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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Exclusive: Levitt Pavilions Announce Summer Line-ups

    In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, the Levitt Pavilions in Pasadena and MacArthur Park have revealed the lineups to their massive, free summer concert series -- almost 100 shows between the two venues. This year features everything from Latin alternative to folk, indie and world music. Highlights ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Backyard Chickens, Once Scourge of Latino Ghettos, Hip in Upscale Neighborhoods

    In San Marino, one of the most upscale communities in Southern California, you can have a five-car garage, an Olympic-size pool, tennis courts and houses larger than some office buildings. One thing you can't have is chickens. Long associated with the backyard barrios of Pacoima and East L.A., the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Cookbooks Panel at LitFest Pasadena

    Cookbooks have long faced competition from magazines and newspapers. But now, it's the Internet Age. Print publications are putting their recipes online, and websites such as Epicurious and Food help you find instructions for virtually any dish with just a few clicks. Meanwhile, blogs are offering t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Elements Kitchen in Pasadena Closes

    Felicia FriesemaElements Kitchen's tomato tartare​Sad news for tomato tartare lovers in Pasadena -- chef-owner Onil Chibas announced on Facebook yesterday that his two-year old Pasadena Playhouse adjacent restaurant Elements Kitchen was closing for good, mere days after the restaurant reopened ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Pasadena's Bistro 45 Celebrates Anniversary With Party You're Invited

    Pasadena's Bistro 45 will celebrate its 22nd anniversary with a party on Monday, Jan. 23 starting at 6 p.m. (the restaurant is usually closed on Mondays). It kicks off at 6 with Gruet Sparkling Rose upon arrival. Tables will be set with seafood brandade, pork rillette, house mustard, baguettes and c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    Painting with a 12-gauge

    Pasadena's Bistro 45 will celebrate its 22nd anniversary with a party on Monday, Jan. 23 starting at 6 p.m. (the restaurant is usually closed on Mondays). It kicks off at 6 with Gruet Sparkling Rose upon arrival. Tables will be set with seafood brandade, pork rillette, house mustard, baguettes and c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Pasadena Issues Cheeseburger Challenge

    Perhaps cocky after the city's recent historic Rose Bowl game, Pasadena has issued a challenge for its upcoming Cheeseburger Week (January 15-20): Try them all. Then vote for your favorites in each category (lunch counter, traditional, gourmet, sliders, Kobe, etc.) online. As we posted back in Nov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Occupy the Rose Parade's Octopus Float Is 70 Feet of Awesome (PHOTOS)

    Update, January 2: "Occupy the Rose Parade: 5,000 Protesters, Giant Octopus Fail to Make Live TV." Pasadena's annual Rose Parade is on Monday! To pre-party, we were totally planning to write about the Natural History Museum's first-ever dinosaur float, a gorgeous menagerie of T-Rexes and long-necks ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2011

    The Rose Parade -- We Love It!

    Update, January 2: "Occupy the Rose Parade: 5,000 Protesters, Giant Octopus Fail to Make Live TV." Pasadena's annual Rose Parade is on Monday! To pre-party, we were totally planning to write about the Natural History Museum's first-ever dinosaur float, a gorgeous menagerie of T-Rexes and long-necks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Cheeseburger Week in Pasadena: Coming in January

    J. Cabralcheeseburger at Biergarten​Pasadena will be hosting a "Cheeseburger Week" starting on January 15th and going until the 20th. It will feature various renditions of the cheesy meat sandwich by a handful of popular places, even a sushi restaurant. According to the press release (and Wik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    The Vol. 94: McSweetbreads The Invasion of the Small Plates

    F. FriesemaJonagold apples​The invasion of the small plates is not finished, oh no. It is marching down our streets and avenues, invading our towns and villages, leaving behind nothing in its wake but duck-slider crumbs, remnants of Fiscalini bandaged cheddar and sticky drops of California sau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Pasadena Closes All Schools, Declares 'State of Emergency' -- Insane Winds, Downed Trees, Power Outages

    Updated at the bottom with water issues in Northeast L.A. Also, photos of Oscar De La Hoya's driveway. Not pretty. Meteorologists say the storm will be back in full force tonight. Originally posted at 9:35 a.m. This is the closest Pasadena kids will ever get to a snow day: KNX news radio is report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    July at L.A. Farmers Markets: Your Virtual Grocery List

    peaches from Ken's Top Knotch ProduceA. Scattergood​ It's July at Los Angeles farmers markets, which means an avalanche of stone fruit -- Santa Rose plums, apricots, nectarines, peaches -- as well as a few more mulberries if you're lucky, corn, eggplant, melons and the first wave of the coming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Pasadena Thief Buys Cookies at Subway, Leaves With Entire Cash Register

    Kind of a clunky prize.​In the realm of chain-restaurant robbers, the guy who stuck up a Subway in Pasadena last night was somewhat of a walking disaster [Pasadena Star News]. First, according to Pasadena Police Lieutenant Rodney Wallace, the man strolled into the 24-hour sandwich joint on So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Tender Greens: Pasadena & Santa Monica Openings

    Checking in with Tender Greens, the locally-based salad chain continues to expand with two locations opening this summer. The first, in Pasadena, will open the week of July 7th, pending final inspections. The second, just around the corner from the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, should op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    30 Scoops in 30 Days: Kind Kreme (Day 10)

    We went vegan once, for about three months in college, mostly because our roommates bet us we couldn't do it. We ended up living on a diet of potato tacos and Snyder's of Hanover hard pretzels dipped into peanut butter. (Anyone who automatically equates veganism with health ought to spend 5 minute ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Elements Kitchen Starts Serving Monday Dinner -- For Charity

    e*star LATamarind-marinated grilled duck breast at Elements Kitchen.​Instead of staying open for lunch and closing for Monday dinner, Elements Kitchen will flip the schedule in the name of charity. Beginning this month, the Pasadena close for weekday lunch but open for dinner on Mondays, with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Pasadena Pageantry, Geek-Style

    e*star LATamarind-marinated grilled duck breast at Elements Kitchen.​Instead of staying open for lunch and closing for Monday dinner, Elements Kitchen will flip the schedule in the name of charity. Beginning this month, the Pasadena close for weekday lunch but open for dinner on Mondays, with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    German Shepherd, 14-Months Old, Shot, Beaten by Suspect ID'd as Young Song, Authorities Allege

    YouTubeA German shepherd puppy.​Updated after the jump: The suspect worked on some big movie titles for DreamWorks. He pleaded not guilty today. This will go down as a dark spot even in the annals of cruel and unusual behavior. Authorities allege that a Pasadena man sneaked into his neighbor' ... More >>

  • Music

    March 3, 2011

    Rodarte: States of Matter

    Here come the frock stars

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    AKA Bistro Opens in Pasadena

    S. BonarPrince Edward Island mussels with chorizo and Meyer lemon at AKA.​ The restaurant AKA opened February 9 in the old Gordon Biersch space -- which had been empty for two years -- at One Colorado in Old Pasadena. The restaurant, which dubs itself "An American Bistro," is serving such fare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Another One Down in Old Town: Dish Bistro & Bar Closes

    ​Much to the chagrin of us locals, Old Town Pasadena continues to be a gamble for independently owned restaurants, something we desperately need. You'd think with all of the high-end and trendy stores now lining Colorado Boulevard, at least some shoppers would want -- dare we say demand -- a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    One Dead in Crestline Mountain Crash of Korean Church Bus Loaded With Teens

    Google MapsThe area of the crash.​Updated after the jump: The deceased has been identified; the CHP states that the bus veered into oncoming traffic. Two people died when what appeared to be a church bus loaded with teenagers went over a mountain road in Crestline in the San Bernardino Mounta ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    NICE MOVES, PASADENA

    Google MapsThe area of the crash.​Updated after the jump: The deceased has been identified; the CHP states that the bus veered into oncoming traffic. Two people died when what appeared to be a church bus loaded with teenagers went over a mountain road in Crestline in the San Bernardino Mounta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    L.A. Thieves Target 'Irreplaceable' Historic Bronze Light Poles in Pasadena

    Willow Glen AntiquesOh this old thing?​Antique streetlights. Lovely, historical, romantical -- but not the first thing we'd think to steal if we were looking to break ourselves off a piece of some hard city resources. (L.A.'s freakishly intelligent sun-dial parking meters, for one, might be a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    INTIMATE AMAHL

    Willow Glen AntiquesOh this old thing?​Antique streetlights. Lovely, historical, romantical -- but not the first thing we'd think to steal if we were looking to break ourselves off a piece of some hard city resources. (L.A.'s freakishly intelligent sun-dial parking meters, for one, might be a ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 16, 2010

    Pork, Glorious Pork

    Quell carnitas craving at Cacao Mexicatessen

  • Eat+Drink

    December 16, 2010

    Fusion Without the Pretension

    Daisy Mint aims to please all lovers of Asian food

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Laurent Quenioux Steps Into the Kitchen Vertical Wine Bistro: More Cassoulet!

    ​ Chef Laurent Quenioux is a busy man, now running the kitchens of two restaurants: his namesake Bistro LQ in West Hollywood (which made it onto J. Gold's 99 Essential Restaurants for the second year in row) and, as of late November, Vertical Wine Bistro in Pasadena. Why did he do it? Was h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    First Bite: Lobster Rolls on The Lobsta Truck

    "You're eating what off a truck?" a friend asked when I told him I would be sampling the wares at The Lobsta Truck (@lobstatruck). There's nothing like seafood -- tricky to source, expensive and prone to spoilage -- to fortify or chip way at one's prejudices about food trucks. If there's an ident ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Thanksgiving Dining: 6 Holiday Dishes With A Global Spin

    Cham Korean Bistro​ You eat kimchi pizza, Filipino adobo burritos and Japanese rice patty burgers. So when it comes to Thanksgiving, the most traditional of American food holidays, boring old stuffing won't do. Here are six Thanksgiving options that will make your globetrotting palate sing wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    City Of Pasadena Set On Running 'Romantic' Trolley Around Downtown Loop

    Nocturnal Perambulations via FlickrDon't worry -- only in San Francisco​Mayor Villaraigosa and the Subway-to-Sea dreamers aren't the only ones with pricey public transportation on their lists this holiday season. The Pasadena Star-News reported yesterday that city officials and Pasadena busin ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    October 28, 2010

    Kid-Friendly Tacos

    On four wheels, no later than 7 p.m.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    An Open Letter to Paula Deen

    Dear Paula Deen: When I heard Tuesday that you had been named Grand Marshal of the 2011 Rose Parade, my reaction was not a pretty one. And while I wasn't expecting the email response I gave Janette Williams, the Pasadena Star-News reporter, to be printed - I'd thought I was setting up a phone inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Ask Mr. Gold: Kid-Friendly Tacos On Four Wheels, No Later Than 7 p.m.

    Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: As a mother of two kids young enough to still like noodles but old enough to make fun of Justin Bieber, I find myself in search of a kid-friendly taco truck. Good old-school tacos: no fusion, no Kogi lines. Anywhere from Venice to Pasaden ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Quince

    Felicia FriesemaQuince picked at Alex's Red Barn Winery in Temecula.​ Here in L.A., the dark red squares of dulce de membrillo (Mexican quince candy) are pretty commonplace, their intensely sweet and floral fragrance adding a seasonal exclamation point to autumn festivities and apple pies. Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Google Sued By Pasadena Techies For Copycatting Their Version Of Street View

    Google MapsBeautiful Pasadena, in stolen street view​Google wasn't the first to play god on street-level. At least, according to Pasadena company Veredi LLC, who is suing the Internet giant for infringing on five of its patents, which created a system for "creating, storing and utilizing image ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Did Joe Kurihara Get So Drunk He Lost His 3-Year-Old Son In Pasadena?

    bistrosavage via FlickrThis isn't Joe Kurihara, who also allegedly had a few too many.​Updated after the jump with father being charged. First posted at 7:04 a.m. Monday You'd have to be pretty drunk to misplace both your SUV and your own, three-year-old son. But authorities in Pasadena are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Now Open: The Cheese Store of Pasadena

    Keeping cheese cool at The Cheese Store of Pasadena​ Like the object of any great passion, the world's best cheeses often play hard to get. Ardrahan, a semi-soft farmhouse cheese crafted in the viridescent fields of County Cork is no exception. Its golden tanned exterior, the product of a care ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Couscous Festival This Weekend: Start Your Tagines...

    A. ScattergoodSpicy Beef Cheek Tagine​ A reminder that you will have plenty of couscous -- and poulet frit, or Algerian fried chicken; and rabbit tagine with figs and almonds; and Merguez sliders with harissa; and shrimp brik; and oh, one could go on and on -- to eat this weekend, as the Cousc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Food, Wine and Bocce Ball: The Pasadena Wine Festival

    Pasadena Wine Festival​Despite its name, the second annual Pasadena Wine Festival isn't just about vino. The outdoor food fête at the 127-acre Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens promises visitors a banquet for the senses with a caravan of food trucks, live entertainment, and law ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    (Pics) Pasdena Rose Court Finalists -- 31 Of Them -- Announced

    The 31 Pasadena Rose Court finalists.​The folks behind Pasadena's annual Rose Parade this week announced 31 finalists for the event's "Royal Court." Do we care? Not that much. (Yawn). But here's the thing: They gave us pictures of these fine young women, and we know you want to see:

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Hurry Curry of Tokyo Expansion News: Two More Locations to Come, Maybe

    Celia SoudryHurry Curry chicken curry​ Sitting in a heavily Asian-food-influenced strip mall, next to Little Hong Kong on Sawtelle Boulevard, Hurry Curry of Tokyo bustles during lunch hour with patrons ordering mild, medium, and hot curry dishes. Though the menu also consists of Japanese "spa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Best Evening Farmers Market: South Pasadena

    A. ScattergoodSouth Pasadena farmers market​ Sure, there are farmers markets with more high profile chefs trailing carts and, often, camera crews (Santa Monica Wednesdays); there are markets with stalls featuring more Asian or Hispanic produce (Torrance); or markets scheduled early enough and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    HMMM . . . HINTS OF NORTON SIMON

    A. ScattergoodSouth Pasadena farmers market​ Sure, there are farmers markets with more high profile chefs trailing carts and, often, camera crews (Santa Monica Wednesdays); there are markets with stalls featuring more Asian or Hispanic produce (Torrance); or markets scheduled early enough and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Photo Gallery: What's In Season At The Farmers Market

    Summer may not be technically over, but now that Labor Day has come and gone and schools are back in session, it kind of feels like it. Early September, however, can be one of the hottest times in Southern California, especially in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys. Not so good for us, but no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Fruit Flies and Netting?

    Felicia FriesemaNetting over peaches at Tenerelli Orchards, Pasadena market​ If you've been to the South Pasadena, Pasadena, or Alhambra farmers markets these past two weeks, you've likely had to navigate your fruit buying through a maze of makeshift netting draped over long tables. On Augus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/9-8/13

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The residual coffee in the air is worth an aerosolized shot, shot and a half, easy."

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    First Bite: Maximum Intelligentsia in Pasadena

    Christie BishopJonagold apple, minus first bite​And you thought the coffee and the architecture and the hep baristas were enough, right? Is it possible to get a caffeine contact high? Because when you walk into the newest Intelligentsia, in a stripped, high-ceilinged storefront hard by the Foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/2-8/6

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Is there caramel soufflé for dessert? There is always caramel soufflé for dessert."

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