Update 01/24/17: Lone Star is closed. There are reports that other locations have closed around the country, including: Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa… – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Steak good. I get a little primitive when I think about steak, and when my inner carnivore […]
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The Counter in Dos Lagos is no more. I drove out there this week to get a burger and found a new sign hanging out front for The Alibi Bar & Grill, along with the following note (click to enlarge). According to the note, the new restaurant is owned by the same people and will have the same employees. The […]
Read moreWe love Disneyland, and go there often. Disneyland has many different places to eat, and we’ve tried most of them. One of our favorite places is Cafe Orleans. I’m not very adventurous when it comes to food, so I admit that I wasn’t too sure about this place the first time I looked at the menu. I love Cajun and […]
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Thanks to the Internet, we don’t even have to pick up the phone anymore to get a pizza delivered to our house. The problem is that the pizza from the big chains isn’t always the best (to put it nicely), so we like to venture out to find something better. After we moved out to Riverside, we began our quest […]
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Yesterday, I went to buy a new cell phone at the AT&T Wireless store in Corona Crossings. When it came time to pay, I realized that I had left my wallet at home. This was supposed to be a quick stop before taking my two oldest kids out for dinner. As I was putting my old cell phone back together […]
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Update: The Counter in Corona is closed, but The Counter in Irvine is still open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]
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Before we moved to Riverside, we stumbled upon the Original Roadhouse Grill in Riverside during a house-hunting trip. It was great. The steaks were perfectly cooked and the service was great. We thought we found our new steakhouse. During the next year or so, we visited Roadhouse many times and found it to be hit and miss. So we stopped […]
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Pro beach volleyball in Riverside? Yep. Back in April 2009, the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) held the Riverside Open in downtown Riverside as part of the 2009 AVP Crocs Tour. Since there is obviously no beach in downtown Riverside, I drove down to 3rd and Market a few times before the tournament started to see how asphalt could be […]
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Update: The Corona Chuy’s is closed, but the Chuy’s in Murrieta is still open has closed too. Shamrock’s now occupies this spot. The next time you’re driving down Magnolia and notice the great white shark sticking out of Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler, do yourself a favor and go inside the restaurant. This is our first post on RiversideAndBeyond.com, so we wanted […]
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