272 Boylston St., Boston, www.bistrodumidi.com
Bosse Enoteca
This Natick food-and-pickleball haven offers all-you-can-eat pasta ($26.20) on Sunday, April 19, with mix-and-match shapes and sauces: bucatini with beef Bolognese; spaghetti with vodka sauce and chorizo.
310 Speen St., Natick, www.bosse.net
BRED Gourmet
Runners get free pasta on Sunday, April 19, from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Cambridge location. Show your bib and enjoy a healthy portion of smoked mac and cheese.
730 Main St., Cambridge, www.bredgourmet.com
El Barco
This casual Mexican spot opens at 10 a.m. on Marathon Monday. Pop in for carb-friendly options like rice, beans, and burritos near the finish line.
50 Dalton St., Boston, www.elbarcobackbay.com
Grill 23 & Bar
This swanky steakhouse’s Marathon Monday lunch includes off-menu delicacies like rigatoni Bolognese and a Wagyu burger. They’ll open at 1 p.m. on Monday for the occasion.
161 Berkeley St., Boston, www.grill23.com
Long Bar & Terrace at Raffles Boston.
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Long Bar & Terrace at Raffles Boston
Feast on pasta specials from Friday, April 17, until Monday, April 20, including tagliatelle and pappardelle, plus a refreshing, low-ABV Pace Yourself grapefruit and amaro cocktail.
40 Trinity Place, Boston, www.raffles.com/boston
Lucie
Lucie at the Colonnade Hotel serves a special marathon menu from Saturday, April 18, until Marathon Monday, with specials like bucatini puttanesca, braised chicken pappardelle, shrimp scampi, and mac and cheese. Gluten-free versions are available.
120 Huntington Ave., Boston, www.luciebackbay.com
MIDA
Each branch of this Italian restaurant from noted chef Douglass Williams serves an $80, two-person Mangia Sunday menu on April 19, stocked with pasta specials: carbonara, eggplant parm, mushroom pappardelle, and more, plus a side salad and sourdough.
Various locations, www.midarestaurant.com
Omni Parker House
On Sunday, April 19, the Omni Parker House hosts the Runner’s Table, a carb-loading pasta extravaganza at Parker’s Restaurant. On the all-you-can-eat menu: rigatoni Bolognese, gnocchi with pesto, fusilli with basil, and of course those iconic Parker House rolls.
60 School St., Boston, www.omnihotels.com
Pauli’s
It’s not pasta, but the friendly folks at Pauli’s do offer runners free clam chowder with the purchase of a lobster roll on Sunday, April 19, and Monday, April 20. Flash that bib.
65 Salem St., Boston, www.paulisnorthend.com
Saltie Girl
Kathy Sidell’s briny boite offers tinned fish aplenty — plus a satisfying lobster fra diavolo steps from the race route.
281 Dartmouth St., Boston, www.saltiegirl.com
Involtini di lasagne at Sogno in Woburn.Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe
Sogno
It’s all pasta, all the time at this splashy Woburn Italian restaurant far from the marathon crowds. It opens at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 19, serving pesto gnocchi, rigatoni Bolognese, and linguini with clams in sedate suburbia.
304 Cambridge Road, Woburn, www.sognoitalian.com
Sonsie
It’s tough to beat Sonsie’s Newbury Street patio for people-watching. On Sunday, April 19, it will also offer pasta and pizza specials.
327 Newbury St., Boston, www.sonsieboston.com
Standard Italian’s lasagna Bolognese.Rebecca Nottonson
Standard Italian
Eastern Standard’s Italian sibling offers bottomless pasta for kids 12 and under on Sundays, plus a shareable platter of $48 chicken parm with spaghetti, garlic bread, and salad for the grown-ups.
771 Beacon St., Boston, www.standarditalian.com
Stephanie’s on Newbury
Another Newbury Street mainstay, with a twist: There’s a devoted chicken parmesan menu section, with rigatoni (pomodoro, vodka sauce, or mushroom alfredo).
190 Newbury St., Boston, www.stephaniesonnewbury.com
The Beehive
Throughout the weekend, this bohemian spot offers carb-forward dishes and live music. On Marathon Monday, all proceeds benefit the Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helping advance care for trauma patients.
541 Tremont St., Boston, www.beehiveboston.com
Kara Baskin can be reached at kara.baskin@globe.com. Follow her @kcbaskin.
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