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Dots Cafe | Pasadena
Dots Cafe | Pasadena
Since I’m now a coffee drinker apparently, I visited the cutest coffee shop “Dots Cafe” in east Pasadena and wanted to share my experience.
Traffic was a delight! Rare, right? Partly thanks to the quarantine since everyone is working from home, otherwise it would have taken over an hour to reach Pasadena from the South Bay! Lucky for me it only took about 30 minutes, and since my friend Jackie…
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Dots Café, 3819 E Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107, Score: 41/50
I don’t usually drive this far east on Colorado Blvd., so it took me a few months to spot Dots Café. It’s beautiful, feminine, and adorable though, so I knew I had to go as soon as I saw it. Dots Café is from the same owner as Dots Cupcakes.
Score: 41/50
Food: 4/5 – I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the tuna melt and side salad. The sandwich had thick slices of good bread, toasted and buttered nicely, thick slices of ripe tomato, 2 slices of jack cheese, and a very good albacore tuna salad with mayo, mustard seeds, and celery. It came with a nice side salad w/ a great mustard vinaigrette and a pickle. They have sandwiches, salads, soup, a kid’s menu, baked goods and cupcakes. The vanilla hazelnut cupcake was pretty good though the chocolate hazelnut made it heavy and sweet and the vanilla flavor could have been stronger.
Coffee: 4/5 – They use a local roaster, Jones. They have espresso drinks, Bird Pick tea (also local), juices, and bottled drinks. I didn’t get a drink.
Wi-fi: 5/5 – Free, unlimited, fast, ask for the password
Ambiance: 5/5 – It feels like a place that I’d like to stay all day. It’s clean, spacious, bright and has all kinds of cute touches, including painted flowers on one wall, flowers at each table, copper/rose gold chairs and lamps.
Noise: 5/5 – Very quiet! There is music but it is quiet and unobstrusive.
Plugs: 0/5 – I didn’t see any
Parking: 5/5 – They have their own lot and you can park as long as you want.
Comfort: 4/5 – The chairs are not padded but otherwise it’s comfortable. The stools are padded but I’d rather sit in a chair. The tables aren’t too close together.
Bathroom: 5/5 – Two of them, clean and nice.
Art: 4/5 – There are some framed pieces of art and the wall with painted flowers.
Tips: Get the bento box which comes with your choice of sandwich, green salad, pickle & your choice of a mini cupcake ($13.50). It’s cheaper to eat it there than to take it to go (they charge for the bento box). Help yourself to water. Order at the counter and they’ll bring your food to you. Lunch is served from 11 AM – 6:30 PM. They have doggie cupcakes ($1.50).
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Dots Café, 3819 E Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107
I don’t usually drive this far east on Colorado Blvd., so it took me a few months to spot Dots Café. It’s beautiful, feminine, and adorable though, so I knew I had to go as soon as I saw it. Dots Café is from the same owner as Dots Cupcakes. I love the ambiance, the food is tasty, and the place is wi-fi friendly. I think I’ll be camping here on a regular basis.
They have sandwiches, salads, soup, a kid’s menu, baked goods and cupcakes (full size, minis, doggie cupcakes). For coffee, they use local roaster, Jones. For tea, Bird Pick Tea is local as well.
* Bento box ($13.50): Comes w/ your choice of sandwich, side salad, pickle, and your choice of a mini cupcake. Cute! I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the tuna melt and side salad. The sandwich had thick slices of good bread, toasted and buttered nicely, thick slices of ripe tomato, 2 slices of jack cheese, and a very good albacore tuna salad with mayo, mustard seeds, and celery. It came with a nice side salad w/ a great mustard vinaigrette and a pickle.
* Hazelnut crunch cupcake was pretty good though the chocolate hazelnut made it heavy and sweet and the vanilla flavor could have been stronger. The vanilla cake was light and moist. The hazelnut filling was dense and rich. The vanilla buttercream was smooth and soft.
The free wi-fi worked well. The décor was so inviting. It feels like a place that I’d like to stay all day. It’s clean, spacious, bright and has all kinds of cute touches, including painted flowers on one wall, flowers at each table, copper/rose gold chairs and lamps. I half expected Martha Stewart to walk through the doors.
It’s cheaper to eat the bento box there than to take it to go (they charge for the bento box). Help yourself to water. Order at the counter and they’ll bring your food to you. Lunch is served from 11 AM – 6:30 PM.
4 out of 5 stars
By Lolia S.
Dish: small hot & spicy fries with spicy tofu sauce
Source: Dots Cafe
Price: $3.50
Seven years ago, I moved to the neighborhood just to be close to Dots. Their hand-cut fries have good days, and really good days, and this one was one of the latter. I'm of the dipping in ketchup and then spicy tofu sauce persuasion.
Brace yourself: a few months ago, Dots started taking cards for the first time ever.
