Dopo, Oakland

Despite its name, do not procrastinate your visit to Dopo (literally, afterward, or later), because this establishment really deserves your patronage! On Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, when I first had dinner there it was a tiny tiny venue which has since expanded to take over the beauty salon next door, adding much needed space for [...]

Pizzetta 211, San Francisco

Pizzetta is Italian for “little pizza”. However, the only thing that is really small at Pizzetta is the venue: four tables in a tiny tiny indoor space shared with the large pizza oven and kitchen. Nothing else is small: not the lines to get in at night or during the weekends, not the flavors of [...]

Piccino, San Francisco

Outside Italy, not everyone knows that the Italian language the way it is spoken today is a modification of the traditional dialect spoke in Tuscany during the first centuries of the previous millennium- and we have Dante to thank for it! That’s why Tuscany doesn’t really have a dialect, only a very distinctive accent and [...]

Pizzeria Delfina, San Francisco

With a new location in the Fillmore following its original site in the Mission, Pizzeria Delfina is truly at the peak of its fame. And rightly so! I just had a wonderful pizza there: unusual and interesting with a lot of flavors and personality! Despite not having a wood burning oven, the crust was pretty [...]

A16 VS. Perbacco: A No-Nonsense Guide to Two Top Italians in San Francisco

Italian food lovers don’t lack options when it comes to dining out in San Francisco. For this quick guide, we are providing some decisions tools to frame the choice between two up-and-coming, highly ranked (by native Italians) restaurants: Perbacco, in the Financial District, and A16, in the Marina. Cuisine and Menu Perbacco offers a Northern [...]