The Loring Pasta Bar

The Loring Pasta Bar—the second coming of owner Jason McLean’s original downtown success—is as fantasmic as anything Disney could have dreamed up (after his third martini) for a night of debaucherous eye candy smothered in gorgonzola and crimini mushrooms. It’s high theatre and nobody in town heaps it on like McLean. No stone—or tile or light fixture or napkin—is left unturned in this 120-year-old building, formerly Gray’s Drugs (you can’t miss the restored signage). The extravagance of detail is dizzyingly sensuous all the way to the bathrooms. But if the downtown location drips of faded elegance, the new locale drips of Las Vegas: Just remember you’re there to have a good time and drop some cash. Late evening entertainment and dance (the lighting system is one of best in town) flips from salsa on Saturdays to swing on Sundays with midweek movies every Wednesday at 9; cover charges vary. By the way, they serve food too! Appetizers and salads, mostly familiar, accompany about a dozen pastas (all around $10).


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