Boston’s Eataly is fabulous and all, but if you want to shop like a true Italian while in Rhode Island, then the smaller mom-and-pop markets, shops and farmstands are the way to go. One of Rhode Island’s quaintest handcrafted pasta shops, Prica Farina, is located in downtown Warren on the corner of Market and Main Streets, and it feels like food shopping on the streets of Florence.

Husband and wife team, David Strenio and Priscila Moritz, handmake and sell up to ten pasta varieties per day, while also stocking New England-made and imported Italian cheeses, Hope and Main food products, local sauces and spreads, bread from Seven Stars Bakery on weekends and daily fresh-made, filled-to-order cannoli.