The Eaton Fire started just days after last year's Rose Parade and almost a full year later, hundreds of Pasadena restaurants are still recovering from the lost business and other damages.

The Tournament of Roses' floats and bands are getting ready to march down a 5.5-mile path and local restaurant owners are expecting the event to serve as a lifeline after months of trying to get back on their feet.

Bret Thompson's family opened their second restaurant on Pasadena's Raymond Avenue two years ago. They had successfully navigated their first, a Cantina in downtown Los Angeles' financial district, through COVID, and never imagined what 2025 would bring.

"Starting with the wildfires and then we had you know ICE raids happening, tariffs, increasing beef costs, a minimum wage increase on an a

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