Meredith Brody
Hunters' special: duck livers alla veneziana. Da Flora (701 Columbus at Filbert) has one of the coziest, most charming dining rooms in the city: deep-red walls with interesting art, big windows topped with old ship models, lighting from a Murano glass chandelier and hanging Fortuny lanterns. It's a fantasy of a Venetian ostaria.
Owner Flora Gaspar and executive chef Jen McMahon have perfected two must-order dishes that are just as charming: sweet potato gnocchi in she
Jen Siska54 Mint's caprese salad.An early taste of SF Weekly's Wednesday food review.
This may be a city whose obsession with thin-crust shows no sign of cooling, but newcomer 54 Mint (16 Mint at Jessie) isn't exactly willing to pander. No, the still-new Italian restaurant in Mint Plaza's sleek Euroscape has a very Sicily-meets-Manhattan sense of itself, one that doesn't include Cali-style pies. Not surprising, since one of the owners here is co-owner of Il Buco in New York City. SF Wee
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
You thought pizza would've been over - oh - about the time you ordered your last Cosmo. But no, you're well onto rye whiskey, but pizza is only proliferating, like Chinese mitten crabs in the Delta. Might as well eat one (a pizza, doofus, not a mitten crab) made at the hand of a genuine Italian pizzaiolo. Go for the Monte Biancho, says SF Weekly critic Meredith Bordy, a pie shingled with tomatoes, mozzarella, prosciutto, and mascarpone: Caffe BaoNecci, 516 Gre
Randy F./YelpDurian (left) and mango gelati.A gelato craving might make you think of heading straight to North Beach this weekend, but Marco Polo Italian Ice Cream in Parkside provides authentic, homemade gelato with an array of unique flavors, minus the trek across town. The tiny, no-frills shop serves gelato made daily in its kitchen with fresh ingredients. You won't find shiny displays, cute cups, and uniformed employees, but you will have some of the best gelato available in San Franc
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