Pastosa Ravioli
“I made some fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil for an appetizer and paired it off nicely with some Yellow Tail Merlot.”
“This place is a brooklyn institution and has been pumping out fresh pasta, manicotti and ravioli forever.”
“The ravioli and stuffed shells are also unmatched, the one thing you have to NOT do is freeze these babies!”
Pastosa Ravioli
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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I've always passed by this place wondering what goodies were being sold, but I've never had the audacity to go into this store until today! I wanted to make an easy/quick dinner for my boyfriend and I so I decided to check out Pastosa Ravioli. As soon as I entered I noticed how small the store/aisle looked compared to the outside, but that really wasn't an issue. I had an idea of what I wanted to make (penne w/ vodka sauce) luckily, all the ingredients were extremely easy to find!!
Thankfully, I didn't have to make several trips else where, because everything I needed was at the palm of my hand. (Meats, pasta, sauce, etc)
*Premade Vodka Sauce (pretty tasty, w/out extra ingredients added)
*Lobster ravioli (definitely fulfilling and full of flavors)
*Fresh pounded chicken cutlet
*Bruschetta w/ tomato & basil, this was my snack while I prepped dinner. Simply amazing, for about $1!
I am rating this place 5 stars because it is affordable, quality/quantity is sufficient , & hands down CUSTOMER SERVICE IS PHENOMENAL, the lady behind the register was extremely helpful and delightful!!!
I will definitely RETURN!!!
This place is a brooklyn institution and has been pumping out fresh pasta, manicotti and ravioli forever. They are probably best known for the awesome fresh raviolis but they sell so any other delicious foods and Italian products. Just a fantastic store that is very well run. Starving just thinking about it.
There is nothing in life like that first bite of Warm Fresh Mozzarella Cheese.
The texture, creaminess, touch of salt omg it just melts in your mouth.
I was lucky enough to walk in to Pastosa Sunday just as they were coming out with a fresh batch. I have been shopping at Pastosa my whole life and to me there is only one place for true Italian cheeses, pasta, sauces, meats and prepared foods.
I'd be happy to just stand in there and smell the air all day.
The Best Ravioli, Manicotti and Stuffed Shells anywhere.
I went to this place for some ingredients to make penne a la vodka and caprese salad. The store looks like it is massive from the outside. However, it is tiny inside; the aisles are narrow. I love the vodka sauce; it is favorable without any additional seasoning. I definitely will be back for hot dishes and pasta sauces.
The legends are true.
Deep in Bensonhurst, there exists a shop with every type of ravioli you could ever want, from spinach to mushroom to pesto to lobster to crab to broccoli rabe to truffle to chicken to beef…and they're all so good. And the fresh cheese ravioli are actually incredible.
Pick up a box or six, a few rice balls (up there with the best arancini I've had), some roasted red peppers, chicken parm, olives, eggplant, sausage, salami, sopressata, sauce, fresh mozzarella, bread and whatever other Italian delicacies strike your fancy, and you're gonna have a good time.
Wonderful experiences here – been coming here since I was a bump. The only place we ever buy any kind of stuffed pastas from (manicotti, stuffed shells, ravioli, etc. Pasta perfection!
I was hanging out in South Brooklyn on Saturday, and I decided to make a stop in Bensonhurst for some Sunday night family dinner goods. I checked out Italian food stores on Yelp, and Pastosa ravioli came up. My mouth began watering. Visions of fluffy ricotta filled pillows of pasta and savory Sunday night sauce danced in my head. I took the D train a few stops up, walked 2 blocks, and then saw the old school painted storefront of Pastosa Ravioli.
There were plenty of Italian goodies inside the store: lots of ravioli of course, olive oil, imported real deal Nutella, sopressata, cheeses, pizza dough (2 for a dollar!), house made sauces, prepared stuffed peppers and mozzarella sticks, the works. I grabbed some spinach ravioli for my Sunday night meal, and headed back to my apartment. In hindsight, I should have grabbed a few packages for my freezer.
I made the ravioli Sunday night with some red sauce, and they were absolutely fantastic.. definitely some of the best tasting store-made ravioli I have encountered. The spinach flavor was abundant, and the filling was creamy and perfect. The pasta itself maintained its chewiness, even after being frozen. This is an easy pit stop on the way home from Spumoni Gardens that I will make every single time in the future.
Rethink Italian food.
I stood perplexed clutching my box of raviolis piled high with an 8 inch round focaccia bread and a container of marinara sauce. The line was moving fast and there I was chatting away with the workers and my neighbors in line all while silently debating in my head whether or not to buy the big, medium, or small rice balls. No, the answer was no. There was no way two people could eat all this and more if I didn't stop here.
A visit to Pastosa is overwhelming. It's a small grocery full of freshly made pastas and Italian specialties from eggplant cutlets and prosciutto to arancini and sausages. I learned a lot during my short visit. That most, if not all, of the people there shopping grew up on Pastosa. I envied their past meals, future ones, and associations of home and family they made with Pastosa. Pastosa is the stuff lineages were built on.
Mini thin squares of ravioli is what I am used to. The raviolis at Pastosa are large, plump, round and filling. A box has 12 pieces. Four pieces are an ample serving per person. They are good and they don't explode or leak when you boil them. We went with the squid ink filled with crab. Quite an adventurous pick in my opinion although I guarantee any flavor of ravioli you pick from Pastosa will be divine. I have my eye on the butternut squash and a container of squid ink linguini for my next visit. What can I say, I am obsessed with the squid ink pasta.
I don't mind cooking at home, especially when I am cooking with Pastosa. Dinner becomes heavenly. I savor every bite. Slowly. I tell ya, it's difficult holding back a gluttonous gorge. I want everything at Pastosa and I want it in mass quantities.