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Pasadena

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Sprouts Farmers Market Opens in Pasadena: Your Circuit City, Repurposed

    A. ScattergoodSprouts Farmers Market in Pasadena​ Sprouts Farmers Market, the Phoenix-based chain of supermarkets, opened another store in Pasadena this past Wednesday. Sprouts is owned by the Boney family, who owned the Henry's Marketplace chain before it was sold to Wild Oats (now owned by W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Intelligentsia Coffeehouse Opens in Pasadena

    A. ScattergoodIntelligentsia Pasadena​ As of 10 a.m. this morning, Old Town shoppers, itinerant off-duty baristas, embedded Pasadena food writers and refugees from the Rose Bowl now have a place to order an excellent macchiato on Colorado Boulevard. Intelligentsia Coffee, Doug Zell's Chicago-b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Tom Hanks Likes Public Radio Apple Pies

    If you've been stuck in the car listening to public radio during the last few days, you're painfully aware that KPCC is currently conducting a pledge drive. You also know by now how much Tom Hanks likes public radio, as both he and his driver have done recurrent bits for the cause. Apparently not on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Preservationists Unhappy About Pasadena Freeway Upgrades

    byways.org​The old Arroyo Seco Parkway, a.k.a. the Pasadena (110) Freeway, is the unlikely target of a preservation effort by those concerned that planned upgrades by Caltrans will strip the curvy, picturesque roadway of its historic character. Already the freeway is a National Historic Civil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Buns on the Run at Pasadena's PappaRich Coffeeshop

    Amy Scattergoodbreakfast at PappaRich's​ Critics of McDonald's sometimes claim that its hamburgers are engineered for addictiveness, that somewhere in the chemical plants of New Jersey swarms of lab-coated scientists tabulate human response to carefully calibrated doses of umami. But when you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    I Fought the Slaw: The Slaw Dogs Opens in Pasadena

    Lake Avenue, as it thrusts up towards Altadena, has long been where Pasadena sequesters its fast-food restaurants, and at the heart of it, you can find nearly every drive-thru window that has ever sponsored a football broadcast. The street has also been hospitable to a few left-of-center fast-food j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/8 - 2/12

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Until we can persuade significant chunks of Extramadura or the Costa Brava to emigrate, we can at least console ourselves with the Valencian paellas and fideos at LA Paella near the Beverly Center." Ask Mr. Gold: Spain ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 5, 2010

    Oh, Camelot!

    The Pasadena Playhouse takes a final bow. Again

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Stage Raw: City Council Postpones Crisis Vote

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's THEATER FEATURE On Bobrauschenbergamerica and Orpheus DescendingCHECK BACK HERE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESCITY COUNCIL POSTPONES VOTE, CULTURAL AFFAIRS PROGRAMS SPARED FOR T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Stage Raw: Yes, You Can Do Something of Consequence

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's THEATER FEATURE On Bobrauschenbergamerica and Orpheus DescendingCheck here on Monday afternoon for the 2009 L.A. Weekly Theater Awards nominees!YES, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING. The local blogosphere has been generating a number of letters like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Elements Restaurant Now Open in Pasadena

    Pasadena Chef Onil Chibás thought a year ago he'd open his expanded Elements Kitchen restaurant (not to be confused with his very popular café on the corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Dayton Street in Pasadena) by Valentine's Day. Several setbacks, mostly electrical code issues, put his plans on hold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Wine Detective: A New Wine Bar in Pasadena

    Wine Detective, a wine bar run by two couples from South Pasadena and La Cañada, quietly opened on the Commons Plaza in Pasadena about 5 weeks ago. In a pretty "conversation lounge" off the walking mall, the 4 owners pour 48 wines (32 reds and 16 whites) out of Tuscan-made Enomatic tasting machines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Zombie Walk Saturday Night: Evening Stroll With the Undead in Pasadena

    ​If you're looking for something weird to do this Saturday night, how about walking with the undead? Anthony Dalbis, who runs SoCal Zombie Walk, has organized another one, in Pasadena this time. It's holiday themed. Costume possibilities include: zombie elves, zombie reindeer, zombie Christmas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Your Month in Review: November Restaurant Openings and Closures

    A. ScattergoodThe Gorbals​Probably the most promising moment in the restaurant shuffle this month, was Choza Mama's takeover of the old Hooters space in Old Town Pasadena. The popular Burbank Peruvian restaurant unquestionably gives Old Town some needed points in the class and culture departme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Elements Café Update: Expanded Menu Second Pasadena Location to Open in December

    Elements Café, a 4 year-old restaurant in Pasadena, is opening a second location, next to the Pasadena Playhouse, in December. In the meantime, chef-owner Onil Chibas recently expanded both the original space on Fair Oaks and the breakfast and pastry menu. The new restaurant will be even larger, wi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2009

    IT'S NOT "CHOC-OHOLICS" — IT'S CHOCOLAT-ICS

    Elements Café, a 4 year-old restaurant in Pasadena, is opening a second location, next to the Pasadena Playhouse, in December. In the meantime, chef-owner Onil Chibas recently expanded both the original space on Fair Oaks and the breakfast and pastry menu. The new restaurant will be even larger, wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Robinson v. Robinson: Pasadena's Naming Dilemma

    Corina Knoll has a compelling piece in the L.A. Times concerning the naming/renaming flap over Pasadena's Robinson Park. The park, so-named to cover brothers Jackie and Mack Robinson, is in the process of a $24 million upgrade. The dilemma is whether to officially rename the park Jackie Robinson Par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Smoke AND Mirrors: Pasadena's Villa Sorriso Hosts Michael Jackson's Burial Reception Tonight

    Pasadena residents and those visiting Old Town tonight will have not only smoke from the Station fire to navigate but crowds of Michael Jackson fans. Villa Sorriso, the Italian restaurant on the far western edge of Colorado Boulevard is hosting the King of Pop's burial reception tonight. No, you can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Today in Photographs: August 18, 1950

    ​Early Tree Huggers: These residents of Edgewood Drive, South Pasadena, armed with brooms and rolling pins, pledge to defend an oak tree from city-ordered removal.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    Pasadena History Exhibit

    ​Early Tree Huggers: These residents of Edgewood Drive, South Pasadena, armed with brooms and rolling pins, pledge to defend an oak tree from city-ordered removal.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Mama's Hot Tamales Update: The New Kitchen Incubator is Up and Running--or Incubating

    Can all food be created equal? Mama's Hot Tamales, everyone's favorite MacArthur Park tamale establishment, is bringing their democratic ideals, community service and unique cooking knowledge to Pasadena.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    710 Freeway Tunnel Vision

    Curbed L.A. reported on Tuesday's unanimous Assembly committee vote to recommend that the 710 Freeway be extended underground -- instead of cutting 6.2 miles on the surface through neighborhoods in El Sereno and South Pasadena, along the freeway's course to link the San Bernardino and Foothill freew ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Snap, Crackle and Pop

    Curbed L.A. reported on Tuesday's unanimous Assembly committee vote to recommend that the 710 Freeway be extended underground -- instead of cutting 6.2 miles on the surface through neighborhoods in El Sereno and South Pasadena, along the freeway's course to link the San Bernardino and Foothill freew ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Death of L.A. Newsstands

    Times are so bad, longtime stands are becoming cigarette shops. Cough!

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Tragic Carpet Ride: Esotouric Revisits Dark Pasadena

    Forget the Little Old Lady from Pasadena -- unless she's Norman Bates' mother. This weekend the folks at the macabre bus tour company Esotouric delve into Pasadena Confidential -- that is, all things grim and grisly about our staid neighbor to the north. The tours strive to be "provocative and compl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Hospitals Blocked From Skid Row Dumping City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has secured protocols -- and a $1.6 million settlement -- with Orange County's College Hospitals to prevent them from future patient-dumping on L.A.'s Skid Row. Associated Press, City Attorney's OfficeHate Tags A white Los Alamit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Today in Photographs: March 23, 1952

    Harry Hess is led away from his Pasadena home after being smoked out of it with tear gas. Sheriff's deputies had wanted a word with him about the body of wife, Nina, that was lying in the driveway.Photo: LA Examiner/USC Digital ArchiveClick image to enlarge

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Over the Weekend: Suicide Girls Lingerie Party, Stylized Anarchy of Kawaiietly Please, Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention, Dog Show Madness

    For those who see Valentine's Day as much more than Hallmark's evil scheme to tap your piggy bank, the romantic holiday can bring on full-blown panic attacks for singles (and couples) who don't have a plan of action. Luckily, Angelenos had more than enough events and parties to pick from over the we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Pasadena Pub Quest: Putting the Olde Back Into Old Town

    Kevin ScanlonFrom Marengo on the East to Pasadena Ave. on the West, there's no shortage of bars along and within a block of Colorado Boulevard in Old Town Pasadena. They range from really cool, like Lucky Baldwin's on Raymond, to really douchey, like [BAR NOT NAMED SO I DON'T GET MY ASS KICKED BY A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Leslie Uggams Speaks!

    Kevin ScanlonFrom Marengo on the East to Pasadena Ave. on the West, there's no shortage of bars along and within a block of Colorado Boulevard in Old Town Pasadena. They range from really cool, like Lucky Baldwin's on Raymond, to really douchey, like [BAR NOT NAMED SO I DON'T GET MY ASS KICKED BY A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Over the Weekend: NAMM Does Anaheim, Delta Spirit Sells Out, Autolux Debuts New Songs, Doo Dah Parade Invades Pasadena

    Now that we've fully recovered from our post-holiday blues and it's officially summer, Julyuary is turning out to be one hell of a month. For starters, we lost one of our favorite radio stations, Indie 103.1 FM, seemingly overnight. So perhaps it's appropriate that this past weekend was all about th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Build It and They Will Tag

    The EastsiderLA offers a brief, depressing slide show of graffiti covering the once-inspiring approach to the northbound Pasadena Freeway tunnel near Solano Canyon. Tags cover everything from highway signs to the tunnel's Streamline Moderne facade.Says Eastsider:  "This stretch of the 110 is ab ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2008

    Babes in Toyland

    The EastsiderLA offers a brief, depressing slide show of graffiti covering the once-inspiring approach to the northbound Pasadena Freeway tunnel near Solano Canyon. Tags cover everything from highway signs to the tunnel's Streamline Moderne facade.Says Eastsider:  "This stretch of the 110 is ab ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 16, 2008

    Classical Pick: Vienna Piano Trio

    The chamber group plays Mozart and Schubert in an elegant manor

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Dishing Up Mexican

    The chamber group plays Mozart and Schubert in an elegant manor

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    In an Elegant Manor

    The Vienna Piano Trio finds the perfect setting for its musical gems

  • LA Life

    May 8, 2008

    Seven Days to a Better, More Culturally Aware You!

    Things to do in L.A., May 9-15

  • Eat+Drink

    August 30, 2007

    Good to Go

    Porta Via Italian Foods

  • News

    May 31, 2007

    What's Smart About Smart Growth?

    City Hall's plan for the future expects you to give up the yard, the car - and learn to love density

  • Eat+Drink

    March 29, 2007

    Squared Roots

    Neo Meze

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Tunnel Vision

    The Rose Bowl’s long, narrow exits aren’t ready to handle a crowd crisis in a post-9/11 world

  • Eat+Drink

    November 30, 2006

    Sideways at Vertical

    The Rose Bowl’s long, narrow exits aren’t ready to handle a crowd crisis in a post-9/11 world

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Mending Fences, Building Bridges

    The Rose Bowl’s long, narrow exits aren’t ready to handle a crowd crisis in a post-9/11 world

  • LA Life

    October 12, 2006

    Hey – Anybody Got Pogues Tickets for Sale?

    What to do in LA from October 13 - 19

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Carpool-Tunnel Syndrome

    What to do in LA from October 13 - 19

  • LA Life

    August 31, 2006

    Summer? Summm . . . Errr?

    What to do in LA from October 13 - 19

  • LA Life

    July 20, 2006

    Outlaw Grub and Vision Boards

    What to do in LA from October 13 - 19

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Morning Glory

    Sumi Chang

  • Stage

    March 30, 2006

    Farting in Church

    How to make irreverence matter

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2005

    Stumbling Toward 2006

    How to make irreverence matter

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