Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
It's a testament to the SGV's ethnic Chinese community that Taiwan's most esteemed dumpling house opened its first US outpost here. The menu of dumplings,…
Must-see restaurants in Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
A cheerful, sophisticated energy animates James Beard–nominated chef Bruce Kalman's restaurant, offering California interpretations of northern Italian…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Behind the rotunda facade, this SGV dim-sum institution seats 388 at a time. At peak hours (roughly 10am to 1pm on weekends) all seats are full, with a…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Upstairs in this megamall is a spiffy new East Asian food hall. Among the selections are Side Chick (Hainan chicken and rice with habit-forming ginger…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
If Pasadena is the San Gabriel Valley's East-meets-West melting pot, then this outpost of a Taiwanese bakery chain may be the oven that heats it. It…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
An anchor of Old Town, with plenty of windows to watch street life on busy Colorado Blvd, this artsy trattoria gets packed with a business crowd on…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena's original train station (c 1911) has been handsomely renovated into this cheery, popular dining room beneath lovingly aged wooden beams. The…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Multiple magazines have named Marston's as having the best breakfast in LA and California, likely for its 'famous French toast' (sourdough with cornflakes…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
An adorable, locally loved cafe set just a mile over the Colorado Bridge from Old Pasadena. There's a diverse menu, from the Goddess Salad, to banh mi…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Right on the Mission St drag in South Pasadena, Mike & Anne’s is popular for its inviting patio (or minimalist wood and concrete dining room), lemon and…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
In a handsomely renovated brick building near South Pasadena station (hence the name), there's an open kitchen downstairs and a cozy bar upstairs – a…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
This roadside stand's been a place of pilgrimage for doughnut aficionados since 1972. Its pride and joy are the seasonal doughnuts, overstuffed with…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Touted as the best fine-dining in the 'dena, this pink-and-green, art-deco dining room is elegant, yet not stiff, and the ingredients are organic wherever…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
In business since 1946 and under a neon sign, Gus's smokes its baby back ribs, chicken, brisket and more in pecan wood and serves them Memphis or St Louis…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Traditional Thai is served in contemporary environs at this pseudo-industrial outpost hemmed in by artfully rendered concrete walls and lovely tapestries…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Dim sum classics here are served off a menu instead of carts, not that it matters much. When we see pork shu mai dumplings, golden-fried sesame balls,…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
The South Pas branch of this homey Mexican bakery serves classic south-of-the border rolls, breads and not-too-sweet sweets, plus cakes such as dulce de…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Cool your jets in the heart of Old Pasadena with some of LA's hippest purveyors of sweets and treats assembled under one roof. Amid the space's downtown…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
Get your kicks at this original 1915 soda fountain right on Route 66. Slurp an old-fashioned ‘phosphate' (flavored syrup, soda water and ‘secret potion')…
