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Another ersatz holiday brings another food giveaway.

Monday (February 6) is National Frozen Yogurt Day and Yogurtland will be celebrating by giving away free frozen yogurt and toppings at more than 160 stores across the U.S., including Inland Empire locations in Claremont, Chino Hills, Riverside and Corona.

The giveaway will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. while supplies last.

Yogurtland will even have special commemorative cups and spoons for the event.

The giveaway will take place at the following I.E. locations:

• Claremont: 101 N. Indiana Hill Blvd.
• Chino Hills: 4505 Chino Hills Parkway
• Riverside: 1242 University Ave.
• Corona: 135 E. Ontario Ave.

The Let's Dine Out Show's Grub Club events are traditionally special meals served at a local restaurant.

Next month's event is a break from tradition.

The February 26 Grub Club is in partnership with the American Culinary Federation Southern California Inland Empire Chefs & Cooks Association and will take place at the Riverside Culinary Academy.

The evening will feature a six-course meal designed and prepared by five of the Inland Empire's premiere chefs.

If you're interested in this unique experience, you better hurry.

About two-thirds three-fourths of the reservations for the $25 meal have already been filled.

Click here to see the menu and to register for the dinner.

Update: The event is now sold out! I hope you were able to register it did.

Today's LA.com Deal of the Day is $20 for $40 worth of food at Cafe Sevilla in Long Beach.

Not to worry, though.

The deal is also good at the chain's Inland Empire location in Riverside.

Click here for all the details.

It seems like only yesterday I was driving by the empty lot in Eastvale where a new Corky's Kitchen & Bakery was to be built. Actually, it was a little over ten months ago.

I drove by again on Friday and discovered that the 24-hour restaurant was open!

Then, I spotted on the Corky's website that a fourth Inland Empire location is planned for Corona, at 3811 Bedford Canyon Road, Suites A8-A11.

The Eastvale Corky's, which joins locations in Rialto and Rancho Cucamonga, is at 12552 Limonite Ave, Suite 130.

There's also a non-I.E. location in Ladera Ranch.

For those of you who missed the Gingerbread Shop at this year's Los Angeles County Fair (myself included), you can catch it at Riverside's Festival of Lights.

Gingerbread Shop will be selling cookies, gingerbread cake and "the best hot cocoa on the planet" through January 8.

Prices appear to be unchanged since the 2010 L.A. County Fair.

Some of you may be old enough to remember when the pink A-frame had a permanent spot in the Inland Center.

Apparently, before that, they sold gingerbread at Santa's Village.

The current owners are from Yucaipa.

The Gingerbread Shop is on the Main Street pedestrian mall, just north of Mission Inn Avenue.

Way back in February, we happened to spot a little tidbit in a real estate transactions press release that let us know that Corky's Kitchen and Bakery was opening a third location (after Rancho Cucamonga and Rialto).

Initially, they had projected a fall opening, but I don't think they're quite going to make it.

However, they are gearing up to open and are having a job fair this weekend and Wednesday and Friday of next week.

They are hiring for all positions.

Follow the jump for the schedule.

That's because the Original Tommy's in Corona is one of the locations participating in today's Tommy Tuesday.

In continuing celebration of the chain's 65th anniversary, Tommy's has been offering deals at select locations on Tuesdays.

Today's (November 29) deal, good until 10 p.m., is chili fries for 99¢. You can get up to five orders at that price.

All you have to do is say the secret phrase: Happy Holidays!

The Corona Tommy's is at 2280 Compton Ave.

For more information, or to see all participating locations, visit the Facebook event page.

Other Inland Empire Original Tommy's can be found in Barstow, Chino and Riverside.

Who says you have to have turkey for Thanksgiving? Or even ham?

Some of my favorite holiday meals were homemade spaghetti or lasagne, made with love by Mom.

But how do you feel about pizza?

John's Incredible Pizza (no relation), which gave us a scary good $5 deal on Halloween, is offering a similar deal for Thanksgiving.

For $7 per person, you and the family can have all the pizza, salad, soup, pasta, desserts and non-alcoholic beverages you want.

In the Inland Empire, the deal is only good at the Riverside and Montclair locations, so you Victorvillains will have to trek down the hill if you want this deal.

The deal is good from noon to 9 p.m. Thanksgiving day. No coupon is necessary.

For more information, click here.

Market Broiler has partnered with Seafood for the Future and created a new sustainable seafood menu.

Order any item from the new sustainable seafood menu and you'll receive a free ticket to the Aquarium of the Pacific.

However, it's a limited time offer and will end at the end of the year, if supplies last.

Market Broiler has Inland Empire locations in Ontario and Riverside.

For more information, click here.

From 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday (November 8), the Beaumont Police Department will host a breakfast burrito fundraiser at the Beaumont Civic Center, 550 E. Sixth St.

Burrito tickets are $4 each and advance tickets are available for purchase at the Police Department.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Adopt-a-Cop program, which assigns one police officer to each school in the Beaumont Unified School District.

Officers volunteer their time at the designated school and interact with the children through hands-on activities, mentoring and behind-the-scenes field trips.

The program also rewards students with perfect attendance with an all-expense paid field trip to an Angels baseball game.

For more information about the fundraiser or the Adopt-a-Cop program, please call the department at 951-769-8500.