Four still standing in the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge ends September 11th

The fourth round is over tomorrow. Only  four drinks will remain in the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge.

You can see all the remaining entries at pasadenarestaurantweek.com.

Pasadena celebrates the cocktail during SIP-tember, with some of our favorite Pasadena Chamber member restaurants offering some of their favorite cocktails.

Will Ruth's Chris Steak House be a triple-time winner with back-to-back triumphs? Will White Horse Lounge repeat as Cocktail of the Year? Or perhaps someone new this year will put forth the 2017 Cocktail of the Year.

Voting began online August 15th.

Drinks offered for the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge included special margaritas, new interpretations of traditional

The Boulou from Plate 38
cocktails and some specially created drinks from some of Pasadena’s premiere mixologists.

Look for great interpretations of traditional cocktails. Try drinks created especially for the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge. Previous drinks named Pasadena’s Favorite Cocktail include the Broad Street Hurricane from Ruth’s Chris Steak House, the Cucumber Skinny-tini from Toro Sushi, the Vin de Pomplemousse from Green Street Restaurant or White Horse Lounge’s 2016 Forbidden and Ruth's Chris' Julio's Passion.

Once again, SIP-tember: A Celebration of the Cocktail culminates in a grand taste-off at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on September 28th. Everyone (21 years-old or older) attending the Taste of Pasadena that evening will be able to taste the four finalist cocktails and vote for your favorite.

In 2016, more than four hundred people were on hand for the finale of the SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge. In addition to the four featured cocktail finalists, guests attendees at the SIP-tember Bracket Challenge Finale tasted culinary treats from The Raymond Restaurant, California Pizza Kitchen, CaterArt Catering, POP Champagne and Dessert Bar, Osawa Shabu Shabu Sushi, Twohey's and many more.

The Sip-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge Grand Finale is presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce as a Pasadena Restaurant Week event sponsored by The City of Pasadena, Wells Fargo, The Pasadena Star-News and the Rose Bowl.

The SIP-tember cocktail bracket challenge is an annual six week long competition among Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

The #10 Downing Street from Parkway Grill.
member restaurants and lounges. Competitors served drinks that were paired against each other in a competition.

A comlpete list of venues offering cocktails for the 2017 SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge will be annouced in early August.

The SIP-tember cocktail bracket challenge is an annual six week long competition among Pasadena Chamber of Commerce member restaurants and lounges. Competitors served drinks that were paired against each other in a competition.

Venues that offer cocktails for the 2017 SIP-tember Cocktail Bracket Challenge include:

  • Sushi Roku
  • Alma de la Rosa, 
    Blueberry Lemonade from Vertical Wine Bistro.
  • Central Park Restaurant
  • California Pizza Kitchen
  • The Tap Room at the Langham Huntington Hotel Pasadena, 
  • Bistro 45, 
  • Bar 1886 at The Raymond,
  • Ruth’s Chris Steak House,
  • El Cholo Cafe
  • Clearman’s Galley
  • Lucky Baldwin's Trappiste Pub
  • True Food Kitchen
  • Fleming's Prime Steak House and Wine Bar
  • Roy's Pasadena
  • Vertical Wine Bistro
  • Plate 38
  • White Horse Lounge
  • Smitty's Grill
  • Parkway Grill
  • Madeline Garden Bistro
  • Cafe Santorini
  • Edwin Mills by Equator
  • ix-tapa Cantina
  • Bar Celona
  • Bowlmor

 

This year's competition kicked off with an invitation only ceklebration at El Cholo Cafe, co-sponsored by El Cholo, Patron tequila and the Chamber. Round four began with a private tour and tasting at Stark Spirits Distillery.

SIP-tember: A Celebration of the Cocktail and the Taste of Pasadena provide a terrific opportunity for patrons to visit new places, remember old favorites and see the breadth of excellent offerings found in the Pasadena area.

The Rose Bowl generously hosts the Taste of Pasadena on September 28, 2017.

Dance Syndicate is providing entertainment at the SIP-tember Finale and Taste of Pasadena at the Rose Bowl.

Pasadena Restaurant Week events are presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce with our restaurant members. SIP-tember and the Taste of Pasadena are generously supported by Gold Sponsors the City of Pasadena, The Pasadena Star-News and Wells Fargo.

For tickets to the Taste of Pasadena, click here: http://www.pasadena-chamber.org/forms/taste-of-pasadena