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Readers' Choice Honoree: Tip A Firefighter for Steven's Hope

The 10th Annual Tip the Fire Fighter Fundraiser is scheduled for all day Saturday at El Torito in Ontario. The event benefits Steven's Hope, a nonprofit organization that helps house families seeking medical treatment in our area.

Your Loma Linda/Redlands Patch Editor has selected this week’s Readers Choice Poll honoree for Best St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

Congratulations to the 10th Annual Tip the Fire Fighter Fundraiser, scheduled for all day Saturday at El Torito in Ontario. Yes it's out of our area. But the event benefits Steven’s Hope, a nonprofit organization that helps house families seeking medical treatment in our area. Some of the children are patients at Loma Linda University Medical Center.

Why were they chosen? There are two main reasons. Several emails I got confirmed what I’ve always known: This is a popular event around the region. A quick aside, your Local Editor can’t submit votes for you guys if you email her. Sorry.

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The second is, you’re being served by Ontario Firefighters. Feel free to swoon. It remains to be seen if he extraordinarily tall leprechaun and the bagpipe player will attend as they have in the past.

The event will feature live music, a karaoke contest, lots of green stuff, green beer, lots of prizes, and of course, corned beef and cabbage, according to a news release by Steven’s Hope. The restaurant will open at 9 a.m.

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Here’s what’s available: From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be a specially prepared brunch buffet featuring traditional Irish favorites of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes along with traditional Mexican food for $25 per person.

After 3 p.m., it becomes a dinner buffet which will continue at $25 per person.

Regular menu items will be available all day long. Brunch or Dinner Buffet for kids 12 and under are half price.

The years that I’ve gone have always been fun. But the place is typically packed, so call now if you can, (909) 944-9102.

The El Torito is at 3680 Inland Empire Blvd. in Ontario. A map is included with this article. To learn more about Steven’s Hope visit their website.

For more information on the Tip A Firefighter event, visit the website.


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