The 38 Essential Restaurants in San Francisco
"In the past year, the Bay Area has welcomed a new crop of Italian restaurants focused on affordability, and chef Anthony Strong’s Pasta Supply Co. is the best example in San Francisco. By day, it’s a retail destination for fresh pastas of all shapes and sizes, as well as sauces, cheeses, compound butter, and pantry items galore. But starting at 5 p.m., neighbors line up outside for dinner, when the kitchen team turns out twirly mafaldine with butter and cheese, salt cod “plumpers” in puttanesca sauce, or fusilli in spicy vodka tomato sauce. Almost everything costs under $20 — just be prepared for a wait since there are no reservations offered. A second location of the restaurant is now open at 3233 22nd Street in the Mission." - Dianne de Guzman, Eater Staff
