"The pasta circle of life is on full display at this tiny spot in the Inner Richmond. By day, this place functions as a pasta shop where you can buy housemade noodles and sauces, and at night, it transforms into a pasta dinner extravaganza with a tight menu of simple yet perfectly executed pasta dishes. Come in for dinner and you’ll watch staff roll out fresh yellow sheets of dough as you patiently await the arrival of your maltagliata in silky pesto, corn raviolini dotted with fried peppercorns, and spaghetti tossed in slightly spicy lobster butter. Maybe snag a tub of that pesto to go, too." - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong