Our Story

Same Fresh Pasta, Since 1988

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38+ Years

Our story began with Vittoria, born and raised in Milan, Italy. After the Second World War and the Holocaust she immigrated to Israel, and here she felt something was missing: a place that brings fresh pasta the way she knew it back in Italy.

During a visit to friends in Milan, Vittoria rediscovered the world of fresh pasta and decided, together with Moshe — her Israeli husband, whom she met in Tel Aviv — to bring the concept to Israel. In 1988, after buying the equipment and bringing the knowledge and techniques with them from Italy, we opened our place on Ibn Gabirol Street in Tel Aviv: a family boutique factory, a maker’s shop, and an Italian restaurant.

  1. Milan

    Vittoria is born and raised in Milan, Italy, surrounded by the fresh pasta tradition she would later bring with her.

  2. After the war

    After the Second World War and the Holocaust, Vittoria immigrates to Israel and meets Moshe in Tel Aviv.

  3. Before 1988

    On a visit to friends in Milan, Vittoria rediscovers fresh pasta — and together with Moshe decides to bring the concept to Israel.

  4. 1988

    With equipment, knowledge and techniques brought from Italy, we open on Ibn Gabirol Street in Tel Aviv: a family boutique factory, maker’s shop and Italian restaurant.

  5. Over the years

    Fresh pasta, ravioli, tortellini, lasagne and sauces from original Italian recipes — and imported Italian cheeses, flours and special products.

  6. Today

    More than thirty-eight years on: the same recipes, the same machines, the same hands. A shop, two tables, and take-away every day between 12:00 and 16:00.