A new fast-casual pasta spot has opened on 9th Avenue, adding another twist to Hell’s Kitchen’s growing appetite for quick-serve Italian comfort food.
Pasta de Pasta recently opened on 9th Avenue, taking over the former home of Al Horno Lean Mexican Kitchen. Photo: Steve Hill
Pasta de Pasta recently opened at 673 9th Avenue (bw W46/47th Streets), taking over the former home of Al Horno Lean Mexican Kitchen, with a menu centered around fresh fettuccine Alfredo tossed in a parmesan cheese wheel and customized with sauces and toppings.
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Steve Hill shoots New York the way most of us actually experience it — messy, layered, a little contradictory, and rarely postcard-perfect. His photos skip the clichés and lean into the in-between moments: the faces in passing, the grit under the gloss, the small flashes that make the city feel human.
Before picking up the camera full time, Hill spent two decades in some of New York’s top kitchens after training at the École Culinaire du Cordon Bleu in Paris — a background that shows up in the patience and precision of his work. His images have appeared everywhere from The New York Times to New York Magazine, but the focus stays local: real people, real streets, real moments.
He lives and works right here in Hell’s Kitchen.
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