 A16 Restaurant Review: This Marina hot-spot specializing in Campanian cuisine turns out dishes such as succulent pork shoulder, handmade pastas and signature Neapolitan-style pizza, hands down some of the Bay Area’s best, touting a gloriously thin, bubbly crust that is both crisp and chewy. The salsiccia --- white pizza topped with fragrant fennel sausage, bitter rapini, and large toasted garlic flakes --- sings with flavor from the first bite; a blend of chilies and olive oil on the side (as to not over-soak the crust) lets diners spice pies to their hearts' desire. Another specialty is house-cured salumi, including long ribbons of year-aged prosciutto, plated like pappardelle, and met with persimmons for sweetness, hazelnuts for salt and pomegranates for zing. Country-style maccaronara tossed in light tomato sauce are properly chewy; saffron tonnarelli with Dungeness crab and cauliflower are deceptively light and sweet. Rusticity shines in richly balsamic, velvety duck meatballs, stewed in house-made mosto. Boasting 40 wines by the glass, owner-sommelier Shelley Lindgren’s wine list highlighting southern Italian varietals is an integral part of the experience. Sweet lovers: Prioritize the moist rum cake topped with spiced quince, or the creamy salted budino.
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