Thanks to Portillo’s Hot Dogs, I no longer have to travel to the Chicago area to get the awesomeness that is the Italian beef sandwich. Portillo’s began in Chicago in 1963, and opened its first California restaurant in Buena Park in 2005. The second California location opened in Moreno Valley in 2008.  The first time [...]

The City wasted no time closing Dufferin.  Barriers and signs went up the same day as the hearing.  The City should have at least waited until the emergency swing gates could be installed, but I need to remember that they “don’t represent us”. So what now?  Some suggestions I have heard and/or read: Drive down [...]

Update 07/16/09: http://www.riversideandbeyond.com/dufferin-is-closed-at-mcallister-what-now/ —————————————————————————————————- I just got back from the public hearing regarding the Dufferin closure. The room was packed – standing room only packed. Many residents from the City and the County spoke at the hearing, with County residents opposed to the closure being the majority. In the end, the Riverside City Council voted [...]

To me, the word “bistro” conjures up images of a little French restaurant where people sit around in the afternoon drinking wine and eating cheese.  Not my kind of place.  But P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, is not that kind of place. P.F. Chang’s operates 35 full service restaurants in California, and 189 nationwide *.  Before [...]

On a recent trip to Big 5 at McKinley and the 91, I noticed two people in red jumpsuits pulling into the McDonald’s parking lot on scooters. Each of the scooters had a McDonald’s logo on the back of a bright red and white storage bin. A fast food delivery service!  Great idea!  Now I [...]