Rosanna's Pasta shop | Italian Restaurant & Grocery

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Rosanna's Pasta Shop in Encinitas has produced housemade Italian pasta, sauces, and fresh-baked bread on North El Camino Real since 1987. The kitchen extrudes and cuts fifteen pasta varieties in-house alongside from-scratch marinara, bolognese, and pesto sauces, a volume of in-house production that parallels the wood-fired output at Buona Forchetta on the same corridor. Originally founded on Coast Highway 101 by an Italian-born entrepreneur and a French culinary chef, the shop relocated to its current El Camino Real storefront and expanded into a boutique Italian market stocking imported wines, olive oils, and cured meats. The build-your-own Pastabilities format lets diners choose a pasta shape, sauce, and protein assembled to order, a made-on-the-spot model distinct from the pre-shaped artisan loaves at Prager Brothers Artisan Bread nearby. Signature output includes hand-rolled lasagna sheets layered with housemade ricotta and a slow-simmered meat ragu portioned for family-sized takeaway trays.