
18 Virginia Ave, San Francisco, CA
Inexpensive, funky, killer spaghetti and meatballs.
1722 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA
The spendiest Italian in town, but total luxury heaven: foie gras, truffles, the whole deal.
1911 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA
Sister restaurant of A16 has outshined its predecessor. Killer homemade pastas, inventive starters.
1199 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
Mission cool, great cocktails and pizza, insane osso buco risotto.
3621 18th St, San Francisco, CA
Upscale Italian but not too pricey. Has three spinoffs, a testament to how well-loved it is 10 years on.
230 California St, San Francisco, CA
Mark Bittman's favorite Italian in SF. Great housemade salumi, pastas.
1042 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA
Old-school red-sauce Italian. Known for pizza, coo-coo clams, eggplant parm.
490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA
All the gloriousness of Quince, but affordable. 2010 rookie of the year.
291 30th St, San Francisco, CA
Sardinian food, which is a rarity. Famed for seafood preparations.