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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.
Seven honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- 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
- Scarpinocc San Francisco Chronicle, 2026
Nearby in the record closest first
- Mijoté French Eat · 88
- Flour + Water Pasta Shop Italian Eat · 65
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- Penny Roma Italian Eat · 77
- Chuy's Fiestas Mexican Eat · 65
- El Mil Amores Mexico City-style Eat · 79
- San Ho Won Korean Eat · 92
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