If Blade Runner had a scene inside a pasta restaurant, it probably would have looked like A Pasta Bar. Not that there are rogue humanoids posted up at the bar (that we know of) at the much-ballyhooed new pasta spot that just opened in Sunset Harbour. But the scene inside feels exactly like what a 1980s movie director would have imagined an upscale pasta restaurant would look like in the 21st century. It’s beautiful. It’s indulgent. It’s full of pretty people dressed in black and plastic surgery. All it’s missing is a shootout with Rutger Hauer.
Of course, in the dystopian pasta bar of the future, guests crowd around to watch convicts run for their lives on live television. Here, they gather around an open kitchen that serves as the centerpiece of the dining room, watching chefs plate elegant portions of elevated pasta, topped with truffles, caviar, and other things they feast on in The Capitol. And while movie set décor is nothing new in the world of South Florida restaurants, A Pasta Bar pulls it off without being too obvious.
Why are people so excited about this? It’s just pasta.
Fair, it IS just pasta. But odds are mom’s spaghetti didn’t look anything like this. A Pasta Bar is very much an experiential restaurant, where you watch your food get made with exquisite precision, then sample flavors of pasta you’ve probably never tried before. Think L’Atelier de Joel Robucon, but with noodles and big, fluffy focaccia.