Best Spanish Restaurant Pasadena Near Me

4worldlovers: Otoño is a progressive Spanish-inspired restaurant concept exploring tapas and paella beyond tradition and through a modern, urban lens. Our food is influenced by many cultures and artistic expressions while embracing the bounty of California's land and sea produce to curate a unique dining experience for the vast ethnic palate of Los Angeles.

Otoño is a place where innovation and creativity do not stop at the kitchen but spreads through the dining room, creating a holistic approach to service and the guest’s experience. In that regard, the belief that the dining room starts in the kitchen will be deeply rooted in the team philosophy and mission statement delivering a dining experience unlike any other in the city.

Spain is widely recognized for its wine and sherry, however, most do not know the country’s obsession with gin and tonic, or the glory of its wonderfully complex vermouths, or even the brandy used in Jerez to produce its spectacularly unique sherry.

Recognizable Spanish beers will be poured on draft while small batch, craft beers can be enjoyed by the bottle. “Vermut” can be enjoyed from draft or by the glass, on the rocks or neat, and is a perfect opening or close to a meal.


Our wine list will have strong Spanish representation from well-known heavy weights of the region to small, lesser-known up-and-comers, and boutique producers.

On a recent trip to Europe, Chef Montaño sought to explore the many dialects of paella in the Catalan region of Spain including the birthplace of the dish: Valencia. From the celebrated, established institutions practicing traditional techniques to the young, ambitious chefs seeking to revolutionize the experience, the significance and relevance of this dish to Spanish cuisine and culture was deeply felt throughout the region.

It was here, where the intermingling of the Old and New World played out over a rich canvas of cuisine, art, and culture, that the idea for Otoño was set into motion presenting an opportunity for Montaño to further express her devotion to the genre and create something new for the magnificent food city of Los Angeles.

Teresa Montaño is a New Mexico-born, Los Angeles-based Chef, best known for her modern Spanish

Cuisine. Teresa’s unique perspective on Spanish cuisine integrates creative use of technique and


Ingredients rooted in Californian sensibility, seasonality, and aesthetic. Much of Chef Teresa’s cuisine is


Based off of her many trips through the Basque and Catalan regions of Spain. Teresa also pulls from the

Vast palate of the international city of Los Angeles, integrating Japanese, Chinese, Peruvian and Mexican

Ideas into her dishes. With strong roots in the organic food industry early in her career, Teresa developed

A strong sense of stewardship towards the environment and sustainable business practices.

At age 30, Chef Teresa opened her first restaurant, Ración, in Old Town Pasadena. At Ración, Chef

Teresa highlighted Basque cuisine with her own modern spin in dishes like Bacalao al Pil Pil, Buñuelos

De Lengua, and a very special Txuleta, a cast iron seared rib eye served with padron peppers. At Ración,

Teresa also cowrote the all-Spanish wine list. Ración became a destination for local wine clubs and

Collectors to share and celebrate Spanish wine. Ración was beloved by the Pasadena community and was

Highly lauded by acclaimed food writers and critics, alike, including Jonathan Gold, who featured Ración

As his first, full page review upon joining the LA Times as Lead Food Critic. The restaurant was included in

The celebrated LA Times 101 Best Restaurant for the entirety of Teresa’s tenure as well as dozens of local

And national recognitions including the Diner’s Club World’s 50 Best Restaurants Discovery Series.

In the summer of 2018, Chef Teresa opened Otoño, a love letter to paella and the tapas culture. The

Heavily anticipated, Otoño, opened with massive excitement and media coverage from Food and Wine

Magazine, Eater, LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, as well as the 2019 and 2021 Michelin Guide and

Michelin Rated, Otoño, is based off of Chef Teresa’s Spanish travel journal where she explored the many dialects of paella in the Catalan region including the birthplace of the dish: Valencia. From the celebrated, established

Institutions practicing traditional techniques to the young, ambitious chefs seeking to revolutionize the

Experience, the significance and relevance of this dish to Spanish cuisine and culture was deeply felt

Throughout the region. It was here, where the intermingling of the Old and New World played out over a

Rich canvas of cuisine, art, and culture, that the idea for Otoño was set into motion presenting an

Opportunity for Chef Teresa to further express her devotion to the genre and create something new for the

Otoño recently reopened, June 2021, after the shutdowns of 2020 ravaged the restaurant industry. The

4worldlovers: I have been wanting to try this place since it opened. I enjoyed the ambiance of the outdoor seating, the wonderful server, Roberto, and especially the food. Wow, the flavors! I ordered from the Tapas menu the muscles, clams and shrimp that was served with wonderful artisan bread in a flavorful sauce. I can't wait to come back and sample more of the menu

Absolute hidden gem, came here to meet up with friends and was in for a nice surprise! Wonderful service, amazing ambience like your back in Spain somewhere, and food was tasty! You can't go wrong with anything on the menu, I recommend trying the blood sausage and the octopus with chorizo!

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