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As seen in Vroman's

Congregation Ale House

When my sister arrived two weeks ago, we wandered downtown Claremont to give her a choice of dinner places, and she thought that Eureka! Burger had a great vibe, so we chose that place.

Now that she has finished up her two-week class in Pasadena, I looked on yelp to try to find a dinner place in Pasadena with a good vibe. I chose a variety of words to search, but decided that if beer or craft beer were search terms, maybe I'd find a good place. That lead me to Congregation Ale House, so we tried it out. It looked very busy when we arrived, but we found a parking spot in the lot (not always easy to find parking in Pasadena, let alone free parking). Turns out you order at the counter and then sit roadhouse-style (long tables that you share with complete strangers) to eat. We chose to eat outside since it wasn't too, too cold (a blanket over the lap from the car's trunk was helpful) and it was a little quieter.

They have 32 beers on tap, including Double Dude from our own Claremont Craft Ales, but we chose an Oregonian Porter that was smooth and delicious like our favorite Pomona Queen. The food was delicious - all of it. I had a Grilled Portabello Cap Salad, which I shared with H who shared his chicken and parmesan sausage and sweet potato fries with me. My sister had a pizza and house salad, both also delicious.

We will definitely return. We might even try the one in Azusa next.