
5

"I didn't think Berkeley needed another red-sauce joint, but the Italian Homemade Company changed my mind: pastas that are simple, solid, and delicious beyond its fast-casual setting. Highlights included a squid-ink tagliolini with meaty chunks of lobster, a smooth and lush green pesto, and a stunning white-wine sauce tossed with duck gnocchi; come for the pasta dinners and return for the traditional piadines and the hot cassoni stuffed with house-made sausage." - Andrew Dalton