Bacchus Kitchen + Wine Bar | Live music dining experience | 1384 East Washington Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, USA

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February

Sat Feb 8

SORD-WALZ-DURKOVIC TRIO

6PM

dinner & show

a night of classical music

featuring

Dvořák | Vivaldi | Rachmaninoff

Fri Feb 14

VALENTINE'S DAY

Dinner & Show

MIKE BOLGER TRIO

featuring vocalist

JESSIE PAYO

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Two-sday Prix Fixe at Bacchus Kitchen in Pasadena – a Tuesday special featuring curated courses, fine dining, and world-inspi

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Chef Claud enjoying Bacchus Kitchen’s Grenache wine in front of the iconic Bacchus pig wine image, capturing our unique dinin

Meet Chef Claud

Opened in 2015, Bacchus Kitchen + Wine Bar in Pasadena combines eclectic seasonal menus, live music, and a curated selection of wines to create a unique dining experience, all under the visionary leadership of Chef Claud Beltran. Known for his inventive New American cuisine, Claud is a native Pasadenan(or Pasadeño) whose "por que no?" attitude translates into unique offerings from artfully-crafted small plates & winemaker dinners, to teen cooking camps & professional catering services.

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Thanks to all you showed up and donated for the community. We even auctioned a hat for $500 signed by 3 of our most beloved chefs in the neighborhood. Night 2 of our “I ❤️ Altadena” benefit is tonite! @woonkitchen @jonescoffee @delightpastryca @altaeats @deluxe_1717 @seed_bakery @bartbridgeclothing

This Valentine’s weekend we’re showing ❤️ for our community. BOTH NIGHTS ARE SOLD OUT!! Let’s get AltaEats back in business! #denastrong
The ultimate ‘dena party includes:

AltaEats
Bacchus Kitchen + Wine Bar
Delights Pastry
Deluxe 1717
Jones Coffee
Seed Bakery
Woon Kitchen

With January finally behind us, here’s to brighter days ahead… #livemusic #valentinesday #i❤️altadena #mardigras #aprilfools

For those of you who weren’t sure if our previous post was real. CLEARLY it was 100% real. #notfakenews

They may have spelled Chef Claud’s name wrong, but they compensated by adding a colorful description. #badmfer

“If music be the food of love, play on”

Friends & Family.

Join us this Saturday night as we welcome the Jeff Hamilton Trio back to the Bacchus stage. The legendary Jeff Hamilton on drums, Jon Hamar on bass, and making his Bacchus debut will be piano virtuoso Tadataka Unno from Japan. For dinner & show tickets, go to bacchuskitchen.com

After a traumatic week, we’ve been struggling with the existential crisis that the devastation of our community has left us with. “What do we do?” “How can we help?” “Why were we spared while so many other businesses and homes were not?” “Is there enough wine in the world to get us through this?”

So many of our friends & regulars have lost so much and we’re just trying our damnedest to navigate a path forward and find ways to help as our Altadena/Pasadena community grieves and begins to clean up & eventually rebuild. And let’s be honest - we’re not really sure what that looks like or what lies ahead. How does a neighborhood restaurant keep going when such a large part of our neighborhood is gone?

Well folks, what we DO know how to do, is bring people together with incredible live music, some comfort food and maybe even a little wine. Or a lot of wine. And while it may seem slightly tone-deaf to move forward with a jazz concert so soon after the events of last week, we consider it our Act of Service to show love for our community - a night of music that can provide some healing & togetherness & a few hours of “normalcy”. That’s the spirit of Bacchus.

Brandon recently returned from a trip to Asia, and was struggling with what gift to bring back for Chef Claud. This bottle below caught his eye, as its name personifies Claud himself: “L’Esprit de Bacchus”.

*And yes, only Brandon would go to Asia and bring back a bottle of wine from France.

If music be the food of love, play on” - Shakespeare
“Keep on keepin’ on” - Quincy Jones
“Bordeaux: it’s not just for breakfast anymore” - Claud Beltran

If you’ve been directly affected by this week’s events and would like to join us on Saturday, contact Brandon directly at brandon@bacchuskitchen.com. We’d love to have you with us.

Thanks for supporting an independent theater company AND an independent restaurant! #supportsmallbusiness

And I just heard from the offices of Elon Musk under the new efficiency office they will be underwriting the wall writing !!!!

Swing by and have some wine with Christopher Robin and Pooh! Final Girl wine flights with candy pairings!
#halloween #winniethepooh #christopherrobin

A little peek at our event Bacchus To The Future, a week ago. We had some wonderful artists come out and serenade us as we wined and dined. If you missed it, not to worry, we have plenty of concerts coming up, including one this Saturday! Few seats remain, so head to our website to book yours! 🎶
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#jazzdinner #jazz #losangelesjazz #pasadenajazz #dinnerandshow #pasadenadinner #pasadenafoodie #pasadenaeats #altadena #altadenarestaurant

Spooky snacks for tomorrow’s menu:
BOO-rrata & Beets
BOOtine - a Mexican-inspired Poutine
Rosemary’s Baby Back Ribs
Dr. Frank N. Furter’s Halloweenies (AKA Tim Curry-wurst)
Silence of the Lamb Chops

EIN FREE BEER FOR EVERY OKTOBERFEST GUEST TONIGHT! And you’ll need it after seeing Brandon in his lederhosen. #oktoberfest🍻 #lederhosen #iwishihadntseenthat

A quick message from Chef Claud for our first Fireside Chat🔥
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#jazz #pasadenajazz #restaurant #pasadenarestaurant #pasadenafoodie #lafoodie #losangeles #jazzconcert #lajazzconcert #jazzdinner #firesidechat

Very interesting menu for this local restaurant in Springfield, OH. Perhaps a little TOO pet-friendly? #eatingcatsanddogs

Coming soon to a glass near you. Our first vintage of BK wine, bottled in collaboration with @civwineco and label designed by @kurtarooni

Coming this September: Los Rebeldes Romanticos at Bacchus’ Kitchen! Join us for a romantic night celebrating the music and cuisine of Mexico City on September 14th. Just in time for Mexican Independence Day, the 15th! Chef Claud has an authentic menu planned for you to enjoy while you are serenaded by this enchanting band. Tickets are live on our website, grab your’s before they are gone!For tickets click the Concerts link in bio. 🌹🍷
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#mexicocity #romanticdinner #pasadenaets #pasadena #jazznight #foodies #lafoodie

2024 Harvest complete! Only took 4 minutes. Has anyone used carbonic maceration to make a single glass of Syrah?

We’re ready for tomorrow night’s winemaker dinner with Brian & Stephanie from Giornata winery in Paso Robles. #pasorobleswine

Another sold out Dinner & Show! Leah Zeger and the Icy Hot Club treating us all to Gypsy Jazz. #jazzhands #gypsyjazz

EARTH | WINE | & FIRE: a progressive dinner party featuring Northeast Pasadena’s top chefs.
3 restaurants + 3 winemakers + a complimentary shuttle bus to transport you to each restaurant over the course of 3 hours. #pasadenaeats #progressivedinnerparty

Link in bio to RSVP

Friday night we’re hosting our own Opening Ceremonies by opening 15 different rosés from around the globe. #rosé

That’s a wrap on Week 1 for our Teen chefs! What DIDN’T they cook? Paella / Gnocchi / Pasta / Churros / Pesto / Beurre Blanc / Searing Steak, Fish and Chicken / and most importantly… dicing onions. #cookingcamp

Just another ordinary night in northeast Pasadena. The first of 2 sold out shows this weekend. #jazzlegends

Tonight we celebrate Artisan winemakers from the legendary Garagiste Wine Festival with wine flights from 3 small-production winemakers. Meet the winemakers in person from 530-7pm. Attendees of the Festival get 20% off their dinner check. (*wine flight not included)

Our paella will make you cry-aella. Book a Paella Party this summer and have Chef Claudio show you his soccarrat! Go to bacchuskitchen.com/catering to inquire. #paellaparty #soccarrat #pasadenapaella

The show goes on. This week, Bacchus’ Kitchen marks 9 years of business. Operating a restaurant is not for the faint of heart. A restaurant is an ever-evolving work of artistic expression, constantly at odds with the economic and financial parameters it’s forced to play within, whose daily execution relies on like-minded individuals who have all been blessed (and cursed) with the “Hospitality gene”. And not unlike wine, some vintages will be better than others. There will be some euphoric highs and some sleep-depriving lows. There might even be a pandemic! But if you’re lucky enough to be surrounded by a team and community who will somehow support the vision and communal spirit that you envisioned when starting out, you find a way to weather any storm. Gracias to Chef Claudio for always saying, “Por que no?” #hospitalitygene #actsofservice

“All the single bottles (all the single bottles)…
If you liked it then you shoulda put a cork in it”
- those are lyrics, right?
#singlebottles #bedbathandbeyoncé

It’s our 9th Anniversary Week! Join us this weekend for a special menu and vintage 2015 wines by-the-glass and flights. #9thanniversary #2015

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