
Pappardelle's
OUR MISSION...
The relentless pursuit of perfect pasta!
OUR STORY...
David Bowen and Bill Curtis founded Pappardelle’s in Denver on May 14, 1984. Their vision? Exquisite, fresh pasta in an array of flavors never before experienced by Americans. At that time, pasta in the United States was generally limited to the one basic flavor: plain.
After extensive research they decided that the only way to ensure that their pasta creations would be of the highest quality was to recreate the traditional Italian pasta making methods: fresh, high-quality ingredients and small batches. And, because they lacked production equipment of any size, the early batches were almost entirely made by hand. They started with just these six flavors: egg, spinach, cracked pepper, garlic parsley, lemon pepper and tomato basil. They arrived for work each day at 3 a.m. to have enough time to create orders for fresh-flavored pastas to be delivered that same day in Bill’s 1976 beat-up red Chevy Malibu.
NEVER SAY NO!
Part of the success of the company can certainly be attributed to the mantra employed by the founders, “Never say no!” This way of doing business increased sales and expanded the number of varieties of pasta exponentially.
PLACES PAPPARDELLE'S HAS BEEN SERVED
While we have grown to over 200 farmers’ markets around the nation and spawned a slew of imitators who have tried to copy many of our original flavored pasta creations, Pappardelle’s primary business still traces its roots to “white tablecloth” restaurants and upscale hotels and resorts. For example, we have been offered across the country in well-known places such as:
The Breakers Palm | Beach, Florida
The Williamsburg Inn | Williamsburg, Virginia
Hotel Monteleone | New Orleans, Louisiana
The Biltmore | Phoenix, Arizona
The Brown Palace | Denver, Colorado
The BroAdmoor | Colorado Springs, Colorado
Beaver Creek Lodge | Beaver Creek, Colorado
Hotel Jerome | Aspen, Colorado
The Coronado | San Diego, California
The Lodge at Rancho Mirage | Racho Mirage, California
WHERE ARE WE TODAY AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
After over 15 years at the helm, Jim's vision has not changed since the first day he took over. Pappardelle’s remains committed to its core values of small carefully monitored batches using time-tested traditional Italian production techniques, unique international flavor infusion, and top quality all-natural ingredients -- resulting in intense flavors, aromas and colors that retain their vibrancy through the cooking process. We want to continue being the pasta manufacturer of choice for executive chefs at white table cloth restaurants, caterers, hotels and resorts. We want to ensure our customers continue to enjoy their “Pappardelle” experience through our ambassadors who represent us at farmers’ markets and at specialty gourmet stores and through our delivery of customer service for those who buy directly from us. And we want to continue to be a place where employees are proud to work and to say they are an integral part of bringing you the best pasta made in the United States.
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