the salted pig

ridiculous wine prices. $15 a glass house cabernet is quite out of place for their typical clientele


-----13 mar, 2011-----

finally, a place to getgoodfood and a pint. great place to grab a drink, and the sunday brunch isn't half bad either. food is good, not great, but at a minimum, it is apparent they are trying. please don't stop improving the menu. owners please remember, dining establishments stay in business because the food is good...nothing else matters.

fairly good. a little pretentious and overpriced for me but they have agoodbeer selection andgoodappetizers. the mac and cheese and the popcorn are for sure the best dishes.

finally tried it. reallygooddrinks andgoodservice.  the chef gave us some stuffed dates to try. loved them. thank you for thegoodtime. we will be back when in the neighborhood!

hipster-ish place.. friend picked this place out for our "restaurant of the week" to eat at. we ate here probably a month or so ago.

so i do not regularly drive through the area of riverside that this restaurant is in. apparently after 5:00pm on a weekend all the paid parking areas are free, otherwise you have some parking spots across the street from the restaurant or a parking lot.

when we arrived, we were queued with probably five or six other patrons. i think we were told it would be about a 35 minute wait, which was accurate. unfortunately i think i was suffering from a headache and the added dimmed lighting of restaurant made me just want to sleep.

we both tried one of the pumpkin beers they had on tap (we thought our server had said it was some sort of "pumpkin pie" beer, but i did not see it listed on the beer listing website.) we got the bacon fat popcorn appetizer, the lamb burger for myself, and the roasted bone marrow for my friend.

the bacon fat popcorn was not bad at all. i really liked the maple sugar that was on it, but i thought there was too much sea salt.

i am not much of a burger/meat connoisseur, so when i was asked how i would like my lamb burger cooked... i said "well done." (what a grave mistake i made.) the burger was dry. the amount of black walnut butter and rhubarb jam they put on it was not enough to counteract the dryness of such a thick patty.

the fries and the spicy ketchup that came with it were reallygoodthough. i liked the style of fries (shoe string) they make.

my friend loved his roasted bone marrow. i tried a little bit of it and it was delicious.

i did not think the filthy fries at the salted pig quite lived up to expectations. this seemed very much like a pre-packed french fry product (of not the best quality) with various toppings poured on. i also requested some of the house-made ketchup, which seemed to be nothing more than tomato paste.
yes, the vibe here is is nice and hardly ever do you read any criticism of this place.
filthy fries were a tremendous disappointment. i like the salted pig, but i did not like these.


-----14 feb, 2013-----

trendy eatery for downtown riverside. i knew about the salted pig prior to its opening a few years ago, but due to a number of factors i delayed my visit until recently. i had been curious about the place, but i just never made the trek over.
i like trying most things, but i just never got too thrilled when so many restaurants started the hipster/gastropub/craft beer trend.

the salted pig is a nice spot for downtown riverside, ca which is really lacking in attractions that would make one want to visit the area, although that is starting to change. the atmosphere was nice and service was pleasant and not overbearing during my visit. i do suggest sticking with the script and order your burger medium.

not that it really matters in regards to the overall dining experience, but the salted pig does not have wi fi, which is something that i would expect from a trendy place like this. i was instructed to connect with the free wi fi offered by the city of riverside and that seemed kinda lame to me. i read on another review site some time ago that the initial partners that made up this restaurant are no longer, which could also explain why the twitter feed has gone silent and the website is not being updated.
maybe it does not matter to many, but is quite common for many "trendy restaurants" in the inland empire, to start off withgoodintentions but quickly trail off in their activity.

i was hearing great things about this place and was very excited to check it out. the restaurant is set up with two distinct seating areas; one by the bar and one by the kitchen. we sat in the seats at the kitchen counter and were rewarded with some free samples of their deviled eggs. i only ate one and it wasgoodjust not something i focused on throughout the meal. i wish the seats at the bar were a little higher up so i could actually see what was going on. it was strange to sit there trying to see what was going on but being unable to do so. another annoyance was that my server had not tasted many of the items on the menu. it is always alarming to hear a server say “people have told me that this is good” or “i’ve never tried that”. if you really care about your restaurant you will taste and be able to talk about all o

great menu,goodquality food. great diversity in beer list. poor service. ordered a flight and it took forever! then the server didn't know which beer was which. the bartender mixed up my flight with my friend's and after all this, did not comp anything. still worth going, but if there was any beer bar competition in riverside, this place would drastically need to improve in order to survive.

tried the pulled pork sandwich today it was incredible. the fries are a little too crunchy but i get them because i love their homemade ketchup. and everything is bacon in it. it is a little expensive but it's agoodclean nice restaurant so it's worth the price for that part of town