Italian Cuisine: 90 Restaurants Found
La Ciccia
Address: 291 30th Street, San Francisco, CA 94131 (Map)
Taste another side of Italy at La Ciccia, where the flavors of the island of Sardinia take center stage. Husband and wife team, Massimiliano Conti and Lorella Degan, introduce patrons to the tastes of their home land, and retain authentic cooking styles and ingredients. The Fregua cun Cozzasa e Zaffaranu is a fregula with mussels in a tomato sauce with San Gavino saffron, and the Pezza de Angioni cun Tuvara is a seared lamb tenderloin with mushrooms. Over a quarter of the Italian-centric wine list is devoted exclusively to Sardinia labels, and the earthy tones of the drink selections only compliment the complexities of the cuisine.
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E'Tutto Qua
Address: 270 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133 (Map)
While traditional, classic, Italian cuisine has been a hit with diners all over the world for centuries, the owners and chefs at È Tutto Qua strive to infuse cutting edge recipes and techniques from Rome into their menu. Located in the heart of North Beach, È Tutto Qua does an excellent job keeping up with the latest trends in Italy, but the focus is always on quality ingredients and superb service. Meats and fish arrive fresh daily, pasta is made in-house from scratch, and many ingredients aren't added to your dish until right before it heads to your table. Knowing the ingredients are of the utmost freshness, the menu speaks for itself with its selections of unique pastas, thin crust Roman-style pizza, and entrees like Involtino di Pollo: a chicken breast in white wine sauce, stuffed with prosciutto, fontina cheese, and spinach. For a quality, gourmet meal that's hard to find outside of Italy, visit È Tutto Qua on the corner of Columbus and Broadway.
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Frascati
Address: 1901 Hyde Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 (Map)
With its yellow walls and bright interior, Frascati fosters a sense of joy within its doors. Multiple levels allow a more open and welcoming dining room with plenty of space for diners to enjoy the Mediterranean inspired coastal cuisines available at this restaurant. In the spirit of appreciating the seasons, Frascati’s menu changes seasonally, with an emphasis placed upon paying homage to the freshest ingredients. Guests can still enjoy the staple ingredient of many popular dishes; however, they come paired with the vegetable superstars of the season. Because of an ever-changing dinner menu, many wines are only available seasonally as well. Frascati matches up dishes and wines together with care in order to find the best-tasting complements. Many unique dishes grace the menu of this veteran restaurant, such as the Grilled Octopus Salad and the Foie Gras Torchon. Family-owned and operated, this joyful restaurant will brighten up even the cloudiest of San Francisco days.
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Allegro Romano
Address: 1701 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 (Map)
With a graduate from a culinary school in Rome as the owner and chef, Allegro Romano is a restaurant where modern décor meets traditional flavors.With time-honored classics such as Bruschetta alla Romana, grilled Italian bread served with garlic and tomatoes, and Homemade Lobster Ravioli gracing the menu of this restaurant, diners’ taste buds will be taken on a culinary adventure through Italian cuisines. This pasta heavy menu affords a number of meatless dishes for the vegetarian to enjoy. Allegro Romano boasts that it is out of the way of many tourist heavy areas in San Francisco, resulting in an oasis of genuinely good food enjoyed in a quiet, friendly atmosphere. In addition to the crisp, white tablecloths and tasteful place settings, patrons of Allegro Romano might also catch sight of a few celebrities that frequent this restaurant for the superior dishes and service.
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Restaurant Lulu
Address: 816 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 (Map)
Set in an old transformed warehouse in SoMa, just a mere block from the Moscone Convention Center, Restaurant Lulu evokes the feeling of being in Provence while still staying true to its urban cityscape. Most notably recognized for its wine selection, this French eatery boasts a selection of 500 bottles and over 70 wines by the glass from all around the world, and a slew of awards from Wine Spectator. The seasonal Provençal menu is served family-style on rustic blond wood tables, the bold flavors of the food the ideal complement to the colorful and contemporary space it occupies.
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