Attendees can taste and vote for their favorite SIP-tember cocktail as they enjoy a Taste of Pasadena

Taste of Pasadena and SIP-tember Finale tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.

Buy tickets now at www.pasadena-chamber.org/events/sip-tember.

SIP-tember: a celebration of the cocktail reaches its dramatic conclusion with the Cocktail Bracket Challenge Finale on September 26th at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Online voting is over and the four finalist cocktails have been selected. The four cocktails that will face-off in the SIP-tember Finale are: The CC Crush from the Taproom at the Langham Pasadena; The Bourbon Blackberry Collins from Green Street Restaurant; the Arugula Rocket from Kal's Mediterrranean Bistro and the Cucumber Skini-Tini from Toro Sushi Bar Lounge.

64 cocktails began the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge on August 15th. Voting over the past six weeks has pared the contestants down to the four finalist cocktails. The four finalist cocktails will be served up in a live competition from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Those in attendance will vote to determine Pasadena’s Cocktail of the Year 2013. The favorite cocktail will be announced at 8:45pm.

The Pasadena Chamber hosts the second Taste of Pasadena and SIP-tember Finale at the Rose Bowl as a Pasadena Restaurant Week event. Guests can enjoy unlimited food and drink tastings from many of Pasadena’s finest restaurants and help decide which SIP-tember cocktail is Pasadena’s favorite.

Taste of Pasadena participants are:

  • Bar 1886 at The Raymond
  • Brookside Golf Club
  • California Pizza Kitchen
  • Celestino Ristorante and Bar
  • CitrusX Catering
  • Dickey’s Barbecue
  • Eden Garden Bar and Grill
  • Green Street Restaurant
  • Haven Gastropub+ Brewery
  • Japon Bistro
  • Kal’s Mediterranean Bisto
  • Kings Row Gastropub
  • The Luggage Room at La Grande Orange
  • Maria’s Italian Kitchen
  • Old Oak Cellars winery
  • Osawa Shabu Shabu & Sushi
  • Panda Catering
  • Pita Jungle
  • POP Champagne and Dessert Bar
  • The Raymond Restaurant
  • Simply Cupcakes Pasadena
  • Slater’s 50/50
  • Toro Sushi Bar Lounge
  • Trattoria Neapolis
  • The Westin Pasadena

Tickets to the Taste of Pasadena and SIP-tember Finale are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. To purchase tickets call the Chamber at 626-795-3355 or visit www.pasadena-chamber.org/events/sip-tember. Advanced sales end at noon on Thursday, September 26th.

SIP-tember: a Celebration of the Cocktail and the Taste of Pasadena are Pasadena Restaurant Week events presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors are the City of Pasadena, So Cal Gas Company Advanced Meter and Trusted Choice Agents of Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena. Pasadena Magazine is Media Sponsor. Dance Syndicate is providing entertainment. Pasadena Chamber member Uber will be giving out cards for free rides on their mobile application-dispatched limousine service.

Thank you to Yelp! for helping promote the Taste of Pasadena & SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Finale on September 26th.