
Bruschetta al Pomodoro
$14
Grilled bread, heirloom tomatoes, basil, aged balsamic
North End trattoria · Since 1987
Antipasti, house-made pasta, wood-fired pizza, and dolci — a full Italian menu meant for sharing, lingering, and coming back next week.
A neighborhood trattoria — antipasti to share, pasta and secondi from the line, pizza from the wood oven, and a wine list built for long evenings.
Fresh pasta is made in-house every morning; it's part of how we cook, not the whole story.
Explore the menu →Dinner service
Walk-ins welcome when we have room — reservations recommended on weekends.

Wood-fired forno
A staple on the menu — dough proofed overnight, stretched by hand, and slid into a blazing oven. Blistered crust, bubbling cheese, basil on the pass. See pizza on the menu →









Wine & dining
Italian bottles chosen to match the menu — by the glass or the bottle, from aperitivo through dolci. Ask your server for pairings with tonight's specials.
Sommelier's pick
Barolo “Albe” 2018
With the lasagna della nonna or a tagliere after antipasti — tannins that stand up to ragù without overpowering the plate.
Bold reds for Sunday gravy, ragù, and the forno.
$14 glass · $54 btl
Tuscany · 2019
Sangiovese — sour cherry, leather, firm tannin
$22 glass · $88 btl
Piedmont · 2018
Nebbiolo — rose, tar, long finish
$12 glass · $46 btl
Abruzzo · 2020
Plum, black pepper, easy drinking
Bright, mineral whites for antipasti and lighter pasta.
$13 glass · $52 btl
Liguria · 2022
Citrus, sea breeze — calamari, crudo
$12 glass · $48 btl
Alto Adige · 2021
Pear, white almond — caprese, pesto
$15 glass · $58 btl
Piedmont · 2020
Green apple, chalk — delicate secondi
To open the meal or close it with something sweet.
$13 glass · $52 btl
Veneto · NV
Honeysuckle, fine bubble, aperitivo
$11 glass · $44 btl
Emilia-Romagna · NV
Bright red fizz — charcuterie, pizza
$14 glass · $62 btl
Tuscany · 2017
Apricot, honey — biscotti, cannoli
Glass · Bottle · Market price · Selection rotates seasonally
From our kitchen
Every day we roll dough for the menu — tagliatelle, ravioli, tortellini, and spaghetti — so what lands on your table is cooked fresh, not pulled from a box.
It's one reason regulars return, alongside the antipasti board, Sunday gravy, and pizza from the oven. See what we're serving tonight →









In the kitchen
















Our story
Pagano's is a portfolio concept for a fictional North End trattoria — the kind of place where the specials board is written in chalk, the wine list leans Italian, and families mark birthdays at the same corner table year after year.
The menu runs from antipasti through dolci. Pasta is rolled in-house each morning; the forno fires pizza at night. Every photograph here is from the concept shoot — warm, abundant, and built to feel like a real restaurant you'd book tomorrow.
“Come hungry. Stay for coffee. Leave planning your next visit.”
Reservations
This is a portfolio concept — booking would connect to OpenTable or your reservation system in production. Until then, imagine a corner booth waiting in the North End.
42 Via Pagano · North End, Boston MA 02113 · (555) 555-0187
Portfolio project · Pagano's Italian is not a real restaurant