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The Riversider | December 2022

Cleared for landing at Riverside Airport. Photo by Julian Jolliffe

The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa's Holiday lighting and decor will stay up through January 6th.

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Love Letter to Riverside

Perhaps we are the only ones who were surprised at how quickly Thanksgiving came and went, and now it’s Christmas time? Holy night! Things happen so fast, but we are definitely here for it! Riverside is simply beautiful during this time of year with the clear days allowing beautiful mountain views while we enjoy the cool, crisp air. We love all the decorations folks put out and can’t wait to see what’s out there this season!

In this issue, our cover story is an informative and interesting piece on the crown jewel of Riverside. Our resident historian, H. Vincent Moses, presents a timeline of events spanning well over 100 years. Ever present and glorious,

our beloved Mission Inn continues to stand strong and will for many generations to come. Not even a surprising fire during this year’s lighting ceremony can darken the Mission Inn’s spirits and we are grateful for that!

Right next door is The Cheech museum and if you haven’t gotten a chance to go yet, don’t wait another minute. Go peruse the amazing Chicano artwork—you will not be sorry! This issue also features the De la Torre Brothers whose inaugural art exhibit at The Cheech will close January 22, so please go see how unique and mesmerizing the pieces are for yourself before it’s too late!

It’s been a tough year for us at The Riversider

with the loss of our close friend and editor, Aaron Schmidt. He did so much and we are feeling the heaviness of his absence. That said, we’re looking forward to new beginnings and taking some much needed time off to spend with our family and friends. This is especially important as we recently realized life is more precious and time is more limited than you think. We sincerely hope you all get the chance to do the same and really enjoy the holidays. See you in the new year!

nothing like downtown during the Holidays.

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Riverside's Finest

“Forever Fabulaus”

David St. Pierre’s Eternal Love For Riverside

WORDS: MANO MIRANDÉ PHOTO: MICHAEL ELDERMAN

Every so often Riverside loses a member of the community whose impact and love for the city is so strong that their passing can almost be physically felt by its residents. Such is the case with the loss of David St. Pierre in September of 2022, when his longtime battle with cancer tragically came to an end. Most notably remembered as the proud owner of The Menagerie, David was an outspoken community activist, a dedicated father, and caring friend to those who knew and loved him. It is because of his unwavering passion and countless contributions to the community that David St. Pierre rightfully deserves recognition and praise as one of “Riverside’s Finest.”

Born in Kansas in 1963, David’s family moved throughout Southern California before eventually settling in the Inland Empire in his early 20’s. In 1993, St. Pierre purchased his first house in the Wood Streets, making Riverside his permanent home where his love for the community began.

David found longtime employment as an electrical engineer at American Plating Systems in Ontario, CA where he met Peggy Roa, whose longtime partner was a co-worker. Like Peggy and her partner, St. Pierre openly identified as gay and a bond quickly formed with the couple as they spent hours conversing over drinks at The Menagerie. The Menagerie has provided a safe space for not only the local LGBTQ community, but a welcoming home for numerous marginalized groups since it opened in 1983. It was there that Peggy confided in David that she and her partner were seeking a donor to have a child together. She made it clear that whoever fulfilled this role would either be strictly a donor or a committed father to their child. After careful consideration,

David agreed to take on the full responsibility of fatherhood and their son Joshua was born in 1994. Although they never lived in the same household, David faithfully fulfilled his promise as a devoted and loving father to their son.

“He loved a good cocktail,” Joshua jokingly recalls as I sat down with him and his mother, Peggy, to talk about their fond memories of David. It’s true that St. Pierre enjoyed the social life and was no stranger to local establishments, like Art’s Bar and Grill and The Presidential Lounge where I had the pleasure of personally witnessing how

he quickly lit up a room as he entered. Always accompanied by his recently adopted dog, “Miss Pearl,” (who has become somewhat of a local celebrity herself), she provided a vital source of companionship and support for David in his battle against cancer in his later years.

It was because of this vibrant energy and colorful presence that original Menagerie owner, Madeline Lee, first took notice of St. Pierre as he regularly frequented her bar in the early 1990s. Like David, Madeline was a fearless community activist and, although she did not personally identify as gay, she courageously opened The Menagerie as Riverside’s first gay bar, recognizing the need for a safe space for the local LGBTQ community. Amid the rising AIDS epidemic, The Menagerie’s opening was met with strong opposition from city officials and the community. Despite numerous attempts to shut it down, internal support for The Menagerie grew rapidly. It soon relocated from above, what is now Mario’s Place in downtown Riverside, to its current location on University Avenue from what was previously a tuxedo shop. Lee chose to keep the existing façade, creating an almost speakeasy-like environment for patrons to find comfort and refuge from strong community dissent.

St. Pierre and Madeline’s relationship grew closer with time and she recognized the potential for David to become The Menagerie’s new owner. With some hesitation, David accepted her offer and took ownership in 1999, under the condition that The Menagerie continued to remain open 365 days a year and never charge a cover. Lee understood the importance of keeping its doors open and welcoming guests year-round, especially during the holidays when many patrons did not

have an accepting family to return to, or a place to call “home.” David kept that promise and The Menagerie remains a loving and essential home for all those in need.

St. Pierre’s vision for The Menagerie transformed the space from a modest restaurant for dining and drinks to an exciting nightlife destination, providing unique entertainment seven days a week, including live DJ’s, dancing, karaoke, and drag shows. He adorned the bar with its signature hand-painted canvases of nude models donated by local artists David Randers and Tiffany Brooks, and added a stage as the focal point for live entertainment. The iconic “Fabulaus” neon sign installed by Madeline Lee decades prior still hangs above the stage and carries an interesting backstory.

Originally delivered misspelled and broken, the sign was quickly sent back to be repaired. Upon receiving it a second time, now operational but still misspelled, it was returned again only to be delivered a third time still misspelled, at which point Madeline decided to hang it as-is,

where it has remained to this day. The Fabulaus neon sign has since become a characteristic signature of The Menagerie and an iconic symbol for the local LGBTQ community. Aside from its unique backstory, what many may not know is that it has never been turned off in its nearly forty years of existence. Even after business hours when The Menagerie’s doors are closed, the Fabulaus sign shines bright as a testament to the business’s long survival in the face of opposition and adversity. From threatening phone calls and vandalism, to bomb threats and a global pandemic, The Menagerie has overcome countless obstacles thanks to the love and support of its patrons, and its doors will continue to remain open for many years to come.

In addition to his legacy as owner of The Menagerie, St. Pierre spent decades giving back to the community he loved. From hosting tours as a docent at The Mission Inn to his longtime membership and support of such organizations as The Riverside Arts Council, The Human Relations Commission, The Western Inland Empire Coalition

Against Hate (WIECAH), the Riverside Downtown Partnership, as well as co-founding The Jeffery Owens Community Center and Riverside Pride.

Aside from these monumental contributions, David was first and foremost a good person filled with love for his community and those around him. He gave so much and asked for little in return, and even after his passing, he requested an intimate service followed by a lavish celebration of life, which was realized on September 24, 2022 at his memorial service held in the parking lot behind The Menagerie.

His life and legacy were immortalized by hundreds of loved ones and supporters who shared memories and testimonials of the profound impact he had on their lives. Riverside would not be what it is today without his tireless efforts and the hope and strength he gave to anyone in need. Just as the “Fabulaus” neon sign continues to shine above the The Menagerie stage, David St. Pierre’s memory will forever burn bright in the hearts of his loved ones and the community he cared for so deeply.

Mrs. Tiggy Winkles Gift Shop

Stepping into the Mrs. Tiggy Winkles store is like walking into another world filled with whimsy and magical treats for anyone and everyone.

Your unique adventure begins with the beautifully intricate wrapping paper that almost lures you into the cute little wooden pathway that takes you right into the store. You are immediately overcome by the wall-to-wall of adorable trinkets, candles, tchotchkes, lotions, and potions that are perfectly placed throughout the store.

Each carefully designed area varies in style with a contrasting mix of retro or vintage chic, and specially procured modern brands. The main Voluspa candle display alone will simultaneously take your breath away and fill it with glorious scents that you can’t just buy one of.

I had the privilege of sitting down with the lovely proprietor, CeeAnne Thiel, to get a behindthe-scenes view of her enchanting store and learn more about the quirky queen herself. CeeAnn is originally from Idaho, but ended up in Riverside in the seventies when her former husband decided to attend UCR. She has been here ever since and continues to love every minute of being an eccentric shop owner.

Originally the store was located right where Casey’s Cupcakes is now and, when the Mission Inn closed for renovations, the city offered CeeAnn the beautiful and much bigger spot across the Main Street Mall. She jumped at the chance and has since expanded into the shop next door making Mrs.Tiggy Winkles a favorite among locals and tourists alike for more than thirty years.

CeeAnn shared that the famous Mrs.Tiggy

Winkle’s namesake came from her children who loved the tales of Peter Rabbit and, one in particular, was about Mrs.Tiggy Winkles, the hedgehog. CeeAnn explained that she was chubby as a young mom and, when hanging laundry on the clothesline, she would often tuck her long skirts into her belt while dancing around being silly. One day, her children exclaimed, “Mom, you are Mrs. Tiggy Winkles! You’re a hedge hog!” and with that, the name stuck. When she opened her shop, she knew exactly what to name it.

Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s first started as a European and hand-made children’s store, featuring wooden toys and porcelain figurines from Poland, France, and Germany. Over the years, CeeAnn’s taste evolved and she added more cool, unique products. When asked if she chooses all the eclectic merchandise herself, she quickly quipped, “who else would I ever let do that? I’m the control queen of the nation, of course!”

I just had to laugh out loud! It’s an amazing feat considering all the things Tiggy’s has to offer.

CeeAnn shared that for thirty-five years, her sister owned Simple Simons, the famed lunch spot a few doors down. So, the Main Street Mall has always felt like home to her. For now, she plans to continue offering the community beautiful, joyful things and when asked about if there are any plans to retire she said, “no, it’s fun! I love coming to work every day because I see people that are like old friends coming in, and it’s just lovely to see them.”

Be sure to pop by and say “ h i!” to CeeAnn , and you too can become part of Mrs.Tiggy Winkle’s family.

WORDS: ALONDRA FIGUEROA PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

Owner CeeAnne Thiel

Rose & Grace Barbershop

WORDS: JAROD DEANDA PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

What do you expect from a barber? Of course, a haircut or a beard trim. But, what about the hospitality? When you are greeted with a warm welcome, great smiles, and a classic Riverside barber shop vibe, you’ve found the one and only, Rose & Grace Barbershop.

Having been open for a year with their grand opening in January 2022, Rose & Grace Barbershop has been well received by the neighborhood and the strong community of barbers in the area. Founded and opened by “Hot Dog” Rob Mota, named lovingly after his two daughters, the shop is a direct representation of the hard work they’ve put into their first year of business. And, it’s clearly paid off.

The team of barbers at Rose & Grace plays out like a cast of characters in a Quentin Tarantino

movie, led by Rob and supported by the other talented barbers, Cholo Charlie, Alberto, Barber Talk Gabe, and Eddie. They’re all characters in their own right and are undoubtedly skillful with scissors and a straight razor in hand.

Being a barber, you naturally require a level of entrustment with your customers. However, this trust isn’t given—it’s earned. And, the barbers at Rose & Grace have rightfully gained the trust of the community. Between their history and the relationships they’ve accumulated over the years being in Riverside, the waiting benches and appointment slots are always full with soon-to-be clean cut customers.

But, don’t think for a second that you can’t get a trim. You can always conveniently book an appointment by utilizing the streamlined app on

their Instagram page. Whether you want a fresh fade, flat top, or a clean beard trim, Rose & Grace has got you covered for all your barber needs.

With raving reviews, it’s safe to say Rose & Grace is here to stay. So, support local by buying some pomade and getting a trim. Above all, go say hello and tell them The

sent you!

Rose & Grace Barbershop 6930 Indiana Avenue, Suite 5 (951) 530-8041

@roseandgracebarbershop

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"Hot Dog" Rob

Cholo Charlie

(L-R): Cholo Charlie, "Hot Dog" Rob Mota and Alberto Espinoza.

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Meet YOUR LOCAL ARTIST!

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Written by Dominique Mackey Photos by Rosy Cortez & Juan Navarro

Julie gives you ownership to explore art in your own unique way for a wholehearted immersive experience.

Inspired by the vibrant cultures of the world, Julie is a mixed media artist who employs the use of ink splatter, spray paint, paint marker, and metallic foils along with traditional techniques in acrylic and oil to paint realistic figures.

Julie grew up in rural Wisconsin, but she always had a strong desire to see the world. Finding value in what makes people different, she took a road trip from Wisconsin to California and gained human-centered experiences that can be seen in her art today.

Julie Rose

Age: 32 Occupation: Artist Instagram: @julieroseartist Website: www.julieroseart.com

See art through your own lens and be empowered to bring your experiences along when you engage with art by Julie Rose.

Julie’s work invites you in, she shares, “My work is a conversation in visual language. Every choice I make is to entice viewers to stay and chat a while longer.”

“Human figures are so powerful in art, because the viewer will put meaning into it no matter what you intend—we are just wired to see images of ourselves that way.”

She highlights feminine beauty and is inspired by international stories and symbols.

Julie attributes part of her success in art to her early days of face painting. “Actually some of the brush techniques I use in face painting, such as the multi-colored flat brush strokes, are exactly the same! You can see them in the patterns of the shirt on Hiromi or the flowers in Marisol.”

“Human figures are so powerful in art”

Bold, extraordinary, thought-provoking, and cultured are all words that come to mind when viewing her art, but Julie didn’t always share the same sentiment. “I danced around fine art [for] a long time, thinking I wasn’t ready or I wasn’t good enough. I finally gave myself permission and started painting what I really wanted

“Queen Bea”

“Hiromi”

“Marisol”

“Birds of Paradise”

to paint, using the skills I’d been building for so long.”

Eastside Arthouse has helped to build her confidence and highlight the extraordinary artist she already is.

Julie believes, “the Arthouse has been instrumental” in her success as an artist. “There is really nothing like being surrounded by other working artists

to boost your productivity…and I am grateful for the people who teach me and uplift me to do [the] work I love.”

Julie has her first-ever solo show, Entanglement, out of the Eastside Arthouse. This exhibition explores the connections which are threaded through us all, and centers on culturally diverse feminine beauty, which Julie describes as

“a complexly knotted relationship.”

The paintings will be on display from December 17, 2022 through January 20, 2023.

“My hope is that people can see my work is full of love and respect. I hope everyone can find their own story in it.”

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4177 Park Avenue www.eastsidearthouse.studio @eastsidearthouse

Riverside’s Homegrown Soccer Stars

WORDS: KEN CRAWFORD PHOTO: DAVID FOUTS

For those of us in Southern California, soccer has been part of the youth and recreational sports scenes for many decades. This is particularly true if you live in or nearby a significant immigrant population. For US born athletes, soccer was often seen as a transitional or secondary sport played in the off season or as an entree to “real” sports. International superstar footballers, the success of the women’s national team, and concerns by parents about the long term health effects of playing American football has made soccer a firstchoice for many families. This has resulted in the creation of excellent youth leagues. We are really seeing the first fruits of that now with an unprecedented number of US players that play professionally in the best leagues around the world. What does this have to do with Riverside? We are a soccer town. Our parks are filled with soccer teams training on weeknights and playing matches on weekends. We have competitive adult recreational and church-sponsored youth leagues. We have some excellent high school programs. Our two Division One college athletic programs at California Baptist University and UC Riverside don’t even have (American) football programs. However, they do have soccer teams—really good soccer teams.

When CBU and UCR took the field as opponents this season, players from thirteen countries on five continents were on the rosters. Of all those places, coaches, and teams represented, when the whistle started play, only two of the young men there were from Riverside.

Issa Badawiya, of UCR, and Leo Mendez, of CBU, know each other. They both attended King High School at the same time. Their paths to this particular game are very much similar, but maybe

not as much as you’d think of two guys that play the same sport attending the same high school.

Leo started playing soccer in Mexico when he was very young. When he moved back to California, he joined several clubs and eventually landed at Pateadores, which became Riverside City Football Club and is now Albion Riverside. Issa played in a few clubs before joining FC Golden State and eventually joined their Professional Development Academy team which took away his high school athletic eligibility. While they attended at the same time, they did not play together at King High.

They are participating on opposite sides of what has become a significant, multi-sport crosstown rivalry. Every team wants to win every game, but these schools want to beat the other every time on every field, court, pool, and gym where they meet. These games are a little faster and louder, and the fouls are harder and more frequent. At this level, all of these guys are good. The slouches were weeded out long ago. Neither school is an athletic powerhouse and most of these guys are here for the degree but, in the moment, they are competitors who have trained well and for a long time to get to where they are.

UC Riverside has competed at the D1 level since 1998. The Highlanders have graduated several players into soccer careers. Including Aaron Long who, represented the US at the FIFA World Cup. The Highlanders won the Big West tournament and lost in the first round of the NCAA Soccer tournament to Portland.

CBU has been around Riverside for over half a century but is just now emerging as a Division One athletic program. After a probationary transitional period, the Lancers have achieved

full participant status in the Western Athletic Conference. They won their conference tournament the first year in order to make an appearance at the NCAA Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to UCLA.

In head-to-head competition, UCR has won three of the five last meetings between the schools, but CBU has won the last two. Both Issa and Leo have made significant contributions to their teams throughout the season and in their careers. Neither scored in this year’s rivalry game, but Leo did get a yellow card. Leo and Issa both plan on weighing available soccer options after graduation, but both will have degrees and a solid plan B if needed. Leo has a year to think about it and Issa is applying to dental schools.

Issa has used all of his NCAA eligibility, so he has played his last UCR versus CBU match. Leo will be there next year. Issa will probably be there, as well, in the stands. These are good programs with great facilities and I encourage Riversider readers to participate in these events.

If you do, be sure to pick a side—east versus west, private versus public, religious versus secular, not knowing what a Lancer is, or fear of bears. All are good enough reasons and if none of those work, flip a coin.

(L-R): Leo Mendez and Issa Badawiya

The Elijah Parker House at 4631 Ladera Lane BUILT IN 1927

WORDS: PHILIP FALCONE PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

Nestled in the hillside of one of Riverside’s most prestigious neighborhoods and seemingly plucked from the picturesque Spanish Colonial Revival landscape of Santa Barbara, this 1927 home was designed by Robert Spurgeon, local architect extraordinaire.

One of five contributing residences constructed by Robert Spurgeon on the southern side of “Little Mount Rubidoux” in the venerable Mount Rubidoux Historic District, the triangular-shaped property of the Elijah Parker House is prominent and stately while also private and elusive.

Driving along winding Ladera Lane—formerly known as Rubidoux Drive—it can be easy to miss the home among the steep front lawn, mature landscaping, and recessed street. Over the hedge, behind the large iron gate and up the three levels of stairs, one is transported to a bygone era noted for vibrant Mediterranean colors, ornate wrought iron details, red clay tile roofing, and flowery decorative tiles.

The hillside of Little Mount Rubidoux is peppered with homes similar in the Spanish Revival style. Notably, the home to the west of

COURTESY MUSEUM OF RIVERSIDE

the Parker residence was built in 1923 by Robert Spurgeon for his parents and a later home across the street for his mother, following his father’s death. Little Mount Rubidoux’s terrain became the location of choice by Riverside’s wealthiest residents to construct their opulent Spanish Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival, and Mission Revival style homes at the turn of the 20th century. Both the close proximity and “far enough” distance to bustling downtown Riverside made the home’s location the right choice for automobile agency executive and citrus grower, Elijah Parker.

Elijah Parker, along with his wife, Margaret, and their only child, Robert, relocated to Riverside from Uniontown, Pennsylvania in 1916. Parker had worked with his father in Pennsylvania’s coal industry but was in search of a milder climate and new career come the second decade of the 20 th century.

The Parker family settled in Riverside and Elijah went on to have two subsequent careers. Relocating to Riverside at forty-one years old, Parker quickly found success in a new career as a partner in a Ford automobile distribution company at Eighth and Lime Streets in downtown Riverside.

After a decade in the automobile industry, Parker changed careers once more becoming an astute citrus grower and operating grove properties on Victoria Avenue and Blaine Street.

While Parker made his career change from automobile agency executive to citrus grower, he purchased the triangle lot on then Rubidoux Drive and enlisted architect Spurgeon and builder W.J. Nethery to create a home that embodied the revival styles of the west. On October 12, 1927, construction began on a twelve room, three bath, two story Spanish Colonial Revival home with Monterrey style influences commonly recognized through the second story balconies. The cost of constructing the home was $15,000. Workers of Nethery are said to have manufactured each red clay roof tile on site, molding the clay on their upper thighs to create the necessary carved shape. Views of the roofline from the rear, upper hillside of the property give a vantage point to see the character of each uniquely created tile.

By early 1928, the Parker family was settled into their new home at 81 Rubidoux Drive where they inhabited it for the next

decade. Elijah Parker died on July 15, 1937 at age sixty-two and Margaret Parker went on to sell the home to relocate elsewhere in downtown.

Elijah Parker’s final resting place is in a fluted, columnar urn behind glass in the Henry L.A. Jekel designed mausoleum at Olivewood Cemetery. Margaret Parker, who lived another four decades, died at age eighty-eight in 1977 and was interred at Olivewood Cemetery.

The largest room within the home’s 3,600 square feet is the living room with towering roughhewn wooden beams, which are embellished with iron, curled tip strapping. Original windows on every side of the living room frame the lush greenery and scenic views beyond. The dining room boasts ornamental plaster crown molding, a ceiling medallion, and built-in display cases for fine pottery. The expansive kitchen blends old and new with Shaker style cabinetry and terracotta tile flooring.

The beauty of the staircase is hypnotic with the whitewashed plaster walls, ornate Spanish style railings and sconces, the square red tile treads complimented with vibrant blue, orange, yellow, and green hand-painted tile risers.

On the second story landing, visible through the original wavy glass of the wooden windows, the rich green exterior trim contrasts with the red clay roof tiles—visible through the exposed eaves.

In 1966, owner Sheila Weber installed a swimming pool in the rear of the home. Weber utilized the same midcentury-meets-Spanish style tile at the waterline of the pool and in the surround of the portal of the front door. Today, the waterline pool tile has been removed and replaced with navel orange themed tile handmade by current owner and decorative artist Christopher Brody. The midcentury tile surround of the front door,

despite not being original, remains and compliments the Monterrey style façade.

The swimming pool sits at the base of steep uphill pathways through terraced landscaping that lead to the spear of the triangular-shaped property and showcases panoramic views of downtown Riverside.

In the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, the Elijah Parker house went through several notable owners, including eclectic designer and antique collector Alayne Coppo, who featured artifacts from all corners of the world. The home’s most famous owners were William “Knox” and Carlotta Mellon.

Knox Mellon is nationally known within architecture and historic preservation circles as California’s first historic preservation officer, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in 1975. Carlotta Mellon was also involved in politics as Mayor Ron Loveridge’s Chief of Staff in the 1990s.

Today the home remains in the hands of artists: illustrator and author Evan Turk and decorative artist Christopher Brody. Evan and Christopher have maintained the home with impeccable standards, adding features such as the Spanish and Moroccan style tiles surrounding the swimming pool—all handmade on site by Christopher. The connection

of the 1920s meeting the 2020s is striking with the main staircase’s pristine original Spanish tile selected by Spurgeon in 1927 and the exterior Spanish-inspired tile created for the pool deck by Brody in 2022.

While named for its first owner, the front door of the Elijah Parker House opens to more than a home steeped with history and Spanish Colonial Revival style. It opens to nearly eighty-five years of stories of attentive preservation and care by owners for a home masterpiece created by one of Riverside’s most renown architects who sought to take European architectural ideas and blend them with Southern California lifestyles of the 1920s.

Second story landing

Homeowners Evan Turk and Christopher Brody

Dining Room

Original Spanish style tiles

Historical Riverside

“Both architecturally and in terms of boosterism, Frank Miller’s Mission Inn…pushed Lummis’s Spanish myth about as far as it could go, which in Southern California was very far indeed…. Beginning in the late 1890s, he embarked upon [thirty-five] years of architectural fantasizing, creating a Spanish Revival Oz: a neo-Franciscan fantasy of courts, patios, halls, archways, and domes, which he furnished with statuary, stained glass windows, and religious artifacts of Spain, Italy, and Mexico, gathered on pilgrimages abroad.”1

—Kevin Starr, Inventing the Dream

1 KEVIN STARR, INVENTING THE DREAM: CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE PROGRESSIVE ERA, (NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1985), 86.

Mission Wing with Campanario and Old Adobe, c1910, featuring Arts & Crafts Adirondack stick-style pergolas. Courtesy Museum of Riverside Hutchings Collection

The National Historic Landmark Mission Inn

Building Frank Augustus Miller’s Franciscan Wonderland in Riverside, 1903-1931

WORDS: H. VINCENT MOSES MOSES, PHD AND CATHERINE E. WHITMORE

—Gustav Stickley, Carftsman Magazine, 1904

“This is the appropriate architectural style for Southern California.”

Historical Riverside

“Bully!”

roared Theodore Roosevelt on the morning of March 8, 1903, while waiting for the official photograph at the Grand Opening of Frank Miller’s new Glenwood Hotel, California’s Mission Inn. Earlier that morning, the President, in top hat

and tails, departed the Presidential Suite at the southeast corner of the hotel for the entrance of the Old Miller Adobe a few yards away. There, with Roosevelt-style bravado, TR bestowed his presidential blessing on Miller’s edifice. Miller

knew this would be the perfect celebrity photo op for the grand opening. TR’s ceremonial replanting of the remaining Parent Navel Orange Tree that morning at the Mission Inn implied that the hotel, like Mission San Gabriel, had something to do with the introduction of citrus, in this case the Washington navel orange to Southern California. With that, Miller began the Spanish mythmaking around his soon-to-become Franciscan wonderland in Riverside.

The grand opening came off without a hitch and set the hotel on its way to becoming the preferred winter resort of the great and near great for the next forty years. Ironically, the world-renowned Mission Inn began as an AngloAmerican hostelry. Captain C. C. Miller, Frank’s father, opened the original hotel as the Glenwood Cottage. Frank Miller purchased the Glenwood in 1880 from his father Captain C. C. Miller, subsequently renaming it the Glenwood Tavern.

By 1898, the ambitious young entrepreneur had set about to replace the original facilities with a modern multi-story hotel, initially of typical eastern hotel design. He failed to secure financing and scrapped the project. Meantime, Riverside roared into the 1890s as the immensely prosperous home of the Washington navel orange, and the center of a rising Mission Cult in Southern California built on the growing popularity of the California Missions, which were then being vigorously promoted by Charles Fletcher Lummis and his California Landmarks Club. “Don Carlos” as Lummis called himself, for several years had sought a distinct Spanish image for the region to draw tourists and migrants West to California.

By the early 1890s, navel orange prosperity and the Mission myth had made Riverside a sought-after winter destination for well-heeled winter visitors. Seeking to capitalize on the Mediterranean like citrus landscape and the Lummis’ Mission myth, Miller revived his dream of expanding his hotel. Around 1899, he sought financing from Henry Huntington, owner of the Pacific Electric Railway, for expansion of his resort hotel. Huntington came though, financing the

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President Theodore Roosevelt at the Grand Opening of the Glenwood Hotel, California’s Mission Inn, March 8, 1903. TR, pictured with shovel in hand preparing to replant the remaining Parent Navel Orange Tree at the Old Adobe. Courtesy Museum of Riverside

The Presidential Suite where TR stayed the night. It's now The Presidential Lounge. Courtesy Museum of Riverside

construction for $100,000. The electric rail magnate, backing Lummis’ Mission Myth for Southern California, recommended that Miller commission Arthur Benton of Los Angeles, master Arts and Crafts architect, to design the building. Benton seized the opportunity and rendered the new hotel in an audacious Mission Revival architectural style, making a complete break with the original Anglo Glenwood Cottage style.

Benton argued that the rising Mission Style suited Southern California to a tee by maintaining fidelity to the heritage and Mediterranean climate of the region. Bertram Goodhue, the most preeminent Arts and Crafts Movement architect in America, agreed with Benton. Goodhue, too, argued that architects should maintain fidelity to place by designing to the heritage and terrain of the locale. Later as the designer of the Spanish

Colonial Revival buildings at the 1915 PanamaCalifornia Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego, Goodhue put his theory into practice. “In the East,” he said, “I design English-style churches and residential structures, but in the West, I design in Spanish motifs.” For Benton and Goodhue, the Mission Revival made sense for Miller’s hotel.

By 1931, with the full build out of the Inn, the initial Mission Revival architectural style merged with Spanish Baroque Churrigueresque, Moorish, Italian Renaissance, Chinese and Japanese styles to complete Miller’s eclectic fantasy. At completion, Miller’s hotel featured gargoyles, domes, statues, fountains, carved pillars, flying buttresses, Tiffany windows, and dozens of pieces of Arts and Crafts furnishings by Gustav Stickley, Elbert Hubbard, Limbert, and others. By 1931, the Inn stood proud as a monument to Frank Miller’s Arts and Crafts inspired imagination and entrepreneurship.

The Spanish eclectic makeup of the fully developed Mission Inn came about this way. As Frank Miller watched Riverside’s Mediterranean Revival Style Civic Center take shape in the late teens and 1920s, he moved decisively and relentlessly to keep his hotel ahead of the pace. Through a constant construction program from 1911-1931, involving multiple additions and renovations, Miller brought the original Mission Revival masterpiece into the complete and

Cloister Wing, Mission Inn, c1912.

Arthur B. Benton, architect. Courtesy Museum of Riverside

Hand tinted postcard depicting the Mission wing Court of the Birds and Old Adobe, c1920. Courtesy Museum of Riverside

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unsurpassed embodiment of both phases of the Spanish Colonial Revival. First came the Cloister Wing or Monastery in 1911, designed by Arthur Benton roughly on the architecture of the Carmel Mission. The transformation from Mission Revival to mature Spanish Colonial Revival 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 Mediterranean Revival, and modern construction materials and methods at the Inn. Arthur Benton and local architect G. Stanley Wilson, who supervised construction of Hunt’s Spanish Wing, designed the third and fourth floors. The north elevation features the Alhambra Court, Miller’s ode to Alhambra Castle, Granada, Spain. A row of spires, atop faux buttresses, infer minarets from a Spanish or North African mosque. The front façade of the Court is clad in hollow tile, like tile found at Alhambra.

Miller completed a final addition, the International Wing, between 1929 and 1932, with G. Stanley Wilson, Riverside’s most prolific architect of the Spanish Colonial Revival, especially for schools and civic structures. Wilson, born in Bournemouth, England, came to Riverside in

1895 with his family. Graduating high school in Riverside, Wilson rose far and fast through the ranks of apprentice carpenter and finish carpenter to self-taught architect via correspondence school courses, becoming a licensed architect in 1923.

By the time Wilson received Miller’s commission for the Inn’s International Wing, his firm had grown into a full-service shop. The Inn and Wilson benefitted immeasurably from the arrival of Peter Weber, who brought with him substantial artistic and architectural skills, honed from his travels in Southern Spain and North Africa. Weber became Wilson’s most important designer in the true Mediterranean Revival Style, viral to the final two phases of the Mission Inn.

Weber’s skills enabled Wilson to make his most significant contributions to the National Historic Landmark Mission Inn; especially the International Wing, which includes the International Rotunda, the Court of the Orient, and the iconic Atrio of Saint Francis Addition.

“The International Wing comprises the entire northwest corner of the Inn and was built between 1929-31 out of reinforced concrete. The walls, beams, floor slabs, and exterior walls are of reinforced concrete. The fourth-floor rooms are all hollow tile construction with

G. Stanley Wilson, architect with construction crew completing the Rotunda, International Wing, 1931. Courtesy of Pete Weber

Rotunda

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concrete roof framing supporting clay tile roofs,” and “organized around three interior courtyards, all of which were ornately decorated in the spirit of international harmony.”

The six-story Rotonda Internationale (International Rotunda) constitutes the first court, rising the full height of the building and opening to the sky. The Court of the Orient makes up the second component of the wing, finishing with the Atrio of St. Francis, Wilson’s opus in the Spanish Renaissance Revival Style, with ornate Churrigueresque details. The whole building “varies in height from the four-story Mission Wings

and seven-story Rotunda to the four commanding towers, Carillon, Carmel, Amistad and Agua, with many courts and elevations.”

The Atrio of Saint Francis drew rave reviews from the venerable California Arts and Architecture: “Architecturally, the Atrio of St. Francis will be considered the piece de resistance of Mission Inn. It 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. The Churrigueresque rich ornamentations, the rose

windows, the coats of arms, the figures of saints in their niches—all are beautiful, and all seem as if they must be of some bygone age. The proportions of facade and doorway and rose window are splendid. Huge sixteen-foot mahogany doors give entrance. The interior, dimly lighted, reveals its richness slowly to one entering from the brilliant sunlight of the Atrio. At the far end is the famous gold altar from Mexico…. Its surface and columns and figures have lost none of the lustre…they had two hundred years ago when the altar was made for the chapel of Marquis de Rayas at Guanajuato. Carved oak stalls of Renaissance design with medallions from an ancient monastery in Belgium occupy the sides of the chapel from the entrance to the chancel and above them, glowing and sparkling in all their color, are the Tiffany windows and mosaics, three on each side.”

The Atrio brought the Mission Inn to the pinnacle of the mature Spanish Colonial Revival, and to the forefront of the region’s infatuation with the style.

Today, the National Historic Landmark Mission Inn occupies a full city block at the heart of Riverside’s downtown Civic Center, functioning once again as a five-star hotel, sponsoring a massively successful Festival of Lights every December that draws thousands of visitors to downtown Riverside. This author recommends that you take your family and friends to view the Inn during this year’s Festival Lights. It will make your holiday season bright, I promise. You will also experience the result of Frank Miller’s extraordinary imagination, which endowed Riverside with the one-of-a-kind National Historic Landmark Mission Inn.

Author’s Row and Alhambra Court, Mission Inn, 2016.

Saint Francis Chapel

Atrio of Saint Francis

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The Complex Simplicity of the

DE LA TORRE BROTHERS

The opening of The Cheech Center for Chicano Art in June of 2022 has made a monumental contribution to the Riverside community with a significant impact on the international art scene. The first and only museum of its kind, “The Cheech” is home to hundreds of works by Chicano artists from Cheech Marin’s personal collection and has gained recognition as a destination for thousands of visitors both near and far.

Upon entering The Cheech, guests are met by an enormous installation by the De la Torre brothers depicting the Aztec Earth Goddess, “Coatlicue.” The brightly lit piece impressively towers two stories high inside the museum’s front lobby and uses a unique lenticular design that creates a holographic 3D effect, transforming its imagery as viewers move around the room. While the installation will permanently remain at The Cheech, their exhibit, “Collidoscope: De la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective” will only be on display through January 22, 2023.

Administered by The Smithsonian Latino Center in partnership with the Riverside Art Museum, the extensive collection occupies the entire second floor gallery and features dozens of works spanning three decades of the De la Torre brothers’ career. The rare opportunity to have a collection of such magnitude displayed here in downtown Riverside makes it urgent for visitors to experience the exhibit before it moves on to cities throughout the country.

Visitors who have seen the collection can attest to its profound impact and a complexity that almost eludes description. The duo’s intricate compositions challenge the viewers’ senses and invoke emotion through a powerful use of multiple mediums and techniques ranging from glassblowing, sculpture, and lenticular design to material culture and audio/visual components. They explore an

array of themes from Pre-Columbian and traditional Mexican art to consumer culture, religion and sexuality, and use humor and irony to create a dialogue, opening interpretation from their audience.

Just as their art consists of many complex layers, Einar and Jamex De la Torre’s binational upbringing and bicultural identity undoubtedly influenced their artistic ideology. They were transplanted at a young age from their home in Guadalajara, Mexico to the sunny beaches of Dana Point in 1972 following their parents’ separation. The brothers experienced extreme culture shock and were forced to overcome the many challenges that came along with it.

With no previous knowledge of English, they struggled to assimilate to American culture but found solace in art as a creative outlet, initially influenced by their older brother’s interest in it. They eventually made the decision to pursue professional careers in art. Both attended Cal State Long Beach where Jamex received a BFA in Sculpture and where they were introduced to

Today, Einar and Jamex continue to work together and maintain their bi-national identities by owning homes and traveling between studios in both San Diego and Baja California, Mexico. When I asked about the challenges of balancing their personal and professional lives, Jamex replied, “it is tricky at times, but adds so much to our lives. It has been a great deal of what we’re about as artists; being able to cross the border and change from one brain to the other seamlessly is a lot of what we talk about in our work”.

This balance and the theme of duality is but one of the many layers explored in their work and recognizable in their elaborately detailed compositions. “We’re obviously not minimalists, we’re if anything maximalists, with a ‘more is more’ attitude,” Einar explains.

While the complexity of their work can at times overwhelm its viewers, the De la Torre brothers recognize that art can push its audience outside of

several other mediums including glassblowing, which remains at the foundation of their work.

Einar and Jamex De la Torre working with glass blowing students during their recent arts residency at CSU San Bernardino.

their comfort zone. “People don’t see art like they hear music. People know what they like in music and everybody thinks they have good taste in music, but art still frightens them a little bit,” Einar explains.

Just as art can challenge its viewers’ perspectives, Jamex and Einar also understand the importance of keeping it universally accessible. “Everybody should be able to have their opinions of art regardless of education or economic levels, it should be for everybody”.

The brothers eventually met Cheech in the 1990’s as a longtime collector of Chicano art, but their relationship with him actually began years prior. As Jamex explains, “coincidentally our history with Cheech really starts when we first emigrated to the United States because we emigrated to Dana Point, an area where there wasn’t any Chicano culture in the 1970’s, but our cousins were listening to the Cheech and Chong records and we were fascinated by their accent and, of course, they are still so funny.” Einar adds, “we’re going to school learning English because all we knew was Spanish, and here’s somebody doing “Spanglish” in a sort of street vernacular. That’s how we learned humor in a way, and how to access humor when we learned why it was funny. Of course, we enjoyed it tremendously, but it was also very formative in the way that we learned English.”

With this early understanding, the De la Torres utilize humor and irony to engage their viewers,

Einar, cool under fire.

allowing them to take a deeper look at traditionally taboo subjects like sexuality and religion. Einar describes this approach, “humor is like a gateway drug. The idea is to entice people to stop and maybe by getting a little giggle they’ll get in there a little more.” While audiences may not always be engaged as intended, “some people may laugh and walk by and that’s fine, too,” Einar adds. “Everyone brings their own circumstances to viewing art.”

In the creative process, the cohesion of Jamex and Einar’s individual contributions is essential when collaborating together. “We realized that as individuals, we were bringing different things as opposed to fighting it, which of course, there is still some struggle, but you struggle with yourself when you work with yourself, and there’s always limitations and that’s part of the dialogue; you’re limiting yourself to this canvas or whatever medium you’re working with.”

Freeing themselves from such limitations allows for complete artistic freedom and makes their work distinguishable in a contemporary setting. “I think art needs to be completely free, it needs to be unencumbered by any obligation,” Jamex explains. “We go to great lengths to not have a linear process and do everything we can to allow ourselves complete freedom.”

With this freedom comes opportunity. Einar adds, “art has to be able to get away with things. We have to be able to talk about everything. That’s why there were art movements to begin with, because they were breaking rules”.

Although the many layers of their art may be visually intricate and address a multitude of themes, beneath its surface the De la Torre brothers are simply speaking to the nature of the human spirit and its delicate complexities. “We like to say that our work has many layers, in meaning that the layer in which we collaborate, the layer of being binational, and the many layers of understanding our reality. We’re expressing that the human condition and our reality is never black and white, it’s all of these layers at the same time”.

Just as the most detailed composition must begin with a simple idea, the many layers of the De la Torre brothers’ lives had to align seamlessly in order to make their “Collidoscope” exhibit a reality. From their early exposure to Cheech Marin’s humor and its influence on their understanding of language, to eventually meeting him in person through the Chicano art movement, the Cheech Center was destined to be their exhibit’s inaugural home.

Catch “Collidoscope: De la Torre Brothers RetroPerspective” at The Cheech before the exhibit closes on January 22nd. Purchase tickets at riversideartmuseum.org

Jamex with one of their glass sculptures at CSU San Bernardino.

Heritage House Christmas A Holly Jolly

While five million twinkling lights may adorn the historic Mission Inn, that was not quite the holiday aesthetic for Riverside’s Victorian beginnings. The holiday season at the Museum of Riverside’s Heritage House is a window into how some of Riverside’s earliest families brought Victorian holiday practices—steeped in British, German, and Dutch traditions—to the land of navel oranges and year-round sunshine.

The Heritage House, constructed in 1891, is a 5,000-square-foot Queen Anne style home museum that shares Riverside’s earliest history

through educational programming and special events. For the last forty-three years, the Heritage House has been transformed into a Christmas masterpiece for the annual Christmas Open House extravaganza—seemingly transporting visitors into a Currier and Ives winter scene. Many of the holiday sights that await visitors behind the House’s towering exterior and ballooning turret are Christmas traditions and decorations of a bygone era.

The idea of some of today’s most iconic Christmas décor and traditions may seem as old as history itself; however, in the United States,

Christmas was not celebrated in this manner until the mid-1800s. Christmas became an American federal holiday as recently as 1870 and, before 1840, it would have been unheard-of for anyone to have a Christmas tree, poinsettia and pine floral arrangements, or even know the tale of Santa Claus or Father Christmas.

Perhaps the most identifiable Christmas symbol is an evergreen tree perched near a window with the glow of lights reflecting off the jeweltoned ornaments and a mound of wrapped presents under its stretching branches. The Christmas tree

WORDS: PHILIP FALCONE PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

tradition originated in Germany in the 16th century. With no electricity in those days, taper flame candles were fastened to branches—with a water pail nearby to douse the tree should a fire ensue— and presents tied to the branches, not stacked at the base.

Akin to architecture and other aspects of British—then global—style during Queen Victoria’s sixty-three years on the throne, a Christmas tree representing the Queen’s German heritage in the background of a royal family portrait started the international phenomenon of welcoming a pine tree into one’s home each December. The Heritage House pays homage to this tradition with a ninefoot pine tree adorned with candles, handmade Christmas cones, fan ornaments, and other embellishments displayed in the parlor.

When it came to interior design and celebrating the holidays, the Victorian era was all about “more is less,” with homes cladded in greenery, rich velvet linens and bows, and the finest partyware. Many of the ornaments and elaborate mantle-top floral arrangements were constructed from items found around the home or in the yard. Scrap fabric was perfect for a fan ornament, and fresh citrus and pine cones framed fireplace mantles with color and texture.

The Heritage House recreates these elaborate arrangements as the House’s six mantles burst with greenery, the grand staircase is draped in Royal Stewart tartan plaid bows on pine swags, and fresh pine wreaths line the front porch balustrade and wrought iron gates.

For nearly half a century, the Museum of Riverside and the Riverside Museum Associates have made Christmas time at the Heritage House both an educational and awe-inspiring experience for the whole family.

Take in the sights of Christmas past by touring the Heritage House at 8193 Magnolia Avenue. Open Friday-Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Free admission; monetary donations for care of the house are greatly appreciated.

Heritage House 8193 Magnolia Avenue riversideca.gov/museum/heritagehouse

Dining: Airport

Cowboy Burgers & BBQ

WORDS: KEN CRAWFORD PHOTOS: ZACH CORDNER

My mother is a zucchini aficionado and hates the traffic on the 15 between the 60 and 10 freeways. We could always check a couple boxes by skipping the interchanges and taking Etiwanda then stopping by Cowboy Burgers & BBQ on the way to the airport or the Mills. Cowboy in Fontana sits proudly by the train tracks in an industrial area of town. Plenty of room in the parking lot for semi trucks and a menu fifty feet wide.

I was surprised to see, while driving down Arlington Avenue here in Riverside, that a new Cowboy was being built. The place took a little while to open and then, one day, it was there. Of course, the cowboy is a ubiquitous mascot and I was certain that this was just another of many cowboys and couldn’t be a partner to my beloved stop by the tracks in Fontana.

I took my family with me to see if this was THE Cowboy and I was wrong. It was the same place…kinda. It’s the same high quality, big portion, family-run restaurant managed by the same wonderful family. My favorite Old West Burger was still on the menu. I was ready to eat and was thrilled that the Cowboy had ridden into town. Something was different, however. This menu isn’t fifty feet wide, but eight, ten maybe. No pastrami, no cobb salad, no zucchini!? What happened?

I was given Eleni Katelaris’ name as a contact. I got there a bit before the crew and asked the helpful young lady at the counter if Eleni was around. She offered me a cup for the soda fountain and said I could sit anywhere in the dining area and Eleni would be out in a second. Eleni came out to greet me with a genuine smile and after introductions, I asked if indeed, this was a relative institution to the Etiwanda Avenue Cowboy. She confirmed and I asked, “Why the small menu?”

My bar was set pretty high and I was ready to be disappointed, but Eleni had no plans to let me down. Eleni told me that her parents Pete and Androula Katelaris, who immigrated from Cyprus almost forty years ago, have run the Cowboy in Fontana for thirty years and saw the new, smaller location as an opportunity to provide further excellence in a smaller menu.

She wasn’t wrong. Everything I tried was excellent. The burgers are hand made and have plenty of fresh toppings without being messy. I think I would try and eat one in the car but only if I had a backup shirt. The BBQ is good. Eleni describes the style as “Cowboy” a Texas influenced brand that allows for a little bit of sauce. The pork ribs were a standout, tender but not disintegrating off the bone. The chili cheese fries were made with house made Texas style chili with no beans

I was lucky to meet the whole family and they described their mission to bring really good food to people with passion and conviction. We might not consider “fast food” when we think about passion for craft, but what the Katelaris’ produce is high quality, executed well, and delivered with an over-the-top sense of service to their customers. Even if you’re not a burger or BBQ person you can still go for the homemade brownies and their amazing date shake that isn’t an hour away.

and were much better than what is usually served at fast-food restaurants.

BBQ Platter

Cowboy Burger and Chili Cheese Fries

It's a family thing. Androula, Eleni and Pete Katelaris, owners of the Cowboy.

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

Beignet Spot 4019 Market St (951) 224-9830

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

Cookie Co. Riverside 195 E Alessandro Blvd (951) 521-0846

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

Miss Donuts & Bagel 3962 University Ave (951) 787-0193

Mochinut 1242 University Ave (951) 534-0756

Mr. Blue’s Donuts 19009 Van Buren Blvd Ste 123 (951) 780-3188

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

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

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

Hotz Kitchen & Cocktails 3720 Mission Inn Ave (951) 782-3212

Joe’s Bar & Grill 10909 Magnolia Ave (951) 637-3931

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

Raincross Pub & Kitchen 3557 University Ave (951) 780-6000

Shooters Sports & Grill 10226 Indiana Ave (951) 785-9588

Sire Restaurant 6440 Magnolia Ave (951) 683-7473

BARS/LOUNGES

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

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

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

Messi Soul Kitchen 4270 Riverwalk Pkwy #104 (951) 588-6252

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Route 30 Tap Room 3740 Mission Inn Ave

Stone Church Brewing & Bistro 3737 Main Street (951) 233-0323

Thompson Brewing 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

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

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

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

Fatburger & Buffalo’s Express 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

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

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

CHINESE

Big Sky Bistro 1575 University Ave Ste A (951) 328-1688

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

China Wok Inn 5771 Mission Boulevard (951) 680-9810

Chen Ling Palace 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

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 Fastfood 1490 University Ave (951) 686-2223

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

Little Beijing Chinese Fast Food 5800 Van Buren Blvd (951) 509-1188

Lucky Wok 2995 Van Buren Blvd (951) 688-2888

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

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

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

Condron Coffee 3696 Sunnyside Dr (951) 880-3354

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

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 3660 Mission Inn Ave (951) 276-7147

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

Sharetea 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

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

FILIPINO

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

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

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

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

La Michoacana 3961 Chicago Ave 951) 248-9142

The Loop 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

India Sweets & Groceries 779 W Blaine St (951) 784-7400

Masala Mischief 223 University Ave Ste 150 (951) 224-9692

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

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

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

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

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

Mokkoji Shabu Shabu 1575 University Ave Ste B (951) 905-4007

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

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

Sumabi 3530 9th St (951) 823-0278

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

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

Bajio Mexican Grill 3760 9th St (951) 786-9573

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

Birrieria Xolos 9696 Magnolia Ave (951) 376-1226

Brandon’s Diner Jr

Of City Hall 3900 Main St (951) 778-2588

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

Cañada's Grill 10436 Magnolia Ave (951) 588-6758

Casa Mota 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

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 Silencito 1091 Center St (951) 312-6542

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

El Trigo 4155 Park Ave (951) 787-6937

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

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

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

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

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

Lucies Locadas 1601 University Ave (951) 423-4828

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

Mercado Don Juan #3 3375 Iowa Ave (951) 787-9292

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

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

Placita 1805 University Ave (951) 405-8730

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

Retro Taco 3744 Main St (951) 742-5606

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

Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill 3848 La Sierra Ave (951) 687-2280

Rolando’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

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 Mi Ranchito 4724 La Sierra Ave (951) 352-0528

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

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

PERUVIAN

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

SEAFOOD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VEGETARIAN/VEGAN

Craveabowl 3434 Arlington Ave Ste 20 (951) 742-5878

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

La Sierra Natural Foods 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

Roots Restaurant & Bar 3700 12th St (951) 405-8324

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

VIETNAMESE/PHO

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

Cha2o

1400 University Ave Ste A104 (714) 406-3090

Ocean Pho 4069 Chicago Ave Ste 100 (951) 742-5272

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

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