The Gourmet Cobbler Factory — Restaurant in Pasadena

Whoa!!!!! Gourmet Cobbler Factory & Clifton's Barbeque ... Dreamin' 'bout Barbeque Ribs. Prayers were answered. Had some very serious Barbequed Ribs at the Gourmet Cobbler Factory & Clifton's Barbeque. Tears rolling down my face. Cause cannot find Ribs like this unless you go to Barbeque Land ... Louisiana Mississippi Alabama South Carolina You cannot except at The Gourmet Cobbler Factory. A whole lot of ribs with extra sauce, side of best potato salad & heap of green beans & you can share this with someone you think is deserving & they had better be ... Hotter than an oven today 104° but...the fragrance drifting up & down Catalina Avenue at Colorado was still much more profound than the heat of the day. People there are super nice & very serious about Barbeque. They also have reknown fresh made cobblers, hear they are more than tasty & mouth watering. Gonna go back & get cobblers & more BBQ Ribs. Extremely reasonable prices for beyond tasty...please make yourself Happy & Get your tastebuds to a far better place...Gourmet Cobbler Factory ... Nice and cool inside & a sweet park bench upon to sit while you wait ... {A few tables for outside dining} Almost Heaven No Is Heaven on Catalina Avenue...a very old charming section of East Pasadena in the Theater Block built 100 years ago ... Catalina Avenue ... my great grandmother lived there so long long ago & she would walk down Catalina Avenue to maybe just take a look down the Boulevard ... in the days when wasn't extra nickle for fancy stuff...but she would have dearly loved these Precious BBQ Ribs ... "Oh my these are fancy". I miss her & enjoy thinking about her as I stroll into The Gourmet Cobbler Factory & Clifton's Barbeque ... Please stop by & enjoy this Catalina Avenue Treasure Arbored by Gracious Old Stately Trees 🌹Cobblers &...

The host behind the cash register was very pleasant. She offered me a warm greeting upon entering, while assisting another customer and politely answered all of my inquiries. Sadly though, my taste buds were not as enthusiastically palatable as the other reviews listed here. I found nothing special in any of the dishes. I purchased the rib platter with two side dishes - mac&cheese and potato salad. I personally tasted to find that the ribs were dry and and the barbecue sauce not so complementary to the meat. The mac&cheese was just some pasta smolder in cheese - lacking any flavor. I was really looking forward to the peach cobbler pie that received much raves. Above all, this was the most disappointing. The peaches did not taste fresh - more like canned fruit. The crust was very doughy and thin. And if you are border line diabetic stay away from this pie. It is so sweet and syrupy. I was only able to take two bites. Needless to say, I had to discard the rest. It was very disappointed to say the least. The reviews were very overwhelmingly positive and made it so tempting to try this place. I did for the first time; which unfortunately became my last time. It is my opinion that The Gourmet Cobbler Factory/Clifton's Gourmet Barbecue did not reach the level of expectaton that has been hyped by all the review and did not satisfy my taste buds at all. For the reasons mentioned, I can only give this...

Located on a sleepier and quieter side of Pasadena, The Gourmet Cobbler Factory is run by a nice old Black couple. Their other business is Clifton's BBQ which is two store fronts merged together. It is tucked away on the side of a building and initially is hard to find but there is tons of street parking. My mom and I saw a Huell Howser special on them a while back and for sure this couple has been baking cobblers and bbq for over thirty years now at least.

I like getting their cobblers and taking it home to eat with some ice cream. Just two scoops over the 4x6 pies is enough as a good dessert. The bbq is good too and arguably better than Gus' and Lucille's. Would the pies be more if you got it from Marie Callender's? Of course it would just like any other major restaurant but the charm of the Gourmet Cobble Factory is not just the cobblers and bbq but getting to support local businesses -- our mom and pop businesses especially black owned. If you're in the area, stop by the Gourmet Cobbler Factory and pick up some...