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Happy Mothers’ Day

Posted in Coffee shops, Hangouts, Holidays on May 13th, 2007

Cafe Culture carnations

Yesterday at Cafe Culture, the proprietor said she was giving flowers to all the ladies who came in, mothers or not.

Happy Mothers’ Day from Eye Level Pasadena to all of the mothers here in Pasadena and in the world!

Roses and grapes growing in front of Peet’s

Posted in Coffee shops, Gardens, Hangouts on May 5th, 2007

Roses and grapes growing in front of Peet’s

Bras hanging over the bar in the back of Wokcano

Posted in Bars, Hangouts, Old Town on Apr 9th, 2007

Wokcano bras

Wokcano
33 S Fair Oaks Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 578-1818

Hot chocolate at Wheatberry

Posted in Bakeries, Free wireless, Hangouts on Mar 31st, 2007

Wheatberry’s “ultimate dark” hot chocolate

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Wheatberry Bakery Cafe
165 S Lake Ave
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 795-7175
Free wireless

Euro Pane love

Posted in Bakeries, Hangouts, Restaurants on Mar 31st, 2007

A Passion For Food visits Euro Pane.

Chado Tea Room

Posted in Hangouts, Old Town, Restaurants, Shops on Mar 26th, 2007

Chado Tea Room on Raymond

Measuring tea

Chado Tea Room is my favorite place to go in Pasadena for tea and sandwiches. (You can also order soup, salads, cakes, scones, and strawberries with clotted cream.) It’s a place to sit down with a friend or a book for a light meal or dessert, but it’s also a place to buy tea by the ounce. There’s a wide selection; the back wall is lined with shelves of big tea tins, and they will brew and serve any of the teas in the store at your table, which seems to me like a great way to try a new tea.

Chado Tea Room
79 N Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 431-2832
chadotea.com

Armchairs upstairs at Zona Rosa

Posted in Coffee shops, Hangouts on Mar 17th, 2007

Armchairs upstairs at Zona Rosa

Zona Rosa Caffe
15 S El Molino Ave
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 793-2334
zonarosacaffe.com

Community bulletin board: Friends of The Espresso Bar seek to reopen it

Posted in Announcements, Coffee shops, Hangouts, History, Old Town on Mar 14th, 2007

34 South Raymond Street is now vacant, and a group of 300 former owners, employees and patrons of The Espresso Bar that used to occupy that space have come together to work to reopen it there. Check out their proposal (best
printed or saved and opened in a PDF reader–the first 11 pages are all about The Espresso Bar’s history, and the proposal starts on page 12). Also check out their website at http://theespressobar.org.