We are so excited to run into this little Italian restaurant in Willow Springs Missouri!! Really felt like I was in the middle of the movie "Nonna's." The owner came out and talked to us about her made from scratch sauce recipes. She brought us samples of her meat sauce and eggplant parm and they were both excellent! She shared some stories about where her recipes came from and about some fellow St. Louis residents, where we have The Hill in our backyard, who have popped in. Because of the Hill Italian neighborhood in St. Louis, it's hard to find comparable Italian, and The Pasta Place comes in close with unique Italian flavors.
We started with salad and the Homemade Cream of Gnocchi soup. The soup was absolutely delicious! We ordered the Taste of Italy to get a good sampling of different dishes. This included Chicken Parm, fettuccine Alfredo and lasagna. The fettuccine Alfredo was perfectly made with it not being too rich. Both the lasagna and the eggplant Parmesan were extremely light and airy. I'm not sure what the trick is to make this happen, but it makes the dish so good! Also need to do a shout out for our waiter. Extremely personable and polite young man who will help keep patrons coming back again. We will be back and sure hope this hidden gem will be around for the long haul! read more