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| - Common Pasta chooses to focus on just a few things and does them extremely well. The pasta is truly designed to be a filling meal, all pastas are handmade and the pasta is finished off when you make your order. As a result, you really do get al dente pasta from a food cart, which is no easy feat! The mac&cheese has much more substance than many other of its kind--the noodles are hearty, not mushy, and the spicy pork sausage gives a mild bite. Even if you normally find mac & cheese a little bland and for kids, give this a try, it has a lot more to it than you'd expect. The beef ragu has a good mix of beef and mushroom flavor , and I appreciate like the unusual noodle choice (bigoli, a mega spaghetti noodle). Both dishes feature Parmigiano-Reggiano (the tasty hard cheese imported from Italy that some parmesan cheeses aspire to be)
The polenta and pepita roll is a hidden gem at the bottom of the menu. The dense bread is flecked with pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and has a bit of sourdough tang, and you can't get the rolls anywhere else. Plus there's enough that you could share with a friend, but perhaps you won't want to. Italian beverages are for sale too (San Pellegrino and Acqua Panna).
Yes, the location in front of Educational Sciences can be a pain for non-students, but the extra effort is worth an excellent lunch.
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