SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge contestants will be unveiled on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, on the Psadena Restaurant Week website. Visit www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com for all the information.
Will Green Street Restaurant follow the Vin de Pomplemousse and offer Pasadena's Favorite Cocktail for 2015? Will Magnolia House prevail with the Chloe Comes to Pasadena? Perhaps the Bluroom Mojito from the DusitD2 Hotel Constance Pasadena will be chosen by patrons of the Taste of Pasadena.
You be the judge. Starting August 15th, visit www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com and vote for your favorites.
For 2015, SIP-tember returns August 15th for six weeks, culminating in the Taste of Pasadena and SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge Finale on September 24th at the Rose Bowl.
Pasadena celebrates the cocktail during SIP-tember, with some of our favorite Pasadena Chamber member restaurants offering some of their favorite cocktails. The Taproom at the Langham Huntington Hotel, a|k|a Bistro, Del frisco's Grille, magnolia House, Madeline Garden Bistro, Alondra Hot Wings and Bistro 45 take on returning champ Green Street Restaurant in taking the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge.
Drinks being offered for the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge include special margaritas, new interpretations of traditional cocktail and some specially created drinks from some of Pasadena’s premiere mixologists.
Look for great interpretations of traditional cocktails. Try drinks created especially for the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge. Previous drinks named Pasadena’s Favorite Cocktail include the Broad Street Hurricane from Ruth’s Chris Steak House, the Cucumber Skinny-tini from Toro Sushi and the Vin de Pomplemousse from Green Street Restaurant.
In 2014, four hundred people were on hand for the finale of the SIP-tember Cocktail.
The Sip-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge Grand Finale is presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce as a Pasadena Restaurant Week event sponsored by The City of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl.
The SIP-tember cocktail bracket challenge is an annual six week long competition among Pasadena Chamber of Commerce member restaurants and lounges. Competitors served drinks that were paired against each other in a competition.
Venues offering cocktails for the 2015 SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge include:
- a/k/a Bistro,
- California Pizza Kitchen
- Central Park Restaurant
- Green Street Restaurant,
- The Hilton Pasadena
- Ix-tapa Cantina
- The Otis Bar at La Grande Orange
- The Tap Room at the Langham Pasadena,
- Bistro 45
- SORRISO/Bar Celona
- The Luggage Room at La Grande Orange
- Bar 1886 at The Raymond,
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House
- POP Champagne and Dessert Bar
New for 2015 are:
- Alondro Hot Wings
- Del Frisco's Grille
- Dusit D2 Constance Hotel Pasadena
- Madeline Garden Bistro
- Magnolia House
- White Horse Lounge
SIP-tember kicks off with a citywide cocktail party to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the birth of America’s first culinary celebrity - Pasadena’s own Julia Child. The Julia Child Pasadena Cocktail Party on August 15th takes place in restaurants all over Pasadena, culminating in a citywide happy birthday toast at 7:00pm. Patrons are encouraged to dress for a 1950s, 1960s or 1970s era cocktail party.
Many of Pasadena’s restaurants and lounges take part in the friendly bracket competition. SIP-tember: A Celebration of the Cocktail and the Taste of Pasadena provide a terrific opportunity for patrons to visit new places, remember old favorites and see the breadth of excellent offerings found in the Pasadena area.
Sponsors of SIP-tember: a celebration of the cocktail include Presenting Sponsor the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. Gold Sponsor of SIP-tember and the Taste of Pasadena is The City of Pasadena.