After buying this fresh pasta in the grocery store many times, I decided to find their storefront…read more Their Manicotti and sauce made it to my Thanksgiving dinner... everyone LOVED it. I stocked up on some pasta, nothing beats their fresh pasta unless you want to get your hands dirty

Shhhh I will tell you one of the best kept secrets. Did you ever wonder how the homemade pasta is…read moreso delicious at your favorite restaurant? Most of the really wonderful restaurants get their homemade pasta from a little shop founded in 1985 on 78 Fenwick St. in West Haven Connecticut called Durante's Pasta. You too can now duplicate your favorite pasta dishes! Durante's sells dry pasta and frozen pasta and the variety is absolutely astonishing. There are my favorite dry pastas which includes pappardelle, fettuccine, linguine, spaghetti and capellini. The frozen pastas that are totally irresistible are their spinach manicotti, cheese ravioli, lobster ravioli, and cheese tortellini. My newest favorite item is their homemade marinara sauce that can go up against anybody's grandmothers' recipe. It is divine. All good chefs know that perfect meals begin with the best ingredients. Your guests will think you are the most phenomenal host using these ingredients from Durante's!

Found this gem on the way back from NYC to Boston after the marathon weekend. I needed something…read morefilling and great after such an event before returning home and this place was it. Had: Lobster ravioli Chicken grinder to go Chicken parm Whole wheat pasta All of the above was incredible, especially the lobster ravioli. May have to make the trek back here from Boston, it's that good.

Carmela's has become one of my favorite food stores in the Newington/Wethersfield. Every single…read morething I buy here is fantastic. I love fresh pasta and so far I've tried the pappardelle, cavatelli, gnocchi, and of course the ravioli. They are all super fresh and taste amazing. The eggplant parm is also fantastic, which is saying a lot because I am very picky about eggplant. All of the workers are so friendly and you can tell they really care about the food they make.

Had a meatball panini last week Very tasty but the meatball were cold inside…read more Interesting place, lots to look at. Lots of prepared foods.

This place is awesome! All food is fresh and tasty. I was in town on business and was told by the…read morelocals that this was the place to go to for lunch, and they were so right! I went two days in a row, and got the roast beef sandwich and Italian grinder. Both were fresh and absolutely melted in your mouth. The service was great, greeted with a smile and can I help you? Ambiance was nice and cozy, a perfect spot to take a break from the corporate job. I highly recommend checking it out if you're in town.

Hidden gem right in the heart of Middletown. We ordered the Bada Bing Chicken sandwich, Bacon…read morepizza, garlic knots and grabbed some octopus and cannolis. The sandwich was very good, crispy and flavorful. The bacon pizza was just crispy enough with flavorful sauce. The garlic knots were made fresh with a very nice aromatic herbal garlic infusion. The cannolis were chocolate dipped and share size **we did have to go back because the pizza was made without bacon and we were over charged for the garlic knots. Brought it to the owners attention but they corrected it right away. He also added the cannolis for the inconvenience. Mistake fixed right away and will definitely come back again for just that reason

First time here and enjoyed the authentic Italian food. I ordered a small bacon pizza, garlic…read moreknots, bada bing sandwich , octopus and cannolis. Food was freshly prepared. Staff was friendly and accommodating. Prices were fair. Would definitely order here again. Sandwiches are huge too! This restaurant is take out only! If paying with cash you will get a small discount too!

I ordered 4 different trays for a birthday party I had to travel out of state . I really loved the…read moreway they packaged everything. The food stayed well. My favorite and everyone's were the manicottis, they were delicious. The gluten free chicken Parmesan was delicious as well as the gluten free penne. The gluten free shrimp were ok. I and one other liked them 4 others did not. They had a gluten free stuffing which was too heavy on the shrimp which were flattened for some reason. It took away the succulence of the shrimp and the gluten free stuffing needs some seasonings and not so much of it. The gluten free orange Italian cookies were fantastic! I loved them and so did most everyone. All in all they did a very good job and most of the fishes were great. I highly recommend them and would order gluten free itslian from them again especially those orange itslian cookies! Amazing!

DiFiore's has such a wonderful variety of foods that I try to go in not knowing what I want…read more Regardless, I always come out with something wonderful.

It's a little off our beaten path, but we were in the area and wanted lunch. We were very impressed…read moreby both the food and the prices. We'd had some similar vittles in a fancy New York restaurant, and the tab here was one tenth what we spent there. For my money, the food was just as good. Of course, the place in the city had a much different atmosphere and level of service, and if that's what you want then you expect to pay for it. At New England Pasta Company, you pay for the food. They get a lot of their stuff from local sources. My wife had the quiche of the day, and it was the first time in years that I'd tasted a real quiche, not those rubbery things that other places dish up. I had the pasta of the day, which was ricotta stuffed ravioli in an Alfredo sauce. It was fantastic. I saw other people eating sandwiches and salads. Everything looked delicious and generous. My beverage was watermelon limeade. It was very refreshing and not too sweet. For dessert, we had something called a ganache bar or something like that. Think of a slab of fudge with a graham cracker crust. It was very hard work finishing it, but I wasn't going to leave any behind. We took home a lasagna with meatballs and sausage. It was very good, as was the coconut wonder bar we pounded down on top of it. I'm not sure we'd drive there just for food, but if we're ever in the neighborhood we'll certain snag something to bring home. By the way, don't confuse this with Truffles, which is in the back. They are completely separate.

New England Pasta sells fresh cut pasta, ready to re-heat entrees, sides, soups, salads, etc. I was…read morein the area and picked up a few things to make at home over a few days. My favorite purchases were the fresh cut egg linguine and the Ritz-based stuffed cod. The fresh linguine cooks in a minute and the texture just hits different in the best possible way. The cod was nice and firm and the Ritz stuffing was crazy delicious. I also liked the Chicken Francaise. You can't really compare it to restaurant quality Francaise because it's specifically made to be re-heated and eaten later. With this in mind, I though that the small chicken pieces and lemon sauce were very solid. My other purchases included clam chowder and Tuna Mac Salad with peas. The Tuna Mac was pretty good. It wouldn't be in regular rotation for me, but I'd get it once in a while. The clam chowder was my least favorite, but I respect that New England Pasta seemed to go for something different. The texture was good and it had plenty of clams and potato. But it tasted like it had a little blue cheese flavor. I can't say for sure that they used blue cheese, but the chowder definitely had something different that gave it this vibe. For me, this flavor was a bit too assertive. I don't live near New England Pasta, but if I did, I would visit once in a while. Four Stars

Love Carla's Pasta! This company stepped up to provide the Federal Employees during the Government…read moreshutdown. It's hard having to figure out life for many when living paycheck to paycheck and supporting a family, but doing it without a paycheck is devastating. Carla's Pasta reached out to us to provide support to those impacted by this shutdown and we are very grateful. This is very touching for myself and many of my friends, and something we will not forget when back on our feet. Thank you Carla's!!!

The best ricotta for all my Italian dishes! Excellent…read moreassortment for charcuterie boards, love the little meat counter where they weigh your choices and wrap in white butcher paper! Fresh bread, meals to go, authentic Italian assortment of anything your heart desires! Excellent service!

I would give 10 stars! They literally have the BEST burrata…read moreon earth. I also love their sauce, sausages, lasagna rolls ups for a quick lunch. Also they have amazing sandwiches and eggplant.