Somebody Help This Poor Girl

Posted on October 12th, 2011 11:00am by Krista Nightengale
Filed under Somebody Help, somebody help this poor girl out, Travel

This time, it’s personal. I need your help. I’m going to San Francisco this weekend. (This is my first time. I’ve already learned that it’s not cool to say San Fran.) I’m planning on running the Nike Women’s Marathon on Sunday. But I’m going to need some fuel. Where do you all suggest I go for some carbo-loading Saturday night? I posed the question on Twitter, and SFTravel suggested Acquerello, Pasta Pomodoro, or Firenze by Night. But I’m picky and don’t want a chain, nor do I want to spend a lot of money. I really just need a great plate of pasta. Any suggestions?

18 comments

  1. I’m doing Nike Women’s as well. I will be doing the half marathon. I would love a really good seafood place.

    @ 11:05 am on October 12, 2011

  2. SPQR on Fillmore, here is the link to their menus: http://www.spqrsf.com/menus/

    @ 11:17 am on October 12, 2011

  3. Second vote for SPQR! Also A16 (a16sf.com)

    @ 11:19 am on October 12, 2011

  4. Also up and coming in SOMA
    http://www.coco500.com/food.html

    I really also like RN74 all though it is a “chain”
    http://michaelmina.net/restaurants/locations/rn74.php?restaurant_id=3
    And of course it is San Francisco so Dim Sum
    http://www.yanksing.com/home.php

    @ 11:20 am on October 12, 2011

  5. Definitely try Piazza Pelligrini. It was by far the best Italian food I’ve tried in San Francisco!

    http://www.piazzapellegrini.com/aboutus.html

    @ 11:27 am on October 12, 2011

  6. Great pasta and offal at Incanto. Not too pricey either.

    @ 12:07 pm on October 12, 2011

  7. You need to go to Tommaso’s http://tommasos.com/ Authentic hole in the wall in the midst of strip clubs in North Beach. DELISH!

    @ 12:18 pm on October 12, 2011

  8. I live here (SF) and my recommendation for your parameters (great pasta & non-ridiculous prices) is Perbacco. Its also centrally located.

    @ 12:38 pm on October 12, 2011

  9. Get the Wok Seared Shanghai Garlic Noodles (with Kalua Pig is even better) at Butterfly on Pier 33…
    it will blow. your. mind.

    @ 12:54 pm on October 12, 2011

  10. Franchino
    http://www.yelp.com/biz/franchino-san-francisco

    @ 1:39 pm on October 12, 2011

  11. Forget pasta – get a pizza. Amici’s pizza: pepperoni and fresh garlic. Yum!

    And San Fran is OK. Frisco is not. :)

    Good luck!

    @ 3:47 pm on October 12, 2011

  12. North Beach Restaurant on Stockton is the real deal. http://www.northbeachrestaurant.com/

    @ 5:35 pm on October 12, 2011

  13. Flour and Water!!

    we had crescenza tortelli with porcini,
    Bigoli with shell beans and tomatoes,
    squid ink spaghetti with clams and mint,
    capellaci w/ wild boar and padron peppers

    And i third the vote for SPQR as well

    bludnudlen w/blood sausage ragu
    cocoa linguini w/ pork cheeks broccoli and mimolette
    A huge raviolo with an egg yolk inside with ricotta hazelnuts and truffle

    @ 5:35 pm on October 12, 2011

  14. Flour and Water.

    No brainer.

    @ 6:44 pm on October 12, 2011

  15. Thank you for the recommendations! I’m in San Francisco now (we don’t have hills like these in Dallas), and I’ll let you all know where I end up going. Good luck on Sunday, Lori!

    @ 8:46 pm on October 12, 2011

  16. Go to Radius, a friend of mine owns it and it’s amazing! Locally sourced California Cuisine.
    http://radiussf.com/
    It’s in SOMA – 1123 Folsom Street

    @ 10:54 am on October 13, 2011

  17. I highly recommend Millennium! http://millenniumrestaurant.com/index.html

    @ 12:26 pm on October 13, 2011

  18. We were in San Fran 2 weeks ago & SPQR (Roman Italian) was the highlight of our trip food wise….The Gnocchi & Tortelli were amazing & so was everything else…Small spot, good wine, & great vibe:)
    Other recs would be Cotonga & Perbacco.
    Might want to check out reviews on old school spots in Little Italy too via opentable, chowhound, yelp… Have fun:)

    @ 2:52 pm on October 14, 2011