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"On a visit to this nearly 25-year-old Cal‑Italian pioneer I found the pasta exemplary: the kitchen’s fresh pastas are among the city’s finest and a recent standout was squid-ink paccheri with a light white-wine tomato sauce, a delicate chili kick and coin-sized chunks of sweet Dungeness crab that put the whole dish in perfect harmony; classics like bright spaghetti pomodoro and tender grilled Monterey Bay calamari remain reliably excellent." - Paolo Bicchieri