Results of the first round are in. Did your favorite cocktail move on to round 2 of the SIP-tember Cocktail bracket Challenge? Visit www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com to find out.
SIP-tember returned August 15th for six weeks. The six-week cocktail bracket challnge culminates 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 
SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge 2015-Round2.pdf
The Taste of Pasadena returns to the Rose Bowl on Thursday, September 24th from 6pm to 9pm. For $30 (in advance) you can enjoy food tastings from many of Pasadena's favorite restaurants and caterers. Celestino Ristorante, Green Street Restaurant, Alondra Hot Wings, Lucky Baldwin's and many more offer food and drink tastings for guests.
Only 500 tickets will be sold to the Taste of Pasadena. No long lines. No waiting. Just lots of fun and food tastings at the Rose Bowl. Dance Syndicate provides music. Get your tickets here: http://www.pasadena-chamber.org/forms/sip-tember-finale-september-24-2015.
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
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,
- 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
- Bar Celona
- The Luggage Room at La Grande Orange
- Bar 1886 at The Raymond,
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House
- POP Champagne and Dessert Bar
- Villa Sorriso
New for 2015 are:
- Alondro Hot Wings
- Del Frisco's Grill
- dusitD2 hotel constance Pasadena
- Madeline Garden Bistro
- Magnolia House
- White Horse Lounge
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.
Do your patrons need a ride home? UBER, the mobile dispatched limousine service will give a $20 credit to those who use the service and include the promotional code Siptember in the car request.
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.
The Rose Bowl Stadium generously hosts the Taste of Pasadena on September 24th.