El Cholo Cafe Pasadena

It’s holiday time, tamale time!!!

We’ve only been making tamales for over 100 years!!!

Holiday tamales available as of November 29, 2024
Choose from pork, turkey, chicken, rajas or our famous green corn tamales. Try them all!!!
Call and place your order 626-795-5800

Our famous Turkey Tamales are back just in time for Thanksgiving! Gobble! Gobble!

Starting November 7, order by the dozen.
$45 per dozen

Call 626-795-5800 and place your order.

Watch Game 5 with us at the Cantina starting at 5PM and root for our boys in blue!

Happy Hour food and drink specials during the game.

$6 House margaritas
$10 on selected Tequila pours and more!

What’s all the hubbub about additives and Tequila?
What are the facts and should you even care?

On Saturday, November 16, 2024, Mike Morales and Alexander Pèrez will introduce you to the “mystery of Additives” or “Abocantes” in Tequila with Patron Tequila. Our guest speaker will be Billy Killin, Los Angeles Brand Ambassador for Patron Tequila.

During this class, we will aim to build a collective rubric and understand how to properly blind-taste Tequila. The methods we learn will be adaptable to all spirits across the board. Once we learn to do that, we will talk about Tequila and additives, and learn some tricks on how to look for additives in Tequila. Finally, we will use samples of actual additives to showcase how each additive or “abocante” affects the Tequila in the bottle. We will also be tasting some of the Patron expressions.

Don’t miss this educational class!

See bio for ticket info.

Watch the World Series games with us starting on Friday! Happy Hour food and drink specials during game time.
$6 House Margaritas
$10 on selected Tequila pours and more!

Game 1, Friday, October 25, 5:00 PM
Game 2, Saturday, October 26, 5:00 PM
Sunday - Travel Day
Monday - Game 3 - watch from home! El Cholo Closed
Game 4, Tuesday, October 29, 5:00 PM

Don’t miss La Maestra!

Unlock the secrets of Tequila: A Sensory Class and Tequila Tasting with Maestra Ana Maria Romero Mena

November 8th, 2024 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Join us for an exclusive sensory tequila class, rarely hosted outside of Guadalajara, Mexico.

La Maestra Ana Maria Romero Mena will guide you through the art of tasting Tequila.

This is a limited event not to miss.
Cocktails by are own barman Alex Perez .liquid.collaborative.la

Appetizers after the event

This event will take place across the courtyard from El Cholo Pasadena at the Solarium.

See you here!

Root out boys in Blue to the World Series from our Cantina!

Come and root for the Dodgers with us at the Cantina.

Happy Hour menu and drinks during the game.
$6 House Margaritas
$10 on select pours of tequilas
And more!

See you here!

Come watch Game 1 of The National League Championship Series tonight starting at 5 pm.

Happy Hour specials at the Cantina during the game.
$6 House Margaritas
$10 pours on select tequilas and more!

See you here!

More brands added to our 25th Annual Tequila & Mezcal Tour Tasting!

Over 80 expressions to try and learn about.
Come and experience Tequila, Mezcal, Soto, Raicilla, Bacanora, and Pox! Taste and meet the producers and brand reps.

Food and entertainment!

Tickets are limited. Purchase using the link in the bio or buy them at El Cholo Pasadena.

See you there!!!

ROOT, ROOT, ROOT for the Dodgers from the Cantina tonight

Catch this key playoff game and root for the L.A. Dodgers to come back and finish off the Padres!
Game time is 6:00 PM.

Enjoy our Happy Hour food and drink specials, $6 Margaritas and $10 Tequila pours on selected Tequilas during the game.

Come root for the Dodgers! See you here!

Catch the playoff games with our own L.A. Dodgers at the Cantina today and tomorrow starting at 5pm!

Enjoy our Happy Hour food and drink specials, $6 Margaritas and $10 Tequila pours on selected Tequilas during the game.

Come root for the Dodgers! See you here!

Join us for our 25th Annual Tequila and Mezcal Tour on Friday, October 25th.

Purchase your ticket on Eventbrite or use the link in our bio.

Featuring a wide variety of premium agave spirits with over 50 expressions and counting, to experience. Enjoy a buffet of classic Antojitos from sopes to pupusas, a cocktail bar, live entertainment, a DJ, live mariachi, a cigar, roller, and lots of more fun.

FEATURING: ArteNOM/Asombroso/Bajarriba/Cardenas Legacy/Casa Mate/Casa Mexico/Cazcanes/Cocijo Mezcal/Don Amado Mezcal/Dos Boots Mezcal/Espina Negra Mezcal/Fuenteseca/General Gorostieta/Hacienda Oponguio Mezcal/Irlandes/Lapis/Madre Mezcal/MestizoMezcal/MexaTequila/Mijenta/Ocho/Otomi/Patron/Penca Pulque/Purasangre/Raicilla de Una/Salvadores Mezcal/Siglo Cero Pox/Sotomayor Sotol/Suerte/Sunora Bacanora/Vago Mezcal/Victorioso Mezcal/ Xolo Tequila, and more!

Patron Tequila will also be showcasing its brand-new Cristalino. You don’t want to miss this one!

Brought to you by El Cholo Café Pasadena, Noor Events, Spirit brand sponsors, and Tequila Aficionado Media.

Join us today for Mexican Independence Day and celebrate Latino Heritage Month with us through October 15.

Enjoy our weekly food specials, $6 Margaritas and $10 pours of select tequilas. See you here!

Join us for our 25th Annual Tequila and Mezcal Tour on Friday, October 25th.

Purchase your ticket on Eventbrite or use our link in our bio.

Featuring a wide variety of premium agave spirits with over 50 expressions and counting, to experience. Enjoy a buffet of classic Antojitos from sopes to pupusas, a cocktail bar, live entertainment, a DJ, live mariachi, a cigar, roller, and lots of more fun.

Patron Tequila will also be showcasing their brand new Cristalino. You don’t want to miss this one!

Brought to you by El Cholo Café Pasadena, and Noor Events, Spirit brand sponsors and Tequila Aficionado Media.

Join us Thursday for a meet and great with the Suerte Tequila team.

Enjoy the Suerte Tequila complimentary tasting, order their signature cocktail from our new cocktail menu and take home some Suerte swag!

Meet Laurence Spiewak, founder of Suerte, and have your bottle signed! Bottles will be available for sale.

See you here!

Join us for Happy Hour and a tasting of our new Penca Larga Pulque and Casa México Tequila.

This Thursday, August 29 from 5 pm - 8 pm

Maybe Casa Mexico tequila owners, Mario Lopez and Oscar de La Hoya will stop by… 👀

Order from our famous menu directly from us!
Visit our new website and save 15% on your next order. Use code “LOCAL” at checkout.

Join our VIP club and win $500
Be entered in a drawing to win on August 1

Happy National Tequila Day!

Come celebrate with us all day and enjoy 50% off our tequila pours and Happy Hour all day at the Cantina Bar.

Here is your chance to taste that tequila you’ve been wanting to try. Choose from our amazing menu selection of over 250 tequilas.

See you here!

Join us at our next tequila tasting event on August 10, and experience Tequila Corrido.

You will be guided through the tasting by Master Catador Mike Morales and Alexander Perez from Tequila Aficionado Magazine.

From one of the most trusted, respected and awarded tequila authorities in Mexico, Corrido’s Maestra Tequilera Ana María Romero brings over 25 years of experience in the tequila industry.

Click on the link in our bio for tix!

Bottles will be available for sale

After the event, stay and enjoy something special from El Cholo’s famous menu! Each guest will receive Five El Cholo Bucks for their meal!

The name Corrido comes from the poetic ballads sung by smugglers who risked everything to peddle tequila in Prohibition-era border regions. Many of the early corridos celebrated these border bandits and folk heroes—telling tales of triumph and tragedies along trails and around campfires.

Inspired by their corridos, the songs of the people, late founder Brad Hoover founded Tequila Corrido to create an all-natural, handcrafted tequila of the future by honoring the spirits of the past. With every harvest, we pay homage to the tequila-making traditions and stories behind its evolution and weave their corridos into each expression of Tequila Corrido.

Did you know Mexico has been making wines for 500 years?

Experience and explore our New Mexican wine program. We are proud to serve the wines from the renowned Valle De Guadalupe wine region in Baja California. Enjoy by the glass or bottle.

Catch the Copa América today at 5 pm

Don’t miss Argentina 🇦🇷 VS Colombia 🇨🇴

Read about what’s happening at El Cholo Café Pasadena! New menu items, weekly Chef specials, Tequila Tastings and more!

Come join us at our next tequila tasting on July 13, and experience Mijenta Tequila.

You will be guided through the tasting by Master Catador Mike Morales and Alexander Perez from Tequila Aficionado Magazine.

From one of the most trusted, respected and awarded tequila authorities in Mexico, Mijenta’s Maestra Tequilera Ana María Romero brings over 25 years of experience in the tequila industry.

Ana María believes that every single aspect of the process matters, which is reflected in the craft that goes into each stage of Mijenta’s journey.

Both art and science play a role in creating Mijenta’s style, which elevates the agave, along fruit with floral aromas and hints of minerality.

Click on the link in our bio for tix!

Bottles will be available for sale

After the event, stay and enjoy something special from El Cholo’s famous menu! Each guest will receive Five El Cholo Bucks for their meal!

Join the for an unforgettable educational and sipping experience at El Cholo Café Pasadena.

Connect with other tequila and mezcal enthusiasts in our community while learning and sipping from the following great brands:





A welcome cocktail by .with.fonz and El Cholo appetizers are also included with your ticket purchase.
Bottles of the brands will also be for sale.
Come learn, sip and mingle with other agave fans and meet the brand owners.

Tickets can be found on and the link in our bio. SEE YOU THERE!

Come try our cocktail of the day!
Our refreshing El Cholo Watermelon Margarita!

We’re waiting for you…