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Mill Basin Prima Pasta: That's Italian

In this crazy, fast-paced world, even something as unique as true love comes and goes.

Yet the love of fine Italian food is forever, especially if you find little culinary gems like Mill Basin Prima Pasta.

Popping up in the most unexpected of places — a quaint and quiet tree-lined strip of storefronts on Avenue T between East 58th and East 59th Streets — Prima Pasta has a hometown, Main Street USA feel that can’t be matched.

Yet at the same time it’s all New York: once you walk past the inviting bay windows, walk through the welcoming frot doors and step inside, you’re eyes are quickly drawn to the photos of Manhattan’s iconic skyline.

If that’s not enough, the friendly...

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