Chez Pascal Restaurant Review:
This longtime Providence haunt, run without pretense by husband and wife Kristin and Matt Gennuso, is gutsy and familial. She’s in the front of the house, which runs seamlessly, and he is in the kitchen, where he appropriates French bistro concepts with little nods to local influences. Dishes like a grilled culotte steak with black trumpet mushrooms and port wine could be straight off the Left...
It's a longish drive north from the Brown campus, but this warm little bistro is worth it. Candlelight trembles over sponged ochre walls and dark wainscoting. The kitchen works in the French tradition but isn't dogmatic about it. The variety of house-made pâtés and charcuterie is unusually large; the enthusiasm for them prompted the chef to set up a gourmet hot dog cart in the park across the...
Husband and wife Kristin and Matt Gennuso took over this longtime Providence haunt and have, lovingly, given it a shot in the arm. Having both worked at the venerable but casual Hamersley’s Bistro, theirs is a perfect pedigree for Providence: without pretense, gutsy and familial. She’s in the front of the house, which runs with ease, and he is in the kitchen, where he appropriates French...