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Ocean Prime Opening in Beverly Hills; Connie & Ted’s Coming in Late May Michael Cimarusti’s contemporary clam shack will have 140 seats in West Hollywood.
By Hadley Tomicki
What to Eat at Osawa, Opening Tomorrow in Pasadena Katsuya vet Norio Yoshikawa is offering a pricey plate of shabu shabu featuring Saga Wagyu.
By Hadley Tomicki
Casey Lane Brings Pastas to The Parish; Cheese Cave and Valerie Confections Popularized at Tasting Kitchen, the chef’s handmade noodles will now be at his Downtown restaurant too.
By Hadley Tomicki
Coming Soon
Apr. 12, 2013
Sayuri Tachibe Opening Osawa in Pasadena The wife of Chaya executive chef, Shigeumi Tachibe, she plans a shabu shabu and sushi-focused menu.
By Hadley Tomicki
Farmers Markets
Apr. 8, 2013
Rare Whirlwind Tears Through Pasadena Farmers Market Several farmers suffered minor injuries, but multiple stands were trashed for good.
By Hadley Tomicki
Temporary Closings
Apr. 2, 2013
1886 Bar And The Raymond Closed For Renovation After 35 years, Tim Guiltinan’s kitchen will be expanded in time for Pasadena Restaurant Week.
By Hadley Tomicki
Empire Building
Apr. 1, 2013
Urth Caffe Going Bigger in Pasadena The two-story version of the popular cafe will open sometime this summer.
By Hadley Tomicki
Sweet Stuff
Feb. 21, 2013
Trattoria Neapolis Fancifies Girl Scout Cookies The Pasadena Italian is infusing its desserts with Tagalongs and Samoas.
By Hadley Tomicki
Craft Vet Anthony Zappola Leading The Revival of The Royce at The Langham The hotel is keeping the restaurant’s elegant look but embracing a new steakhouse concept.
By Hadley Tomicki
What to Eat at La Monarca Bakery, Grand-Open in South Pasadena The beautiful gourmet bakery stands head and shoulders above your average L.A. panaderia .
By Hadley Tomicki
Burger Time
Jan. 23, 2013
Dog Haus Dominates Pasadena Cheeseburger Challenge The Counter and new Slater’s are also big winners, stealing the sunshine of Umami and iconic Pie ‘n Burger.
By Hadley Tomicki
Temporary Closings
Jan. 15, 2013
Plate 38 Closing For Remodel in Pasadena The Pasadena restaurant plans a going-away party this Saturday with touring musician Ben Mauro.
By Hadley Tomicki
Pasadena Losing The Royce Chef David Feau won’t hang around while the concept changes to an American steakhouse.
By Hadley Tomicki
La Monarca Flutters Over to Pasadena The fourth location of the premium panaderia is also selling savory sandwiches.
By Hadley Tomicki
What Pasadena’s Culinary Rise Means For All of Us Chef-driven concepts are increasingly being attracted to less traditional neighborhoods, filling in the dead zones.
By Hadley Tomicki
What You Missed at Bittersweet Treats’s Grand Opening Red Velvet Whoopie Pie is Really a Thing at Bittersweet Treats in Pasadena
By Tony Chen
Burger Time
Nov. 29, 2012
Slater’s Reveals ‘The Armageddon’ Burger Bacon-wrapped bacon and beef meatloaf with shaved prosciutto almost guarantees December will be the end of days.
By Hadley Tomicki
Slater’s 50/50 Saturates Pasadena in Bacon, This Friday The San Diego burger chain crams bacon into every conceivable crevice.
By Hadley Tomicki
Sweet Things
Nov. 15, 2012
Danielle Keene Opening Bittersweet Treats, December 4 in Pasadena Expect an assemblage of vintage baking pans and custom milkshakes.
By Hadley Tomicki
Blind Donkey Opening Tomorrow in Pasadena; Donkey Punch Brewery Opens in Two new offerings are turning The City of Angels into a proverbial donkey show.
By Hadley Tomicki
Slater’s 50/50 Opens November 23 in Pasadena Defibrillator not included at this home of the 100% bacon burger.
By Hadley Tomicki
Going All Night
Oct. 26, 2012
Trattoria Neapolis Puts Lamb Corn Dogs and Luxury Manwiches On a New Late-Night Other intriguing dishes served only after 11:00 P.M. include duck and cherry sopes and a lamb sausage corn dog.
By Hadley Tomicki
Umami Burger Teams Up With Cordon Bleu At New Pasadena Location Currently, the new location is selling a cordon bleu burger with bechamel.
By Hadley Tomicki
A Look at Stone Brewing Company Store’s Grand-Opening in Pasadena In addition to 20 taps, chilled bottles, growlers, and rare releases, this is your first-stop for IPA soap and demon-embossed dog collars.
By Hadley Tomicki
60-Cent Burgers at Pasadena’s Tops Pastrami burgers are discounted for two days to honor the restaurant’s 60th birthday.
By Hadley Tomicki
School Lunches
Oct. 17, 2012
By Hadley Tomicki
Blaze Pizza Opens in Pasadena, Tries to Drink 800 Degrees’ Milkshake Owned by the same couple behind Wetzel’s Pretzels, several more flash-fired pizza shops are planned in the coming months.
By Hadley Tomicki
Top Chef Alumni Newsletter
Oct. 10, 2012
Bittersweet Pastry’s Opening Delayed Danielle Keene preparing to open new bakery in Pasadena
By Tony Chen
Carrotmob Plans to Veg Out at Fresh ‘n Easy in Pasadena Tomorrow Activists will send the store business as a reward, while giving you free ice cream to get you there.
By Hadley Tomicki
Stone Weighing Its Own Local Brewpub Co-founder Steve Wagner says the company would like to have some sort of brewing operation in our area, raising hopes for our own World Bistro Gardens.
By Hadley Tomicki
Cousins Maine Lobster Opens Brick-and-Mortar, Friday in Old Town Pasadena The business flies Maine lobster into L.A. daily for lobster rolls and split, skewered tail.
By Hadley Tomicki
First Look At Spago’s Facelift; Party Tonight at Fonuts; Puck’s place looks rather austere in comparison to its old Mediterranean digs.
By Hadley Tomicki
Ubiquitous Umami
Aug. 29, 2012
Pasadena Awaiting Umami Burger So, what will be Old Towne’s proprietary burger?
By Hadley Tomicki
Burger Time
Aug. 13, 2012
Burger Haven Opening August 20 in Pasadena, First 100 Free The opening date of this burger-joint-wihtin-a-gastropub was pushed back from earlier this month.
By Hadley Tomicki
Yujean Kang’s Closed in Pasadena, Mapo Jip Replaced by Isa Ramen in KTown After 20 years in business, the chef’s eponymous restaurant is closing to ponder the future.
By Hadley Tomicki
Burger Haven Opening Within Haven Gastropub, August 1 The restaurant-within-a-restaurant will serve burgers and shakes over lunchtime.
By Hadley Tomicki
Pizza Pizza
July 12, 2012
Pasadena Pizza Place Goes All Night True to its name, Late Night Pizza doesn’t even open until eleven every night.
By Hadley Tomicki
Foodievents
July 12, 2012
What to Expect at The L.A. Street Food Fest, July 21 at The Rose Bowl The event finds chefs from Baja added to the solid lineup of over 100 vendors.
By Hadley Tomicki
Trattoria Neapolis Soft-Opens Tonight in Pasadena The experimental Italian has a beverage program dream team that includes Vincenzo Marianella, Christina Perozzi, and Dominic Ta.
By Hadley Tomicki
Let Them Eat Foie
June 22, 2012
The Royce Plans 30 Courses of Foie, June 28-30 The chef has a blunt laundry list of ingredients he’ll pair with the taboo liver, plus five surprises for the chef’s table.
By Hadley Tomicki
Say Hello to Bodega Wine Bar’s Little Friends The wine bar’s “boxed wine” comes in decommissioned Army ammunition cases that fit four bottles each.
By Hadley Tomicki
Ubiquitous Umami
June 11, 2012
Umami Burger Coming to Pasadena, Opening Wednesday in Laguna Beach The forthcoming Old Town location takes its minimalist inspiration from the nearby Apple Store.
By Hadley Tomicki
Happy Birthday!
June 4, 2012
Pasadena Holding 100th Birthday Party for Julia Child in August Restaurants city-wide will prepare drinks and dishes in her honor, culminating in a simultaneous toast to the legendary celebrity chef.
By Hadley Tomicki
626 Night Market Not Afraid to Rear Its Head and TryTry Again The Asian street food event is quadrupling the size of its venue to lure back repulsed foodies.
By Hadley Tomicki
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