Voting is live at pasadenarestaurantweek.com. Final round is October 10th at Taste of Pasadena at the Rose Bowl
The SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge has moved into round two with sixteen drinks facing off in head-to-head online competition. Winners in Round Two move to the Round of Eight which will determine the finalist drinks to be tasted and judged at the Taste of Pasadena on October 10, 2019, at the Rose Bowl.
Will the Iron Man or High Plains Drifter from El Cholo move on to the next round? Will it be Mi Piace’s Purple Rain? Perhaps the Vanilla Old Fashioned or East 1770 from Lucky Baldwin’s Trappiste Pub? Could it be the Sticky Fingers from the Otis Bar at La Grande Orange Cafe? Maybe it will be the Chuan 76 or the Umami Tini from The Tap Room at the Langham Huntington Pasadena? Or will the Golden State Wildfire from White Horse Lounge move on to the next round? Other contenders include newcomers Trejo’s Cantina Pasadena with Coco Loco and the Pucker Up, SHIRO with One Night in Bangkok. Also in contention are the Pasadena Sour from Roy’s and The Grille at Brookside at the Rose Bowl’s with The Kraft and the Rose Mule.
Voting in Round Two of the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge is live at www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com/vote.
Join us at the Taste of Pasadena at the Rose Bowl on Thursday, October 10, 2019, from 6pm to 9pm and you can taste and vote for your favorite. Get your tickets here: 
Thirty-two cocktails entered the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge. Only one will be named Pasadena's Cocktail of the Year 2019. Round three voting ends at midnight on Monday, September 30th at midnight. Drinks were randomly entered in a head-to-head bracket challenge. Voting in the online rounds is tallied automatically.
In addition to the four featured cocktail finalists, guests at the SIP-tember Bracket Challenge Finale will be able to taste culinary treats and delicious beverages from El Cholo, Dave and Buster’s, La Grande Orange Café, Paradis, Stark Spirits, Nothing Bundt Cakes and many more.
The Rose Bowl generously hosts the Taste of Pasadena on October 10, 2019 from 6pm to 9pm.
Dance Syndicate is providing entertainment at the SIP-tember Finale and Taste of Pasadena at the Rose Bowl.
Pasadena Restaurant Week events are presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce with our restaurant members. SIP-tember and the Taste of Pasadena are generously supported by Gold Sponsors Wells Fargo and the Rose Bowl.