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Flour + Water
Italian
Handmade pasta is the whole argument at this Mission Italian restaurant, where an open kitchen and a roaring pizza oven set the mood before you've ordered. The menu shifts constantly, leaning into the California-Italian overlap the neighborhood has come to expect from it. Half-portions exist, which is the kitchen quietly admitting the pasta list makes choosing one impossible. It's been an old-school institution long enough to anchor the block around it.
The awards strongest first
- AAA Three Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #9 · The 25 Best Restaurants In SF
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Italian food and restaurants in SF Bay Area
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in San Francisco Right Now
- San Francisco Chronicle #37 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- The Infatuation The 13 Best Pasta Restaurants In SF
- Time Out The 12 best restaurants in the Mission
One number, weighted & current 85
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Scarpinocc
“For good reason, though, the most celebrated is the scarpinocc, a raft-shaped pasta with a dimple that serves as a reservoir for milky Taleggio cheese and tart balsamic vinegar.”
San Francisco Chronicle, 2026 -
Saffron sorprese
“Many à la carte menu items — like a saffron sorprese peppered with delicately plump clams, or a seasonal pizza adorned with summery, blistered corn and shishitos — can stand confidently on their own as a simpler pared down meal.”
The New York Times -
Pizza
“If you’re seated at the communal table in the bar area, you’ll have an unobstructed view of the roaring pizza oven (pizzas are around $26)”
San Francisco Chronicle
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