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1722 Sacramento (at Polk) San Francisco, CA 94109

415-567-5432

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SF Weekly
Recommended
Critics'
Pick
Best Italian
Award Winner 2005

Cuisine(s): Italian, Pasta

Hours: Tue-Sat 5:30pm-9:30pm

Price: $$$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club, cash, check

Features: Business Dining, Catering, Private Party, Prix Fixe, Takeout

Serving: Dinner
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street

Description

Chef/owner Suzette Gresham-Tognetti, who made her name at Donatello, dishes up luxury versions of pan-regional rustic Italian specialties, mostly unconventional, interesting, and tasty. The regional Italian wine list is awesomely long and costly; beg the sommelier's help and be prepared to spend big.

2005 | Best Italian

Everything is top-notch at this 15-year-old Italian restaurant: the serene setting (a spacious, calm, and grown-up room with a striking vaulted wood ceiling); the professional, knowledgeable, and caring service; and the exciting cooking, high-style Italian food created from the best seasonal ingredients. Begin with a simple, exquisite Parmesan budino topped with a tangle of julienned zucchini and sauced with puréed spinach, or a chunk of Hawaiian butterfish in tomato-fennel sauce and... More »

Dinner Menu

First Course Selections
Three Courses $70, Four Courses $82, Five Courses $96

Pear And Foie Gras Raviolo
dry-farmed, organic bartlett pears filled with truffled torchon of foie gras

Smoked Saikou Salmon
in abruzzese olive oil, salted capers, blood orange, horseradish, and chive

Flavors Of Spring
peas, peas tendrils, mushroom purée, marcona almonds, micro vegetables, and pickled pearl onions

Parmesan Budino
with fresh peas

Lobster Consommé
bergamot-scented asparagus, and lobster and scallop sausage

Second Course Selections
Three Courses $70, Four Courses $82, Five Courses $96

Ridged Pasta
with foie gras, scented with black truffles and marsala

Rabbit Ragu And Castelvetrano Olives
with sardinian malloreddus

Oxtail-filled, Cocoa Tortellini
with spiced red wine sauce and mollica

Risotto Of Grana Padano
roasted spring garlic, asparagus, young onion, and black garlic

Lobster Panzerotti
in a spicy lobster brodo with “diavolicchio”

Wild Mushroom Ravioli
parmesan crema, portobello brodo

Third Course Selections
Three Courses $70, Four Courses $82, Five Courses $96

Mt. Lassen Red Trout Filet
pancetta jam, fava beans, and mint

Butter-poached Walu
braised sunflower seeds, ecopia farms sunflower sprouts, and spinach

Berkshire Pork Loin
seared pork belly, prunes, and roasted baby fennel

Bavette Of American Kobe Beef
pine-scented sunchoke purée, brussel sprouts, shallot-red wine sauce

Truffle-stuffed Chicken Breast
leek custard, potato gratin and shaved cremini mushrooms

Dessert

A Selection Of Italian Cheeses From The Cart

Honey-roasted Cinnamon Gelato
spiced apple cake, pickled apple

Crème Fraiche Panna Cotta
with strawberry granita, basil, and marcona almonds

Amaretto-crusted Ricotta Cake
candied citrus, and saffron gelato

Valrohna Chocolate Mousse
with candide orange, pistachio purée and nasturtium ice cream

Bourbon Caramel Semifreddo
with amaretti crumbs and drizzle of chocolate sauce

Selection Of Seasonal Sorbets

House Made Vanilla Gelato
with aceto balsamico "25 anni"

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1722 Sacramento (at Polk) San Francisco, CA 94109

415-567-5432

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2005 | Best Italian

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