Union LLC

Chef Bruce Kalman and Marie Petulla partnered to open UNION, a 50-seat restaurant and bar featuring a deeply personal, seasonally Californian interpretation of Northern Italian cuisine. Bruce brings his slow and soulful approach to fresh, local ingredients to create a rustic yet elegant. They have created an intimate neighborhood restaurant that brings the farmer and guest together, to...

Note: Bruce Kalman is no longer executive chef ---- Just off Pasadena’s main drag, Union reveals its passion for farmers markets with a giant blackboard listing where you can buy fresh produce every day of the week. There’s plenty on the menu, too, as the salads are veritable confetti explosions of color, texture and flavor. One features a combination of red and golden roasted beets punctuated...

As one of the "hottest" tickets in Pasadena, "it's worth calling days ahead" and squeezing into "this tiny space in the heart of Old Town" for "brilliant", "freshly made" pastas, "to-die-for" porchetta and other "delectable", seasonal Italiana from chef and "LA treasure" Bruce Kalman; just be prepared: the "bill might surprise you" given such "comfortable" surrounds and "friendly",...

Union Restaurant Pasadena, Pasadena. 2.7K likes. Soulful, field to table cooking, inspired by Northern Italy and the California coast.

Soulful, field to table cooking, inspired by Northern Italy and the California coast.