You’re about to settle in for a glitzy meal of 80-day-aged steak or squid eyeballs in Pop Tart foam or whatever, and you think to yourself… a hunk of cheese, a jug of wine, and thou. Preferably from a chef with a really big smile who just wants you to be happy. Is that too much to ask? No, it isn’t, in fact it’s at Bar Pastoral, the new wine bar and cheese paradise that just opened next to the original Pastoral store on Broadway. Chef and current Top Chef-testant Chrissy Camba is serving up comfy plates of good cheese and other stuff, her colleagues are pouring good wines and beers… it sounds pretty great even in the morning, but for several hours, at least, you’ll have to make do with our man Huge Galdones’ slideshow, below.
Bar Pastoral.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
These light fixtures are made from repurposed milk pumps.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
Dante (Wisconsin sheep’s milk cheese) with curried carrot puree, watercress, spicy pickled peppers, pepitas, and brioche.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
Cheese board: Zingerman’s Lincoln Log with housemade lemon curd, Formatges Cas Pujol Montcabrer (goat cheese) with housemade pear jam and Quattro Portoni Quadrello de Bufala (water buffalo cheese).
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
Pizza Nuts: Peanuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, Podda.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
NV Mawby ‘Cuvée Pastoral (Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay), an exclusive cuvée served on tap. Flavors of crisp green apple and candied lemon make for a great aperitif.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
Grilled cheese: Pear, ricotta, Saxony, toasted almonds on sourdough.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
Roasted cauliflower: Egg-in-a-basket, brioche, Emmantaler mornay, chives.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
Duck Rillette Parfait: sweet potato, crème fraiche, crispy kale.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
Chrissy Camba, chef and cheftestant.
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones/? 2012 Galdones Photography LLC
