Café Mare, Santa Cruz – Restaurant Review
I hate restaurant reviews that breathlessly announce that Restaurant Whatever is a “hidden gem.” Basically, this is a humble brag, demonstrating that the reviewer knows more than you do, is…
Italian Restaurants
La Posta, Santa Cruz – Restaurant Review
We tried out La Posta on Oscar night, 2014. Maybe, as Patrick O’Brian put it in one of his novels, I’m turning into a cantankerous old dog rather than being…
Bella Roma, Capitola – Restaurant Review
Capitola is a little seaside resort town that’s kind of an extension of Santa Cruz. Downtown Capitola, such as it is, is wedged into a tiny little spit of land…
Abitino’s Pizzeria – A quick review
They claim that they make the only pizza which is worth eating. In a city like New York making this claim needs a certain degree of confidence and a certain…
Pizza and Curry, Fremont, CA- Review
Not your typical pizzeria, Pizza and Curry offers food inspired by the fusion of Italian and Indian cuisines. My first reaction upon hearing about this pizza joint was bewilderment, a…
Zero Zero – Pizza in San Francisco, Restaurant Review
With a historic Pride Festival going on and quite possibly the best weather the city has ever seen in June, what better place to spend this Sunday than San Francisco.…
La Casa Nostra – Serious Italian Food
If you drive North up Route 9 out of Santa Cruz, one of the first towns you come to is Ben Lomen. Tucked into the redwoods on the southern…
Pizzaiolo – Learn to Enjoy Slow Cooked Food
What exactly happens behind these curtains which makes people stand for, sometimes, over an hour? That food and passion go hand in hand is absolutely true for this place. Orders…
Giorgio’s Italian Food and Pizzeria, Milpitas
The Bay Area has quite a few Italian restaurants. Actually, each of the 12 odd cities have at least two good Italian places from which to choose. Yesterday, we were…
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