A Pasta Bar
Italian restaurant · SoHo ·
Chefs cook and serve fresh pasta from a central kitchen
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Chefs cook and serve fresh pasta from a central kitchen
"An Italian-style pasta bar in the middle of downtown Manhattan? Sign us up, per favore. Menu highlights at A Pasta Bar include cacio e pepe, 24-karat gold-flecked squid ink spaghetti, and wine. Lots and lots of wine. Do this one for the ‘gram."
"Starting today, customers who show proof of vaccination can get a free order of cacio e pepe pasta to-go at Sola Pasta Bar." - Bao Ong
"After closing in the peak of the second COVID-19 wave in November 2020, I report that Phillip Frankland Lee’s Pasta Bar reopens this Friday; the intimate, pasta-focused tasting-menu spot had been forced to close when officials shut indoor dining. When it first opened last June it sold out with a wait list, and Lee says the counter-seat, small-format ethos—where diners watch multiple kitchen staff assemble each plate—was a key draw. Since indoor dining returned, chef Nathan Tauer (who previously worked at Petit Crenn, Coi, and Bouchon) is overseeing a new 10-course tasting menu that starts at $125 per person and includes 12 savory and two dessert courses with three pasta dishes; there are just eight bar seats with services at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Dishes will rotate with the seasons, and examples for now include a caramelized potato with caviar, marinated peppers, and cavatelli with lobster and peas, with Tauer describing pasta as an ingredient and a vehicle for Italian and Californian cuisine." - Mona Holmes
"We opened Sola Pasta Bar in 2017 after I moved from Milan, with a mission to serve authentic, high-quality Italian pasta to New Yorkers, and we brought that vision to life with fresh pasta, good music, and positive energy. When indoor dining was announced to return at 25 percent capacity in mid-February, reservation requests flooded in and our books filled for Valentine’s Day; reopening indoors at even 25 percent makes a tangible difference to daily sales and helps reach customers reluctant to eat outdoors. Over the past year we adapted constantly — closing for dining, launching takeout and delivery, opening outdoor dining, and investing heavily in our corner terraces and individual heated cottages that are secluded and feature adjustable heaters, Sonos speakers, firefly lamps, and sweeping yellow-and-white rose installations designed to feel like a romantic evening in Capri. With our team reduced from about 21 to 14, we’ve implemented strict safety protocols — daily employee temperature checks, twice-daily sanitation, cleaning the kitchen and bathroom every two hours, plexiglass and six-foot spacing between tables — and after nearly a year no one on our team has tested positive for COVID-19; we will also take customers’ temperatures and record information for contact tracing when we open for indoor dining. We’re grateful to provide guests a slice of hope and welcome indoor dining as both a lifeline for our business and a step toward normalcy." - Simone Tiligna
"Opened in Soho in 2017 by acclaimed chef Massimo Sola, Sola Pasta Bar offers a straightforward, full-service menu of simple pastas rather than a customizable fast-casual setup. The chef planned additional locations, launched a series of pasta food carts earlier this year, and the Pastagram represents his first additional brick-and-mortar beyond the original Soho spot." - Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya