Get your fresh fix at these locations around the state.
To find perfect pasta recipes like swordfish with calamarata, tender veal medallions with fettuccine pesto and blood orange sauce, and lobster with ditalini, click here. Then, check out a list of our favorite fresh pasta purveyors around the state.
Bombolini, Richmond
Pasta of all shapes and flavors—even chocolate. “You pick it. We cut it.” $5.99/lb. BomboliniPasta.com
Cavanna, Richmond
Northern Italian chef Gianni Cavanna offers homemade sauces and pastas by the pound, including crab ravioli. Made from scratch, no preservatives. $7-$15/lb. CavannaPasta.com
Carluccio’s, Alexandria
King Street restaurant with Italian market. Spinach- and ricotta-stuffed ravioli $15/lb; others by request. CarlucciosUSA.com
Dal Grano, McLean
Dine in or take out eight varieties of pasta made on-site, with 2-4 flavors each day (red beet, black ink among them). $4/3 ½-5 oz. DalGrano.com
Mona Lisa Pasta, Charlottesville
What’s behind the mysterious smile? Handmade pasta, with flavors including garlic and rosemary, egg, and spinach. $4.99/lb. Mona Lisa Pasta Website
Sfizi Café, Falls Church
Family-run trattoria with Italian market and wine shop. Offers by-the-pound cavatelli ($5.95), tagliatelle ($6.95) and gnocchi ($4.95). Sfizi.com
Tina’s Gourmet, Blacksburg
Handkneaded, handrolled pasta, “made from Sperry Extra Fancy Durum Flour, and our own farm fresh eggs.” Fettuccine, linguine, chitarra and capellini, $5/12 oz. Order online or through Ceritano’s Ristorante. TinaGourmet.com, Ceritanos.com
The following locations carry specialty pasta that is fresh, but is made at a separate location and supplied to each grocer:
Italian Gourmet, Vienna
Deli/caterer. A Vienna staple for more than 35 years. The-Italian-Gourmet.com
Italian Store, Arlington
Pasta at this grocery store/deli, which specializes in products made in Italy, Brooklyn and Mama Tramante’s kitchen. ItalianStore.com
Marchese Italian Market, Virginia Beach
Imported meats and cheeses (mozzarella di bufala, stracchino) and pre-packaged, fresh pasta from Salerno. MarcheseMarket.com
Old Lexington Mercantile, Lexington
Pre-packaged fresh pastas, curated wines and large selection of imported olive oils and vinegars. OldLexMercantile.com
