An Italian restaurant owner will be serving up some penne and pizza in a new Timonium store. Pasta Mista will open its third location within the next month at 2135 York Road, across from the Timonium Fairgrounds. The other two Pasta Mistas are located in Towson and Canton.
The 2,500-square-foot restaurant will be Davide Scotti's biggest restaurant to date. Scotti is investing more than $100,000 to open the 70-seat eatery.
Part of the attraction of the new location at Timonium Square Shopping Center for Scotti was that the shopping center received an extensive makeover by Kimco Realty Corp last summer. The renovation included new signage, storefront canopies and a 55,000-square-foot shopping center.
Pasta Mista is taking space in the former Cheeburger, Cheeburger spot. The owners hadn't been looking for a new location, but when they were presented with a good deal on the rent, they couldn't pass it up, Scotti says.
He also thought Timonium had a good client base for him. Many patrons of the Towson store live or work in Timonium.
Scotti opened the 1,800-square-foot Towson location nine years ago with Gianluca Astori, his business partner who grew up in the same town outside of Naples, Italy.
Two years ago, the pair branched out to Canton. The casual restaurants serve pizza, salads, pasta, subs and chicken parmesan.
Though it is a tough time for some restaurants to stay in business, Scotti says he hopes his can continue to pull in customers by keeping prices low. Entrees cost about $8 while a large cheese pizza costs about $11.
Source: Davide Scotti, Pasta Mista
Writer: Julekha Dash