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Chicken tenders are a big trend these days, but Monty’s Good Burger in Riverside has just added a new twist to it. The chain has added vegetarian chicken tenders to its menu.
New restaurants at IE include Ines Tamales & More in the Redlands and Dos Hermanas Mexican Food in Riverside, which John Plessel can tell you about in his Dine 909 column.
Many of the chain’s restaurants offer seasonal salads, drinks, strawberry desserts, and other summer flavours. We can tell you where to look.
Finally, see how a Southern California chef competed against the “Great American Recipe,” and check out our recipe for blue cheese and bacon salad.
The restaurant collaborates with Daring Foods, a Los Angeles-based startup that was befriended by drummer Travis Parker and his wife Kourtney Kardashian. Read more.

Takeaway serves favorites such as beef and chicken mole. Read more.

BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse and MOD Pizza serve up desserts for good reason. Plus, there’s a new Mexican restaurant in Riverside. Read more.

Habit Burger Grill’s peach salad, Wendy’s Strawberry Frosty, and Taco Bell’s first Brisk sparkling iced tea are among the restaurant chain’s recent innovations. Read more.

The Southern California home chef will compete in the first season of “The Great American Recipe,” a new eight-part competition series that celebrates the multiculturalism of American cuisine. Read more.

The mixture can also include Belgian dandelion leaves along with toasted hazelnuts, pecans, apple slices, or pears. Read more.