AltoVino

1358 Mason St, San Francisco, CA

AltoVino is the kind of restaurant that makes you remember why Italy ruined the rest of the world’s cooking. The menu is northern Italian—think Dolomites and Trentino rather than Amalfi postcards.

The Pappardelle? Undeniable. It’s what you hope it will be because that is their mission. AltoVino has the rarest thing a restaurant can possess in San Francisco: self-respect. It just wants to do what it does—northern Italian food, cooked properly, served with confidence—and if you don’t get it, the door’s right there.