The Lake Alice Trading Company is Your Watering Hole for Night Time Entertainment in Riverside.

Located at 3616 University Ave just on the other side of Market Street, the Lake Alice Trading Company is your destination if you are looking for place that is fun, where you can make as much as a mess as you want and they will clean it for you....They can handle groups from 10 to 200...All you have to do is give them a call and ample warning that you are coming and they will be ready for you and all you have to pay for is the food and beverages your group eats in a special reserved room set aside at no additional charge.

As i wrote above, this place is ready for you when your group arrives....they will make sure that your group has plenty of pool tables, football tables and pinball games at your disposal....Meanwhile you are free to roam the grounds and see what else is happening with other groups, or pull up a bar stool and enjoy what ever game happens to be on....On Thursdays, they have Karaoke, and live Music on the weekends and a jukebox that plays over 100,000 songs the rest of the week.

You can also set Hosting in advance with the management....Meaning, that you can be responsible for all of the food on one tab, or you set it up to allow everyone to pay there own way.

They also have dart games, shuffleboard, pool of course and dancing if you feel the need to get out there on the dance floor and strut your stuff.....Recently, Lake Alice was voted one of the best sport bars and the best live band bar in the inland empire by the Press Enterprise....And in 2007 they were voted the best music and dance club for the year 2007 in the IE.

If you are not into dancing, they have 3 big Screens and 4 plasma TV's to keep you occupied.....They also offer special prices during their daily Happy Hours on Domestic draft pitchers, pints, well drinks and a Happy Hour Menu from 4 to 7: PM, Monday thru Friday......After 11: PM the menu is cut back to just burgers, fries and home made chips.

Other specials the Lake Alice offers are the Monday Night Football Special which consists of a full rack of ribs while the games are on....On Tuesdays, it is Taco Night from 4:pm till the kitchen closes.....They offer your choice of beef, chicken or fish with onions, cilantro and guacamole sauce.....The beer of the night is Dos Eques XX at $2.00 from 4 to 10: pm.

Skipping to the weekend, Friday night opens up with live Rock-n-Roll represented by some of the best local bands the IE has to offer....All Live....No lipsinking here....You have to be good to play this stage.

Saturday Night is more of the same, while all day Saturday it is Football on all of the Big Screens and Plasma too.....Sunday morning Breakfast rings in at 9: am every Sunday and during Football season the Menu is loaded with hearty bacon Sausage, Pancakes and Waffles breakfasts....Brunch lasts from 11: am to 4: pm....And remember, Football Sundays are Dish Cable NFL Sunday Season ticket Package....So all of your favorite games are on.

Lake Alice is pretty new to the Inland Empire but it looks like they have made there mark in Riverside....To reserve game and party rooms or to check out the latest bands and prices for the shows, call 951-686-7343.

Gary Hall, the ghostpainter