Pastaio Via Corta Opened: 2016 Owner: Danielle Glantz Previous Tenants: assorted non-grocery tenants Cooperative: none Location: 123 Main St, Gloucester, MA Photographed: August 22, 2025 Here in Gloucester, nearly a quarter of the population is Italian-American, so it makes sense there are a number of Italian-centered food businesses along the main street. One of the most notable is Pastaio Via Corta, an artisanal pasta shop and gourmet grocer turning out pasta from stone-ground wheat. The pasta production is the centerpiece of the store, and according to a profile in Edible Boston , the owner makes 450 pounds of pasta a week in the tiny downtown shop. The left side wall of the upscale store displays imported oils and vinegars along with some imported groceries, plus a large shelf of fine wines. Refrigerated foods are at the back, with a service counter displaying the fresh pasta on the right-side wall. You can see the mountains of fresh pasta here, along...
We've finally come to the end of Massachusetts here on The Market Report! Obviously, we've only seen a very small portion of the state's many supermarkets, but we've covered some good geographic ground and we're now all the way up in the northeastern corner of the state. This is around where the North Shore stops being just a place where people live and becomes more of a tourist destination (though, of course, those areas are mixed all along the coast of New England). We'll see a few stores along the coast from Gloucester, MA to Portsmouth, NH, which is just south of the Maine border. Yes, New Hampshire does have a tiny section of coastline, although only about 15 miles from Seabrook to Portsmouth. We'll start in Gloucester, then make stops in the small towns of Ipswich and Newbury before a look at Newburyport, the larger town right on the NH border, and West Newbury. Then it's off to New Hampshire for a few stores in Seabrook, one inland a bit in Exete...