Julienne - Make It Your Mission

San Marino is a very affluent, tiny city adjacent to Pasadena. Picture 1920's mansions built on impeccably groomed  properties lining wide streets and parkways... Mission Street is "Main Street" to San Marino, bustling with quaint little shops and salons. For the last 26 years Julienne is it's most notable fixture. I've been a patron since '94! I keep coming back because the food is as lovely as the presentation, the service is impeccable (although our waiter neglected to offer the new lavender lemonade as an option), and the rosemary raisin bread is to die! There is a luscious gourmet market adjoining the cafe where I used to pick up food to bring to the neighboring park. They also enhance any Hollywood Bowl experience by offering THE best baskets! LA is a huge sprawling city and if this destination pushes your boundaries a little further east than you are accustomed you can make a day of it! Sandwich it between a stroll in the gardens at Huntington Library and a little shopping on Mission. You'll need to work up an appetite beforehand, and walk off your lunch afterward - because there is NO way you can turn down that desert tray!!

violet candies from France and butter caramels

sweet food to go

You can purchase the famous rosemary raisin bread - I can't wait for breakfast!

household items mix with imported oils and condiments

savory food to go

buttered rosemary raisin bread

Grilled Fillet of Beef Cob Salad with Paprika Vinaigrette 

Chilled Gazpacho and Albacore Tuna Sandwich

don't say I didn't warn you...!

A table for two on the sidewalk cafe.

As you may know - whenever possible I like to end with desert...

If Julienne is more than a freeway or two away, don't despair! You can purchase the cookbook by  founder Susan Campoy here.