Cheeseburger Week 2015 is coming in January!
Celebrate the birth of the cheeseburger in the home of the cheeseburger-Pasadena. Every January we honor Lionel Sternberger for being the first to put cheese to burger and serve it to a customer in 1924 at the Rite Spot in Pasadena.
During Cheeseburger Week from January 11th to January 16th, 2015, Pasadena honors Lionel Sternberger’s genius in being the first to put cheese to hamburger and serve it at the Rite Spot in Pasadena in 1924.
Forty of Pasadena’s favorite restaurants, lounges and burger joints offer their signature burgers, some special creations and a deals during Pasadena Cheeseburger Week.
Some, such as Green Street Restaurant, El Portal, The Counter, Kings Row Gastropub and Pita Jungle are offering specially created burgers for Cheeseburger Week.
Again in 2015, you can vote for your favorites in the Cheeseburger Challenge. Who makes your favorite lunch counter burger? Who serves your favorite turkey burger? Who makes your favorite veggie burger? Who serves the best beverage with a burger? You decide during Cheeseburger Week, January 11th through January 16th.
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce hosts the third Cheeseburger Week and Cheeseburger Challenge January 12th to 17th, 2014. Once again, you’ll be able to vote for your favorites in a number of categories, from traditional lunch counter burgers to white table cloth an alternative cheeseburgers. We’ll also have an alternative cheeseburger category or two, as well.
Plan to come to Pasadena for a Cheeseburger Crawl, take the Cheeseburger Challenge and celebrate Lionel Sternberger’s culinary legacy in the city where the cheeseburger was first served.
Here are some of our participants for the 2015 Cheeseburger Week in Pasadena. (Click on the name to go to the web page, click on the menu item for the full restaurant burger menu):
- a/k/a Bistro
- Big Daddy’s Fire Grill
- BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse
- Brookside Golf Club (lunch only)
- Cameron’s Seafood
- Central Park Restaurant
- Clearman’s Galley
- The Counter
- Dog Haus
- Dog Haus Biergarten
- Du-pars
- El Portal Restaurant
- Gale’s (lunch only)
- Green Street Restaurant
- Jake’s Pasadena
- Kings Row Gastropub
- La Grande Orange Cafe
- Lucky Baldwin's Delirium Pub and Cafe
- Lucky Baldwin's Pub
- Lucky Baldwin's Trappiste Pub and Cafe
- Meat District Company
- Melt It! a grilled cheese company
- Speakeasy at New York Deli
- Pie ‘n Burger
- Pita Jungle
- POP Champagne & Dessert Bar
- Real Food Daily
- Robin’s Wood Fire BBQ
- Rounds Premium Burgers
- Slater’s 50/50
- Trattoria Neapolis
- Twohey’s Restaurant
- Umami Burger
- Vertical Wine Bistro
- Villa Sorriso
- Whole Foods Market Arroyo Parkway
- Yahaira’s Cafe
- ZiLin Restaurant
For address, menu and special offer information click on Restaurant Participants above.
Voting in the 2015 Cheeseburger Challenge opens January 11, 2015, and ends January 19, 2015.
Check out some more of our media coverage:
Pasadena Sinks Its Teeth into Cheeseburger Week NBC Southern California
Cheeseburger Week is a Pasadena Restaurant Week and California Restaurant Month
event presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. Cheeseburger Week is generously sponsored by the City of Pasadena, Southern California Gas Company Advanced Meter and Trusted Choice Agents of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.