A first-time customer takes a seat in the middle of Eureka Burger, eyes wide, and finally understands why everyone recommends this restaurant: It is awesome.

Third Street Wine Shop is the newest addition to the University of La Verne retail community, offering a respite from the usual bar experience.

Last Saturday, Chase’s Wine Bar and Beer hosted a beer-tasting event featuring the local Dale Bros. Brewery, which is based in Upland.

Since Connolly’s Kitchen opened its doors in March, the La Verne restaurant has been serving up Irish culture as strong and as rich as its food.

Pastel colored walls, a surfboard, pictures trimmed in bamboo, an overall relaxed environment and tasteful bowls of food are what the new restaurant Bowl of Heaven has to offer.

For years frozen yogurt has been a popular snack, and now La Verne has the perfect place for people to get their yogurt fix.

The first thing I noticed walking into Dillon’s Pit Bar-B-Q was the warmth of the people working there.

The new hot spot in town, Chase’s, has been getting plenty of business from the University community with its fancy water walls, fire pits and happy hour specials.

Red velvet cupcakes, pecan bars, strawberry crumbles and all-American baked goods are a few things junior education major Jennifer Mikolasko bakes professionally in and outside her own kitchen.

When I walked into Bangkok Blue in La Verne the aroma of Thai cuisine immediately made me hungry.