Glasgow's newest Italian to celebrate opening with pizza and pasta giveaway

Glasgow’s newest Italian restaurant is arriving in the west end this week and to celebrate the team behind it is hosting a huge pizza and pasta giveaway.

Assaggini is set to open its doors on Thursday, February 8 at 227 Byres Road, and will be treating fans of Italian food to some of their best dishes – all for free.

The restaurant, which specialises in fresh pasta, gourmet ‘Pinsa’ style pizzas and artisan craft beers, has announced plans to offer free pasta for the first 200 customers when they open their doors at 12 pm this Thursday (February 15) and free pizza for the first 200 customers on Friday (February 16).

A pasta dish from Assaggini Italian Restaurant in Glasgow

Pasta highlights include the likes of fresh Paccheri Gamberi e Limone, Bucatini Amatriciana, Cacio e Pepe and Reginette Lamb Ragu.

While the Pinsa style pizzas, inspired by the different Italian regions and are served smaller in size, come with a variety of toppings all sourced and inspired by different regions in Italy including fresh Fior di Latte mozzarella, Datterini tomatoes and Sardinian sausage.

Commenting on the giveaway, general manager Neil Johnstone, said: “We have had an extremely promising opening here at Assaggini and locals have been incredibly supportive of the restaurant.

“We wanted to give something back and thought, what could be better than the chance to come and try our delicious freshly made pasta and pizzas for free. We’re anticipating big queues on both days, so customers should come early to take advantage!”

He added that the offer will run on February 15 and 16, with limited dishes available as part of the offer with customers entitled to one meal per person while stocks last.

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