Eating fantastic pasta doesn’t have to be expensive, and the family-owned Pasta Sisters proves it. Paola Da Re, along with her son and daughter, Francesco and Georgia Sinatra (no relation to Frank), opened their pasta-focused Italian deli in 2015. They opened a second larger location at Helms Bakery in Culver City in March 2018. With grab-n-go offerings and desserts, in addition to made-to-order dishes, it is a one-stop-shop for a perfect Italian meal. The name is a tribute to Paola’s two sisters, who were raised in Padua, a small town in Northern Italy. They spent hours with their mother learning how to make pasta with recipes passed down through generations. Paola moved from Italy to Los Angeles and brought her mother’s handwritten recipes compiled in two diaries. Some of those pastas and sauces (which can be mixed and matched), and sweets are made in-house daily. Perhaps the most authentic and not widely offered in Los Angeles - especially for $12.50 - is the bottarga (salted, cured fish roe from Sardinia) with either spaghetti or gnocchi, that’s blended into the pasta with a light olive oil sauce. If that doesn’t fit your fancy, the pesto, three-cheese, porcini mushroom, or Bolognese surely will.