Pagano'sItalian

North End trattoria · Since 1987

Supper, wine & la famiglia at the table.

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.

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Hours & location

42 Via Pagano

North End, Boston MA 02113

(555) 555-0187

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Dinner service

  • Tuesday – Thursday5:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Friday – Saturday5:00 – 10:00 pm
  • Sunday4:00 – 9:00 pm
  • MondayClosed

Walk-ins welcome when we have room — reservations recommended on weekends.

Traditional wood-fired pizza oven

Wood-fired forno

Pizza from dough to flame

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 →

Pizza dough stretched by hand
Rounding pizza dough balls
Traditional wood-fired pizza oven
Pizza baking in the wood oven
Margherita pizza with fresh mozzarella
Pepperoni pizza from the wood oven
Assorted Italian pizzas
Wood-fired pizzas ready to serve
Red wine being poured into a glass

Wine & dining

A featured wine list

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.

Rosso

Bold reds for Sunday gravy, ragù, and the forno.

  • Chianti Classico

    $14 glass · $54 btl

    Tuscany · 2019

    Sangiovese — sour cherry, leather, firm tannin

  • Barolo “Albe”

    $22 glass · $88 btl

    Piedmont · 2018

    Nebbiolo — rose, tar, long finish

  • Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

    $12 glass · $46 btl

    Abruzzo · 2020

    Plum, black pepper, easy drinking

Bianco

Bright, mineral whites for antipasti and lighter pasta.

  • Vermentino

    $13 glass · $52 btl

    Liguria · 2022

    Citrus, sea breeze — calamari, crudo

  • Pinot Grigio

    $12 glass · $48 btl

    Alto Adige · 2021

    Pear, white almond — caprese, pesto

  • Gavi di Gavi

    $15 glass · $58 btl

    Piedmont · 2020

    Green apple, chalk — delicate secondi

Bollicine & Dolce

To open the meal or close it with something sweet.

  • Prosecco Superiore DOCG

    $13 glass · $52 btl

    Veneto · NV

    Honeysuckle, fine bubble, aperitivo

  • Lambrusco di Sorbara

    $11 glass · $44 btl

    Emilia-Romagna · NV

    Bright red fizz — charcuterie, pizza

  • Vin Santo

    $14 glass · $62 btl

    Tuscany · 2017

    Apricot, honey — biscotti, cannoli

Glass · Bottle · Market price · Selection rotates seasonally

From our kitchen

House-made pasta, every morning

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 →

  • Hand-cut daily
  • Bronze-die extrusion for selected shapes
  • Egg yolk dough & semolina blends
  • Sauced to order — never pre-plated
Hand-rolling fresh pasta dough
Bundles of fresh pasta drying
Fresh spaghetti noodles
Fresh linguine noodles
Fresh rigatoni pasta
Fresh ravioli on a wooden board
Rows of fresh ravioli
Fresh tortellini
Flour, eggs, and semolina for pasta
Outdoor Italian dining patio

Our story

Three generations, one kitchen table

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.”
— The Pagano family

Reservations

Save your table for tonight

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