Pizzeria Delfina - San Francisco - 5 stars

Visited on: Sep. 21, 2006

Comments: Highly recommended for pies

Ordered items:
Cherry tomato, ricotta, and basil pie

Don't the tomatoes look delicious?



Create your own burst of flavors!

Homemade sausages

An interesting dessert that we did not try - baked apples


General description:
Delfina is one restaurant I enjoy very much in San Francisco, but I’ve never been to Delfina Pizzeria before. I definitely missed out! It is really small, which only added to the homey and warm feeling of a neighborhood spot. Appetizers look delicious from the counter, but we decided to save our stomach for the pie and the daily special: sausage. The cherry tomatoes, ricotta, and basil pie we ordered was wonderful. The crust is as thin as the ones I had in Naples in Italy, and perfect for the fold-and-eat style favored by the pizza originators. Intensely flavorful cherry tomatoes paired with ricotta plays a beautiful symphony on the tongue, all flavor, no grease. Add a sprinkled of fresh grated Grana Padano cheese, or crush your own stem of oregano over the pie, and add a sprinkling of red pepper flakes, and the flavor becomes as sharp or as mellow as you’d like. Even the crust rim, which I usually leave aside because of undercooking/overcooking/greasiness or simple futile attempts to assuage my diet guilt, was consumed gustily. That’s where you taste the dough, and it has that whiff of fresh, clear bread fragrance that just brings a sense of overall wellbeing.

I also like the homemade sausages. Very meaty but again, never greasy. The sauerkraute piled on top cleared away the remaining oiliness that enabled me to finish my portion even after eating half of a pie.

The staff is fun, and seeing them dancing in the kitchen while tossing/making/baking the pie made you feel like you are also a part of the action, which made it not only a delicious experience, but also a very fun experience.

Basic information:
3611 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 437-6800
www.pizzeriadelfina.com
Hours:
Mon 5:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Tue-Thu 11:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Fri 11:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Sat 12:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Sun 12:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Around $12-$18 per pie.