Clearing old pictures again. This is from last month when we went to Old Town Monrovia for movies and shopping. There are many restaurants (such as Devon from past entry) but most only open at night. We just ventured inside Caffe Opera and Bistro because it looked nice and the name sounded good…though the interior/graphic […]
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October 2, 2004
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Devon (Monrovia)
By Freda in 02: Pasadena, Favorite Food EntriesDevon is located at the historic district of Monrovia with turn-of-the-century buildings. It is a fine French restaurant. The interior if full of huge tall mirror, burgundy wood walls and strange mixed of abstract paintings and chinese redwood chairs, but somehow still modern and elegant. Apple Martini $9 (we suck…for getting martini instead of wine […]
September 10, 2004
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Maison Akira (Pasadena)
By Joan in 02: Pasadena, Favorite Food EntriesFinally tried this French + Japanese fusion restaurant Maison Akira on Green St. in Pasadena! We passed by it almost daily for 4 years while we attended ArtCenter, but for some reason we never step in there once. Why? I don’t know ^^;;; (perhaps intimidation + bad timing + inconvinience + laziness?!?!) Once we almost […]
August 26, 2004
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Julienne (San Marino)
By Freda in 02: PasadenaBack to work today, but yesterday I lunched alone at Julienne, a French cafe in San Marino (a rather upscale suburb nearby my house). It has a gourmet boutique right next door selling lots of yummy stuffs. I bought this thing called “terrain” (pate-ish thing layered like a terrain for flatbread or biscuits) there for […]
