Bigoli Fresh Pasta
426 Orange Ave., Sand City (831) 899-4422, bigolifreshpasta.com
If you order pasta in an Italian restaurant, it’s reasonable to imagine there’s a veteran Italian chef with massive forearms somewhere in the back massaging durum wheat dough. Sometimes that is the case. But often, the people doing the massaging are in a nondescript garage in Sand City, where Chef Michele Cremonese and his team prepare all manner of pasta from proper ingredients. They do this every day, delivering fresh, hand-made pasta to area restaurants and other kitchens. So you’ve likely had his pasta and thanked the wrong chef. If you want to give Bigoli a nod, you can drop in on weekdays and take home a selection of fresh or dry pasta prepared by the right guy.