Green Street Restaurant

(626) 577-7170

146 Shoppers Ln
Pasadena, CA 91101 34.1436 -118.1314

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Neighborhood: South Pasadena

greenstreetrestaurant.com

Years in business

Established in 1979

Hours:

Mon-Thu 6:30am-9pm

Fri-Sat 6:30am-10pm

Sun 8am-9pm

Price:

$$

Last updated 6.04.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Romantic Dining, Brunch

Cuisine:

Traditional American

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Green Street Restaurant

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In Short – Hordes of families, business lunchers and Lake Avenue shoppers regularly fill the cheerful, large dining room and patio. Blond-wood accents and colorful watercolors are as typically Californian as the food. The comfort fare covers a full spectrum of breakfast, lunch and dinner options. Sandwiches range from basic burgers to a generous chicken club. The highlight, though, is the salad selection, each made to order and served with thick slices of homemade zucchini bread.

Editor's Tips

Parking:
Although there's a garage next door, Green Street doesn't validate. Instead, try for a spot in the free lot just across Cordova Street.
Where to Sit:
Patio tables are popular, so expect a wait.
ambiance
70.0% positive
  1. “They are a comfortable place with good prices and mostly good quality food.”
  2. “would recommend reservations and the parking isn't great, but the food more than makes up for it.”
  3. “Disagree: "a cozy little alley" should not be a patio next to a busy parking garage entrance/exit, nor should it be lined with cars coming and going (and spewing their exhaust) along the 10 minute parking curb.”
  4. “The food is excellent and the atmosphere is quaint.”
  5. “Oh, by the way parking is bad.”
dessert
0.0% positive
  1. “Was back in town and went this week -- wow -- what a disappointment: poor service, overpriced, mediocre food, and then: the tour de force: they use C O O L W H I P on their desserts!”
drinks
0.0% positive
  1. “However, I do have one major complaint - the terrible coffee which is also overpriced for colored dishwater.”
food quality
89.20000076293945% positive
  1. “good food.”
  2. “Great food.”
  3. “The Dianne, Frank's, and the Cornucopia salad are all excellent.”
  4. “would recommend reservations and the parking isn't great, but the food more than makes up for it.”
  5. “The service is excellent and their zuchinni bread is the best”
  6. “The salads are great, especially the Dianne salad (featured special).”
  7. “Parking is really close and the food is great.”
  8. “You can order big bowls of salad for parties and don't forget the yummy zuchini bread.”
  9. “the zucchini bread is sooo good.”
  10. “love the food”
  11. “The food is excellent.”
  12. “Was back in town and went this week -- wow -- what a disappointment: poor service, overpriced, mediocre food, and then: the tour de force: they use C O O L W H I P on their desserts!”
  13. “They are a comfortable place with good prices and mostly good quality food.”
  14. “The food seemed pretty good, but we were so busy trying to attract the attention of a worker, that I really don't remember what I ate.”
  15. “The Dianne salad, the zucchini bread, the fusion entrees, I love this restaurant.”
  16. “They create a variety of tasty salads.”
  17. “However the zucchini bread is great, ha i did end up buying a loaf to take home!”
  18. “Sit on the patio and enjoy the sun with your food.”
  19. “ordered the Steak and Dianne entree for dinner, and it came with their famous zucchini bread.”
  20. “The staff is so friendly and helpful and the food is delicious!”
  21. “Come here for good zucchini bread and to enjoy eating so-so food on a nice patio.”
  22. “Best salads and eggs benedict anywhere!”
  23. “The Diane is iceberg lettuce with poached chicken, rice noodles, and toasted almond slivers and some tasty oil based dressing.”
  24. “For light, well-priced food of outstanding quality, Green Street is a great choice.”
  25. “their sandwiches and salads are yummy.”
  26. “had the special shrimp taco salad which I was craving, but was a big dissapointment.”
  27. “they had good food and good service.”
  28. “Their full size salad servings are large.”
  29. “So I go to this restaurant expecting to be able to get a really great salad.”
  30. “especially love the Spinach and Field Green salad, but they are famous for The Diane.”
  31. “Nice patio, but certainly not the best salad in LA!”
  32. “Great steak and zucchini bread”
  33. “The bread was great!”
  34. “They have great service, superb food and the best outside seating that I have seen in awhile.”
  35. “Great salads, good breakfasts, and the best zucchini bread ever!”
  36. “Awesome food, generous portions”
  37. “Very fresh and healthy food, although the salads are a bit big.”
  38. “The food is excellent and the atmosphere is quaint.”
  39. “go here expecting a great meal or a great salad.”
  40. “Zucchini bread is amazing.”
  41. “Try their oriental chicken salad and order extra zucchini bre.”
  42. “The prices are reasonable and the menu offers anything from burgers to fish and steak.”
  43. “The food was mediocre at best.”
  44. “The zucinin bread is the best.”
  45. “The salads are delicious and service is usually exceptional.”
  46. “Guided by the reviews on this site, I chose to order the Diane salad (dinner size) along with a Pasadena sandwich (not suggested by this site but I wanted red meat!)”
  47. “Green Street also sells loaves of its famous zucchini bread, and make-your-own Dianne salad basket--it comes with the dressing and the crunchy Asian noodle topping.”
  48. “Along with their salads they serve a really yummy zucchini bread.”
  49. “The service is good, and my food has always been bagged and ready to go when I arrive.”
  50. “Don't forget to order the zucchini bread.”
  51. “don't know you, but I must say, you make the best salad on this side of town.”
  52. “The salads are amazing and the zuccini bread definitel.”
  53. “They also serve delicious zucchini bread in lieu of the traditional stale white bread served at other American restaurants.”
  54. “True, the service needs some work, but its good food!”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “The staff is extremely friendly and ready to make suggestions if you just don't know what to order from their extensive menu.”
  2. “They create a variety of tasty salads.”
  3. “Very friendly and responsive service and excellent menu.”
  4. “The prices are reasonable and the menu offers anything from burgers to fish and steak.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “It's a nice little place that.”
  2. “Green Street is a great place to have business meetings.”
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. “All in all, however, I still come back cuz taking the bad with the good they still have the best salads around.”
service
78.13000202178955% positive
  1. “The service is excellent and their zuchinni bread is the best”
  2. “True, the service needs some work, but its good food!”
  3. “The service is good too!”
  4. “The salads are amazing, but know that if you get the full size, it's enough for two or more people.”
  5. “good service.”
  6. “We ate breakfast here one morning and recieved poor service.”
  7. “The staff is so friendly and helpful and the food is delicious!”
  8. “they had good food and good service.”
  9. “They have great service, superb food and the best outside seating that I have seen in awhile.”
  10. “Was back in town and went this week -- wow -- what a disappointment: poor service, overpriced, mediocre food, and then: the tour de force: they use C O O L W H I P on their desserts!”
  11. “The salads are delicious and service is usually exceptional.”
  12. “The staff is extremely friendly and ready to make suggestions if you just don't know what to order from their extensive menu.”
  13. “The service was fast and professional.”
  14. “But you will annoy people if your child is a wiggle worm and has a problem keeping their excited squeals down.”
  15. “The service is good, and my food has always been bagged and ready to go when I arrive.”
  16. “Very friendly and responsive service and excellent menu.”
value
75.0% positive
  1. “The portions are HUGE!”
  2. “The prices are reasonable and the menu offers anything from burgers to fish and steak.”
  3. “They are a comfortable place with good prices and mostly good quality food.”
  4. “Awesome food, generous portions”
  5. “Green Street is great for their generous portions.”
  6. “huge portions, one-of-a-kind salads”
  7. “However, I do have one major complaint - the terrible coffee which is also overpriced for colored dishwater.”
  8. “Was back in town and went this week -- wow -- what a disappointment: poor service, overpriced, mediocre food, and then: the tour de force: they use C O O L W H I P on their desserts!”
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. “Disagree: "a cozy little alley" should not be a patio next to a busy parking garage entrance/exit, nor should it be lined with cars coming and going (and spewing their exhaust) along the 10 minute parking curb.”
2 Star Rating: Below Average

07/04/11

Surprised at unsatisfaction

by RicknJamie11 at Citysearch

We went expecting a great experience. We eat out at many restaurants in the area, including the burger place next door (AMAZING!!) We has breakfast at Green Street Rest. and we were so disappointed. Everything was just kinda boring and tasteless. Potatoes were eh, scramble was good (but come on, if you screw up on eggs there is a serious problem). The pancakes were boring, had very few blueberries and very doughy. They don't even validate parking like the restaurant right next door! $40 for a disappointing breakfast and no parking validation?? We expected much more from a place with such high ratings.

3 Star Rating: Average

10/12/10

Great "Cornucopia Salad" but so-so service

by MFinley at Citysearch

The Cornucopia Salad is the best!

I usually always go there for that salad, and a jar of the Dianne dressing as a take-out item, but my last experience was sub-par, because the server did not apologize after giving me a completely cracked glass of water. Rather, when I pointed it out, he just looked at it and brought out another one without even apologizing.

1 Star Rating: Poor

08/31/09

Dunk the Coffee

by Dessertarian at Citysearch

Green Street is an institution in Pasadena. Its breakfasts and menu offerings are varied, affording something for everyone's tastes or dietary preferences. I have been dining here even before I qualified for the senior discount, which I now appreciate. However, I do have one major complaint - the terrible coffee which is also overpriced for colored dishwater. I have stopped ordering the coffee but would gladly pay them the $2.95/cup, if they offered something akin to Starbucks daily brew or COFFEE!

  • Pros: Varied menu, food good value
  • Cons: Terrible coffee
1 Star Rating: Poor

02/12/09

Do you like Cool Whip?

by redtitus at Citysearch

I used to go to this restaurant daily for lunch in the 80's. Ah-- those were the days!

Was back in town and went this week -- wow -- what a disappointment: poor service, overpriced, mediocre food, and then: the tour de force: they use C O O L W H I P on their desserts!

Yes -- the menu says whipped cream. But what they put tasted horrible and we complained. They actually brought out the bag from which they had piped out the stuff: it said "whipped topping" on the side!! Gag! They admitted their fraud without apology and without shame.

Hmmmm . . . . I wondered what was really in my hamburger . . . . yikes!

  • Cons: they substitute ingredients without customer's knowledge
4 Star Rating: Recommended

01/06/09

Great neighborhood restaurant for take-out

by MNS at Citysearch

For those who live in the South Lake area of Pasadena, Green Street restaurant is a super place to stroll over to or grab food to go. The service is good, and my food has always been bagged and ready to go when I arrive. The prices are reasonable and the menu offers anything from burgers to fish and steak.

  • Pros: ready when you arrive!

The Details on Green Street Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • good food
  • great oneofakind salads
  • good service
  • great zucchini bread
  • great little place
  • like neighborhood restaurant
  • helpful staff
  • favorite diane salad
  • huge generous portions
  • big bowls
  • bad way parking
  • excellent menu
  • good prices
  • not best size salad
  • overpriced terrible coffee
  • best eggs
  • great meal
  • stale white bread
  • great shoppers lane
  • best zucchini bred
  • good breakfasts
  • enjoy sun
  • love restauarant
  • great green street
  • cozy little alley

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