From the traditional to wildly inventive (charcoal pasta with Dungeness crab?), here are some of the most exciting Italian restaurants in the Bay.
Chef and owner Michele Belotti holds an antipasto platter at his Italian restaurant Belotti Ristorante in Oakland.
Belotti Ristorante is that rare neighborhood bistro that hits every mark. It offers a reasonable price point, exceptional wine list, long and convenient hours and confident servers who make spot-on recommendations, as they breeze by with samples of world-class Brunello. Even the simplest of desserts, a traditional panna cotta, is not the typical jiggly mold but a pot of silky, raspberry-topped cream custard that cues the music again.The Casoncelli Bergamaschi is a crowd-pleaser.
For dessert, how about a traditional tart from the heel of Italy’s boot? The bocconotto pugliese is filled with pastry cream and luscious imported Amarena cherries.The kitchen works wonders with seasonal ingredients. But November brings the most prized of truffles, the white ones, from northern Italy to the menu. Look for large raviolo with egg yolk and white truffle, risotto with white truffle and other specials.
The tiny Walnut Creek pizzeria – the first to bring multiple pie styles to the East Bay when it opened in 2016 – is particularly important to Gemignani. Not only is it the busiest Slice House outside of San Francisco, but with the mini empire moving toward a franchise model, it is the only one Gemignani and his partners own. “It’s in my backyard,” Gemignani says. “And the young staff reminds me of my first jobs.
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