The Little Store

Ordered potato gnocchi and was looking forward to my dinner. NEVER AGAIN!! It was awful. The gnocchi were mush and no more than 15 in a bolognese sauce that I paid extra. The bolognese sauce was Salty Salty with more carrots than meat. The few gnocchi were swimming in the salty sauce. With so many videos out there you can educate yourself on how to make the gnocchi and how to serve them.If you are going to make Italian food, please make sure you have an understanding of how to make it if not stick to making hamburgers! The eggplant rotini were good!This is my third attempt at making this place work and unfortunately the last..Save your money!

Great people work here. Friendly & polite. Great place to eat in or take out. Love this place. Jeanne

Food is definitely on the top of my Marblehead list! Everything we had was delicious beyond. Cucumber salad. Light and divine. Beautiful presentation. Crab cakes best we ever had! Seafood so fresh and tasty. Chicken cutlets and homemade pasta to dream about. Desserts were worth the calories! Cheesecake rivals New York!! Lemon cake was sublime. Chocolate mousse was richer and more delectable than you can imagine. Prices are so fair! Portions are huge and shareable. Donna our server is a doll! She's knowledgeable and real!! I can't wait to go back. I'll upload pics next time!! Great take out too.

Incredible! The service is always great, never be in a rush it's a small restaurant made to order food. They have incredible carbonara, hand tossed thin crust pizza, so delicious! The penne vodka is always incredible! Make sure to ask which dishes come with " House made pastsas" there homemade pasta is COOKED SO PEFRECTLY EL DENTE' it's an absolute sensation to your palate! There is a few tables for outdoor dining, and indoor dining can be, cozy, romantic and fun! The staff is super! Friendly, courteous, fun, and hard working!Be sure to make a reservation or order takeout for home, this little gem fills up fast!

Tiny but excellent. Had the stuffed haddock, which was delicious with sautéed fall veggies.Service was excellent; single server, which was fine for such a small place, who was accommodating and friendly.

Found this restaurant on yelp, when we first arrived it looked like a small take out restaurant. We were skeptical about staying but we decided to try it out. It was the best decision. The food was amazing. Everything was fresh made to order. The pasta noodles are homemade. The service was also great. Server was fast and shared the daily specials with us. They had a grilled romaine salad that was to die for. The pastas are flavorful the shrimp was perfectly cooked. The shrimp scampi pizza was my dad's favorite. Definitely recommend this place. We will try to make it back one more time before flying back home.

Amazing little gem of a neighborhood place in the heart of historic Marblehead. Seats about 22 people total inside, so get your reservation locked down and bring your favorite bottle of wine to complement the meal. Some of the occasional negative reviews of this place are shameful and totally unworthy from my experience. The gnocchi in "the Little Store Gnocchi" dish was melt in your mouth perfection. Best I ever had in the USA (I have been to Italy 40+ times). The mushrooms, truffle oil and Alfredo-like sauce (it's better than classic Alfredo ... smoother, less sticky, less fatty, more garlicky - and scrumptious... it was so tasty, I could drink the remnants like a divine soup -- and frankly, I did! The Veal Marsala was tender and seasoned perfectly, coated in tasty mushrooms and a dark Marsala sauce that was done with just the right balance of sweet and savory. My wife had the Seafood Di Mare that was piled high in a skillet full of calamari, shrimp, mussels and scallops on top of homemade fettuccine. The white wine sauce this was bathing in was a little tame for the magnitude of the dish - good, just not spectacular. All in all, we loved our food so much that we ordered a Haddock Francese "to go" so we can have it the following night and expand our Little Store palate. The ambiance is cute and quaint, old school pictures on the wall in unmatched frames that you would find at a garage sale. I felt like I was in a neighborhood ristorante in Tuscany. We saw only 1 employee all night and she was a hustler (in a great way). She did everything ... never stopped buzzing around to take care of a full restaurant-- not to mention a thriving takeout business (folks ... please tip this gal even when ordering takeout - she is busting her tail for you!). I love the BYOB approach because I always have lots of wine at the house - I don't need to spend an additional $100 on a $40 bottle of wine when I go out. One last comment - this is an adorable romantic place - unless the guests who visit make it otherwise. I was there with my wife, as were several other husbands enjoying a relatively quiet night out with their significant others. One younger group of 5 friends took the center table, and as the alcohol consumption rose, the volume crescendoed to the point of shouting just to be heard. A neighboring gentleman intervened and asked one particular girl to please stop shouting. He was right to do this - and to the girl's credit, she apologized and the rest of the evening was so pleasant. I say this just to remind people - restaurants are only as pleasant and romantic as the guests who honor them. By all means - celebrate life and friendship ... but be wary of your surroundings when your neighbors are just an arm's length away. God bless the Little Store -- Marbleheaders are sooooo lucky to have her !

Picked up Caesar salad & linguine with meatballs. Meatballs just hamburger & very gritty. Salad dressing bottled. Absolutely will never return.

Incredible hidden gem with delicious food in a quirky and cozy ambiance. Donna is an amazing welcoming waitress that will make you feel at home and provide the perfect recommendations for your mood and palate. All the dishes we have had have been amazing and can't wait to try them all. They're affiliated with antique table and can't believe it took us so long to discover it. They are always busy and do a great deal of takeout as well

This restaurant is just addictive! The girls in little store make excellent food!Recommend!High quality food all so!Lenny from the Bronx!