Delfina - The Mission

I don't know why I've waited so long to go to this place. John's been but alas, I have not. So when our friend Aarti said, hey let's do Delfina for "D" (she's wading through restaurants in our great city by the alphabet) I said Heyohhh, I'm in. Secretly I was "dying" to try out the pizza, boy was I surprised that you can only get it next door at the Pizzeria Delfina.

I'm sure there's some crackhead crazy zoning rule in SF that says you can't bring Pizza into the restaurant and you can't bring alcohol into the Pizzeria, cuz alcohol and pizza don't go together. Tell that to the drunkards at Golden Boy at 3am.

Anhoo, about 4 of us went, thank goodness we took cabs a) cuz we were gonna get our swerve on and drinkin' and drivin' don't go well together and b) cuz parking ssuuuuucccckkkkssss. Tiny place, buzzing like a mofo, reminds me of when the Slanted Door usta be cool.

The food: The Fresh-stretched mozzarella with padron peppers and a tomato toast looked good but no one got it. Next time. I went kinda boring but since I was in the mood for Pizza I stuck with Italian: Spaghetti with plum tomatoes, garlic, extra virgin olive oil and peperoncini. They did it up right. Aarti had the Meyer Ranch flatiron steak and French fries and wooohoooo, those yelpers are right, the fries rock! I'm a sucker for Pansotti anywhere, so the Pansotti with walnut sauce was rocking too.

The wine list? Fantabulous but Italian only here folks. And for some reason...everyone always gives me the wine list. Huh? Wtf do I know about Italian Reds? They do have some great wines that are reasonably priced: Rosso di Montalcino came in right around $50.

Would I go again? Yes, but only after I get the pizza. :^)

Delfina
3621 18th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.552.4055