Bar Chelou opens at the Pasadena Playhouse, Villa's Tacos moves to a new spot, Afuri Ramen plans to expand, and more.
Modern bistro Bar Chelou is now open in Pasadena, bringing clam toasts, morcilla “cigars,” a vegetarian take on steak au poivre, and boudin blanc with Japanese curry to the space next to the historic Pasadena Playhouse. Chef-owner Douglas Rankin and Whole Cluster Hospitality recently took over the restaurant that was formerly Saso and launched a global take on the French bistro.
“Chelou,” French for “unexpected” or “weird,” builds on European classics in shareable and surprising formats — a shredded-carrot salad in a pile with coconut dressing, lime leaf and a covering of shoestring potatoes, say, or crispy-skinned trout, served butterflied over corn rice and a tie-dye-like swirl of chive oil.
“At the time, it was a really hard thing when the restaurant closed,” he said. “For me, it was emotional and we had gone through so much and the team had stayed together. So it was really rough, and I really wasn’t ready to do that right away.” After its closure, Rankin says that a number of restaurant groups offered possible collaborations, which he dismissed — but eventually, one got through. One of Rankin’s former line cooks, now working with Whole Cluster, called regarding the restaurant group; initially brought on to consult, then open his own restaurant, Rankin felt a kinship with the team. “We are exactly aligned in how we want to run the business in terms of equality,” he said.
Bar Chelou is open Tuesday to Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m.; menu expansions are in the works, as is patio service.Victor Villa’s labor-of-love taco stand has been drawing lines down various blocks of Highland Park since 2018, and now Villa’s Tacos — one of the— has landed its first bricks-and-mortar.
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