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How we read reviews →Fitzroy North's $9 pasta bar serving puttanesca, garlic bread and cheap negronis.
A cheap-and-cheerful, buzzy Italian pasta bar with butcher-paper tablecloths, provided pencils for doodling, and a courtyard warmed by a fire pit in winter. cramped and genuinely loud once full.
Butcher-paper tablecloths with drawing pencils, QR-code ordering, a heated outdoor courtyard, a banquet set menu for two, and $9 pasta-and-negroni pricing with strictly time-limited tables.
A budget-friendly, home-style take on Italian pasta rather than a heritage trattoria. some reviewers question authenticity of the cheaper dishes, but the casual European-bistro vibe is genuine.
Repeatedly called the best value pasta dinner in Melbourne. large portions and $9 pasta and negronis at prices reviewers say beat the cost-of-living crisis.
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