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Hip beachfront joint that surfs up specialty drinks and tasty food
4.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Old Towne Pub, I'm going to treat you better than you treated me! The good: this place reminds me of a bunch of divey/college-y bars I used to frequent up in SLO. It's kinda dirty, kinda run...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have a love-hate relationship with this place. The reason I like pubs is they have good beer selections and they aren't generally pretentious or overly noisy. Old Towne Pub is often hit or miss on...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Its a cool place to start the night. Go in, grab a drink,hang out, and see a band play. Its not the type of place I usually stay at for longer than an hour but its one of the better pubs in the area.
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I remember coming here several months ago with some Yelpers as part of the Pasadena Santa Pub Crawl.I had ordered the "Lochness" shot which comes in a double shot glass, looks green (go figure, think...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is COOL. It is definitely an old pub, but has lots of character. Went on a saturday and saw my friends band play. they had lots of good beer and the bartenders were cool. it is small,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been back here a couple of more times since my earlier review and I've had a change of heart. This place is great when it's not a holiday and during the day when the sun is still up because it's...
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite bar in Pasadena. But the first time I went here I was forced to pay a cover charge for a band that didn't show up while we were there and my friend had a cracked glass with a piece...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OTP is the shit!!! Total dive bar beer joint with cool live bands, a great selection of beers and always great drunken madness! It's a shame they built the Container Store in front of it, a shitty big...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A hidden little bar. [literary a crack in the wall] the drinks are cheap... they have a dart board which is cool... they have an outside patio and sometimes they have people performing. They carry Red...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great local, dive bar. Another hidden gem in Pasadena, located behind The Container Store and you will find the entrance on Holly St., through an alley way. Don't worry you won't get assaulted in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
How about a little customer service around here, bartender?! Quit trying to get laid while you're on the job!I'm not cock-blocking, but the bartender saw us waiting to order a drink and blatantly...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good luck finding this place--it's hidden behind the Container Store. My dad used to go to Old Towne Pub back when it was called the Loch Ness Monster. Now I go there sometimes when I'm in Pasadena....
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I would enver go back to this place again. When we did go everything on tap was sold out and the music was so bad and loud that it was just too hard to even hear and made your ears hurt. :/
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This was actually one of the places that originally sold me on the idea of hanging out in Pasadena. They have a very good range of beers here. A lot of options for the picky beer drinker. It's not as...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I used to like this place. A welcome respite from the refuse of masses on Colorado clamoring for their Starbux, romantic comedies, and caramel apple martinis. Wait, that last one sounds good. But on...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a spot for locals or those who want to get away from the boujie crowd on Colorado Blvd. It's a quant little spot in an alley off Holly Street. Thursday night is my favorite night due to the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
okay, so let me start off by saying i've been to this bar a bunch of times.. seriously. Each time i go i say never again, but my bf drags me cuz his friend or friend of a friend is playing,.... but as...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh man I used to DJ here waaaaaaaaaay back in the day. hahahahaThis place was one of my first weekly gigs. We used to play Underground HipHop here and the people really liked it. lol.The beers were...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Full of emos, goths, hipsters and other posers. It used to be a dive bar. Then the EGH's wanted to make it into an "ironic" dive bar. Go away, EGH's!Waaaaaaaah! Life is so hard.Join the Peace...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Carry does not know what she is talking about. disregard her review. old towne pub is one of the best places in old town to grab a beer because of its great location. the fact that it is buried deep...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This spot got 2 stars because well, yelp put it best "Meh. I've experienced better". The Pub is tricky to locate because it is tucked away inside the alleys of Old Towne Pasadena. The crowd is a bit...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Seriously, had we not come by with our Santa Pub crawl, they would have been dead on a Saturday night. Decent beer, bad location.
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
so... i dont really know where to start..ok here... THE FIRST TIME: i came to this bar was to see a good friends band play..from the outside of the bar i was well UNDERAGE. Noticed i said from...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
been coming here to escape the usual old town crowd. they can stay at the 35er, freds mexican cafe, and barneys. seriously. please stay there.
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Wednesday night at Old Town Pub... Stealthily tucked away in an unsuspecting brick alleyway. Friendly staff and crowd made the small quarters tolerable. Admittedly, the small space between the stage...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Went there Wednesday night around 9:00 AM. Cool, if aloof, bartender. No hard liquor. Weird, but interesting setting (its like someone took all sorts of random stuff and through them around a room for...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I friggin' love this place. It's dirty, the beer is sometimes warm, and the bartenders can often be caught talking to patrons instead of tending bar. Now that's what I'm talking about! Love, love,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cute dive bar. Good music. Completely hidden from the main drag. Gotta love it.Environment: This place is hidden behind stores nobody pays attention to. Through a hall, down the walkway, and on the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm gonna give it 3 stars because it's so damn SMALL. Great little punk dive in a groovy little location right across from one of my favorite places in Pasadena. Good beer selection, prices aren't...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You can live in Pasadena for years and never know this place exists. I stumbled onto it because my drunk friends met this drunk guy who said - dude, you gotta check this place out, they got rad...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great place to check out bands and grab a beer. Nice selection of beers. Outside patio area will be nice as it gets hotter. Find the Thai restaurant on the north side of Holly. Look south and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A bit tough to find but definitely worth it if you do. One of my favorite spots in old town.
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
No whiskey here, but some soju specials and great selection of beers, including some interesting Belgian ales.Kind of a dive, but I love dives and it's a fun place to watch okay bands and play darts....
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite dive bar in Pasadena. Its a little hard to find if you don't know the area, but theres directions in some of the other reviews. If I can figure it out, so can you. I'll try and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
First, let me say that I am way biased. I am very good friends with the owner and the bartenders here but let me give one more reason why the Old Towne Pub is great. It hasn't been mentioned yet.If...
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A cool secret Honeycomb Hideout that can be hard to find (the entrance is down an alley on Holly Street between Fair oaks and Raymond--behind McMurphy's). This place is a great place to get sh*tfaced...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Step one in the 2008 St Pats Pasadena Pub Crawl: Old Towne Pub - three men enter the bar, two men stumble out and one is lost for the night. We are making OTP the first stop on tonight's Monday night...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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This place is pretty cool, but yes, hard to find! Things to know: Cash only, no hard liquor, bring quarters for Pac-Man game, and get ready to feel like your hanging in your really cool friend's basement.
citysearch.com - user review - 03/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Who says that you can't find the love of your life at a pub?My fiance and I met here four years ago (to the date). On that night, my friend was celebrating his ump-ti-upm birthday and he lured us to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i thought the coolest thing to do in pasadena was go to cheesecake factory or hooters. apparently its not and in fact the coolest place is this secret alley bar with a smoking patio where you can...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ever been to a new place and it feels like you have been coming for years? Once you actually find this place, which if i remember correctly might take awhile since it is in a dark alley with a sign...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Cute little Old Town pub, with a good beer selection. Be sure to bring cash, their ATM has been known to screw you on dispensing the right amount of money (Trust me, I know from experience!) and they...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A hidden divey pub with good live bands and soju kamikazes. I remember going here back in the 90's when my brother's band would play. I remember liking it because I felt that we were well-tucked away...
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Nowadays, Old Town is perfectly sterilized with way overpriced chain restaurants and yuppies out trying to get laid. Old Towne Pub has been around since the seventies, when the only people who hung...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Note: this is considered a dive bar by many - I see their point, but if I use my own perspective I find this place quaint and with great potentialMy next door neighbor, his friend, and I checked out...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My friend Alexis and I started going to this pub so often, the bartenders became some of our best friends. Dennis (the world's best bartender) is no longer there, but the new guy is just as awesome....
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When trying to review the Old Towne, it's helpful to remember the essential nature of dive bars: white is black, up is down, day is night. In the case of dive bars, sucking is the best indicator of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Ahhh Old Town Pub. So many nights of friend's bands playing here. I can't say I ever frequent this place without a draw like a friend's band, but all in all it's not such a bad spot. It's divey,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like coming here in the afternoon on a hot summer day. It's a cool little dive you can just sit and wait for the heat to go away sitting inside or out on the patio with a cold drink. Decent selection...
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great dive in the middle of posh Old Town Pasadena. It's hard to find, you have to take the alley going south off of Holly between Raymond and Fair Oaks.Once you get there you will find a salty mix of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2006
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At first this pub might be difficult to find because it's located behind McMurphys. The Old Town pub is tucked away but it's a really relaxed to hang out because they don't have cover charges on the weekends....
citysearch.com - user review - 08/01/2005
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The Pub kicks ass! They have the best live music around and it's not dirty like it used to be thanks to the new owners who are usually there to have good time there with everyone. last time I was there I...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/08/2004
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