Pasta Corner opened its first New York City location last week, with a stunning array of fresh pasta and sauces to-go as well as composed dishes (see the photos below). The establishment, as Appetito reported in spring, started in 2021 at The Original Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles, a collaboration between friends Vincent Benoliel, a baker, and Matt Pokora, a French pop and R&B star. (He goes by M. Pokora in his singing and TV career and is married to American actress Christina Milian.)
Benoliel and Pokora were pandemic roomies when they brainstormed the combination pasta shop and “fine-casual” restaurant. They opened in the market near Benoliel’s popular artisanal boulangerie and patisserie, Michelina, and quickly found an audience for their Italian specialties.
A Paris location followed near the Luxembourg Gardens, and now the duo has taken on Manhattan as well. The self-described “hybrid restaurant, bakery and gourmet shop” is essentially an all-day café, leveraging Benolieil’s baking talents with a range of breakfast pastries before moving on to lunch and dinner menus with an emphasis on inventive, house-made pastas.
Check out images of the space and Pasta Corner’s menu items below.
Pasta Corner, 9 E. 53rd St., New York, NY 10022, (212) 381-1355, @pastacorner_us, pastacorner.com
