The Pasadena Chamber hosts the Taste of Pasadena and SIP-tember Finale at the Rose Bowl. Guests can enjoy unlimited food and drink tastings from many of Pasadena’s finest restaurants at the Rose Bowl on September 24, 2015. More than two dozen restaurants and lounges will be giving out food samples at the Taste of Pasadena. The four SIP-tember finalist cocktails will be served in a live competition from 6:00 pm to 8:45 pm. Those in attendance vote to determine Pasadena’s Cocktail of the Year for 2015. Pasadena’s Favorite Cocktail 2015 will be named at 8:45PM.
Tickets are $30 in advance and $50 at the door. To purchase tickets call the Chamber at 626-795-3355 or visit the website at www.pasadena-chamber.org/events/taste-pasadena. Only 500 tickets will be sold, so reserve your ticket soon.
SIP-tember: a Celebration of the Cocktail and the Taste of Pasadena are presented by the Pasadena Chamber. Sponsors are the City of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl and Rose Bowl Legacy Connections. Dance Syndicate is providing entertainment.
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 and Bistro 45 take on returning champ Green Street Restaurant in the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge.
Drinks being offered for the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge include special margaritas, new interpretations of traditional cocktails 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,
- 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.
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.