Downtown

The Riversider | August/September 2022

Monty’s Good Burger

WORDS: AARON SCHMIDT PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

Located in the center of the Riverside Food Lab, Monty’s Good Burger is a plant-based concept restaurant that has passion for real, quality food. With a 100-percent plant-based menu, Monty’s was founded in the summer of 2018 in Southern California, and has now served more than 2.5 million burgers, fries, tots, chicken tenders, and shakes. Monty’s Good Burger also serves up thirstquenching organic draft sodas made with pure cane sugar, sparkling house-made lemonade, cookies made by Rocco’s Sweet Shoppe, house-made sauces, and their delicious signature Organic Oatly Oatmilk Shakes and Chamberlain Coffee Shakes. Monty’s burgers include artisan buns, plant-based cheese and vegenaise from Follow Your Heart—a locally owned, family business for over 30 years. They feature Impossible Burgers (instead of a burger made from cows) that save the equivalent of 75 square feet of land, a half tub of bathwater, and eighteen miles of car emissions. Way beyond delicious, their burgers are an option for carnivores who care about our environment, but still want that “burger meat” taste, as Monty’s burgers require 75-80-percent less environmental resources than the traditional burger meat of the past. Their burgers are featured as single and double cheeseburgers and taste just like In N Out (without the red meat). It should be noted that Monty’s has a “secret menu” with meal items that include the dog pile fries, the Dodgerberry shake, and the cherry orange ice cream float. If you’re feeling super adventurous, go ahead and add your tots or fries to your burger for a “dog pile” between the buns. They also offer Chopped Kale Caesar Salad for the vegetarian crowd, and it’s a super delicious mix of thin sliced Kale with house made Caesar dressing and croutons. Famous rock star (with Riverside roots) Travis Barker has just released his official collaboration with Monty’s. It consists of a shirt, long-sleeve, hoodie, and cap, and features a “Travis & the Barkers” graphic with the Monty, Max, and Charlie characters made specifically for the collection. On top of the soft goods, Barker also insisted on a matcha shake dedicated to Kourtney Kardashian called “Travis’s Oat Matcha Latte Shake.” Available at all five Monty’s locations (four of which are located in Los Angeles)— Travis can usually be found frequenting the Riverside location to show some love to the Inland Empire. Overall, the vibe at Monty’s is super chill with a friendly staff ready to take your order for some of the best plant-based burgers you’ve ever had in your life. Stop in and check them out—you’ll be glad you did!

Monty’s Good Burger 3605 Market Street (213) 915-0257 montysgoodburger.com @montysgoodburger