One of our clients treated us to lunch on Friday afternoon. We went to the shop to get sandwiches to bring back to the office. This "shop" was not just any shop. Pastoral is a small artisan cheese and wine shop. When you enter the shop there is a small display of crusty and hardy breads on one side. On the other, is a wall of hand picked wines, typically not found at your average wine shop. The shop has some small tables for eating and nibbling. The atmosphere is fresh but cozy, everything exudes "specialty" but manages to not feel snobby. On the contrary, the shop was extremely inviting.
While we waited for our sandwiches to be made we browsed the modest array of artisan cheeses. The cheese specialist was able to pick out a few yummy ones that were offered to us to taste test. He even offered a small taste of a clean, crisp and very light white wine. (I have to call them to get the name, I forgot to write it down). I could have spent the entire day there tasting and browsing, but we were on a schedule and had to leave when the sandwiches were ready. Sad.
Pastoral had several delightful sounding sandwiches on their menu. I chose a caprese sandwich with a basil fennel pesto, not the most adventurous, but I can almost never pass up caprese. The sandwich was just as yummy as the shop and the basil fennel pesto was the perfect accent. This is definitely a shop I vote to open in the Big Apple.
I browsed their website when I got home and found they have both a "cheese of the month club" and a "wine of the month club" both of which I would be interested to try out. For more information, visit their website: http://www.pastoralartisan.com/
While we waited for our sandwiches to be made we browsed the modest array of artisan cheeses. The cheese specialist was able to pick out a few yummy ones that were offered to us to taste test. He even offered a small taste of a clean, crisp and very light white wine. (I have to call them to get the name, I forgot to write it down). I could have spent the entire day there tasting and browsing, but we were on a schedule and had to leave when the sandwiches were ready. Sad.
Pastoral had several delightful sounding sandwiches on their menu. I chose a caprese sandwich with a basil fennel pesto, not the most adventurous, but I can almost never pass up caprese. The sandwich was just as yummy as the shop and the basil fennel pesto was the perfect accent. This is definitely a shop I vote to open in the Big Apple.
I browsed their website when I got home and found they have both a "cheese of the month club" and a "wine of the month club" both of which I would be interested to try out. For more information, visit their website: http://www.pastoralartisan.com/
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