Poggio Trattoria
Italian restaurant · Marin City ·
Northern Italian trattoria with garden-fresh produce & wood-fired pizza
Northern Italian trattoria with garden-fresh produce & wood-fired pizza
"A bit of old-school restaurant grandeur — yes, the seats are comfortable no matter your table, and yes, the tables are draped in heavy white linen — paired with executive chef Benjamin Balesteri’s modern Italian cuisine is a fine combination. Dungeness crab amplified with the herbaceous crunch of purslane and house-made burrata. Fresh tortellini stuffed with short rib ragu. Big eye tuna with white truffles (shaved tableside) and a petite quail egg. And don’t miss the house negroni at the bustling bar." - Christina Mueller
"Northern Italian comfort food meets comfy old-world interiors at this well-loved trattoria on Sausalito’s main drag, which recently got some love on Apple TV’s The Last Thing He Told Me. The owner’s spring-fed organic garden contributes freshness and a wood-fired rotisserie provides market specialties to an extensive daily changing menu with plenty of pasta and antipasti." - Dianne de Guzman
"A very traditional trattoria featuring pasta and a Neapolitan pizza oven. The Florese family is considering expanding to a chain with future locations possibly in Marina and Sausalito." - Dianne de Guzman
"Jennifer Garner–approved Poggio Trattoria in Sausalito was among the businesses that toured the former Cliff House space on April 14, 2022 and later confirmed it is not opening a restaurant there." - Dianne de Guzman
"I learned that a longstanding Sausalito Italian restaurant is getting a little screen time thanks to The Last Thing He Told Me: the book and show name Poggio as Bailey’s favorite, and Hannah attempts to recreate a “homemade multigrain linguini in a brown butter sauce” from her birthday meal there. Michael Mindel, one of the partners, says author Laura Dave took some creative liberties with the menu and that the show didn’t film inside the restaurant, but Jennifer Garner dined at Poggio several times while filming—Mindel estimates four or five visits—and enjoyed the schiacciatta (a wood-fired flatbread she tried to recreate at home), a sformatino, and a vegetarian bucatini made per her request; staff remembered her as “lovely and really nice,” and she even yelled from her car to a packed patio, “Goodbye Poggio, I love you!” Mindel notes the closest real menu item to the book’s pasta is the pasta with mullet bottarga and garlic, and chef Ben Balesteri is planning The Last Thing He Told Me specials to be added to the menu (watch the restaurant’s Instagram). Poggio is located at 777 Bridgeway in Sausalito and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week, with reservations available online." - Lauren Saria