I happily dug into a twirl of spaghetti draped in a velvety egg sauce with Parmesan and chased it with a long tangle of tagliatelle slick with pesto. Even more happily, I devoured the puffy clouds of potato gnocchi in a clingy marinara. I’ve got a new favorite find for pasta, pizza and other Italian classics.

Give it a few weeks, but get yourself to Lovino Ristorante Italiano, the area’s newest Italian restaurant plunked in the middle of “the original” Ruston, which is the business area around North 51st and Pearl streets. It’s just up the hill from Point Ruston, the retail-residential development on Commencement Bay.