Best of Riverside

Things to Do in Riverside — Suggestions from the So Cal TWS Chapter

  • Hike/ interpretive walk up Mt. Rubidoux.
  • Off the Main Street Mall, but within walking distance:  Heroes, Raincross Pub & Kitchen, Food Lab (next to historic Fox Theater), Taco Station, Tio’s Taco  (The same artist created Mariposa Alley which is adjacent to RCRCD’s new pollinator garden at City Hall. )
  • Best of Main Street Walking Mall:  Simple Simons, Gram’s BBQ, The Upper Crust, ProAbition, Bricks Brewery, Marios, Presidential Lounge or Las Campanas & Tequila Bar (Mission Inn), the Hideaway, Retro Taco,  Tamale Factory
  • Downtown Ideas:
    • Saturday AM Farmers Market often also has music
    • Mission Inn museum & tours of Mission Inn. 
    • Riverside Art Museum
    • California Museum of Photography:  https://cmp.ucr.edu/
    • Culver Center of Arts
    • Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties
    • The Riverside Museum may be open by then?
    • Antique stores, Mrs. Tiggywinkle’s store
    • Chicano art museum: the “Cheech”.  It was founded by Cheech Marin of Cheech & Chong & is across from the Mission Inn.