A Week of Healthy Eats and Exercise

Feeling sluggish? Nothing a little exercise and a healthy diet can fix. To help you jump-start a healthier lifestyle, join Bike 2013 on May 13-18 to get a taste of what it’s like to live healthy. Real Food Daily, the award-winning organic vegan restaurant, will be part of the opening day festivities as one of ...

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Honor Your Mom with a Toast and Then Some

No matter what wrongs you might have done in your life, only one person is sure to stick by your side no matter what. This Mother’s Day, treat your unconditional ally with an All You Want Buffet, topped off with sparkling wine, at Noir Food & Wine. On Sunday May 12, Noir’s will be having ...

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The Royce Wood-Fired Steakhouse Participates in Flavors of Los Angeles Charity Event

On Sunday, May 5, Chef Anthony Zappola of The Royce Wood-Fired Steakhouse participated in a charity event called Flavors of Los Angeles at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. The event highlighted 12 of the best chefs and restaurants in Los Angeles. The event included a silent auction and dinner, where each chef prepared a five-course ...

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The Mexican Restaurant Where Everybody Feels Like Family

You know that bar where everybody knows your name? Well, El Portal is the restaurant where everybody feels like family. For over 18 years, El Portal at 695 East Green St., has been serving delicious Yucatán-style food along with traditional Mexican dishes while being an extended family for families. Before success blossomed and civic ties ...

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The Healthier Pizza Alternative

Conscious of my health and whatever I stuff down my gullet, whenever I hear the word “pizza,” I feel a longing for that delicious warm smell of pizza straight out the oven that I gave up in a quest for a leaner diet. Pizza. Health. Never the ‘twain shall meet. Or so I thought. Domenico’s, ...

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PASADENA EATS!
Pasadena's Dining Blog

1943 Landmark Twohey’s Restaurant Celebrates 70 Years

Amid a colorful clad lineup of waiters and waitresses serving signature favorites, including sliders and the legendary bittersweet hot fudge sundaes, the owners of Southern California landmark Twohey’s Restaurant in Alhambra pulled out all the stops in celebration of the legendary restaurant’s 70 years in business and re-dedication of its new Huntington Banquet Room. The ...

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This Cinco de Mayo, Mijares Su-Jares

This Cinco de Mayo, make Mijares your “jares” as the restaurant serves up a platter of good food, fine drink and great music to celebrate the victory of Mexico over France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Mijares has been serving Pasadena since 1920, and its delicious Mexican food combined with a wonderful ambience ...

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Well, For Starters…

Long-time neighborhood restaurant Domenico’s in north Pasadena is known for its great pizza. But its stand-out Antipasto salad has quite a reputation, too. Antipasto comes from the latin “anti” meaning “before”, and “pastus” meaning meal, so antipasto is literally something you eat before a meal, pretty much what appetizer means in English (or hors d’oeuvre ...

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The Raymond Restaurant Re-Opens and 1886 Bar Introduces Their New Spring Cocktail Menu!

Los Angeles always has the same telltale signs of spring: the Jacarandas offer their magnificent purple blooms, convertible owners start dropping their tops, but this time around, there’s even more reason to celebrate: The Raymond Restaurant & 1886 Bar officially re-open tonight after three weeks of a full kitchen remodel, and they’re kicking things off ...

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New Dining Destination Opens in La Cañada Flintridge

La Cañada Flintridge, the sleepy woodland community just West of Pasadena, finally has a foody destination with the grand opening of The Flintridge Proper neighborhood restaurant and bar. Completing a month of soft openings, The Proper celebrates its official Grand Opening on Wednesday, April 24th with a fresh, farm-to-table approach to American Comfort Food and ...

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-Osawa Restaurant Opens in Old Pasadena
Monday, April 22nd, 2013 | 7:08 pm

-Earth Day with Langham Style
Friday, April 19th, 2013 | 6:46 am

-The Royce Wood-Fired Steakhouse Throws a Grade-A Prime Opening Party
Thursday, April 11th, 2013 | 8:20 am

-Real Food Daily Offers Up Brazilian Treat Saturday on National Açaí Bowl Day
Thursday, April 4th, 2013 | 11:24 am

-Real Food Daily Announce its Specials and March Desserts
Monday, February 25th, 2013 | 2:52 pm

Burrito Express Offers New Menu Items, Plus Popular “Shavie Shack”

Burrito Express has been operating since 1978 and owner Wil Orozco says they continue to use the original time-taste-tested recipes that they’ve been using since the beginning. Though the menu usually remains the same, once in a special while they add an item or two. (Most recently in the last five years we’ve added Carne ...

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Spring Forward with Delicious New Dishes at Real Food Daily

Real Food Daily launched their Seasonal Spring Menu at Santa Monica. Enjoy their brand new dishes or a few of their patron’s old favorites revamped for clean spring eating! Spring 2013 Seasonal Specials Balinese Dream GF Grilled tofu, marinated green cabbage, carrots, mango, fresh herbs, cashew crumble, wrapped in a marinated collard green with tangy ...

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POP Champagne Take Two

Owner Robert Earhart, General Manager Yash Youssefi and Chef Ray Vasquez In the NOCO (North of Colorado) area of Old Pasadena restaurants come and go but a few tried and true remain, POP Champagne is one of those places. But if you haven’t been to POPs in a while you’re in for a big surprise. ...

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A Whole New Vertical Wine Bistro

  Chef Laurent Quenioux When I arrived at Vertical Wine Bistro for my scheduled review, there had been a mix-up and there was no reservation for me and no one knew I was coming. In a lot of restaurants this could prove a problem but not at Vertical. The very savvy, very gracious hostess, Heather ...

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Plate 38: A Jewel in the East Side of Town

Owner/Chef Robert Humphreys There are so many restaurants in Old Pasadena that we tend to forget there are plenty of others that are just as good in other parts of town. Plate 38 is one of those restaurants. Located on the corner of Sierra Madre and Colorado in East Pasadena, Plate 38 is a gem ...

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