Guidebook for Pasadena

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Guidebook for Pasadena

Food Scene

This place has really nice sandwiches baked on fresh bread. It is located in a pretty arcade.
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Float
380 S Lake Ave
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This place has really nice sandwiches baked on fresh bread. It is located in a pretty arcade.
This place is great for any of your meals. It is asian fusion and has a great deco. They serve real Italian coffee and the pastries are good too.
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Abricott
238 South Lake Avenue
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This place is great for any of your meals. It is asian fusion and has a great deco. They serve real Italian coffee and the pastries are good too.
Really popular restaurant/cafe. Has lots and lots of choices of soups, sandwiches and salads and it is all very good too, albeit a bit pricey.
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Lemonade
1661 Abbot Kinney Blvd
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Really popular restaurant/cafe. Has lots and lots of choices of soups, sandwiches and salads and it is all very good too, albeit a bit pricey.
A frozen yoghurt bar where you can self serve and choose own toppings. Also a cafe with cool 'boba' drinks.
Cherry on Top
1299 E Green St
A frozen yoghurt bar where you can self serve and choose own toppings. Also a cafe with cool 'boba' drinks.
Cafe just around the corner, across from the park with salads, sandwiches and home made pastries. They also have cool old fashioned candy and decor plus local artists paintings on the walls.
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Ginger Corner Market
217 S Michigan Ave
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Cafe just around the corner, across from the park with salads, sandwiches and home made pastries. They also have cool old fashioned candy and decor plus local artists paintings on the walls.
Great Thai food, with great deco. They have a terrace in the back that not everyone knows about, and they do take out!
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Daisy Mint
1218 E Colorado Blvd
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Great Thai food, with great deco. They have a terrace in the back that not everyone knows about, and they do take out!
Everything is good here! They excel in pastries and don't forget to try their open eggsalad sandwich and french toast on weekends.
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Europane Bakery + Cafe
345 E Colorado Blvd
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Everything is good here! They excel in pastries and don't forget to try their open eggsalad sandwich and french toast on weekends.
Build your own burger restaurant. You can customize it and it's great.
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The Counter
5779 Wilshire Blvd
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Build your own burger restaurant. You can customize it and it's great.
Authentic Japanese restaurant, with a cozy ambiance. I lived in Japan and I think they come pretty close!
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Matsuri Restaurant
1065 E Green St
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Authentic Japanese restaurant, with a cozy ambiance. I lived in Japan and I think they come pretty close!
They have a nice terrace where you can enjoy your drinks. Also, next door is Fresh and Easy where you can stop and get some groceries.
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Peet's Coffee
605 S Lake Ave
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They have a nice terrace where you can enjoy your drinks. Also, next door is Fresh and Easy where you can stop and get some groceries.
Mexican cafe, with some of the best coffee drinks in town with small terrace and cozy living room type level upstairs. I reccommend the 'zocalo' drink.
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Zona Rosa Caffe
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Mexican cafe, with some of the best coffee drinks in town with small terrace and cozy living room type level upstairs. I reccommend the 'zocalo' drink.
Fast food type restaurant that has great mediterranean food. Falafel, hummus, tabbouleh etc. Dine in or take out.
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Zankou Chicken
5065 Sunset Blvd
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Fast food type restaurant that has great mediterranean food. Falafel, hummus, tabbouleh etc. Dine in or take out.
This is a vegan restaurant that has really tasty and healthy food. They have great smoothies and you can get food to go. It is just down the street.
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Real Food Daily
414 N La Cienega Blvd
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This is a vegan restaurant that has really tasty and healthy food. They have great smoothies and you can get food to go. It is just down the street.
Just down the street. A nice restaurant with great wines and great food.
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Malbec Argentinean Cuisine
1001 E Green St
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Just down the street. A nice restaurant with great wines and great food.
We really like the Indian food here. You can also get it to go.
Bollywood Masala
618 E Colorado Blvd
We really like the Indian food here. You can also get it to go.

Shopping

Great bookstore with cafe. Huge children's section where you can easily spend half the day.
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Vroman's Bookstore
695 E Colorado Blvd
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Great bookstore with cafe. Huge children's section where you can easily spend half the day.

Essentials

Grocery store with many international food items. It is your one stop shop.
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Trader Joe's
345 S Lake Ave
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Grocery store with many international food items. It is your one stop shop.

Sightseeing

Come here and take a look at the beautiful architecture, all you have to do is cross the street. For the kids there is a turtle pond and many fun landscapes.
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California Institute of Technology
1200 E California Blvd
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Come here and take a look at the beautiful architecture, all you have to do is cross the street. For the kids there is a turtle pond and many fun landscapes.
A haven of calm and a piece of history to come and see here. Kid friendly with lovely gardens.
Old Mill Foundation
1120 Old Mill Rd
A haven of calm and a piece of history to come and see here. Kid friendly with lovely gardens.

Entertainment & Activities

Great secluded park that is open to the public. The kids will love the sand and open field. You will love the peace and quiet. Bbq possibilities here too.
Tournament Park
East California Boulevard
Great secluded park that is open to the public. The kids will love the sand and open field. You will love the peace and quiet. Bbq possibilities here too.
This place has an endless salad bar, many soups, and pizzas. All you can eat for a very affordable price. Go here with your kids, you will all love it.
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Souplantation
2131 W Commonwealth Ave
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This place has an endless salad bar, many soups, and pizzas. All you can eat for a very affordable price. Go here with your kids, you will all love it.

Arts & Culture

A world class collection of art with gorgeous sculpture garden all at a very reasonable entrance price.
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I-Norton Simon Museum
411 W Colorado Blvd
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A world class collection of art with gorgeous sculpture garden all at a very reasonable entrance price.
Cinema showing only independent and/or foreign films. Anything is worth seeing here.
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Laemmle's Playhouse 7
673 E Colorado Blvd
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Cinema showing only independent and/or foreign films. Anything is worth seeing here.