Mattina - San Francisco (Lower Pacific Heights)

SPQR is a well established restaurant in San Francisco for close to 20 years. More recently owner/chef Accarrino also open just around the corner Mattina https://www.mattinasf.com - a full day restaurant with lunch, cafe and dinner options. It is more of a neighborhood restaurant than SPQR but still has the focus on high quality dishes, e.g. pasta made in-house, spiedini etc. Our first visit was very good and it is a bit surprising that the restaurant seems to fly a bit under the radar compared to some other Italian places in the city

Prosciutto & “Gnocco Fritto”, summer melon

Radicchio & Red Beet, fried pork belly, orange & mulled red wine

Spiedino of beef, maple soy

Malfedine, spinach pasta, “bolognese deluxe”, parmesan

Pappardelle, lamb cheek sugo, bell pepper, pecorino

Stone Food Crisp & Gelato

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Good visit to Mattina https://www.mattinasf.com and trying out a number of their dishes. Overall good flavors with perhaps the piadina the weakest dish as the dough felt more like a pizza dough and less like piadina.

Prosciutto & “Gnocco Fritto”, fuyu persimmon

Crespelle, cabbage “agrodolce”, truffle fonduta & ricotta

Spiedini - pork sausage/za’atar, beef/maple soy, mushroom/saba

Piadina, potato filled, “cacio e pepe”

Mafaline, spinach pasta, “bolognese deluxe” & parmesan

Caramelle, parsnip filled, smoked beef, mushroom & spinach

Italian sausage stuffed quail charcoal grilled & brick oven roasted with salsa verde & potato and brussels sprouts, chili & maple

Tiramisu

Pear & Cranberry Fruit Crisp with gelato

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