A few of the top Bay Area restaurants, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Corso Trattoria
1788 Shattuck Ave. (near Delaware)Berkeley
Tel. (510) 704-8003
Map | www.trattoriacorso.com
A chef change last year hasn't harmed the food coming out of
the compact kitchen of this Berkeley trattoria. Scott Eastman and Steve
Walker now share the kitchen duties, but you'll still find chicken
cooked in brown butter, a recipe owner Wendy Brucker perfected after
repeated visits to Trattoria Sostanza in Florence. The chefs also do a
smashing job on the bistecca alla Florentina, a grilled 24-ounce T-bone
that I'd put up against any steak house offering. There's also
exceptional pasta such as hand-cut tagliatelle with braised beef and
pork. With the close-together tables, the place feels like Italy. Sit at
the kitchen counter and you can witness your whole fish being grilled.
Specialties: Grilled whole branzino; trippa alla Florentina; pasta with braised beef and pork; chicken cooked in butter; Florentine steak; Amarena cherry sundae.
Specialties: Grilled whole branzino; trippa alla Florentina; pasta with braised beef and pork; chicken cooked in butter; Florentine steak; Amarena cherry sundae.
Hours
Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; dinner 5-10 p.m. nightly, brunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. weekends.Cuisines
- Italian
Features
- Corkage ($15)
- Credit Cards: All Major
- Full Bar
- High Chairs
- Parking: Paid Lot
- Parking: Street
- Bar Bites
- Lunch
- Seating (53 (plus seven at the counter)
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When guests want to visit Sausalito, the place to send them
for lunch or dinner is this Italian restaurant overlooking the marina.
Diners can eat in the room facing the open kitchen, with a handsome
interior that features beautifully crafted terra cotta floors, marble
baseboards and mahogany arches. Or they can sit outside and enjoy the
almost-always nice weather. Peter McNee's cooking is even more
compelling than the interior. He ages prosciutto for 18 months, makes
burrata, cures bresaola and crafts pasta for his soulful dishes. The
wood-fired oven adds smoky nuances to lamb meatballs, roast chicken and
petrale sole, and the accompanying produce comes from the restaurant's
garden.
Specialties: Dungeness crab salad with Meyer lemon and grapefruit; house-made pasta; pizza; roasted whole petrale sole; grilled half chicken; meat loaf braised in tomato; lemon mousse.
Specialties: Dungeness crab salad with Meyer lemon and grapefruit; house-made pasta; pizza; roasted whole petrale sole; grilled half chicken; meat loaf braised in tomato; lemon mousse.
Hours
Breakfast, lunch and dinner until 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, until 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday.Cuisines
- Italian
Features
- Online Reservation
- Breakfast
- Credit Cards: Accepted
- Disabled Access
- Full Bar
- Outdoor Seating (In summer)
- With View
- Seating (130 (plus 20 outside))
- Reservations: Accepted
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Perbacco
230 California St. (near Battery)
San Francisco
Tel. (415) 955-0663
Map | www.perbaccosf.com
Perbacco
230 California St. (near Battery)San Francisco
Tel. (415) 955-0663
Map | www.perbaccosf.com
Few sister restaurants are as in tune with each other as this
duo owned by chef Staffan Terje and front-of-the-house master Umberto
Gibin. They opened the upscale Perbacco, which draws inspiration from
Piedmont and Liguria, in 2006; two years ago, they opened Barbacco a few
doors away, featuring a more rustic Italian menu. Perbacco offers
multiple seating areas; at Barbacco, the feel is more casual and modern.
Don't pass up the pasta or salumi at either place. Barbacco, 220
California St., San Francisco; (415) 955-1919 . barbaccosf.com.
Specialties: Perbacco: Breadsticks; agnolotti dal plin; hazelnut cookies. Barbacco: lasagna Bolognese; bruschetta; braised chicken thighs.
Specialties: Perbacco: Breadsticks; agnolotti dal plin; hazelnut cookies. Barbacco: lasagna Bolognese; bruschetta; braised chicken thighs.
Hours
Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri., dinner 5:30-10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., until 11 p.m. Fri.-Sat.Cuisines
- Italian
Features
- Online Reservation
- Bar Menu
- Corkage ($20)
- Credit Cards: Accepted
- Disabled Access
- Full Bar
- High Chairs
- Parking: Difficult
- Parking: Paid Lot
- Parking: Street
- Parking: Valet ($10 (dinner))
- Seating (130 plus 40 at the bar)
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