Pausa Bar & Cookery

Italian restaurant · San Mateo

Pausa Bar & Cookery

Italian restaurant · San Mateo

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223 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401

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This stylish trattoria serves up artisanal wood-fired pizzas and Italian classics amidst a lively atmosphere, perfect for both casual dining and special occasions.  

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223 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401 Get directions

pausasanmateo.com
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223 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401 Get directions

+1 650 375 0818
pausasanmateo.com
@pausasanmateo
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@pausasanmateo

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Jul 10, 2025

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"For those looking for a unique variety of pizza and pasta, Pausa has you covered. The restaurant relies on local, organic ingredients while staying true to the Italian craft of pizza making. All of the pasta, bread, and pizza dough are made in-house with flour imported from Italy, in a dedicated “dough room” that guests can peer into. Pausa is also the third restaurant in California that’s licensed to produce its own cured meats, so don’t skip out on the Butcher’s Board, a selection of various salumi cuts. The menu changes seasonally, but some of the consistent favorites are the Margherita pizza and pork sausage ragu." - Cathy Park

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"Sekoya is the newest restaurant from Steve Ugur, the co-owner of San Mateo’s Pausa, and he’s running this restaurant alongside his uncle Sean Ugur, a restaurateur in his own right who was a part-owner of Cafe Pro Bono just a few blocks away on Birch Street for 18 years." - Paolo Bicchieri

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"Ugur is already well known for his first restaurant Pausa, a South Bay essential. But the founder grew up in San Mateo working in his family’s businesses before diving into butchery with a stint at Harris Steakhouse in 2013. Once he co-opened Pausa, it became the third in the state licensed to cure its own meat, making it hugely popular among salami and charcuterie fanatics. Dough for pizzas at the San Mateo restaurant is shipped in from Italy and crafted in a “dough room” where guests can peek at the magic." - Paolo Bicchieri

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"Rustic Italian pastas, wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, and charcuterie reflect chef-owner Andrea Giuliani’s native Veneto." - Dianne de Guzman, Clair Lorell, Paolo Bicchieri

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"Thanks to its modern setting and late hours (by San Mateo standards, at least), a growing crowd of smart couples and tech types flock to this San Mateo sweetie. Everyone is here for the authentic Italian eats from Chef/co-owner Andrea Giuliani, who dishes up the cuisine of his native Veneto.The dining room has a view of the charcuterie-aging room and those artistically presented salumi boards of fennel-flecked finocchiona and exceptional salame al parmigiano. The wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas are equally strong—try the porchetta variation, topped with gorgonzola and radicchio. Of course, the pastas don’t disappoint either: spinach spaghetti amatriciana with house-cured guanciale, piennolo tomatoes, calabrian chilies, and pecorino is downright perfect." - Michelin Inspector

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