In a tourism-driven community like Eagle County, many find themselves craving authenticity, community, and maybe even a little bit of crudity or unpolished banter.
It was these characteristics that drew people to Pastatively, Eagle’s favorite Italian restaurant, for the past 17 years. That run of nearly two decades will come to an end on June 26 with the restaurant’s two co-owners deciding the time was right this summer to walk away as their lease came to an end.
“The one thing that everything needs in life to be successful, whether it be a business or a personal endeavor, you’ve got to have a personality,” said co-owner Roberto Cammarota. “The personality of Pastatively is the community because it’s the community that made Pastatively what it is.”
Pastatively is quintessential East Coast-style Italian, and to Cammarota, a Bostonian and second-generation American of Italian descent, this means that everyone is family.
After serving the community for 17 years, Cammarota began to think about retiring and co-owner Dave Foster about his next adventure, they said. With their lease coming to an end, and, frankly, after struggling to find employees to staff the place after the pandemic, Foster said it became clear that it was time to go in a new direction.
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