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Beverages from the full bar will feature the freshest ingredients and fresh squeezed juices as well. Examples include a “Ginger Press” with handmade vodka, housemade ginger ale, and fresh lemon; “Blood Orange Champagne” with mumm champagne, blood orange bitters and a sugar cube; and a “Lime Ricket” with hand-crafted gin, muddled lime and seltzer. Visitors were also encouraged to sample the bar’s varied array of ‘west coast’ wines, particularly wines from Santa Barbara area wineries.

While supporters of Pasadena Heritage received the first tour of the restaurant, Bob Lynn hopes to be leading tours again in the very near future…albeit to a slightly different audience.

“We are inviting local schools to schedule trips for their students to experience a piece of Pasadena’s history as well as the behind the scenes activities of running a restaurant,” Lynn explains. “We are so excited to finally be open and look forward to a long history in Pasadena, with a second life for this wonderful building that already has so many wonderful stories to tell to future generations.”

La Grande Orange Cafe is part of LGO Hospitality, a privately held company known for three highly popular destination restaurants and a favorite grocery/eatery in Phoenix Arizona. LGO is launching its presence in California with the Pasadena Café, and a La Grande Orange Grocery on Main Street in Santa Monica later this year.

Valet and self-parking is available in the parking garage just north of the Café. The garage offers complimentary 2 hour parking for LGO patrons. The address is 260 South Raymond Ave. Web address is www.lgohospitality.com.