Food in the Inland Empire & Southern California!

  Frickleburgers in Cathedral City (68375 E. Palm Canyon Drive – Highway 111) makes one of the best hamburgers we have had anywhere – and the best we have found in the Inland Empire. In addition to making great burgers, it’s even fun to just say “Frickleburgers.” Frickleburgers is a small place with big burgers [...]

On March 17, 2012, Fairmount Park in Riverside will host the 20th Annual Walk With Animals where you and your dog can enjoy a fun, fair-like atmosphere and walk 1.3 miles while raising money for homeless animals in our community. [...]

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 [...]

Wine lovers are in for a big treat as the Los Angeles Wine Fest hits Raleigh Studios in Hollywood on June 9 and 10. The 7th Annual LA Wine Fest is set to have vendors serving more than 500 wines, spirits and brews along with some of SoCal’s best food trucks on hand to keep [...]

Time to search for the tunic, polish the suit of armor, and lace on the corset. Beginning May 12th through June 17, 2012, the “15th Annual Koroneburg Old World Festival” will be in Corona at the only permanent Renaissance Village in California! The (fictitious) Baron Heinrich Von Lauffer allows the townsfolk onto his estate, the [...]

Dripp Coffee Bar at The Shoppes in Chino Hills is a relatively new joint, opened in November 2011, that offers customers both a cool place to hang out and amazing coffee. As soon as you walk into the coffee bar you’re greeted with decorative menus that initiate the feel of the whole business. Everything from [...]

Attention all strawberry fans and fanatics…ready to sample every type of strawberry concoction imaginable? On the 19th and 20th Oxnard makes your strawberry dreams possible by hosting the “2012 California Strawberry Festival”! If you can’t make Oxnard (or have a serious strawberry addiction), you can always attend the “Garden Grove Strawberry Festival” on the 25th [...]

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 [...]

Authentic Mexican cuisine can be found in nearly every Southern California town and Ontario’s certainly no exception with Casa Sanchez located near the 60 Freeway. Brightly lit and with a soft interior, Casa Sanchez is an authentic Mexican restaurant with food loaded with flavor. One of the offerings it’s known for is its Menudo, the [...]

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 [...]

One of the biggest complaints people have about southern California is that we don’t have a lot of great BBQ. And to be fair, those people are right in a lot of way. But then a little restaurant in Moreno Valley opened called Hoggs Gourmet Grill. Located at 12625 Fredericks Ave in Moreno Valley, it’s [...]

Cupcakes have been all the craze for several years now, and even more recent we have seen the rise of the cake pop in the Inland Empire! [...]

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 [...]

There’s something about taking your mom to tea that moms find thrilling. My mom is a real soccer mom-bring on the hot dogs and hamburgers. But tell her you’re taking her to tea, and she’ll pull out the white gloves and big hat that that no one knew she had hiding behind her jeans and [...]

Whose barbecue style reigns supreme? That question will be answered on Saturday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. when the Queen Mary in Long Beach presents the first-ever West Coast BBQ Classic – a full day of finger lickin’ good competition with pitmasters from around the country battling for the title of Ultimate [...]

Sunday, April 22nd, welcomed the Route 66 Food Truck Fest 2012– The absolutely delicious brainchild of KVCR’s own Cliff Young. The plan: Gather together some of the best food trucks in Southern California into San Bernardino’s San Manuel Stadium for a day of feasting and fun. My goal? To discover the best each truck had [...]

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 [...]

The 16th century is alive and well in Irwindale, transporting visitors into the past with colorful costumes, handmade crafts, and bawdy humor. The Renaissance Pleasure Faire 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration is off to a great start with a brand new layout and the addition of food trucks. The faire ends on May 20. The entertainment [...]

“The Pig Trough”, “The Mount St. Helen, and “The Zoo.” Yes ice cream lovers, “Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour” has come to the Inland Empire!  The very same Farrells you have known and loved since 1963 is back, and serving up Rancho Cucamonga amazing sundaes. You know this place is different as soon as you walk [...]

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, [...]

Cinco de Mayo weekend in the Inland Empire will have plenty of ways to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride. [...]

If a pirate’s life is for you and you wish International Talk Like A Pirate Day was every day, then you won’t want to miss out on the 2012 Los Angeles Pirate Festival taking place May 19 in Downtown LA. With some of the best pirate performers from around the world, the Pirate Festival is [...]

The Blue Mountain Beer Company is quickly becoming the hangout for Grand Terrace and beyond, with free beer tasting and discounted beer this Saturday of beer brewed right on site on St. Patrick's Day! Oh, and word is they have Green Flash "Palate Wrecker" IPA on hand! [...]

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 [...]

Strange, Quirky, Fun…these words don’t even begin to describe the Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena.  On April 28th at 11am, Colorado Blvd will be transformed into a free for all, as people let their freak flag fly. Featured in “50 places you must see before you die” this parade has been a beloved Rose Parade [...]

How could the amazing Riverside Air Show get any better? How about a great seat for the show parked next to eight (yes, eight) amazing food trucks and a beer garden provided by the rapidly expanding Packinghouse on March 31, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. [...]

The Lake Elsinore Storm, a San Diego Padres affiliate, have clever giveaways for the 2012 season. [...]

Bootlegger's Brewery in Fullerton, famous for their Knuckle Sandwich, has announced their Fourth Anniversary on Friday, April 13th, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Muckenthaler Center in Fullerton. [...]

A la minute creamery in Redlands is one of only two ice cream shops on the west coast and ten in the world to serve liquid nitrogen infused flavors that crystallize in a way regular ice cream can only dream of. [...]

Over 20 of craft breweries and food trucks will converge on Palm Springs for the Craft Beer Conclave on Saturday, March 24th from 12-5 pm at the Spa Resort Casino in Downtown Palm Springs. [...]

You can never be aware of too many good bakeries. Connected to Martha Greens in Redlands, “The Eating Room” (recently featured in Westways Magazine) “Dough’lectables” in Redlands is definitely one worth knowing. [...]

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. [...]

Starting Monday, March 19, 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers are kicking off a three-week partnership with Carl’s Jr. – Laker Girls will be touring 20 different Carl’s Jr. locations across SoCal, including Riverside, Moreno Valley, Temecula, Corona and Mira Loma on the “Laker Girls Lunch Date at Carl’s Jr.” tour. [...]

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! [...]

Pechanga, California's largest casino, will host 40 food trucks at the Pechanga Food Truck Festival 2012 on Saturday, April 7, 2012 in Temecula. [...]

Food trucks are spreading like wildfire in the IE, with Inland Empire 66ers Stadium playing host to the Route 66 Food Truck Fest on Sunday, April 22, 2012. [...]

Join IE Gourmet Food Trucks for a day of the Best 15 Gourmet Food Trucks in the Inland Empire on Saturday, April 21st, 2012 from 11:00am-3:00pm at Redlands East Valley High School. [...]

Stuck on where to take the kids Easter Egg Hunting? Here are a few ideas! [...]

The IE Food Truck Fest 2012 and newly added IE Dixie Salsa BBQ Competition come to Ontario's Citizens Business Bank Arena on May 5 and 6, 2012. The food truck lineup is now online! [...]

Wondering where the best cupcakes are in the Inland Empire? We've done our homework and come up with our picks and your picks of the best cupcakes in the Inland Empire! [...]