Buster's Ice Cream & Coffee Shop

Friendly small-town energy in one of the 10 most endangered cities in America.

Popular food: Sandwiches made on delicious fresh rolls (try the turkey cranberry); Fosselman's ice cream (it should be a food group!); and pastries.

Drinks: Coffee drinks, custom-ordered smoothies made with espresso, vanilla and lime Italian soda with a scoop of Rocky Road ice cream; Italian sodas.

Seating: Ten seats outdoors and two levels indoors with tables and chairs for 30 people.

Ambience: Friendly and welcoming with plenty of windows to view quaint South Pasadena; families, kids, rebels, Art Center students, bicyclists, slumming rockers and lovely old ladies.

Extras/Notes: Live acoustic music on Saturday nights and live Nairobi jazz trio every Sunday night. Buster's is exactly the kind of place that the South Pasadena City Council is trying to save by blocking the 710 Freeway extension through their town. A gathering place in the South Pasadena antiques shopping district for all types of people. Watch a whole day go by easily while sipping a coffee shake. It's the closest thing you'll get to small-town energy this close to downtown Los Angeles We should thank them for preserving it.

Parking: Plenty of street parking.

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