Steve Decosse, owner of Acre Pizza and founder of Acre Coffee (now Avid Coffee), has soft opened a new, budget-friendly pasta spot at The Barlow.
Decosse, who previously ran several restaurants in San Francisco, has hired chef Ian Marks to create a simple menu of classic pasta dishes with optional add-ons like burrata, pancetta, Mycopia mushrooms and meatballs.
Pasta options includes spaghetti with “Sunday red sauce” ($12); housemade tagliatelle ($17); pappardelle with Bolognese ragu and burrata ($22); lumache with porcini cream ($24); and garganelli in arrabiata sauce ($20).
Several sauces are vegan, including a creamy cashew-based pesto (you’d never guess it’s dairy-free). Family-style dishes like lasagna are in the works as Sunday specials.
I’ll be doing an in-depth review soon, but an early visit left me impressed, and I spent most of the weekend eating the delicious leftovers. Acre Pasta is at 6770 McKinley St., Sebastopol (across from Sushi Kosho). Official opening May 21.
Current hours are 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday; 4-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Future lunch and expanded dinner hours coming soon. Instagram.com/acrepasta
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