Albona’s Chef Samuel Celebrates 20th Year In North Beach California’s only Istrian restaurant, Albona Ristorante Istriano is situated on quiet, tree-lined Francisco Street on the upper end of North Beach. If you’ve never visited, it is small, elegant and timeless, and defies easy categorization. Istria is a peninsula … Read the rest
North Beach’s Sotto Mare: The New School Is Old School In 2007, Gigi Fiorucci opened North Beach’s acclaimed Sotto Mare, to little fanfare. Though Gigi had been in the restaurant business his whole life, he had no way of knowing what kind of spectacular success the place would eventually … Read the rest
A Conversation With Mario’s Bohemian Cigar Store Cafe Situated on the busy corner of Union Street and Columbus Avenue in North Beach, Mario’s Bohemian Cigar Store Cafe has been at the center of this historic San Francisco neighborhood since the early Seventies. Originally founded by Mario and Liliana … Read the rest