"To talk about Pastor At Pascal, we need to talk about Pascal’s On Ponce, a classic French restaurant your parents probably loved. It was stubbornly old-school and famous among people who go gaga over soufflés. When Pastor took over, it Frankensteined Pascal’s French classics with a new Spanish menu. And it worked. Here, seared foie gras leads seamlessly into Galacian octopus, while crispy duck confit and Iberian pork shoulder are friendly allies on an ironed white tablecloth. It’s a move that could only make sense in a city like Coral Gables, where a French Normandy village was built on a street called Viscaya Ave." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer