All gluten-free food? And it was actually really good.
Pasta Flyer is a pop-up that began as a Kickstarter created by Mark Ladner, the executive chef at Del Posto. The concept is all gluten-free food, with small bowls of pasta served up quickly. You choose among 3 pasta shapes for $9 (elbows, tubes or screws), 3 sauces (porcini crema, garlicky pesto or tomato marinara) and can add one of 3 proteins for $3 extra (soft egg, meatballs or bacon). They also have some sides and other dishes.
For this NY location, it lasted only 3 days, from December 18-20, so we tried mostly everything since it would never exist again: *
– Vegetarian Brown Rice Lasagna ($9) This was amazing. Though it didn't have meat, it was better than most all lasagnas I've tried. It was really cheesy and soft and didn't taste like it was gluten-free and made with healthier ingredients.
– Garlic Dots ($5 for 5) These were ok. Something about then didn't taste quite right, and they were slightly gummy, but the garlic flavor was pretty good.
– Screws with Tomato Marinara ($9) and Nonna's Meatballs (+ $3) – Tubes with Garlicky Pesto ($9) and Smokey Bacon (+ $3) Once again, given that it is all gluten-free and prepared and served so quickly, it was impressive how delicious these pastas were. I'm not too familiar with gluten-free food and typically probably have an all-gluten diet, but the noodles were very chewy and al dente, in a good way. The bite-sized meatballs were decent, but the hunks of bacon were really good.
– Sicilian Breakfast Sandwich with Strawberry Gelato ($5) This thing was pretty bizarre, with what I assume was a kind of bread of some sort surrounding some melty strawberry gelato. It was delicious though.
I wouldn't be mad if this became a chain, as it definitely has the best food of any of the fast casual types of places. It's not quite as fast as the Chipotles and Dig Inns, etc., as you don't get your food immediately on the line, but it is impressively fast for the quality of food. I would definitely like an opportunity to try this stuff again some day.
* Probably not entirely true, as they are obviously aiming to open a permanent location later this year.
All gluten-free food? And it was actually really good.
Pasta Flyer is a pop-up that began as a Kickstarter created by Mark Ladner, the executive chef at Del Posto. The concept is all gluten-free food, with small bowls of pasta served up quickly. You choose among 3 pasta shapes for $9 (elbows, tubes or screws), 3 sauces (porcini crema, garlicky pesto or tomato marinara) and can add one of 3 proteins for $3 extra (soft egg, meatballs or bacon). They also have some sides and other dishes.
For this NY location, it lasted only 3 days, from December 18-20, so we tried mostly everything since it would never exist again: *
– Vegetarian Brown Rice Lasagna ($9)
This was amazing. Though it didn't have meat, it was better than most all lasagnas I've tried. It was really cheesy and soft and didn't taste like it was gluten-free and made with healthier ingredients.
– Garlic Dots ($5 for 5)
These were ok. Something about then didn't taste quite right, and they were slightly gummy, but the garlic flavor was pretty good.
– Screws with Tomato Marinara ($9) and Nonna's Meatballs (+ $3)
– Tubes with Garlicky Pesto ($9) and Smokey Bacon (+ $3)
Once again, given that it is all gluten-free and prepared and served so quickly, it was impressive how delicious these pastas were. I'm not too familiar with gluten-free food and typically probably have an all-gluten diet, but the noodles were very chewy and al dente, in a good way. The bite-sized meatballs were decent, but the hunks of bacon were really good.
– Sicilian Breakfast Sandwich with Strawberry Gelato ($5)
This thing was pretty bizarre, with what I assume was a kind of bread of some sort surrounding some melty strawberry gelato. It was delicious though.
I wouldn't be mad if this became a chain, as it definitely has the best food of any of the fast casual types of places. It's not quite as fast as the Chipotles and Dig Inns, etc., as you don't get your food immediately on the line, but it is impressively fast for the quality of food. I would definitely like an opportunity to try this stuff again some day.
* Probably not entirely true, as they are obviously aiming to open a permanent location later this year.