A few months back I wrote the post “Goodbye Counter, Hello Alibi“, which was about The Counter owners reopening their location in Dos Lagos as The Alibi Bar & Grill.  Since that post, we have visited The Alibi a few times. The fries and onion strings are still good, although the appetizer is now called [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We have been to Chilitos Mexican Grill in Riverside more than any other restaurant.  Often it’s just me and my wife since this is her favorite place to go for lunch when the kids are in school. The food is good, the prices are reasonable, and the owners and employees always make us feel welcome.  [...]