Things To Do in the Inland Empire & Southern California
Get your calendars set and keep your belly empty for LA Weekly’s Plate food and wine festival on March 3. Los Angeles’s longtime alternative weekly newspaper hosts its 5th annual food and wine event at Petersen Auto Museum in the heart of the City of Angels. Food and wine festivals happen all the time in [...]
“Eat Your Heart Out”, dineLA’s twice-yearly dining event, is returning January 21–February 1, 2013! Los Angeles’s restaurant week showcases specially-priced $15, $20, and $25 lunch menus and $25, $35, and $45 dinner menus from hundreds of LA county’s most compelling restaurants. From lobster tacos and ceviche along the coast one night to osso bucco and [...]
Coming Friday, January 11th Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes Presents Wine-01: The Basics – Up-and-Coming Whites If it’s the first Friday of the month (well, our first Friday, anyway), it must be time for another Wine-01 class on the basics on wine. This month, we’ll be examining some up-and-coming white wines starting to make their [...]
Craving a trendy ambiance, with fun innovative food? Well, for something like that you’ll need to trek all the way to Los Angeles or Orange County , using all your money for gas and parking instead of an awesome meal right? “Rapour” at Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga is eager to prove you wrong. Yes, [...]
Winterfest’s Events in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country “The most festive season of the year arrives Thanksgiving weekend and is celebrated daily throughout December, January, and February as Winterfest in Downtown Old Town Temecula, Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country, and at Pechanga Resort & Casino. From holiday concerts, theater, and ballet; holiday lights; [...]
The second annual “Good Food Festival” began with food insights and ended with savory delights! On November 3rd, LACMA hosted the “Good Food Conference” where farmers, chefs, community leaders and foodies of all kinds filled the museum to participate in the “Good Food Revolution”. This movement is dedicated to promote healthy eating and more jobs [...]
If your answer to “when was the last time you went to a lobster festival” is anything but yesterday, you’re overdue! Long Beach Lobster Festival (September 7th-9th)- The Long Beach Lobster festival offers a main stage playing Motown, decades music (60’s, 70’s, 80’s), Southern Rock, and County Western, and a children’s stage with storytelling, magicians, [...]
Mr. Pennypickles Museum- Explore the house/lab of a crazy (fic) inventor, who has changed every room to be an interactive wonderland. In his living room he has a hot air balloon, his study has a time machine, and don’t even think about using the restroom, because he’s turned his toilet into a hydroelectric generator! Although [...]
**Editorial/Photographic Review Dated August 27, 2012** The Los Angeles Epicurean Festival was nothing short of an awesome blend of wine, deserts, meats and fancy treats when it kicked off at Los Angeles’s historic Vibiana cathedral on Sunday, August 26. Sampled for event goers were scores of wines with an international flavor. Indeed, many of the [...]
1. More Affordable Midweek Hotel Accommodations and Recreation Take the time to check out the Palomar Inn Hotel, a 10-room, historical landmark built in the late 1920s. From here, do a self-guided Old Town historic walking tour arch-to-arch; visit the They Passed This Way Monument; shop for antiques and collectibles; and dine alfresco at Old [...]
It’s that time of year again…fair season! Friday the 13th of July starts us off with the very popular Orange County Fair! Although it is technically smaller than the Los Angeles County Fair, it’s hardly noticeable with the wide variety of food and shopping opportunities. Grab your friends and just eat your way through the [...]
Prepare for the Invasion of the Food Trucks & Beerfest! Saturday, June 30th 11am-5pm at the Municipal parking lot on Redlands Blvd. Between Eureka & Orange St. Featuring a variety of favorite food trucks from the Inland Empire and Beyond! Bacon Mania Tornado Potato WTF Tropical Shave Ice Thai 1 On Suite 106 Slummin Gourmet [...]
**Photo Editorial Review Dated June 29** The Calabasas Malibu Wine and Food Festival kicked off on a sunny weekend as hundreds of gourmet food and wine lovers made their way to Calabasas rooftop for some good times. With some live music by a Beach Boys cover band and samples given to event goers by Patron, [...]
Killarney’s Restaurant & Irish Pub, one of Riverside’s go-to destinations for a fun and unpretentiously good time, came alive June 16 while celebrating their 5th anniversary. The authentic Irish pub, tucked away in the far end of Riverside Plaza, was filled with an overload of local taps and a seemingly endless flow of premium craft [...]
If you’ve been looking for a cool place to eat with your friends, you might want to check out Gyu Kaku at Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga. Where else could you barbeque good meat at your table (tapas style!), and not have to clean it up? Start off with a sushi roll or pork gyoza [...]
In the middle of the Temecula Promenade, a wine oasis appeared! The grand opening of a small permanent vineyard smack dab in the middle of the popular shopping center was introduced with a wine and food pairing as only Temecula can do. The vineyard is surrounded by shadow boxes, explaining the history and production of [...]
The Monte De Oro Winery in Temecula is putting on a Summer Concert Seriesthat kicks off June 9th 2012. They’re going to have concerts scattered throughout the entire summer that’s packed with some impressive talent. The entire series will be coupled with their many other events that they have planned in order to keep all [...]
The Promenade Temecula has announced the opening of it’s newest addition: the all new Wine Walk Experience. This will be a permanent installation to the main-street style plaza. The main goal of the Wine Walk Experience is to both provide a taste of Temeculas great wineries with the history that made is so prominent. Guests [...]
An amazing aroma had already filled the air when I entered Uplands “Taste of the IE”. I waded through a sea of white umbrellas, each one enticing me with a delicious entrée, dessert, or drink. Plate in hand, I made my first stop at “Qdoba Mexican Grill” and tried their “Mango Salad Sampler.” A sweet, [...]
Pizza and Wine Dinner This Friday Night at Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes! Just $35 Per Person! We’re ordering in on Friday Night. Come sample five different gourmet pizzas from five of the best pizza makers in the area, and try a different wine paired specifically with each unique pie! Only $35 per person! May has [...]
**Editorial/Photograph Review, June 9, 2012** The 7th annual LA Wine Fest kicked off on Saturday, June 9, with various wineries and vendors sampling and selling various wines, goods, and food. The LA Wine Fest brought a mostly young crowd out to Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, where booths dotted the walkways and courtyards to keep attendees [...]
Join us this Friday, May 4th at Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes for our next wine class: Wine-0-1: The Basics – Forgotten Reds Our wine basics series Wine-0-1 runs the first Friday of every month and covers everything you’ll need to know to appreciate the world’s most popular beverage. Now this is more like it! We’ve [...]
Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes in Riverside — America’s most uncommon wine shop — offers up brand-new wine classes to the public every FRIDAY NIGHT starting at 6:30 p.m.. From the absolute wine beginner to the most seasoned and sophisticated oenophile, this new wine shop and tasting bar offers wine classes for every level of wine [...]
The 14th annual Primavera in the Gardens wine and food tasting festival is scheduled for Sunday, May 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens. Nearly 500 people attended the 2011 event and a full house is expected once again in 2012. Guests will sample food, wine and beers [...]
We’ve been saying the Inland Empire has great food for a while, and now they are going to prove it. On May 18th between 6 and 9pm, the City of Upland is presenting the “4th Annual Taste of the IE”. On “A” Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, “Discover Upland” will be laying out a [...]
Summer fun arrives early in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country and is celebrated daily June 1 through Labor Day as Summerfest. “10 inviting festivals and events celebrate local, award-winning wines; music, art, hot air balloons; all-things-local-and-fresh; Dads, the 4th of July, Native American culture and dance; and provide adventure and entertainment,” explains Kimberly Adams, [...]
The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festivalwill be taking over beautiful Lake Skinner in the ouskirts of Temecula’s wine country over the weekend of June 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2012 as Southwest Riverside County becomes the premier festival in Southern California with entertainment, hot air balloons, live music, food and wine tasting. 2012 marks the 28th [...]
The largest Saint Patrick’s Day festival in the Inland Empire will be at Killarney’s in Riverside on Saturday, March 17th, 2012 with numerous outside bars, thousands of your closest friends and multiple stages with live music all day and night.
The Orange County Fair 2012 is a while away, but the summer concert lineup has been announced, including Willie Nelson, Weird Al, Young the Giant, Sheryl Crow and more at The Pacific Amphitheater!
Starting this March, Chris Kern’s Forgotten Grapes in Riverside — America’s most uncommon wine shop — will be offering a brand-new wine class to the public every FRIDAY NIGHT starting at 6:30 p.m.. From the absolute wine beginner to the most seasoned and sophisticated oenophile, this new wine shop and tasting bar offers wine classes [...]
