Celebrate the birth of the cheeseburger in the home of the cheeseburger-Pasadena. Every January we honor Lionel Sternberger for being the first to put cheese to burger and serve it to a customer in 1924 at the Rite Spot in Pasadena. 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 offer their signature burgers, some special creations and a deals during Pasadena Cheeseburger Week. Some, such as El Portal, Vertical Wine Bistro, The Counter and Kings Row Gastropub offer specially created burgers for Cheeseburger Week.
Lucky Baldwin’s (3 locations), Del Frisco's Grille, Pie ‘n Burger and El Portal offer special deals and burgers for Cheeseburger Week.
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 Pasadena Chamber of Commerce hosts the third Cheeseburger Week and Cheeseburger Challenge January 8th to 15th, 2016. 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 last year's (2016) Cheeseburger Week in Pasadena and the gamut of burgers they each serve (click on the name to go to the web page, click on the menu item for the full restaurant burger menu):
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- a/k/a Bistro
- 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
- Du-pars
- El Portal Restaurant
- Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
- 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
- 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
- Twohey’s Restaurant
- Umami Burger
- Vertical Wine Bistro
- Yahaira’s Cafe
For address, menu and special offer information visit www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com.
For address, menu and special offer information click on Restaurant Participants above. Voting in the 2017 Cheeseburger Challenge opens January 8th, and ends January 15th.
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 Wells Fargo and the Pasadena Star-News.