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Acqua e Sale – Fresh pasta tossed at the counter in Rome

01 / 07

Carbonara

Egg yolk, pecorino romano, crispy guanciale, black pepper.

Fresh pastaTossed at the counterServed in a bowlBronze-cut
Love hard. Chew strong.The scarpetta is sacredNice people, rude dishes

The concept

Thesalsamenteria,backinthepan.

The deli counter of good things, with the fire on. Pick, watch it toss, eat. No tablecloth (and no waiting).

  • 7 pasta dishes
  • 3 fresh pasta shapes
  • 1 bowl

How it works

Spoiler:it'sfast.

Fresh pasta, live fire, one bowl. Done.

Bronze-cut fresh pasta with fine ridges
Pasta

Fresh.

Bronze-cut. The sauce stays put.

Pasta tossed in the pan at the counter
Counter

At the counter.

Tossed in the pan right in front of you. One portion at a time.

A PASTA bowl eaten on a street in Rome
Bowl

The bowl.

With PASTA written big. Just in case.

Three bowls on a small table, a round of forks
Scarpetta

Sacred.

We give you the bread, at the counter and at home too. You know the rest.

Lunch break with a bowl on the steps of a fountain in Rome
Anywhere

Anywhere.

At the counter, at the office, on the sofa.

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Our pasta

Three shapes. All bronze-cut.

Fresh ridged mezza manica, bronze-cut

Shape 01 / 03

Mezze maniche

Finely ridged, short and wide. The sauce gets in and stays there.

Find it in

Nest of fresh bronze-cut tonnarelli

Shape 02 / 03

Tonnarelli

Square section, rough surface. They wrap around the fork and hold on.

Find it in

The dishes

Sevenpastas,onebowl

Tap a bowl. We'll tell you everything (almost).

The menu

Seven pastas

The bowl stays the same. Everything else changes.

01PASTA bowl of carbonaraCarbonara02PASTA bowl of amatricianaAmatriciana03PASTA bowl of pestoPesto04PASTA bowl of cacio e pepeCacio e pepe05PASTA bowl of griciaGricia06PASTA bowl of ragùRagù07PASTA bowl of pomodoro e basilicoPomodoro e basilico

Lovehard.

Chewstrong.

The bread is on us: clean the bowl to the bottom.

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Out and about

Atthecounterandbeyond

A bowl goes anywhere.

  • A man eating a bowl of pasta standing at the counter

    First bite? Standing up.

  • Three bowls of pasta on a small table

    Three bowls, one round of forks.

  • A bowl handed across the counter

    From the pan to your hands.

  • A woman with a bowl of pasta by a fountain in Rome

    Lunch break, Roman style.

  • A woman eating a bowl of pasta on the sofa

    Sofa, series, hot bowl.

Where

TwocountersinRome

One in EUR, one by the Colosseum. Same pasta, different view.

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● Opens in November

Colosseo

Via dei Santi Quattro 55 · Rome

Our second counter, a stone's throw from the Colosseum. For the truly hungry.

Directions ↗See the counter →

● Open

Viale Europa

Viale Europa 135 · EUR · Rome

Our first counter, among the offices. Eat in, take away or on Glovo and Deliveroo.

Directions ↗See the counter →