Eat This Riverside: Outstanding Italo-Argentine Ice Cream at Benedetto Gelato
There’s a new gelateria in town, Benedetto Gelato, founded by Argentine expats who missed the gelato they used to get at home. Seth took a spin through the freezer case and is happy to report it’s a great spot for ice cream and a great reason to visit the Farm House Collective.
Eat This Riverside: Lamb and Fish Yemeni-Style at MandiXpress
It’s only been open for a month, but MandiXpress is already one of the most interesting places to eat in Downtown. Seth explored the menu and has recommendations for eaters who are ready to dive into this fascinating and delicious cuisine.
Eat This Riverside: Lunch at the New Tuesday Farmers Market at Riverside Community Hospital
There’s a new weekly community market in Riverside. Stop by on Tuesdays and you might catch Seth chowing down on pupusas and Thai desserts in the shadow of the Riverside Community Hospital parking complex.
Eat This, Riverside: Exotic Citrus from UCR’s Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection
Seth takes a tasting tour of UCR’s incredible collection of citrus varieties and shares some ways to sample them yourself on campus and at the upcoming Third Annual Citrus Festival at the California Citrus State Historic Park
Eat This Riverside: Saucy Guadalajaran Sandwiches from Tortas Ahogadas La Chiva Rayada
Why settle for soup and a sandwich when you could have a sandwich in soup? Try the signature “drowned” Jalisciense sandwich at La Chiva Rayada, a torta ahogada specialist on Mission in Jurupa Valley.
Eat This, Riverside: 2024 Year In Review
We’re revisiting Seth’s 2024 highlights, from Kali Hathaway’s bagel journey to updates at Manna Grill, En La Birria, and more!
Eat This, Riverside: Master Gan Crafts Noodly Delights in the Tyler Mall Food Court
Seth overcomes his mega mall aversion to recommend outstanding Lanzhou-style noodles from an unexpected source: a stall in the food court at the Tyler Galleria.
Eat This, Riverside: Experimental Pomegranates!
This week, as pomegranate season peaks and trees all over Riverside are bowed over with heavy fruit, Seth learns about a project at UCR that aims to diversify the world of pomegranates with research into varied and delightful cultivars beyond the Wonderful.
Eat This: A deep dive into donut business!
In today’s Eat This column, a conversation with a respected donut shop owner led Seth down a donut rabbit hole to investigate whether Riverside’s independent donut shops are all serving more or less the same donuts made with the same industrially packaged donut mix. Spoiler alert: they are!
Eat This: Take a Pupusa Tour of Riverside
After scouring the city for hot Salvadoran pupusas, Seth shares three spots specializing in these stuffed dough discs.
Eat This, Riverside: Craft Coffee and Creative Pastries from Slow Bloom and Hayet Albi - They Might Just Save Capitalism from Itself
This pair of Redlands businesses are coming to Riverside, bringing an exciting worker-owned model as well as thrilling coffee and pastries.
Eat This, Riverside: Fresh Home-Baked Bagels from Citrus Heights Cottage Bakery Parzel’s Bagelry
In a tidy subdivision in the hills above the Citrus State Historic Park, Kali Hathaway is baking the bagels of her dreams in her licensed home bakery. In today’s edition, Seth learns more about Parzel’s Bagelry: a great bagel bakery with big bagel ambitions.