A great area for good food. Try Mi Piace or Louises Trattoria. I you are looking for a good dive bar try 35er. Not sure if they serve food here. I went there for a Mixed Martial Arts fight on pay per view. They let us bring food in. Also, Barneys Beanery is a surprisingly good bar but with a... More

There are lots of nice shops and restaurants in the area. This is a very nice and comfortable area. Parking can sometimes be hard to find though. Also the public tranist around this area is decent.

Noise, color, and a strong touch of history. Lots of competent restaurants, and interesting shopping (I dare not make specific suggestions, since my wife is the primary shopper of the family.)

I got a nice little sense of the city by walking around here. An added bonus was finding public restrooms, often a problem for tourists. Lovely shopping area, very walkable.

Well, there are a lot of different shops here which aren't chains - and that's important. I liked the music shop, Vromans book shop, and some little boutiques that you can just wonder in and out of. You can spend an afternoon just browsing.

There's so much to do here. Shopping, dining, tours and the variety of shopping and dining is incredible. Something for every taste and budget. The architecture of various churches and other buildings is phenomenal, especially City Hall.

Anything you can do with your family in Pasadena is a great thing. Check out Old Pasadena, well worth a visit. I like that fact thait this is a family town and a good area where you do not have to be too concerned about crime. I am not a huge fan of Calif in General but Pasadena and San... More

I had relatives from the midwest visiting last week and they chose to go shopping one of the days...wanting to see unique stores, they opted not to go to my local mall but to try Pasadena. (I'd taken them to a Santa Monica Promenade and Santa Barbara on previous trips). I'd been here several years ago with friends and two... More

Old Pasadena is a first rate example of a city taking its old dilapated center of town and turning it into a first rate walking/shopping/dining area while at the same time keeping much of the original architecture of the area. The stores and restaurants (and there are quite a few restaurants) are all terrific. On weekends it gets quite crowded... More