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Sotto Mare

1. Sotto Mare

4.5 star rating
128 reviews

Category: Seafood

I love being surprised. Hence my joy when my tubby hubby friend hailed a cab and said, "it's a surprise...you'll see." Joy.  It was nothing flashy and quite unpretentious smack dab in the middle of the street just seconds from noisy crowds and bars. I like this part of North Beach where you can probably smoke a cigar and see old men play dominoes. Yeah. Something about Sotto Mare reminds me of…

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Pizza

4.5 star rating 286 reviews

1. Tommaso Ristorante…

Neighborhood: Financial District

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Wow, what a perfect authentic Italian pizza place. I went there with some friends, not knowing the place at all. But the guy who took us goes there once/twice a month with his wife, so I knew...

4 star rating 260 reviews

2. Gaspare's Pizza…

Neighborhood: Outer Richmond

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The pizza here is uber-greasy. But, so freakin' delicious.   Normally, I'm a priss about greasy pizza, but this pizza makes me bend all the rules while flippin' off my backside in every mirror...

4 star rating 137 reviews

3. Serrano's Pizza

Neighborhood: Mission

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this place simply just has GOOD pizza. i paid about $4 for a slice (and they definitely get a little more expensive than that). the person i was with who also ordered a slice was told she would have...

4 star rating 242 reviews

4. Pazzia Restaurant &…

Neighborhood: SOMA

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Noisy, noisy, noisy. I could barely hear my friends speak. The block of 3rd St Pazzia is on is sort of a random place for a restaurant, but the food was great. The pizza with arugula, egg...

4 star rating 97 reviews

5. Cinecitta Ristorante…

Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

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Based on the review and the restaurant's advertising, I was expecting Roma style pizza.  Although I was not expecting exactly the same I was a bit disappointed in the pizza.  THe crust was much...

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Pasta

4.5 star rating 163 reviews

1. Acquerello

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

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highlights included salmon carpaccio, pasta with foie gras, lemon ricotta gnocchi, baked halibut, pork chop, selection of cheeses, and buttermilk pana cotta with blueberries.  o man.  we were s-t-u-f...

4 star rating 113 reviews

2. Franchino

Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

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of pasta. I cleaned the plate which I almost never do. The pasta sauce was my favorite, I could eat it everyday if I lived in San Francisco. Please check this place out, it's delicious!...

4 star rating 283 reviews

3. Quince

Neighborhood: Japantown

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to make new, interesting combinations and there can be some hits and some misses, but I'd rather have a restaurant that is inventive than a restaurant that plays it safe.  Oh, and the pasta is perfection....

4 star rating 97 reviews

4. Fino Restaurant

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

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Very interesting place inside of a hotel.  The quality of food was mixed.  My pasta was way over done, but my wife's salmon was excellent.  Dessert was definitely the best part of the meal.   Overall...

4 star rating 206 reviews

5. Ristorante Milano

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

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This is a great, low-key neighborhood restaurant.  Just the type of place you want to go to after a long day when all you want is a bowl of pasta and a glass of wine. We had the insalata caprese...

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