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  Pasadena, California, is home to such tourist destinations as the Rose Bowl, the Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens and the Kidspace Children's Museum. Whether you're enjoying the arts and culture, shopping or seeing the sights of scenic Pasadena, there is food of all types to be had around town.
  
  

Mi Piace

• Mi Piace is an upscale Italian eatery featuring New York-Italian cooking in Old Town Pasadena. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, they also have their own bakery on the premises, the Pasadena Baking Company. Such appetizers as mozzarella marinara, crispy cheese triangles with homemade marinara sauce and carpaccio, thinly sliced beef filet with shaved Reggiano lead the way to a variety of variations on lasagna, spaghetti, fettuccine, ravioli and gnocchi.
  
  Mi Piace
  25 E. Colorado Blvd.
  Pasadena, CA 91105
  626-795-3131
  mipiace.com
  
  

Arroyo Chop House

• Arroyo Chop House is a classic American steakhouse, complete with mahogany and cozy booths. The menu centers around daily hand cuts of USDA prime beef, dry-aged for six weeks, with appetizers, salads and sides as accompaniments. The restaurant features a full bar with an extensive wine menu and cocktail list and hosts a baby grand piano, where singers can be heard crooning jazz standards in the evenings. The restaurant is open only for dinner.
  
  Arroyo Chop House
  536 S. Arroyo Pkwy.
  Pasadena, CA 91105
  626-577-7463
  arroyochophouse.com
  
  

Maison Akira Restaurant

• Maison Akira's menu features both Japanese and French cuisine in a fine-dining setting. Appetizers, soups, salads and entrees can be ordered off the regular menu or tapas (smaller plate). Some of the menu's offerings include seared big-eyed tuna with duck foie gras and oyster flan in an "Ikura" salmon egg burre blanc sauce. The restaurant offers an assortment of prix-fixe menus, depending on the number of courses. The restaurant is closed Mondays.
  
  Maison Akira Restaurant
  713 E. Green St.
  Pasadena, CA 91101
  626-796-9501
  maisonakira.com