During Cheeseburger Week from January 8th to January 13th, Pasadena honors Lionel Sternberger's genius in being the first to put cheese to hamburger and serve it at the Rite Spot in Pasadena in 1924.
Forty of Pasadena's favorite restaurants, lounges and burger joints offered their signature burgers, some special creations and a deals during Pasadena Cheeseburger Week.
Some, such as El Portal and Meat District Company are offering specially created burgers for Cheeseburger Week.
Pie 'n Burger and Lucky Baldwin's (3 locations) offer specially priced deals for Cheeseburger Week. Dog Haus and Dog Haus Biergarten are adding an additional patty and cheese to every cheeseburger order.
Check out all the participants and see what everyone had on the menu for Cheeseburger Week by clicking here.
Again in 2017, you can vote for your favorites in the Cheeseburger Challenge. Who makes your favorite lunch counter burger? Who serves your favorite turkey burger? Who makes your favorite veggie burger? Who serves the best beverage with a burger? You decide during Cheeseburger Week, January 8th through January 13th.
For 2017, we will be adding several restaurants. Some participants will include special menu items or deals for patrons during Cheeseburger Week.
Let’s all salute Lionel Sternberger for his mastery, insight, pioneering innovation and daring in placing a piece of cheese atop a hamburger for the first time in recorded culinary history at his father's roadside stand, the Rite Spot at 1500 West Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.
The invention of the cheeseburger at the Rite Spot has been documented by the Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, cheese-burger.net, 
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce hosts the sixth Cheeseburger Week and Cheeseburger Challenge January 8th to 13th. Once again, you’ll be able to vote for your favorites in a number of categories, from traditional lunch counter burgers to white table cloth an alternative cheeseburgers. We’ll also have an alternative cheeseburger category or two, as well.
Plan to come to Pasadena for a Cheeseburger Crawl, take the Cheeseburger Challenge and celebrate Lionel Sternberger’s culinary legacy in the city where the cheeseburger was first served.
Scroll down to take the Cheeseburger Challenge.
Here are our participants for Cheeseburger Week 2017 in Pasadena:
Voting in the 2017 Cheeseburger Challenge opens January 8, 2017, and ends January 14, 2017.
- a/k/a Bistro
- Alondra Hot Wings
- Big Daddy’s Fire Grill
- Brookside Golf Club (lunch only)
- Cameron’s Seafood
- Central Park Restaurant
- Clearman’s Galley
- The Counter
- Del Frisco’s Grille
- Dog Haus
- Dog Haus Biergarten
- El Portal Restaurant
- Gale’s (lunch only)
- Green Street Restaurant
- Kings Row Gastropub
- Lucky Baldwin’s Delirium Pub and Cafe
- Lucky Baldwin’s Pub
- Lucky Baldwin’s Trappiste Pub and Cafe
- Meat District Company
- Constance Perry's at the dusit D2 hotel constance pasadena
- Pie ‘n Burger
- POP Champagne & Dessert Bar
- Real Food Daily
- Robin’s Wood Fire BBQ
- Rounds Premium Burgers
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House – Happy Hour menu
- SECO New American Cuisine
- Slater’s 50/50
- Smitty's Grill
- Umami Burger
- Vertical Wine Bistro
- Yahaira’s Cafe
Check out some more of our media coverage:
Pasadena Sinks Its Teeth into Cheeseburger Week NBC Southern California
Cheeseburger Week is a Pasadena Restaurant Week and California Restaurant Month event presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. Cheeseburger Week is generously sponsored by the City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Star-News.