Top Italian Restaurants in San Francisco (and surroundings)
San Francisco doesn’t follow fashion. It dictates it. Just look at the wave of organic products, of natural wines, and the long-established success of orange wines. The most European city in the United States offers extraordinary Italian restaurants, ones that combine sophisticated yet pure cucina along with memorable wine lists. It’s all the byproduct of a sensibility unique in the nation. Even the pizza is exceptional – light, well-made, crisp.
Ristobar - Emporio Rulli
2300 Chestnut Street - San Francisco
Ristobar is Emporio Rulli's restaurant in the heart of Marina discrict. The menu features lots of classic Italian recipes that are well executed. We suggest to start the braised octopus...
Italico Restaurant & Wine Bar
341 California Ave - Palo Alto
We're happy to greet this lovely restaurant and wine bar in our guide. First of all, we were very impressed by the wine selection which is extremely rich and accurate....
Vina Enoteca
700 Welch Rd - Palo Alto
A rustic and casual atmosphere identifies this bar restaurant opened on October 2016 by Rocco Scordella. He created an effective concept, a multifunctional eatery that is both a wine bar...
AltoVino
1358 Mason St - San Francisco
There are many reasons to return to Claudio Villani’s new wine bar and restaurant. First of all, we loved the all Italian wine list wich displays about 20 proper labels...
Belotti - Ristorante e Bottega
5403 College Avenue - Oakland
Michele Bellotti is a tough guy despite his carefree, thoughtless demeanor. And this is demonstrated by the successes of his openings that rest on a solid and traditional cuisine, enlivened...
Pausa
223 East 4th Avenue - San Mateo
This is a smart, eco-friendly, and contemporary concept in the heart of San Mateo, a 30 minutes ride from San Francisco. Pausa is at the same time an Italian-style bar,...
A16
2355 Chestnut Street - San Francisco
Shelley Lindgren has done a unique job of featuring and promoting Italian wines in California, especially with regards to the grape varieties of Southern Italy, searching and selecting with no...
Montesacro - Pinseria Enoteca
510 Stevenson Street - San Francisco
It’s a time for big news for Gianluca Legrottaglie. After the success of his pinsa in San Francisco – he was the first to offer it in the USA –...
Acquerello
1722 Sacramento Street - San Francisco
Giancarlo Paterlini and chef Suzette Gresham’s Nob Hill restaurant turns 30 years. Technically the place has no Italian restaurant contenders on the West Coast. Among the plates burned in our...
Il Casaro
348 Columbus Ave - San Francisco
Il Casaro is a San Francisco magnet for lovers of pizza napoletana. Francesco Covucci, originally from Calabria, offers a well-made pizza with good quality raw materials, supported by a well-leavened...
InoVino
108-B Carl Street - San Francisco
What a lovely wine bar. Opened by Claudio Villani in the Cole Valley neighborhood in 2013, today displays new owners (Kari and Francesco) but the same successful concept. The atmosphere...
La Ciccia
291 30th Street - San Francisco
In San Francisco it's hard not to know or never having been to La Ciccia. The Italian restaurant - pardon, Sardinian - is well known throughout the city and beyond....
54 Mint
16 Mint Plaza - San Francisco
This Italian restaurant opened in 2009. The management is entrusted to Gianluca Legrottaglie, a Rome native partner, and his origins are immediately evident in the choice of many Roman cuisine...
Tony's Pizza Napoletana
1570 Stockton St - San Francisco
Plan time to enjoy a fine Neapolitan-style pizza in San Francisco. American Tony Gemignani shows his Italian origins in both his pizza dough and his gesticulations. He is a pizza...
