Tag: Italian
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Ciccino
We went tasting at Tahona Mercado, but we didn’t eat dinner beforehand. So after all of that mezcal, we needed some food in our bellies before heading home. This meant a late dinner which is a bit unusual for us old folks. I did a quick search to see what was nearby on Google Maps…
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Bottega
We had to juggle our schedule a bit and not a ton of options to book for 11 people last minute for Saturday within a certain distance from our 12:45 tasting at Nickel & Nickel, but Bottega turned out to be a very good option. We had an 11:30 reservation, some of us showed up…
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Cotogna
Third night in a row eating out this week. This time we were revisiting Cotogna which we last visited here back in July. We had such a great meal last time we were very much looking forward to this meal. Menu had changed a fair amount since July which was nice since we could try…
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Fiorella
I’ve been dealing with the flu and pneumonia for the last couple weeks so we’ve been laying low, but I was finally up for going out again. We decided to go very low key and just eat at the newest restaurant in our neighborhood, Fiorella, the 4th location of this restaurant in SF and occupying…
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Esther’s Kitchen
Wednesday’s dinner courtesy of Steven was at Esther’s kitchen. Nice cocktails – I had a refreshing seasonal tequila and carrot juice based drink. Food was generally tasty. Grilled peaches was a nice starter. The bread and the butters were good, but not spectacular (give me some Tartine country loads or some Acme…). The tuna starter…
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Cotogna
Dinner at Cotogna before the Dear San Francisco show. This is the sister restaurant to Quince (at which we ate last month). We’ve only eaten here once before and very much enjoyed it and this time we were even more impressed. Cocktails were delicious…I had the mezcal based Tremante, Andrea had the tequila based Aurora,…
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A16
Dinner with our new friends from Germany who we’re hosting for a few days. We had an excess of food as usual at A16 which is someplace I’ve been meaning to try for a long time.Solid, traditional Italian cuisine. We were seated in the small back patio area. Some Italians dining back there and our…
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Naisla Kitchen & Cocktails
We were pleasantly surprised to find this place for our first night in Kauai. Decent cocktails and cuisine is a fusion of Italian and Japanese. https://naisla.com/
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Rosetta
We worked up our appetites after a morning of ballooning and visiting the ancient pyramids at Teotihuacan. We decided to go to Rosetta. This restaurant is #49 on the 2023 World’s 50 Best list and chef Elena Reygadas was also named World’s Best Female Chef 2023. The cuisine is a fusion of Italian and Mexican…
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Penny Roma
We didn’t feel like cooking today, so we decided to try Penny Roma, at which we’ve been meaning to eat ever since they opened. Flour+Water has a pasta shop from which we had purchased a few pasta dinners since the pandemic, so we were familiar with many of the pasta dishes and Penny Roma is…