San Francisco

1041 Middlefield Rd, near Jefferson; Redwood City; 650.701.1000

This rustic Italian eatery sports floor-to-ceiling wooden wine racks (holding 80 mainly Italian varietals), an open kitchen-spying main dining room, and lounge w/ woven loom couches that opens out onto a piazza-style patio. Predominantly northern fare ranges from pounded white veal chop w/ heirloom tomato salad, to hand-rolled pastas, to pulled boar on grilled ciabatta w/ onion and Chianti vinegar -- a perfect sandwich for lovers of Tusk-any.

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