This edition of the nightlife roundup leads with the drinking room that is newest to this map: Javier's, the elevated-Mexican room at One Colorado whose bar carries one of the West Coast's largest selections of the world's finest tequilas. It then sharpens the Bacari timeline and re-checks the current map so every room below reads true today: La Cave and the Dungeon in Old Town, Deda on South Lake, Bar Betsy and Sid's Bar just across the lines, and Osa Rooftop still Pasadena's only rooftop bar. Every address and detail below was verified on October 6, 2026 against the venue's own page, One Colorado, or a published story. Your host is Alejandro Espitia, Broker Associate and REALTOR with Apex Realty and Investments, California license 01213999, with 18+ years across Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Gabriel, and Riverside, in English and Spanish.
Javier's: One Colorado's tequila room
Javier's, from restaurateurs Mark Post and Javier Sosa, opened in December 2025 in the former Il Fornaio space at 24 W. Union Street in One Colorado, and while it reads as a restaurant first, its bar is the reason to know it in a nightlife guide: a bar wrapped in one of the West Coast's largest selections of the world's finest tequilas, with hand-shaken margaritas, rare-tequila pours, and craft cocktails, plus beer and a fine-wine list. Dinner service runs nightly, Sunday through Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., valet is at 29 W. Colorado Boulevard, and the phone is (626) 773-3579. In summer the room also hosted Sunset Sessions, the free live-music series in One Colorado's courtyard with a 21-and-up bar, so the corner keeps a calendar as well as a cocktail list. Confirm current hours on Javier's own page, linked below.
Bacari's timeline holds toward early 2027
Bacari, the Mediterranean small-plates group from brothers Danny and Robert Kronfli and chef Lior Hillel, remains the confirmed next door on the map: the room at 41 Hugus Alley, Suite S41, in One Colorado, next to Javier's in the courtyard. The liquor license filing and renovation start were covered in earlier editions, and the soft opening target still holds for early 2027, so the practical read does not change: the One Colorado courtyard keeps building, and Bacari is the bar to watch when winter turns.
The current map, re-checked
The rest of the map holds from the recent editions of this series. La Cave at 163 W. Green Street remains the newest serious wine room inside the city, open Wednesday through Sunday afternoons into evening. The Dungeon, the women-owned basement speakeasy under Der Wolf at 72 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, keeps its hand-painted walls and late hours. Deda at 55 S. Lake Avenue, Suite 150 stays the Georgian restaurant and bar with the U-shaped counter and khantsi drinking horns. Bar Betsy at 871 E. Mariposa Street in Altadena continues as the day-to-night Parisian wine bar, and Sid's Bar at 1020-1022 El Centro Street in South Pasadena keeps its rotating cocktails and DJ nights beside Sid The Cat Auditorium. Osa Rooftop at 540 E. Colorado Boulevard remains Pasadena's only rooftop bar, and Good Neighbor Bar at 2311 Lincoln Avenue in Altadena keeps pouring beside West Altadena Wine and Spirits. None of those doors moved this week; Javier's tequila bar is the one newly mapped.
Bars to know around Pasadena, verified October 6, 2026
| Bar | Address | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Javier's (tequila bar) | 24 W. Union St., One Colorado, Old Pasadena | One of the West Coast's largest tequila selections, hand-shaken margaritas, opened December 2025 |
| Bacari (opening) | 41 Hugus Alley, One Colorado | Mediterranean small-plates bar next to Javier's, soft opening targeted early 2027 |
| La Cave | 163 W. Green St., Old Pasadena | Intimate wine room, French and international list, Wed-Sun |
| The Dungeon | 72 N. Fair Oaks Ave., under Der Wolf | Women-owned basement speakeasy, hand-painted walls |
| Deda | 55 S. Lake Ave., Suite 150, Playhouse Village | Georgian restaurant and bar, U-shaped counter, khantsi drinking horns |
| Bar Betsy | 871 E. Mariposa St., Altadena | Cafe by day, Parisian wine bar by night |
| Sid's Bar | 1020-1022 El Centro St., South Pasadena | Schoolhouse cocktail room beside Sid The Cat Auditorium |
| Osa Rooftop | 540 E. Colorado Blvd., atop the AC Hotel | Pasadena's only rooftop bar |
| Good Neighbor Bar | 2311 Lincoln Ave., Altadena | Cocktail and natural-wine room beside West Altadena Wine and Spirits |
Every address and detail above was verified October 6, 2026 against the venues' own pages, One Colorado, and the published coverage named below. Hours change with the season, so confirm before you go.
One honest note for this edition: no brand-new dedicated cocktail bar inside Pasadena proper could be verified for this week, so this edition leads with the newest drinking room on the mapped board, Javier's tequila bar at One Colorado, which opened in December 2025 and had not been fully mapped in this series. Bacari remains the next confirmed door, with a soft opening still targeted for early 2027.
Where the picks are verified
- Javier's Pasadena, official site
- Javier's at One Colorado
- Sunset Sessions at One Colorado (seasonal, summer)
- Bacari files for liquor license at One Colorado, Pasadena Now
- Bacari grabs a prime Old Town Pasadena patio, Hoodline
- The Best Places for Drinks in Pasadena in 2026, Pasadena Magazine
What the newest rooms say about the neighborhood
A town that can hold a tequila bar wrapped in one of the West Coast's largest agave selections, a French wine room off Green Street, a painted speakeasy under a beer hall, and a rooftop above the Playhouse Village has a nightlife map with real depth, and the newest verified entry points to the same story the dining guides have been telling: the One Colorado courtyard and the blocks around the Playhouse are where the wave keeps building. For a home shopper, that range of walkable evening options is exactly the kind of amenity that holds value in the blocks around it. Alejandro Espitia of Apex Realty and Investments brings 18+ years of local real estate and home financing experience to that read, in English or Spanish, for buyers, sellers, and investors across Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Gabriel, and Riverside.
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