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On the cusp of Wednesday's grand opening of a new Inland Empire fresh & easy (in Rancho Cucamonga), Dine 909 has discovered via fresh & easy's Web site that their San Bernardino store (1631 E. Highland Ave., at Del Rosa Avenue) is opening one week later, on October 7.
Hooray!
This is of little consolation to Loma Linda city officials, who have written a letter to the folks at fresh & easy requesting that they be considered when picking opening dates, according to a story appearing in tomorrow's Sun.
The Loma Linda location (Redlands Boulevard and Mountain View Avenue) has been complete for, oh, about ten months. Work started on the San Bernardino store only a couple of months ago.
Other completed-but-not-yet-open Inland Empire markets include Rialto (2015 N. Riverside Ave., at I-210) and Moreno Valley (22985 Cottonwood Ave., at Frederick Street). The Calimesa location (Calimesa Boulevard and Myrtlewood Drive) looks complete from the freeway.
Don't know what fresh & easy's strategy is, but I'm glad I'll no longer have to drive to Fontana to shop there.
As is customary, fresh & easy is donating $1,000 to a local charity at their grand opening. To nominate a charity for the San Bernardino opening, click here.
To read Stephen Wall's story regarding Loma Linda's fresh & easy-sized advertisement for fresh & easy, click here.
In other Inland Empire fresh & easy news, according to their Web site, both the Riverside (4080 Madison Ave., at Arlington Avenue) and Ontario (2645 E. Riverside Drive, at Archibald Avenue) are hiring.
Hooray!
This is of little consolation to Loma Linda city officials, who have written a letter to the folks at fresh & easy requesting that they be considered when picking opening dates, according to a story appearing in tomorrow's Sun.
The Loma Linda location (Redlands Boulevard and Mountain View Avenue) has been complete for, oh, about ten months. Work started on the San Bernardino store only a couple of months ago.
Other completed-but-not-yet-open Inland Empire markets include Rialto (2015 N. Riverside Ave., at I-210) and Moreno Valley (22985 Cottonwood Ave., at Frederick Street). The Calimesa location (Calimesa Boulevard and Myrtlewood Drive) looks complete from the freeway.
Don't know what fresh & easy's strategy is, but I'm glad I'll no longer have to drive to Fontana to shop there.
As is customary, fresh & easy is donating $1,000 to a local charity at their grand opening. To nominate a charity for the San Bernardino opening, click here.
To read Stephen Wall's story regarding Loma Linda's fresh & easy-sized advertisement for fresh & easy, click here.
In other Inland Empire fresh & easy news, according to their Web site, both the Riverside (4080 Madison Ave., at Arlington Avenue) and Ontario (2645 E. Riverside Drive, at Archibald Avenue) are hiring.
So I was poking around the Dine 909 Twitter account, seeing who was following us, and ended up wandering over to fresh & easy's Web site.
I went, as I usually do, to their Inland Empire locations page to check on the status of their long-delayed stores in Loma Linda, Rancho Cucamonga and Rialto.
Nothing new on those sites: The Loma Linda store is completed and is basically a fresh & easy-sized advertisement for fresh & easy. The Rancho Cucamonga store is hiring, but I know for a fact that they're still working on the interior of the store. The Rialto store is also complete and it looks like the nearby Walgreens is ready to open.
The surprise? They're opening a store at Highland and Del Rosa avenues right here in San Bernardino. The actual address is 1631 E. Highland Ave.
Apparently, it's going in the same center as dd's discounts, another lower-cased corporate entity.
As with the Rancho Cucamonga store, they're hiring.
Normally, I don't like surprises. This one I was all in favor of.
I went, as I usually do, to their Inland Empire locations page to check on the status of their long-delayed stores in Loma Linda, Rancho Cucamonga and Rialto.
Nothing new on those sites: The Loma Linda store is completed and is basically a fresh & easy-sized advertisement for fresh & easy. The Rancho Cucamonga store is hiring, but I know for a fact that they're still working on the interior of the store. The Rialto store is also complete and it looks like the nearby Walgreens is ready to open.
The surprise? They're opening a store at Highland and Del Rosa avenues right here in San Bernardino. The actual address is 1631 E. Highland Ave.
Apparently, it's going in the same center as dd's discounts, another lower-cased corporate entity.
As with the Rancho Cucamonga store, they're hiring.
Normally, I don't like surprises. This one I was all in favor of.
Ladies and gentlemen...in this corner we have Pepito's, a longtime Riverside establishment with a not-so-storied past.
And in this corner, we have Kool Kactus Cafe, offering a fresh take on your standard Mexican fare.
Who will win? We'll leave that decision up to you.
I'm referring, of course, to this week's reviews...first up is Elaine Lehman's lunch review of Kool Kactus in Loma Linda. I've been to Kool Kactus, but not for a very long time. I seem to recall that it was a bit pricey for what you got, but that their focus was on freshness and being perhaps a little healthier than your typical Mexican standard.
Just glancing over their menu here, it appears that very little has changed over at the cafe. They're a dollar or two above what you might find elsewhere, and they have a number of items (Squash burrito? Sounds intriguing!) that are approved by the San Bernardino County Department of Health as being healthier for you.
Elaine seemed to enjoy her chicken quesadilla special, commenting favorably on the accompanying beans. You can read her entire review here.
And in this corner, we have Kool Kactus Cafe, offering a fresh take on your standard Mexican fare.
Who will win? We'll leave that decision up to you.
I'm referring, of course, to this week's reviews...first up is Elaine Lehman's lunch review of Kool Kactus in Loma Linda. I've been to Kool Kactus, but not for a very long time. I seem to recall that it was a bit pricey for what you got, but that their focus was on freshness and being perhaps a little healthier than your typical Mexican standard.
Just glancing over their menu here, it appears that very little has changed over at the cafe. They're a dollar or two above what you might find elsewhere, and they have a number of items (Squash burrito? Sounds intriguing!) that are approved by the San Bernardino County Department of Health as being healthier for you.
Elaine seemed to enjoy her chicken quesadilla special, commenting favorably on the accompanying beans. You can read her entire review here.
Continue reading Finally, Friday.
This week, Elaine Lehman went had a nice spaghetti lunch at Angelo's in Loma Linda.
Loma Linda being what it is, of course, there are vegetarian options.
But vegetarian meatballs?
That makes absolutely no sense to me.
They could call them vegballs or veatballs or...anything besides vegetarian meatballs.
Or maybe I just need to lay off the caffeine for a while.
Elaine's lunch review can be found here.
First it was November, then it was January, now it's anybody's guess.
According to this story on The Sun's Web site, the opening of the Loma Linda fresh & easy has been pushed back to who knows when, due to the shriveling economy.
The building at the corner of Mountain View Avenue and Redlands Boulevard is complete and ready to be stocked (it appeared that way when I drove by last year), but there's no telling when it will open.
Spokesman Brendan Wonnacott indicated that they generally don't announce new store openings until about a month prior, which means the Loma Linda store won't open until late February at the earliest.
Also in opening-date limbo are stores in Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and the two stores in Rialto, not to mention planned openings in Mira Loma, Pedley, Riverside, Moreno Valley, Calimesa, Beaumont, Corona, Menifee and Lake Elsinore.
Stay tuned to Dine 909 for more updates.
According to this story on The Sun's Web site, the opening of the Loma Linda fresh & easy has been pushed back to who knows when, due to the shriveling economy.
The building at the corner of Mountain View Avenue and Redlands Boulevard is complete and ready to be stocked (it appeared that way when I drove by last year), but there's no telling when it will open.
Spokesman Brendan Wonnacott indicated that they generally don't announce new store openings until about a month prior, which means the Loma Linda store won't open until late February at the earliest.
Also in opening-date limbo are stores in Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and the two stores in Rialto, not to mention planned openings in Mira Loma, Pedley, Riverside, Moreno Valley, Calimesa, Beaumont, Corona, Menifee and Lake Elsinore.
Stay tuned to Dine 909 for more updates.
The fact that Dine 909 is a huge fan of fresh&easy has already been established.
Yesterday we got news that the Loma Linda store would open in December.
Today we find out that store won't open until January.
The map on the corporate Web site doesn't specify a date at all yet.
Sigh.
Good news is that they are considering putting a store in Highland, but haven't made a decision one way or the other, and they are going great gangbusters on that store off the 210 at Riverside Avenue in Rialto, which will be the closest one to me once it's finished next year.
However, it looks like I'm destined to drive to Fontana for my fresh&easy fix for the next couple of months.
Yesterday we got news that the Loma Linda store would open in December.
Today we find out that store won't open until January.
The map on the corporate Web site doesn't specify a date at all yet.
Sigh.
Good news is that they are considering putting a store in Highland, but haven't made a decision one way or the other, and they are going great gangbusters on that store off the 210 at Riverside Avenue in Rialto, which will be the closest one to me once it's finished next year.
However, it looks like I'm destined to drive to Fontana for my fresh&easy fix for the next couple of months.
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