Just Moved to SF - Want Good Food

[menuvore]

I just moved to the SF area and am trying to find my way through the delicious San Francisco food/restaurant scene. I write reviews on specific dishes I try, not on the restaurants as a whole and am looking for the best pizza and cookies in town, any advice?

[asdfasdf]

Thanks for the info, Robert.

[mariacarmen]

Gialina's is my favorite San Francisco pizza right now. East Bay is Pizzaiolo.

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Gialina
2842 Diamond St, San Francisco, CA 94131

Pizzaiolo
5008 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609

[DavidT]

It would be worth your while to take 15-20 minutes and use the "Search this board" feature for this discussion board. If you search for "pizza," you will likely find a couple of hundred or more useful comments and suggestions. Pizza gets discussed on this board OFTEN!

I don't recall seeing many cookie-specific discussions, but start by doing a search for "bakeries" and see what you find.

[menuvore]

Thanks to everyone, I got some good ideas for food to review on my website. Appreciate everyone's help!

[myst]

For cookies, Specialties is good if they are still hot (I like the chocolate/bran ones). Bay bread on Pine and Fillmore also has some tasty baked goods. Depends on whether you want finesse or a great big blog of chocolate and butter. I also like the coffee/toffee cookie at the cupcake shop in Emeryville.

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Teacake Bake Shop
5615 Bay St, Emeryville, CA 94608

Bay Bread
2325 Pine St, San Francisco, CA 94115

[Robert Lauriston]

Oh yeah, Bay Bread has some great French cookies, including first-rate macarons. They have branches all over town.

http://laboulangebakery.com/

[Robert Lauriston]

A16's straight-up VPN-certified Neapolitan style. Vaguely similar to Delfina.

L'Osteria has a great porcini pizza by the slice.

Little Star is great for Chicago-style deep dish.

Zante for Indian pizza by the slice.

Pauline's, sui generis.

Tommaso's, oldest pizzeria on the West Coast.

Arinell, greasy Ray's-type NY junk-food slice.

Pizzetta 211, super-thin crust.

[c91285]

Little Star also has thin crust that, while they aren't known for it, is good.

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Little Star Cafe
1536 Newell Ave, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

[whiner]

Pizza:

L'Osteria del Forno

Also worthy of note: A16, Delfina

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A16
2355 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94123

L'Osteria del Forno
519 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

Delfina Restaurant
3621 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[menuvore]

Are there major differences between the these 3? What makes them good?

[whiner]

I would say L'Osteria del Forno has the best "traditional" pizza in the area. The porcini (white) and the salami are beyond sublime.

A16 has Neaploitan pizza -- doughy but burned crust. Very good, fewer options. Delfina is somewhere in between.

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A16
2355 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94123

L'Osteria del Forno
519 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

Delfina Restaurant
3621 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[Robert Lauriston]

What kind(s) of pizza do you like?

[menuvore]

I'm more of a thin crust with fresh tomato sauce kind of guy, but really enjoy most everything. I ate at Pizzeria Delfina the other day, thought the prosciutto was decent, liked the brocolli rabe one a lot.

[betterbeheaven]

Emilia's in Berkeley has my absolute favorite pizza. The crust is wonderful, as is the fresh, faintly sweet tomato sauce.