La Ciccia

• Cuisine(s): Italian, Seafood
  Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 5:30pm-10pm
  Price: $, $$
  Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa
• Attire: casual
  Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
  Serving: Dinner
  Alcohol: Beer/Wine
• Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available
  Parking: Street

Description

Massimiliano Conti is on a mission to acquaint San Franciscans with the food of Sardinia, his home island. There's nothing superfluous in his cooking, and it's just as season-specific as anything you'll find at Boulevard, but La Ciccia's food is rife with flavors most Californians have never encountered outside Europe. An ideal dinner here might start with a plate of Conti's housemade charcuterie, move on to tagliolini sauced with artichokes and bottarga (dried mullet roe), climax with a bowl of earthy, saffron-scented lamb stew, and wind down with a selection of Sardinian sheep and goat cheeses. The long, all-Italian wine list includes a selection of indigenous classics, such as tart, fruity Vermentino and soft, aromatic Cannonau (Grenache), as well as rare bottles and older vintages from other regions.