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Il Fornaio Review

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Il Fornaio

  • Address: Levi's Plaza, 1265 Battery St., Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94111 | Map It
  • Phone: 415/986-0100

Fodor's Review:

An offshoot of the Il Fornaio restaurant and bakery chain, this tile-floor, wood-panel complex combines a café, first-rate bakery, and upscale trattoria with a comfortable outdoor seating area. The mostly Tuscan menu includes crispy thin pizzas from a wood-burning oven, house-made pastas and gnocchi, and such tantalizing main dishes as tagliata, beef tenderloin slices with green peppercorn sauce. Each month the dishes of a different region of Italy are featured on a separate menu. Il Fornaio has become as comfortable as an old shoe, which means the kitchen too often rests on its laurels.

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