Italian Restaurants in and near San Francisco, CA

In San Francisco, Italian restaurants aren’t hard to find—especially if you’re looking in North Beach, where old-fashioned trattorias and intimate cafés have battled back the encroaching skyscrapers for decades. That’s where you’ll find some of the best food in San Francisco, whether it’s a family-style meal at Capp’s Corner or a pizza al prosciutto at Ideale. But great Italian food isn’t limited to the North Beach neighborhood. Other San Francisco restaurants to check out include Nob Hill’s Ristorante Milano (owned by a native Roman with a fondness for local, organic ingredients) and Pizzeria Delfina in the Mission (named some of the best pizza in America by GQ).