Bastone

"Chef Pat Pascarella’s Bastone in West Midtown offers apertivo hour Sundays and Mondays from 4 to 7 p.m. Vermouth and tonic drinks are offered for $8, cocktails and wine for $10, and specials on house-made mozzarella and other snacks." - Eater Staff, Henna Bakshi

"The former Bocado space on Howell Mill Road is now home to chef Pat Pascarella’s Italian restaurant and mozzarella bar Bastone." - Beth McKibben

"Pascarella has become a prolific restaurateur since opening the White Bull in Decatur over five years ago. The chef then went on to open Grana in 2020, followed by Italian restaurant and mozzarella bar Bastone last year in the former Bocado space on Howell Mill Road." - Beth McKibben

"Bastone in West Midtown gives you an easy alley-oop to kick off your meal and conversation with a mozzarella tasting. You can offer your take on your favorite cheeses on the tasting board (maybe you liked the smoothness and salt content of the housemade fatt' a mano) and discuss the potential pairings—the Italian-imported stracciatella is a nice fit, with a little sweetness from the honeycomb and crunch from the taralli crackers. More cheesy goodness makes its way into some of the other dishes, like the handmade pasta, which Bastone switches up pretty frequently. But we hope the fresh peach salad, which sits in a creamy yogurt bath and is truly more soup than salad, is a keeper—it’s pure happiness." - Nina Reeder

"The former Bocado property in Atlanta is now part of the emerging 8West development taking shape along 8th Street and Howell Mill. Earlier this spring, chef Pat Pascarella transformed the Bocado space into Italian restaurant and mozzarella bar Bastone." - Beth McKibben