{"id":3205,"date":"2014-12-06T15:14:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T21:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2017-06-17T20:57:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T01:57:19","slug":"2014-best-bite-6-grilled-cheese-flight-bar-pastoral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/06\/2014-best-bite-6-grilled-cheese-flight-bar-pastoral\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Best Bite #6: Grilled cheese flight, Bar Pastoral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For the third year in a row, I&#8217;m using each day in December to celebrate the rest of the best bites (and sips) that I didn&#8217;t get to blog about in 2014, posted in chronological order. <a title=\"Best Bites\" href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/category\/best-bites-2\/\">Browse all of this year&#8217;s Best Bites<\/a>, or look back at year-end Best Bites from <a title=\"2012 Best Bites recap\" href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/2012\/12\/31\/recap-30-best-bites-of-2012\/\">2012<\/a> and <a title=2013 Best Bites recap\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/31\/recap-30-more-best-bites-of-2013\/\">2013<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3249\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/barpastoralgrilledcheeseflight.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/barpastoralgrilledcheeseflight.jpeg\" alt=\"Grilled cheese flight, Bar Pastoral\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/barpastoralgrilledcheeseflight.jpeg 554w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/barpastoralgrilledcheeseflight-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/barpastoralgrilledcheeseflight-300x299.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-part flight: traditional grilled cheese made with Widmer&#8217;s one-year cheddar and served with tomato tapenade; Castelinhos grilled cheese served with charred scallion pepper jelly; and Scharfe Maxx Extra grilled cheese served with chocolate ganache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why it&#8217;s another 2014 Best Bite<\/strong>: Bar Pastoral offered this flight back in April to celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month, a worthy promotion for a restaurant that&#8217;s adjacent to a cheese shop. Each of the three melty sandwiches was paired with a dipping sauce, and although the tomato tapenade and charred scallion pepper jelly both worked well with their respective cheeses, it was the chocolate ganache that struck me as most inventive and delicious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The details<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastoralartisan.com\/bar-pastoral\" title=\"Bar Pastoral\">Bar Pastoral<\/a>, 2947 N. Broadway, Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"OTButton\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.opentable.com\/ism\/link.aspx?rid=158002&#038;restref=158002&#038;bgimage=https:\/\/secure.opentable.com\/img\/frontDoor\/ot_btn_black.png\"><\/script><noscript id=\"OT_noscript\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opentable.com\/bar-pastoral-reservations-chicago?rtype=ism&#038;restref=158002\" >Reserve Now On OpenTable.com<\/a><\/noscript><a id=\"OTPoweredBy\" class=\"OTPoweredBy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opentable.com\/bar-pastoral-reservations-chicago?rtype=ism&#038;restref=158002\" >Powered By OpenTable<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[googlemaps width=300 height=300]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third year in a row, I&#8217;m using each day in December to celebrate the rest of the best bites (and sips) that I didn&#8217;t get to blog about in 2014, posted in chronological order. 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