Pastificio Sacchetto

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Situated in the heart of Little Italy's market, this traditional pasta factory has to live up to its clients' heady expectations.

Specialities include meat or cheese ravioli and tortellini, medaglioni stuffed with ricotta and veal, cappelletti, cannelloni, gnocchi di patate and tagliatelle, and then they go on creating 70 more freshly made shapes (whole wheat, tomato, spinach) and sauces to enhance them: bolognese, tomato basil, arabiatta, butter and sage, nut sauce, rosee.

Be sure to try their ravioli funghi, which is stuffed with portebello and porcini mushrooms, or their sweet red pepper and ricotta cheese ravioli. They are both winners.

If you take some home, you will find out what pasta is supposed to taste like.