The always charming Gialina
ByIn the city, there are so many pizzerias to choose from. There are the slightly more upscale ones with pizzas that have innovative new ingredients and then there are the always-great traditional pizzerias. Gialina in Glen Park does not fall into either one of these categories. They serve interesting pizzas, but do not compromise taste for innovation.
We first had the arugula salad with beets and goat cheese, which was very good but you can find salads like that at almost any other restaurant. Then for another appetizer, we ordered the meatballs, which were amazing. They had a little bit of melted mozzarella on top and accented the tomato sauce perfectly!
As for pizzas, both that we ordered were fantastic. The first one that arrived at our table was the asparagus with green garlic, fontina cheese, tarragon, and pancetta. The green garlic was so tasty and the only criticism we had was that we wished that they cut the asparagus into smaller pieces on the pizza. The other pizza we ordered was the lamb sausage with young greens, leeks, goat cheese and yogurt. As a person who loves any sort of savory yogurt on meat, this pizza was excellent.
Another reason this place is so wonderful, is because lining the walls there are charming, old pictures from Italy. Gialina is a great place for wonderful pizza and homey atmosphere. Another plus, they do takeout!
Gialina
2842 Diamond Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
415.239.8500
http://www.gialina.com/
