EDP 2018

Neon Retro Arcade
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G — GAMES
It was somewhat surprising to see so many video arcades
in the area. Here in Pasadena there’s Bowlmor Lanes on East
Foothill Boulevard and Neon Retro Arcade on South Raymond
Avenue. Other popular arcades include Level Gaming Lan Center
and Dreamland Gaming, both in Arcadia. And there’s Vintage
Arcade Superstore on San Fernando Road in Glendale. Older
gamesters can occupy themselves Tuesday nights with trivia
at Craft Beer Cellar in Eagle Rock, or they can pick up a board
game inside Dog Haus and spiel ein bisschen out in the biergarten,
or they can head over to T Boyle’s, behind the Ice House, for
Action Trivia on Sundays and Tuesdays.
H — HUNTINGTON
Not the hospital. We’re talking about the Huntington Library,
Art Galleries and Botanical Gardens, a national treasure started
by railroad baron and art connoisseur Henry Huntington in his
home in San Marino. Here visitors are able to view Huntington’s
personal collection of 18th- and 19th-century paintings, and
literature amassed in the Huntington family mansion, located on
120 acres near the Pasadena city line. This is a research library,
but now includes several new structures and exhibits, as well as
numerous specialized gardens.
I — INDIVIDUALITY
In today’s culture, chefs have come to be regarded as celebrities,
each with unique styles and personalities. Some of the
chefs who live and work here in the Pasadena area include Hideo
Yamashiro (Shiro), James Graham (Ba), Bruce Kalman (Union),
Kings Row Gastropub
Claud Beltran (Claud Beltran & Co. catering, Bacchus’ Kitchen,
The Eatery and Perry’s by Claud Beltran), Sean Lowenthal (Little
Beast), Andre Guerrero (Maximiliano, The Oinkster, Little Bear)
and Paul Ragan (Altaeats).
J — JUKEBOX
Not as ubiquitous before, jukeboxes are still popular at a
handful of bars and restaurants in the immediate vicinity. The
Colorado in East Pasadena and Freddie’s 35er in Old Pasadena
come to mind, but there are a few others. There’s one at R Place,
also in East Pas, another is at the Buccaneer in Sierra Madre,
and another is at the Hall of Fame bar in Arcadia, near Santa
Anita Park.
K — KITCHEN
Unlike most other Los Angeles County communities, the city,
not the county, issues grades to restaurants doing business in
Pasadena. And these inspectors mean business. Many a promising
restaurant has been closed for such things as roaches,
vermin and unclean utensils. That’s why it would be rare for customers
here to see anything but squeaky clean and well-managed
establishments when they are out on the town in the Crown City.
L — LIVE (MUSIC)
Along with three symphony orchestras — Pasadena Symphony,
California Philharmonic and MUSE/IQUE — Pasadena is
also home to Kings Row Gastropub, voted Best Live Music Bar/
Club in last year’s Pasadena Weekly’s Best of Pasadena readers’
poll, Edwin Mills by Equator, and the venerable and virtually
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