My wife and I went to Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler in Corona for lunch today and found out that it will soon become Austin’s Sports Grill.

Bummer. This is absolutely my favorite place for tri-tip and shrimp, and my daughter loves the salmon.

My personal plea to the new owner:

Please keep the tri-tip, shrimp and salmon on the menu as is. The chips and salsa bar is a plus too. Good luck.

By the way, if you completely redecorate, what are you going to do with the shark heads?

Cowboy Bob was unveiled last week at Bob’s Big Boy in Norco. Bob is now sporting a cowboy hat and boots, along with a much bigger burger.  Cowboy Bob got the prime location by the front door, while poor regular Bob was moved to the side of the building.

We’ve been to Bob’s a few times over the past few months. Like a lot of people, I remember Bob’s from when I was a kid. Until we visited the Bob’s in Norco, I probably hadn’t been to one in 20+ years.

The boys like Bob’s food better than the girls, but we all agree that the hand-dipped shakes are worth the visit.

For all the Bob’s Big Boy fans out there…

Cowboy Bob will be unveiled in Norco on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at 5 pm.  I took the family to Bob’s this week and picked up this flyer:

What do you get to vote for in the elections tomorrow?  Unless you are one of my neighbors, your ballot is most likely different from mine.  For example, City of Riverside voters get to vote for their next Mayor, and Norco voters get to elect two City Council members and decide if a hotel/motel tax should be increased.  I get to vote in a school board election.

I reviewed the 12-page (including covers) sample ballot and information pamphlet sent to me by Riverside County’s Registrar of Voters, and noticed that the sample ballot and candidate statements only take up two pages.  The other ten pages contain general election info, a vote-by-mail application, Census 2010 info and instructions (or drawings) in six different places that explain how to draw a line and mark my vote.

Considering that there are over 800,000 registered voters in Riverside County (as of Oct 2009), it seems that some money could be saved by paring down the information pamphlet.  Since this information is also available online, I called the Registrar’s office to see if they could stop sending me pamphlets.  They can’t.

Back to the subject…

To view your sample ballot, learn what you’re voting for and find your polling place, visit the Riverside County Registrar of Voters website.

In-N-Out is the “cuisine winner” for burgers in Los Angeles according to the press release for Zagat’s 2010 America’s Top Restaurants survey.

The only other California market listed in the press release was San Francisco.  SF’s burger choice?  In-N-Out.

After reading this, I decided to get a Double-Double today at the In-N-Out in Norco.  As usual, my Double-Double and fries were hot and fresh.

In-N-Out consistently makes good burgers.  But the best?