Pastini

{{Short description|Chain of Italian restaurants in Oregon, U.S.}}

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Kara Hale

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Pastini (formerly Pastini Pastaria) is a chain of Italian-American restaurants in the U.S. state of Oregon. There are eight restaurants, as of 2017.{{Cite web|last=Russo|first=Ed|title=Pastini finds right spot for new home|url=https://www.registerguard.com/rg/business/bluechip/35670426-62/pastini-finds-right-spot-for-new-home.html.csp|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The Register-Guard|language=en}} In 2018, the company was among the largest in Oregon owned by women, with approximately 300 employees, according to Portland Business Journal.{{cite news |last=Kish |first=Matthew |date=2018-08-30 |title=Inside the decline of small business lending in Oregon and why minority- and women-owned businesses are hardest hit |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/08/30/inside-the-decline-of-small-business-lending-in.html |work=Portland Business Journal |access-date=2022-02-24 |archive-date=2022-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127115435/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/08/30/inside-the-decline-of-small-business-lending-in.html |url-status=live }}

Description

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Pastini serves Italian-American cuisine. The Bend restaurant had 30 pasta options, as of 2014.{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Kd8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|title=Where to Eat Guide Central Oregon - Spring Issue 2014: Dining Guide, Bend, Central, Oregon, Restaurant Guide|publisher=Where to Eat Guide & Associates|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en|access-date=2021-01-10|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224150716/https://books.google.com/books?id=9Kd8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|url-status=live}} In 2020, Willamette Week{{'s}} Matthew Singer called the chain "Oregon's answer to Olive Garden".{{Cite web|last=Singer|first=Matthew|date=2020-03-11|url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2020/03/11/heres-a-bunch-of-free-stuff-you-can-get-on-your-birthday-in-portland/|title=Here's a Bunch of Free Stuff You Can Get on Your Birthday in Portland|access-date=2021-01-10|archive-date=2021-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827063327/https://www.wweek.com/culture/2020/03/11/heres-a-bunch-of-free-stuff-you-can-get-on-your-birthday-in-portland/|work=Willamette Week|url-status=live}}

History and locations

There were three restaurants in Portland, plus one in Bend and another in Corvallis, as of 2016.{{Cite web|last=Bamman|first=Mattie John|date=2016-10-05|title=Here Are the 74 Restaurants That Closed in Portland in 2016|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2016/10/5/13151596/estaurant-closings-portland-2016-oregont|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108162519/https://pdx.eater.com/2016/10/5/13151596/estaurant-closings-portland-2016-oregont|url-status=live}} Craig and Susan Bashel and Kara Hale were owners at the time.

In September 2020, Pastini supplied food to the Lyons Fire Department during the Santiam Fire and donated proceeds from each meal served at restaurants to the Red Cross Cascades Fire fund.{{Cite web|last=Jackson-Glidden|first=Brooke|date=2020-09-23|title=Pok Pok's Wings Return as a Delivery-Only Fundraiser Through the Ghost Kitchen Company Reef|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2020/9/23/21452629/pok-pok-reef-kitchens|access-date=2021-01-10|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003035008/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/9/23/21452629/pok-pok-reef-kitchens|url-status=live}}

=Portland=

The Bashels and Hale opened the first restaurant near the Lloyd Center in 2001. Five more restaurants were opened in Portland within six years. One of the Portland restaurants is housed on the ground level of the Studio Building, near Director Park in downtown.{{Cite web |last=Harnisch |first=Kelsey|date=2019-11-19|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2019/11/19/emails-show-portland-businesses-wanted-homeless-meal-service-gone-from-a-downtown-park/|title=Emails Show Portland Businesses Wanted Homeless Meal Service Gone from a Downtown Park|access-date=2021-01-10|archive-date=2020-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201050510/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2019/11/19/emails-show-portland-businesses-wanted-homeless-meal-service-gone-from-a-downtown-park/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Jon |date=2017-01-20 |title=Exclusive: Downtown's long-dormant Guild Theatre getting a big remake |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/20/exclusive-downtowns-long-dormant-guild-theatre.html |work=Portland Business Journal |access-date=2022-02-24 |archive-date=2017-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131155824/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/20/exclusive-downtowns-long-dormant-guild-theatre.html |url-status=live }} The restaurant installed a {{Convert|23.5|ft|adj=on}} sign on the Studio Building's exterior.{{Cite web|url=https://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/07/studio-building/|title=Studio Building • Daily Journal of Commerce|date=7 April 2010|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113042141/https://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/07/studio-building/|url-status=live}} During a remodel, the restaurant learned some of the Guild Theatre's restrooms were "technically in its space".{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Marjorie|date=2010-02-11|title=Scour the Earth|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/scour-the-earth/Content?oid=2160072|access-date=2021-01-10|website=Portland Mercury|language=en|archive-date=2015-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906183547/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/scour-the-earth/Content?oid=2160072|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Ned|first=Lannamann|date=2018-12-05|title=Japanese Bookstore Chain Kinokuniya Announces Downtown Store in Former Guild Theatre|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/12/05/25048681/japanese-bookstore-chain-kinokuniya-announces-downtown-store-in-former-guild-theatre|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013512/https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/12/05/25048681/japanese-bookstore-chain-kinokuniya-announces-downtown-store-in-former-guild-theatre|archive-date=2020-11-12|access-date=2021-01-10|website=Portland Mercury|language=en}}

Previously, there was a restaurant in northwest Portland's Nob Hill district,{{Cite web|last=Bamman|first=Mattie John|date=2016-01-14|title=Pastini Pastaria to Boil Its Last Noodle on NW 23rd|url=https://pdx.eater.com/2016/1/14/10768216/pastini-to-close-nw-23rd-nob-hill-restaurant-portland|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Eater Portland|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229175601/https://pdx.eater.com/2016/1/14/10768216/pastini-to-close-nw-23rd-nob-hill-restaurant-portland|url-status=live}} which was replaced by Grassa.{{Cite web|last=Russell|first=Michael|date=2019-02-26|title=Grassa will bring its handmade pasta to Portland's East Side|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2019/02/grassa-will-brings-its-handmade-pasta-to-the-east-side.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116033838/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2019/02/grassa-will-brings-its-handmade-pasta-to-the-east-side.html|archive-date=2020-01-16|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The Oregonian|language=en}}

In December 2020, Bashel represented Pastini in the Rose City Downtown Collective, a coalition of business seeking to revitalize the city center following the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-12-02|title=Downtown Portland's plea for support to 'rebuild the spirit' of the city|url=https://katu.com/news/local/downtown-portlands-plea-for-support-to-rebuild-the-spirit-of-the-city|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231222432/https://katu.com/news/local/downtown-portlands-plea-for-support-to-rebuild-the-spirit-of-the-city|archive-date=2020-12-31|access-date=2021-01-10|website=KATU}}

=Bend and Corvallis=

Pastini expanded into Bend and Corvallis in 2008. The Bend restaurant opened in the Old Mill District.{{Cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Barb|date=2020-04-30|title=Takeout reviews: Central Oregon Italian food|url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/archives/takeout-reviews-central-oregon-italian-food/article_8f34c3f8-89b9-11ea-8215-bfa626214b45.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506082632/https://www.bendbulletin.com/archives/takeout-reviews-central-oregon-italian-food/article_8f34c3f8-89b9-11ea-8215-bfa626214b45.html|archive-date=2020-05-06|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The Bulletin|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=John Gottberg|date=2015-07-03|title=Eating Italian in the Old Mill|url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/eating-italian-in-the-old-mill/article_7cc62642-3a58-54dc-8003-3a5f1866e0c0.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111081213/https://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/eating-italian-in-the-old-mill/article_7cc62642-3a58-54dc-8003-3a5f1866e0c0.html|archive-date=2021-01-11|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The Bulletin|language=en}} During the pandemic, the restaurant offered takeout services, as of May.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-05-15|title=Several Old Mill District restaurants are reopening|url=https://ktvz.com/news/coronavirus/2020/05/15/several-old-mill-district-restaurants-are-reopening/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113084338/https://ktvz.com/news/coronavirus/2020/05/15/several-old-mill-district-restaurants-are-reopening/|archive-date=2021-01-13|access-date=2021-01-10|website=KTVZ|language=en-US}}

=Eugene=

Owners confirmed plans for a restaurant in Eugene in 2016. The restaurant opened in July 2017.

Reception

Pastini has been included in guides published by Fodor's in 2008,{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DtdX1Nok1BwC&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA66|title=Portland|last2=|date=2008-07-01|publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications|isbn=978-1-4000-0748-6|location=|pages=|language=en|access-date=2022-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224150742/https://books.google.com/books?id=DtdX1Nok1BwC&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA66|url-status=live}} and 2010,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6K9ycbEQLDwC&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA63|title=Portland|date=2010|publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications|isbn=978-1-4000-0454-6|language=en|access-date=2022-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224150752/https://books.google.com/books?id=6K9ycbEQLDwC&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA63|url-status=live}} and 2011.{{Cite book|last=Moker|first=Molly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0EbOfjOH0BoC&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA79|title=Fodor's Oregon|date=2011|publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications|isbn=978-1-4000-0511-6|language=en|access-date=2022-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224150734/https://books.google.com/books?id=0EbOfjOH0BoC&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA79|url-status=live}} In her 2011 book Fun with the Family Oregon: Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids, Sarah Pagliasotti said Pastini offered "inexpensive and elegant pasta that's a perennial family favorite".{{Cite book|last=Pagliasotti|first=Sarah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbKCBAAAQBAJ&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA104|title=Fun with the Family Oregon: Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids|date=2011-07-05|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-6924-7|language=en|access-date=2022-02-24|archive-date=2022-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224150719/https://books.google.com/books?id=QbKCBAAAQBAJ&q=pastini+portland&pg=PA104|url-status=live}} Pastini won first place in the Best Italian category of the Daily Emerald{{'s}} "Best of Campus" 2020 edition, which said, "This bistro chain is the perfect place to get a classic taste of the Italian food you’re craving with a fun modern twist, both in the ambiance and the flavors. Pastini has a wide range of contemporary plates and appetizers to satisfy whatever genre of noodle you’re hoping for."{{cite news |title=Best of Campus: 2020 Best of Campus Winners! |url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/site/best_of_campus.html |access-date=January 10, 2021 |work=Daily Emerald |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113112804/https://www.dailyemerald.com/site/best_of_campus.html |url-status=live }}