Ste 150 (951) 224-9692 6061 Magnolia Ave (951) 275-5316

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

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

ITALIAN/PIZZA

Dairy Queen

755 W Blaine St (951) 788-8830

6665 Magnolia Ave (951) 684-6280

Aloha Pizza & Pasta

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

5196 Arlington Ave (951) 351-3131 3540 Riverside Plaza Dr (951) 789-3212

Blaze Pizza

3646 Mission Inn Avenue (951) 684-7755 3444 Arlington Ave (951) 374-5255 3570 Van Buren Blvd (951) 688-4000

3191 Mission Inn Avenue (951) 784-4417

Papa Joe’s Pizza

10920 Magnolia Ave Suite 107 (951) 474-5855

5115 Jurupa Ave B3 (951) 680-9090

Bricks & Birch

Papa Joe’s Pizza

3605 Market Street #5 (951) 500-7776

10555 Indiana Ave (951) 688-1188

Capone’s Pizza

Pietro’s Italian Cuisine

7207 Arlington Ave F (951) 689-3520

6788 Brockton Ave (951) 784-1310

Dave’s New York Style Pizza

The Pizza Place...

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

Fast 5 Pizza

5300 Arlington Ave (951) 977-9090

Fast 5 Pizza

1889 University Ave #108 (951) 781-3838

Fiesta Pizza

6110 Van Buren Blvd (951) 353-8007

First Class Pizza & Pub 4290 Riverwalk Pkwy (951) 354-7900

Lava Coal-Fired Pizza

1725 Spruce St Suite #101 (951) 823-0238

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

18955 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-5588

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

Romano’s

5225 Canyon Crest Dr UNIT 58 (951) 781-7662

Scratch Pizza

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

Shakey’s Pizza Parlor 5941 Van Buren Blvd (951) 689-7700

Tower Pizza

3375 Iowa Ave (951) 518-4300

University Pizza Company 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

Big Tuna

4270 Riverwalk Pkwy (951) 343-0201

Joe’s Sushi Japanese Restaurant 9555 Magnolia Ave (951) 353-1929

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

1575 University Ave Ste B (951) 905-4007

195 Alessandro Blvd Ste 8A (951) 789-0443 6133 Magnolia Ave (951) 784-2550

3525 Riverside Plaza Dr #200 (951) 779-0099

Otsuka Ramen & Bar

10949 Magnolia Ave (951) 353-9888

Pacific Cabin Sushi 3770 9th St (951) 782-0888

Poke Bar

3740 Iowa Ave (951) 405-8233

Poke Bistro

3375 Iowa Ave Ste K (951) 394-8580

Pokilicious Riverwalk

4290 Riverwalk Pkwy #306 (951) 376-1377

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

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

Vanilla Fish

5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 55 (951) 777-1950

Zen Street

3600 Central Ave #1 (951) 683-3648

KOREAN 88 Korean Corn Dog 3740 Iowa Ave

Manna Grill

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

Kimchichanga

1995 University Ave (951) 684-9800

Koreana Grill

10051 Magnolia Ave Ste A1 (951) 688-9000

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

Kabab EL Basha 365 Iowa Ave (951) 289-9511

Kabob House

10901 Magnolia Ave (951) 353-9711

Lucky Greek

3887 Merrill Ave (951) 686-2621

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

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

MEXICAN Acapulco Pollo

8151 Arlington Ave Ste O (951) 406-1215

El Habanero

6160 Arlington Ave (951) 343-5868

Little Green Onions 6723 Brockton Ave (951) 328-1273

Rancho La Perla

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

El Ojo De Agua

Los Cabos Tacos

Retro Taco

El Patron

Los Fredo’s Mexican Food

Rico’s Tacos El Primo

El Silencito

Los Novillos Market 2650 Main St (951) 530-8893

Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill

1091 Center St (951) 312-6542

El Torito

Lucies Locadas

1601 University Ave (951) 423-4828

Rolando’s Taco Shop

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

Armando’s Mexican Food

El Trigo

M Taco

4155 Park Ave (951) 787-6937

4111 Main St (951) 784-7135

6033 Magnolia Ave (951) 369-5720

Azteca Market

Fire Up Bar & Grill

Maria’s Mexican Kitchen

Sushingon

Bajio Mexican Grill

Fish Taco Xtreme

Mariscos Del Pacifico

Taco Station

Birrieria Little Tijuana

Fuego 360 Rotisserie Chicken

Mariscos El Camaron Loco

Tacos Y Más

Mercado Don Juan #3

Taqueria Azteca

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

4294 Riverwalk Pkwy Ste 200 (951) 343-5896 5125 Jurupa Ave A2 (951) 530-8791 3760 9th St (951) 786-9573

12702 Magnolia Ave Unit 25 (951) 268-6895

Birrieria Xolos

2115 University Ave (951) 779-6293 3204 Mission Inn Ave (951) 777-1131

3750 University Ave (951) 289-9071

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

3866 La Sierra Ave (951) 456-3705

9696 Magnolia Ave (951) 376-1226

Green Taco

Brandon’s Diner Jr Of City Hall

Habanero Mexican Grill

3900 Main St (951) 778-2588

3812 Pierce St (951) 353-2272 2472 University Ave (951) 224-9145

Cactus Cantina

Ixtapa

Casa Mota

Joe Aguilar’s Templo Del Sol

151 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 789-0211 8151 Arlington Ave (951) 352-7383

Carlos's Tijuana Tacos 3980 University Ave

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

Costa Delmar

4561 La Sierra Ave (951) 588-8798

El Chapala Seafood Restaurant 8201 Arlington Ave (951) 359-7560

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

4093 University Ave (951) 777-1132

1365 University Ave (951) 682-6562

Juan Pollo

6055 Magnolia Ave (951) 683-3513

Kalaveras

1690 Spruce St (951) 742-5761

Kimchichanga

1995 University Ave (951) 684-9800

La Bufadora Baja Grill

497 E Alessandro Blvd Ste B (951) 776-2881

11840 Magnolia Ave (951) 352-2653 9111 Magnolia Ave (951) 525-3411

17028 Van Buren Blvd (951) 780-2034 10436 Magnolia Ave (951) 588-6758 3340 Mary St (951) 682-3882 3375 Iowa Ave (951) 787-9292

Mezcal Cantina Y Cocina

Señor Baja

6060 Magnolia Ave (951) 224-9590 4088 Mission Inn Ave (951) 782-8226 10203 Hole Ave (951) 687-1344 5959 Arlington Ave Ste E (951) 509-3670

Taqueria 2 Potrillos

Taqueria Mi Ranchito

1242 University Ave Ste 5 (951) 742-5633

4724 La Sierra Ave (951) 352-0528

Mi Lindo Apatzingan

Taqueria Tomateros

Mr. Taco

The Tamale Factory

9948 Magnolia Ave (951) 688-0908 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

La Cruda Mariscos

5225 Canyon Crest Dr Ste 42 (951) 783-9444 1805 University Ave (951) 405-8730

Las Campanas

Ramiro’s Cocina

Las Nuevas Islas

Ranchito Tacos Al Carbon

4920 Jackson St (951) 772-0020

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

Miches De La Baja

Placita

3649 Mission Inn Ave (888) 326-4448

3848 La Sierra Ave (951) 687-2280

10088 Magnolia Ave (951) 588-8772

La Bufadora Baja Grill

6733 Indiana Ave (951) 777-0862

1788 University Ave Ste 102 (951) 782-9610

3737 Main St Ste 100 (951) 888-2240

Pepitos Mexican Restaurant

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

3744 Main St (951) 742-5606

9418 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-6146

2995 Van Buren Blvd Ste A1 (951) 359-8646

9164 Magnolia Ave (909) 257-1545 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

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

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

Punjab Palace

10359 Magnolia Ave (951) 351-8968

Market Broiler 3525 Merrill Ave (951) 276-9007

Pacific Grill

1299 Tyler St (951) 643-8168

Pier 76 Fish Grill

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

Pirates Kitchen

3775 Tyler St Ste 1B (951) 729-6088

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

Seafood & Crawfish

PERUVIAN

10173 Magnolia Ave (951) 359-5999

Mi Lindo Apatzingan

Star Crab

9948 Magnolia Ave (951) 688-0908

10051 Magnolia Ave (951) 977-9440

SEAFOOD

STEAKHOUSES

California Fish Grill

Duane’s Prime Steak & Seafood

10920 Magnolia Ave Suite 101 (951) 405-6880

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

Sam's Bann Thai

3203 Mission Inn Ave (951) 742-7694

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

Morefire Thai

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

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

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9791 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-6100

TK Thai Cuisine

11860 Magnolia Ave Ste T (951) 509-3701

VIETNAMESE/PHO 5 Stars Pho Restaurant

4950 La Sierra Ave (951) 772-0700

Cha2o

Pho DJ

5180 Arlington Ave (951) 354-2799

Pho Ha

10185 Magnolia Ave (951) 354-8918

1400 University Ave Ste A104 (714) 406-3090

Pho Ha #7

91 W Big Springs Rd (951) 682-2667

Ocean Pho

Pho Star Bowl

La Sierra Natural Foods

Pho 81

Phở Vinam Restaurant

VEGETARIAN/VEGAN Goodwin’s Organic

11550 Pierce St (951) 785-2563

Monty’s Good Burger 3605 Market Street (213) 915-0257

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

Plant Power Fast Food 3940 University Ave (951) 905-5222

Veg & Go

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

4069 Chicago Ave Ste 100 (951) 742-5272 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

1820 University Ave #101 (951) 680-0790 10051 Magnolia Ave (951) 299-8130

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

ZACH CORDNER

Royal Orchid Restaurant

AFFORDABLE CUSTOM PRINTING planbprint

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T-Shirt Printing & Embroidery Large Format Printing Marketing Materials Banners / Flags Business Cards

Promotional Products Mailers / 7¢ per home Trade Show Products Graphic Design More!

AT PLAN B PRINT, WE BELIEVE THE VALUE OF PERSONAL SERVICE IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS PRODUCING A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. WE ARE A LOCAL, FAMILY-OWNED PRINTING BUSINESS THAT TAKES DEEP PRIDE IN OUR ONE-ON-ONE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO ALWAYS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO BRING YOUR PROJECT TO LIFE.

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Jeremy Leyva

“ The Best Donuts in the Inland Empire located here in Downtown Riverside” 3750 University Ave #175 Riverside, CA 92501 (951) 742-5949 Website: donutbarriverside.com Instagram: @donutbarriverside

OPEN EVERYDAY Mornings: Monday through Sunday 7am to 12pm Evenings: Thursday through Sunday 5pm to 10pm Family Founded Owned & Operated

Riverside's #1 breakfast & lunch spot! Now serving dinner!

Dinner 4-9pm Tuesday to Saturday Live music 5-8pm Friday & Saturday Open Everyday 6:30am to 2pm

6951 Flight Road Riverside, CA 92504 951-688-3337 riversideairportcafe.com @theriversideairportcafe

Join the City of Riverside and Riverside Public Utilities in celebrating Earth Month during the month of April. Únase a la Ciudad de Riverside y Riverside Public Utilities para celebrar el Mes de la Tierra durante el mes de abril.

From tips and tricks, to hands on activities and in-person events, learn about what you can do to protect the planet, our environment, and the ground beneath our community!

¡Desde consejos y trucos, hasta actividades prácticas y eventos en persona, aprenda sobre lo que puede hacer para proteger el planeta, nuestro medio ambiente y el suelo debajo de nuestra comunidad!

SAVE THE DATE!

¡RESERVA LA FECHA!

EARTH DAY EVENT:

EVENTO DEL DÍA DE LA TIERRA:

DIG INTO SOIL HEALTH

CAVAR EN LA SALUD DEL SUELO

April 23, 2022 • 11 AM – 3 PM 3025 Madison St., Riverside, CA 92504

23 de abril de 2022 • 11 AM – 3 PM 3025 Madison St., Riverside, CA 92504

Follow along on Instagram for all things Earth Month Síguenos en Instagram para todo lo relacionado con el Mes de la Tierra

RiversideCA.gov/EarthMonth

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Postcards From Yesterday The Riversider | February/March 2022 COURTESY OF CHRIS NAPOLITANO COLLECTION

Main Street, 1945

ZACH CORDNER

2022 The Riversider Magazine

PLANS FOR TONIGHT? SHOP RIVERSIDE, RIVERSIDE

¿TENGA PLANES PARA ESTA NOCHE? COMPRE EN RIVERSIDE, RIVERSIDE.

Whether it’s cheersing at a local brewery, sharing tapas at a restaurant, singing along to live music, or simply laughing with friends at a nearby coffee shop, Riverside’s nightlife has something for everyone.

Ya sea haciendo un brindis en una cervecería local, compartiendo tapas en un restaurante, cantando música en vivo o simplemente riendo con amigos en una cafetería cercana, la vida nocturna de Riverside tiene algo para todos.

When making plans for tonight, remember to think local. A portion of every dollar you spend within city limits goes right back into helping fund community services. Shop Riverside, Riverside!

Cuando haga planes para esta noche, recuerde pensar local. Una porción de cada dólar que gasta dentro de los límites de la ciudad vuelve y ayuda a financiar los servicios comunitarios. ¡Compre en Riverside, Riverside!

ShopRiversideNow.com

@CityofRiverside @RiversideCAgov #ShopRiverside

It’s showtime in Funner, CA.

Brian Regan Saturday, May 7

Chris Rock

Foreigner

Saturday, August 27

Sunday, September 25

Ego Death World Tour 2022

Tickets and info at HarrahsSoCal.com. Must be 18 or older to attend shows. Entertainment subject to change or cancellation. Must be 21 or older to gamble and attend events. Know When To Stop Before You Start ®. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Owned by the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians. Managed by HCAL, LLC. ©2022, Caesars License Company, LLC. All rights reserved.

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