If you've been looking for fresh pasta in Austin, you know that finding the real thing takes a little searching. There's a lot of dried pasta on menus around town — which is fine for what it is — but fresh pasta is a different category altogether, and it deserves its own conversation. At Siena Ristorante Toscana, we've been serving fresh pasta every single day for 26 years. It's one of the things we're most committed to, and it shapes the menu in a way that's hard to replicat

There's a reason Austin has kept coming back to Siena for 26 years. On Monday nights, you can test that theory for $26. Every Monday, all evening, we run the $26 Dinner for 26 Years — a two-course Roman pasta menu available at the bar, the patio, the cocktail area, and the dining room. No time limit. No fine print. Twenty-six dollars, two courses. If you've never been to Siena, this is a good night to come for the first time. If you're looking for an affordable date night in

Most people's mental image of bolognese is a thick, tomato-heavy meat sauce on spaghetti — the American-Italian version that became its own thing somewhere in the translation. The original from Bologna is already different from that: less tomato, more meat, fresh tagliatelle, built over hours. The Tuscan version is different. Bologna and Tuscany Are Not the Same Kitchen Ragù alla Bolognese is from Emilia-Romagna — the region just north of Tuscany. They share a border and a tr