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Yelp has released its first list of the top 100 pasta restaurants in the United States. The pasta shop is number one in New Jersey. The list also highlights the continued popularity of family-owned shops and handmade pasta.
like to eatItaly face? According to data from the online survey platform YouGov, Italian cuisine is the most popular national cuisine in the world; And business review website Yelp found that between September 2025 and August 2026, searches for “pasta restaurant” on the platform increased by 52% compared to the same period last year. Yelp previously released its first list of “Top 100 Pasta Restaurants in the United States” to help consumers find the best pasta restaurants.
Travel + Leisure magazine reported that the platform collected the reviewer community’s favorite pasta restaurants, and most of them chose local family-run shops, small restaurants and take-out windows that offer authentic pasta and sauces.
located at the top of the listnew Jersey The pasta shop in Danville won the award. According to Yelp, lines can be seen at the store every day. Customers can choose from five to six types of pasta, including rigatoni, spaghetti, linguine, cheese ravioli and seasonal specialties, all paired with homemade sauces. Founder and executive chef Tommy Pollio said the restaurant is famous for its gluten-free pasta, which is made using a dedicated gluten-free pasta machine, but that’s not the only attraction; The restaurant also features a kiln, an open kitchen and a pasta-making demonstration in the window.
In second place is Italiana Homemade Pasta in Shelby, Michigan. This restaurant is known for its family recipes, especially its lasagna and slow-cooked delicious sausages. Popular items include the Salsa Rosa Palomino, a pink sauce made with tomato red sauce and fresh cream, and the Vodka and Prosciutto Cotto sauce, made with vodka and ham.
One Yelp user left a message saying this family-run restaurant is great. They tasted pumpkin cheese ravioli with cream and sage, lasagna, tube noodles with pink sauce and four types of cheese ravioli. they are delicious; All the food is hand-made, the pumpkin is fresh, and they even buy tube noodles by the pound to take home.
Rounding out the top three is Forma Pasta Factory, with two locations in Brooklyn, New York City. According to Yelp, chef Amit Rabinovich’s signature pasta dough is made with the same tap water that makes New York City bagels so famous, extruded and air-dried for 72 hours. The store offers a variety of pasta for dine-in or take-out, as well as dry pasta that customers can cook at home. One Yelp user put Spaghetti Pomodoro on his “must eat” list and called every dish he tasted there “super delicious.”
Yelp has a plethora of family-owned restaurants listed, like Borgatti’s Ravioli & Egg Noodles in the Bronx (No. 10) and Pastosa Ravioli in Brooklyn (No. 21, which has branches in New York state and New Jersey), proving that authentic flavor never goes out of style. Yelp also found that people are pursuing more “slow food time” pasta, meaning handmade pasta that takes time to make, such as the food offered by The Pasta Shop, Ceres in Tucson, Arizona (No. 9) and Zero Zero Handmade Pasta in Kansas City, Missouri (No. 41).
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The winner is a pasta shop in Danville, New Jersey. Yelp said there are lines at the store almost every day and it attracts customers with its house-made sauces, gluten-free pasta and on-site pasta making demonstrations.
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Most of the stores selected in the list are local family-run shops, small restaurants or take-out windows. They emphasize authentic pasta and sauces, and are critically acclaimed for their hand-made, traditional flavors and friendly service.
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According to YouGov, Italian cuisine is the most popular national cuisine in the world; Yelp reported that between September 2025 and August 2026, search volume for “pasta restaurant” increased by 52% compared to the same period last year, reflecting a significant increase in demand.
