Luca’s Pasta is a restaurant that puts you in control of your meal. You build your pasta dish in three steps using a comprehensive, attractive menu: step (1) “Pick a Pasta”; step (2) “Pick a Sauce”; and finally step (3), “Pick a Topping.”
This process allows the customer to build a healthy, happy meal that is both filling and nutritious. With eight different pasta choices on the menu, it is easy to find one that is good for you and tastes great. The “Whole Wheat Penne” and “Organic Penne” are two of the healthiest choices offered.
During Step (2), “Pick a Sauce,” you are confronted with ten tasty choices. In order to pick the healthiest sauces, remember to avoid cream bases and instead aim for olive oil and tomato bases. Based on the logic of avoiding creams, cheeses, and meats, Luca’s offers four healthy sauce options: “Olive Oil & Herbs,” “Marinara,” “Spicy Tomato,” and “Mediterranean.” The Mediterranean sauce is both hearty and packed full of flavor; it is made of calamata olives, pine nuts, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, and parsley in extra virgin olive oil.
Finally you pick your topping. With healthy choices such as broccoli, spinach, zucchini, mushroom, and grilled chicken breast, there are a lot of healthy flavor combinations. If you want to pay an extra dollar or so you can add multiple toppings to create a pasta feast!
The owner insists on quality and you can see that in the food and the service. All of the sauces and soups are hand-made which is apparent when you put that first forkful of pasta or spoonful of soup in your mouth. Because the soup is made-in-store, it changes every week so you can always count on an original, delicious recipe each time you go. Combined with the fact that everything is steamed to perfection, you can count on fresh tasting food that is cooked just right. By steaming the food, you ensure maximum nutrition and no extra added fats or calories.
The restaurant even caters to those that are Gluten-Free, offering a “Gluten Free Pasta,” made from brown rice, and all of the sauces are Gluten-Free as well.
At Luca’s, everything is not only a great deal, but most of it is healthy. Luca’s offers delicious salads, homemade teas, and organic coffee. You won’t just like Luca’s, you’ll love it. The East wall of the store is a huge collage of love—everyone writes what they love on the wall; it’s like a guestbook of the heart.
When you eat at Luca’s you can always expect one thing—good food. To see Luca’s Pasta on Google Maps, click here.
Luca's Pasta gets 4 out of 5 Healthy Stars!
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