After a long day of shopping and movie-watching at Tyler Mall, take a moment to sit back, relax and indulge in some dessert goodness (it’ll balance out the large bucket of popcorn that you demolished after watching “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”). A plethora of restaurants around the area offer food ranging from spicy barbecue, mouth-watering tacos or...
We are currently witnessing the mainstream-ification of matcha in the United States (U.S.). While it has always been a staple in Japan, industry statistics show that this tea-based powder has become increasingly high in demand in the U.S. The ingredient can be incorporated into smoothies, boba and even lemonade, but currently, you are most likely to see it in...
By far, one of the biggest perks of living in North District is having The Market downstairs. As much as I try to restrict myself from spending all of my dining dollars in less than a month, I can't help but rope in a friend on the weekends to grab some boba at the Lollicup. Recently, UCR Dining started...
Coffee shops around campus offer countless amounts of drinks, but what to pick? Sip on these warm and iced beverages to get a real feel for the Halloween season.
Fall is my favorite time of year, inspiring me to cover myself in blankets and curl up with a good book and a hot or iced drink in my hand. During...
With a line almost out the door, the Barn on a Thursday night is one of the busiest times to catch a quick meal. However, the bustling crowd of the restaurant is indeed worth the wait.
The Barn was indeed a barn, back when UC Riverside was UC Los Angeles’ agricultural extension. Since then, the Barn has undergone immense changes...
Walking all the way to Glen Mor for a Starbucks can be a little too much for some people. You can be in a class across campus and still have to trek to Glen Mor for that refresher you’ve been craving for all day. You get there and the line is so long because everyone had the same idea,...
We are at the beginning of Spring quarter here at UCR. The orange blossoms are in full bloom, the trees are lightly fruiting along Aberdeen, and our mornings consist of ghostly mists as some of us wake up early for those 8am classes. On every checklist is a class we want to add, a textbook we need to buy,...
Emerbee’s, the bee-themed cafe located in between the Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB) and the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Building just opened up for the first time since 2020. It originally opened in 2019, but when Covid hit, it closed indefinitely until the university could employ enough students in dining services.
In addition to selling sandwiches, mac and cheese, and...
Iced vanilla lattes are always my go-to drink whenever I explore new coffee shops. It’s one of my favorite coffee drinks when I’m in a rush, or when I need something to wake me up. Throughout the fall and winter quarters, I decided to explore several coffee shops around Riverside and review their takes on the iced vanilla latte....
If you’ve never tried one, a dirty chai is a chai latte mixed with a shot of espresso. They’re one of my favorite coffee drinks to get on campus, so I set out to rank both the hot and cold dirty chai options around campus at four different locations.
Coffee Bean - Hot
Coming in last place is unfortunately...