You voted, Pasadena, and we listened. Below are the winners for each category. We counted every single vote we received. Some of the races were very close, while some…not so much. Every business received votes, though, which I think is a great testament to the number of high quality local indpendent businesses we have in town.
Best Restaurant (non-burger division): Tarantino’s Pizza
Best Burger: Pie N Burger
Best Coffee Shop: Jones Coffee
Best Tea House: Chado Tea House
Best Gift Shop: Motif
Best Comic Store: Comic Factory
Best Salon: Ravissant
Best Automotive Shop: Johnson Motors
Best Specialty Bookstore: Book Alley
Best Florist: Jacob Maarse
Best Record Store: Canterbury Records
Best Video Store: Videotheque
Best Bar: Lucky Baldwin’s
Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted. In the coming weeks, we’ll be doing featured posts on each of the winning businesses, giving a sense of why they’re considered the best in their particular areas.
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Pie ‘N Burger. No. Somebody forgot that there is an In-N-Out in Pasadena. Pie ‘N Burger is a nice concept. I do appreciate its spartan qualities. And I do like pie. Yet for all the raving I’ve done for the place over the years I’ve finally realized it is just not that special. It’s possibly not even “good”. And if you get in to a food quality to price-ratio comparison… forget it. Pie ‘N Burger is over.
@Lee
Except that In-N-Out Burger isn’t an independent business. Hence, they are ineligible. The majority has spoken in favor of Pie N Burger.
Pie & Burger is definitely over priced. Good value is not something I’ve experienced there.
Jones Roasters is a coffee shop?.
Book Alley must be a b r o a d speciality bookstore!
That’s about all I can knowledgeably disagree with here.