Maria’s Gourmet Pasta opens first retail shop in Malden next year

Maria’s Gourmet Pasta is turning its wholesale operation into a storefront at 245 Ferry Street in Malden, with the shop expected to open in September 2026. For local pasta buyers, that means direct access to fresh ravioli and other specialty shapes from a maker that has long supplied restaurants, hotels, caterers and chefs across Greater Boston and Southern New England.

The company says the business was inspired by family recipes and Boston’s North End, and it makes pasta in small batches using high-quality ingredients and a mix of modern and traditional equipment. Its retail lineup is built well beyond basic noodles, with best-selling ravioli, create-your-own ravioli, gluten-free pasta and ravioli, seasonal specials and flat-cut or extruded pasta.

Maria’s also keeps custom orders in play. The company says custom ravioli fillings are available on request with a one-week lead time and a 30- to 35-pound minimum order. Its gluten-free line includes gluten-free ziti, linguini, fettuccine and cauliflower gnocchi, while flat-cuts and extruded pasta are packed in 12-pound cases.

Business records list Maria’s Gourmet Pasta Products, Inc. at the same Ferry Street address, and Massachusetts company filings cited in business directories show the corporation was filed on May 28, 1999. That gives the Malden opening the weight of a long-established pasta maker stepping out from behind the wholesale counter and into a neighborhood storefront.

A local review source also suggests Maria’s has long carried a reputation for fresh pasta and may previously have sold products in supermarkets, which makes the retail move feel less like a debut than a widening of access. When the doors open in September, Malden shoppers will be able to buy Maria’s pasta the way restaurant kitchens have for years, with fresh product now available straight from the source.