"You won’t find penne alla vodka or fettuccine alfredo on the pasta menu at Flour + Water. Instead, corn and chocolate mint get stuffed into cappelletti, preserved blood orange brightens up a clam and green garlic corzetti, and veal tortellini wakes you up with fresh shaved horseradish. In other words, the flavor combinations make about as much sense as an apology written in your Notes app. But somehow, they really, really work. Much like every other “Cal-Ital” spot in town, Flour + Water changes up its menu all the time. But that’s just another reason coming back to this Mission restaurant is always exciting. Reservations are released 28 days in advance at midnight on Resy. They also save space for walk-ins (grab a glass of wine and a snack down the street at Flour + Water Pasta Shop if you have to wait). You can also see if their more casual but just as fantastic sister spot, Penny Roma (also in the Mission), has any open tables." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, lani conway