Where To Have Dinner When Your Family Visits LA

"You’ll find the entire range of the human experience at Union. We’ve taken everyone we know to this Pasadena pasta restaurant - best friends, promising first dates, exes who we can’t stand talking to for more than five minutes. But where Union really shines is with impressing family members. It’s in a sleepy part of Pasadena, so you won’t have to worry about cars speeding past your table or anybody seeing a “hypebeast,” plus they serve some of the best Italian food we’ve ever eaten. There’s wild mushroom polenta, bright-orange saffron linguine, and a tonnarelli cacio e pepe topped with so much grated parmesan, you might actually see God." - kat hong