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Fresh pasta the way it’s supposed to taste

Basta Pasta

Photo: Susan Ogan

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idden in the ethnic hodgepodge that is Central Square is some of the area’s freshest pasta—if you know where to find it. There, behind an orange door under a blue awning, Basta Pasta makes penne, linguini, and fusilli fresh every morning to be served up later in such classic dishes as chicken piccata, cheese ravioli, Aglio e Olio, chicken cacciatore, and chicken Marsala. The food is served in hearty helpings at a reasonable price at the six wooden tables in the small dining room (snag a seat near the counter to watch the chefs preparing meals), or to take out. Canal

Shhhh! There are also salads, panini, and pizza.

Shhh who knew

Under Italian law, real pasta can be made only from durum wheat flour or semolina.

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319 Western Ave. Central Square
Cambridge, MA, 02139
617.576.6672
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Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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