Your next bowl of spaghetti could cost a pretty penne.
Little Italy’s top pasta purveyors are boiling over potential price spikes brought on by President Trump’s tariffs that could see packages of the “staple” food reach $10, which shop owners fear will be more than customers are willing to shell out.
With a punishing 107% tariff looming, 13 Italian pasta brands could be forced to choose between yanking their products from US food store shelves or raising prices dramatically.
“It’s terrible,” said Anthony Ruscigno, 42, manager of Joe’s Italian Deli on East 187th Street — which sells at least four of the 13 brands, including Pasta Garofalo, La Molisana, Rummo and Giuseppe Cocco.
“We sell a lot of pasta and, my calculation alone, it would go up to $10 a bag, which is crazy. Pasta is

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