Restaurants

The Bianca pizza at Piccino in San Francisco

One of the first restaurants my boyfriend and I ate at in our new neighborhood was Piccino, a small, locally owned restaurant located in the Dogpatch neighborhood in San Francisco. It serves delicious thin-style pizza made from fresh ingredients from small, local and organic suppliers.

This restaurant is literally two blocks from our new apartment, so David and I have eaten here a few times since we moved into the neighborhood, and we have never been disappointed.

So far, our favorite has been the Bianca pizza, a three-cheese white pizza with garlic and parsley. Another table-pleaser is the Salciccia, a white pizza but with sausage, mozzarella and red onions.

Of course, in any pizza place like this, you have to get the Margherita pizza. It’s a staple. I like my Margherita with a little more mozzarella than Piccino’s version, but it is still yummy. For kicks, we tried the restaurant’s pepperoni, but we both agreed that when you are getting this thin-style gourmet pizza, pepperoni is not really what you want. You go to North Beach Pizza for pepperoni pizza. Don’t get me wrong, the pepperoni was still tasty, but it’s probably the weakest pizza on the menu.

If you love the pizza at uber-popular Pizza Delfina, then you will love Piccino’s pizza even more. There’s not a long wait for tables, the pizza is cheaper, and there’s plenty of parking.

Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Piccino serves the truly wonderful Blue Bottle Coffee. It is served in the restaurant as well as a coffee bar next door.

I love that there is a small, local place like this in my neighborhood.

Piccino
801 22nd St
(between Minnesota St & Tennessee St)
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 824-4224
www.piccinocafe.com
Restaurant hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., closed on Mondays
Coffee bar hours: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.