Pasadena’s Dog Haus and dog Haus Biergarten Heat up Thursday Feb. 23 with a Chili Deal

Pasadena’s Dog Haus and dog Haus Biergarten Heat up Thursday Feb. 23 with a Chili Deal

Add A Bowl Of Dog Haus Chili To Any Order For $1.00 On National Chili Day In honor of National Chili Day, on Thursday February 23, 2012, Dog Haus and Dog Haus Biergarten customers are able to spice up their orders by adding a bowl of chili for $1.00. Made in Haus with 100% Angus [...]

redwhite+bluezz names Lindsey Peeples as New Executive Chef

redwhite+bluezz names Lindsey Peeples as New Executive Chef

Lindsey Peeples -Photo by Crazy Dave Peeples, a graduate of California School of Culinary Arts, Le Cordon Bleu, joined the redwhite+bluezz team in February 2009 as line cook and assumes her new position with the restaurant immediately. “redwhite+bluezz is thrilled to announce Lindsey Peeples as its Executive Chef as well as Alfonso Galan as Sous [...]

Mexican Food Still Served in Arcadia

Mexican Food Still Served in Arcadia

By Victor Buell Despite the closure of two Acapulco restaurants in Pasadena and Monrovia, hungry chow-hounds looking for a Mexican food fix can still get a giant burrito, a stuffed soft taco, or a cheesy enchilada just around the corner at Arcadia’s Original Peppers Mexican Grill and Cantina. This family-owned and family-oriented grill is nestled [...]

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE DURING PASADENA CHEESEBURGER WEEK JANUARY 15 to 20

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE DURING PASADENA CHEESEBURGER WEEK JANUARY 15 to 20

Celebrate America’s favorite food in the city where it was invented. The public is invited to take the Cheeseburger Challenge and vote for their favorite burger at www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com/cheeseburger-chalenge during Pasadena Cheeseburger Week. Voting opens on Sunday, January 15th and ends on Monday, January 23rd. There are many categories of voting, from traditional cheeseburgers to gourmet [...]

Chili CookOff Sat at Adams Pack Station Saturday

Chili CookOff Sat at Adams Pack Station Saturday

The Adam’s Pack Station at Chantry Flats will be hosting a Chili Cook-Off tomorrow (Saturday). All members of the public will be given free taster cups of chili by all of the contestants. Public tasting will begin at 1:00 pm with judging to commence at 2:30 pm. I will be one of the contestants with [...]

Mijares Makes Mexican Magic

Mijares Makes Mexican Magic

Right off the bat, I have been reminded more then once that the correct pronunciation is me-har-eez, Mijares Mexican Restaurant. What do The Chronicle, JJ’s Steak House and Wood and Eddy’s all have in common? At one time they were all very popular restaurants here in the Pasadena area. For one reason or another, they [...]

Robin Salzer Cooks Up Some of SoCal’s Best BBQ

Robin Salzer Cooks Up Some of SoCal’s Best BBQ

The economy may still be in a recession, but Robin’s Woodfire BBQ stands firm in its astonishing offers, and is doing everything he can to guarantee that a family can still enjoy dining out. Barbeque has served as an American favorite for centuries now, and no, not the oven-roasted version that Tony Roma’s panders—the kind [...]

Cham Korean Bistro

Cham Korean Bistro

Even a restaurant critic must sometimes use their radar to navigate as they fly, and that is what I did this week. For, I blindly landed in the Cham Korean Bistro off Lake Avenue.