| Avanti Café 111 N Lake Ave. 626/577-4688 |
Avanti Café is dedicated to providing exciting gourmet cuisine in a comfortable atmosphere. Their specialty gourmet pizzas are prepared in an imported oak-wood fired Italian oven, allowing the pizza dough to accent a natural oak-wood flavor. Choose from their delicious assortment of California-style toppings, each prepared from the freshest ingredients, or select from their many popular pasta or calzone dishes. |
The Playhouse District invites you to experience its undeniably inspiring and charming locale. Located within an easy stroll from Pasadena City Hall and Downtown hotels, the District offers an intimate scene where art, architecture and culture abound and where local businesses continue Pasadena’s tradition of personal and friendly service.
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Beany’s Café |
A neighborhood café offering a great selection of sandwiches, burgers, salads, breakfast items, organic coffee, smoothies, and a fusion of items such as the famous pho noodle soup and bubble tea. Breakfast is served all day, including their mouth-watering breakfast burrito. |
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Bua na Thai Cuisine |
Settled in the Arcade Lane, Bu ana Thai Cusine serves authentic Thai cuisine. The chef’s specialties include the must-try Crispy Catfish and Bua na Steak. No MSG is used any of their dishes. Free parking with validation. |
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Coco’s Bakery Restaurant |
Self-dubbed as “Family Dining,” Coco’s is sure to provide diners with not just exceptional food but exceptional value as well. The restaurant is also a bakery and offers many signature entrée items. Their current menu embraces today’s emerging food trends, with creative and diverse offerings, as well as traditional favorites, and in the near future they will be introducing many new innovative selections as well. |
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Coffee By The Books |
Coffee By The Books is a bookstore and café located inside the Fuller Seminary. The bookstore and café offer one-of-a-kind gifts, delicious pastries, teas, and coffee. |
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Conrad’s |
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Conrad’s serves great comfort food at reasonable prices. Their menu lists over 100 items, offering something for everyone’s palate. |
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Corner Café |
Located at the corner of Colorado Blvd. and Oak Knoll, this café offers a hybrid of pastries, cold sandwiches and beverages. They also carry Porto’s pastries, so you don’t have to go far for these delicious baked goods. |
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d’odici |
Serving up souffle cheesecake desserts and delicious beverags among other delectable goodies! |
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Del Taco |
Del Taco is a leading national Mexican quick-service chain with more than 500 restaurants in 18 states. |
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El Metate Café |
The Muro family welcomes you to El Metate Café! The small-scale café has some of the tastiest Mexican food in Pasadena. Mexican specialties and seafood dishes are among the favorites. |
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El Portal |
One of Pasadena’s most beloved Mexican restaurants, El Portal offers mouthwatering and authentic cuisine such as their Yucatecan chonchinita pibil and Oaxacan mole among other dishes. Another great treat is the art that adorns the walls and restaurant ambiance. The neighborhood eatery has been voted “Best Mexican Restaurant” by Pasadena Weekly readers. |
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Elements Kitchen |
Opening adjacent to the Pasadena Playhouse courtyard, Elements Kitchen features a dramatic open kitchen, a lush, vibrant dining room, and a full bar. Creatively synthesizing world flavors, classic techniques and exciting presentation, every dish is the inspiration of one single, seasonal, elemental ingredient. |
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Go China |
Upscale Chinese restaurant with reasonable prices. |
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Green Street Taqueria |
Known for their potato tacos, Green Street Taqueria offers economically priced Mexican fast food. The restaurant offers indoor and outdoor seating and is cash only. |
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Japon Bistro |
Pasadena’s premiere sushi and sake bar. Japon Bistro is home to modern Japanese cuisine and is touted as one of the few sake pairing establishments in Los Angeles. If you enjoy fresh market sushi and an unrivaled world-class sake menu – featuring Oni No Shitaburui (Honjozo), Ichinokura (Junmai), Momenya (Junmai) and Okunomatsu (Tokubetsu Junmai) – you will love their selection and service. Come see and taste what all the food critics are raving about. |
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La Fiesta Grande |
At La Fiesta Grande you will encounter family style dining offering authentic and delicious Mexican food. The favorite among t regulars is the mole and margaritas. Live entertainment on the weekends. |
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Lovebirds Café & Bakery |
Lovebirds Café & Bakery has been in business for over 20 years. The café offers a great assortment of cold and hot sandwiches, warm and tasty soups, and gourmet coffee. The bakery also bakes its own bread and offers a delicious selection of pastries. |
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Maison Akira |
Offering French cuisine with a Japanese flair, prepared by Chef Akira Hirose. |
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Midori |
Well-priced and delicious food offering a great range of menu items from rolls to teriyaki and noodle bowls, tempura and a lot more. Be sure to get the special of the day, which is always a tasteful treat. |
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Monopole Wine |
Located in the charming El Molino Avenue, Monopole Wine offers hand selected high quality premium wines at reasonable prices. They host special wine tastings and classes. Their wine bar holds daily tastings of wines in their inventory. |
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Nine & Nine Thai |
Authentic tasty Thai food that is always prepared with the freshest ingredients. Among the owner’s favorite dishes to serve his customers are his special green chicken curry, Pad Thai, and Pineapple-fried rice. |
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NOIR Food & Wine |
With their palatable small-plate menus and long wine list, this wine bar has quickly become a local favorite. The food offerings include many Latin- and Asian-infused dishes. NOIR Food & Wine offers a cozy vibe and outdoor patio seating. |
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Pita! Pita! Restaurant |
Serving the best Middle Eastern food in L.A. with reasonable prices. The pita wraps – considered to be the restaurant’s specialty – are filled with fresh roasted chicken, lamb, falafel or veggies. Other menu items include kabobs, Middle Eastern food and a variety of salads. |
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Quizno’s Subs |
Known for their famous Quizno’s toasters, Quizno’s offers bold and tasty sub sandwiches as well as soups, salads and cookies. Quizno’s offers the highest quality ingredients and recipes. |
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Rotisserie Chicken |
Nice neighborhood chicken restaurant with a diverse roster of chickens, steaks, fish and sandwiches. |
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Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion |
Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion® Cuisine promises to make for one of the most unique fine-dining experiences available. Nowhere else will you find Roy’s Classic Hawaiian Martini, Yamaguchi Sushi, Misoyaki Butterfish and Chocolate Soufflé all at the same table. So escape to paradise and experience the world’s finest cuisine deliciously wrapped in a Hawaiian state of mind! |
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Sabor 2 |
An independent coffee house with beautiful décor and a friendly staff, Sabor 2 offers a nice selection of pastries, sandwiches, organic salads and thirst-quenching beverages. |
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Sachi Sushi |
Variety of Japanese cuisine, from sushi to noodles to grilled meats in teriyaki bowls. The restaurant offers outdoor seating and great cuisine. |
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Settebello Pizzeria |
Authentic Napoleteano pizzeria where cooks use only specific raw ingredients to create the pizza dough, and work the dough with their hands – never using a rolling pin. |
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Sitar Exotic Indian Cuisine |
Authentic Indian Cuisine with a modern touch. Home of the finest Indian food in Pasadena, offering a daily lunch buffet and traditional Punjabi Cuisine. |
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Sushi of Naples |
Affordable prices and extensive selection of menu items including sashimi, rice bowls, salad, and lunch box specials, among others. |
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Tarantino’s |
One of the best pizza and Italian food establishments in the San Gabriel Valley, Tarantino’s has been serving Pasadena-area residents for decades. A crowd favorite is the Grandma Tony Special Pizza. |
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Technique Restaurant & Café |
Nestled in the heart of Pasadena’s Playhouse District, Technique Restaurant & Café is the upscale dining restaurant of the world-class Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts – Los Angeles. The cozy, contemporary environment and open kitchen create an unforgettable dining experience of comfortable sophistication. |
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Tender Greens |
Tender Greens takes pride in serving fresh, local produce, organic ingredients whenever possible, hormone-free beef and poultry, and wild-caught tuna. But that’s not all. Tender Greens uses the finest olive oils, cheeses, nuts, spices — you name it! With menu items ranging from soups and salads to meaty sandwiches and hot plates, there’s something for everyone (even vegans!) |
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Teri & Yaki |
Teri & Yaki offers mouth-watering Asian comfort food. Great food prices, beautiful food presentation and appetizing marinated chicken and beefs. |
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The Gourmet Cobbler Factory, Inc. |
Your go-to place for homemade cobblers! This independently owned shop offers a wide array of delicious cobblers from blueberry to peach, apple, and mixed berries. This favorite dessert shop amongst Pasadena residents is a must visit! |
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The Nose Wine Cellar |
Ignite your senses. This wine bar and shop is located in the historic Arcade Lane. The Noise Wine Cellar will introduce you to some exquisite wines which you are unlikely to find in the local supermarket or discount outlet, and lead you to experience the pleasures and the passions that only serious and open-minded exploration will provide. |
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Vanessa’s Specialty Coffees, Ice Creams & Pastries |
Quaint coffee house nested in Arcade Lane. Vanessa’s Specialty Coffees, Ice Creams & Pastries offers pastries, cookies, and tasty Fosselman’s ice cream. The house specializes in lattes. |
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Wolfe Burgers |
If you are on the hunt for a good burger you have found the place. Not only does Wolfe Burgers serve the best burgers, but the restaurant is a Pasadena staple. If you are a meat lover, try the quarter pounder that delivers tons of satisfaction. For non-meat-eaters, Wolfe Burgers offers a veggie burger. Other menu selections include a Philly cheese steak sandwich, onion rings and even Mexican tamales. The patio is an added bonus for many regulars. |
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Wow Sushi & Roll |
Yummy sushi, great prices and wonderful service! |
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Yahaira’s Café |
Yahaira’s Café offers Nuevo Latino cuisine, which is a fusion of Latin-American food presented through an array of salads, sandwiches, and wraps. In the mood for dinner? Try their Pasilla Chiles stuffed with grilled Chicken Adobado, black beans, onions, tomatoes and corn. |
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Zeli Coffee Bar |
Nestled inside Vroman’s Bookstore, this small, cozy café offers a great selection of coffees, teas, espressos and pastries. Free WiFi is also available to customers. |
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Zona Rosa Caffe |
Zona Rosa Caffe provides a relaxing, unhurried and intimate experience. Enjoy imported coffees, teas, fruit drinks and baked goods from Latin America. |
