Cotogna
Italian restaurant · North Beach
490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Highlights
Cotogna is a vibrant eatery where rustic Italian fare shines through fresh pastas, wood-fired pizzas, and a cozy atmosphere that feels like a warm hug.
Cotogna is a vibrant eatery where rustic Italian fare shines through fresh pastas, wood-fired pizzas, and a cozy atmosphere that feels like a warm hug.
"A more casual counterpart to Quince, sharing a commitment to high-quality ingredients sourced from Fresh Run Farm." - Michael He
"Just where North Beach starts to dip down into charming Jackson Square, Cotogna has a warm and welcoming open hearth and rustic wooden tables. It’s helmed by chef Michael Tusk, who’s also behind three-Michelin-starred Quince, though Cotogna is relatively more relaxed. The raviolo is an experience: a single large filled pasta, which, when cut with a fork, breaks into fresh ricotta and golden egg yolk. But you can’t go wrong with any of the fresh pasta, fish from the grill, or meat from the spit." - Flora Tsapovsky, Eater Staff
"Just where North Beach starts to dip down into charming Jackson Square diners find Cotogna, a warmer and more casual restaurant from the same group behind Michelin-starred Quince. A woodfire oven and grill under an open hearth produce spit-roasted pork, rabbit, and quail, fresh pasta, and market vegetables. It’s known for its raviolo, a single large filled pasta with fresh ricotta and golden egg yolk inside." - Dianne de Guzman, Eater Staff
"If the last “team bonding” exercise ended with tears in a cursed escape room, gently suggest Cotogna as the next outing. The Italian restaurant in Jackson Square serves phenomenal pastas and pizzas, both in their brick-filled dining room and outside on an Architectural Digest-worthy parklet complete with olive trees, ornamental dried veggies, and blankets. And since this is likely an expensed meal, get everyone their own $32 raviolo to avoid any more crying: the pasta pocket is filled with ricotta and a gooey egg yolk the color of poppies, all soaking in a brown butter sauce you’ll want to drizzle on everything." - ricky rodriguez, julia chen 1, patrick wong
"Italian restaurant Cotogna has opened a gelato cart just outside its doors on Pacific Avenue, Tablehopper reports. Gelateria di Cotogna is open only on Fridays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. for now; a permanent gelato and espresso shop is planned for 2025." - Justine Jones
