Can't wait NBR open back , Lorenzo Petroni lagacy must stay in North Beach!! Please keep it Pasta della casa !

I miss the north beach, the staff, the food and the ambiance was wonderful! It will be missed and I surely miss the crew.

Excellent. Hope new owners will breath new life into this classic family owned restaurant. Without conventions and tourism it is difficult to survive post pandemic San Francisco.

THE SPIRIT OF NORTH BEACH The year of 2023 unfortunately means "closing" especially for me in the world is sports. First was announced that the Pac-12 Conference a college athletic conference, which has over 100 years of history, will cease to exist July 1, 2024. Next came the news of Golden Gate Fields Racetrack, which was originally supposed to come closed in December 2023, but will now close in June 2024. Late fall of this year it was announced that North Beach Restaurant will be closing after the end of this year. I wanted to come eat here before this restaurant will close. I came to North Beach Restaurant to eat the Thursday before Christmas. I ate at this restaurant several years ago. That time I ordered the lamb shanks. I didn't want to order lamb shanks. In the past when I used to go eat at Italian restaurants I would order three items - antipasti, pasta, and entrée. This time I took a different approach. When I watched Marco Pierre White's "The Great British Feast" he designed the menu by starting with the main entrée then created other items surrounding the main dish. I first started with ordering the main entrée. As this place specializes in Tuscan cuisine with its rustic, elegant decor in the restaurant I ordered the t-bone veal that included tomatoes, pancetta, mushrooms, and potatoes. I asked server since I was going to order the veal chop what pasta dish she would recommend. She showed me three pasta dishes - cannelloni, ravioli, and risotto. I eliminated the cannelloni as veal was included. As I was going to order veal as my main entrée there was no need order pasta that included veal. At the end I choose the risotto because I felt that would complement with the veal chop. For the salad I choose arugula salad with burrata grilled bread. I didn't order wine, but a cocktail daivolone, which consists of vodka, ginger beer, ginger ale, lime, and cherry syrup. For a hearty dinner the daivolone was a soothing cocktail I needed to balance a filling meal. I requested my server that I wanted my salad first then the risotto and veal chop served at the same time. Growing up the only way I would eat salad is if crotons were served. As I grew older I found them to be filling. The grilled bread from the arugula wasn't hard and crunchy as crotons, but they tasted delicious the arugula and burrata. The next dishes were the risotto and t-bone veal chop. The t-bone veal chop tasted like pork chop, but more tender. The tomatoes and the roasted potatoes made the t-bone veal chop dish hearty. A sign of a very good cook is the quality of the risotto. If the risotto is undercooked it can be too crunchy, but if overcooked it can be mushy like congee. The risotto I ate at North Beach Restaurant was soft, but not mushy. The risotto with the porcini mushrooms made my dinner filling. The served then asked if I wanted dessert. I looked at through the dessert menu and nothing stood out, but I was also full. I heard a rumor that North Beach Restaurant may not be closing as it might be for sale. I asked my server about this rumor and she said there were a couple of proposals, but nothing set in stone. An old-school Italian restaurant like North Beach Restaurant would leave a void in North Beach. If North Beach Restaurant does close its doors for good at least I enjoyed my last meal there.

Definitely a must try before it closes in early Jan! Loved the food and classic ambiance

I heard they might bring closing soon, so I decided we had to try it. The photos on Yelp didn't do the place justice. The inside was beautifully decorated for Christmas.. lovely lights and tinsel all around us. The lights were dimmed in a romantic way, though that did make getting food photos particularly hard. The server was friendly and went over any questions we had. I ordered the aperol spritzer which arrived quickly. The menu had lot of great options Overall the food was delicious.. We did the mushroom bruschetta, seafood pasta and polenta. I'll be sad if this place closes, such a gem.

Family owned and my husbands family has been friends with the owners for over 30 years. It's just the perfect spot with excellent service, primo menu selection and overall never disappoints.

My daughter had her wedding reception there yesterday evening. The food was fantastic as usual with the guests enjoying the veal and polenta, chicken Marsala, eggplant parmigiana and the sole. The service was top notch with Jim taking care of us and Shane is a fabulous event coordinator coordinating with flowers and they have their own wonderful florist in house Roxanna. He coordinated with an outside florist, Stella's bakery as well as us dropping off things early. My daughter loves this restaurant - her favorite- so she chose the church at Washington square for the wedding and the restaurant for cocktails then dinner and celebration downstairs in their beautiful redecorated event room. We always go to this restaurant when in town from Sacramento and now Texas. Can't wait to go back again.

The food was delicious. The appetizers were so good. Some of the best calamari I've had in the city. We loved the buratta as well. Everyone loved their meal. I got the tagliatelle bolognese and it was amazing. Very filling and flavorful. The restaurant was fancy. We were very underdressed but it didn't seem to be an issue. The service was great. Very fast. Very personable staff. The bathrooms were boujee af. Heated seats & a bidet!