We were near Pizzeria Picco and were always up to try another pizza place, especially one that is recommended by a foodie god and run by famed chef Bruce Hill. Pizzeria Picco was rated as a top pizza place by Michael Bauer in August 2008.

This restaurant is located in Larkspur just a couple blocks from the original Lark Creek Inn. They have their main high end Picco restaurant next door.
They have high end Straus Dairy soft serve for dessert. Their pizza’s are named after bike companies. Someone is really into biking here.. Flash Frozen pizzas also are available.

Decor, Vibe - Modern decor with lots of wood showing. Counter seating inside and some tables outside. Families and friends in their 40’s were dining at the time.

Menu Pictures

Website menu

Picks:

Margherita ($10.95) tomato, basil, mozzarella, parmesan and De Padova extra virgin olive oil had a super crunchy Neapolitan style thin crust and even a crisp center. Quality cheese and olive oil. Better than the other pizza we had.

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Specialized ($13.50) Hobbs’ pepperoni and house made sausage, tomato, mozzarella and basil looks great but did not have the crunchy crust of the Margherita even though it looked the same. Crush was more chewy and mushy. The sausage was a little zesty. Pepperoni and house made sausage were in plentiful quantity and tasted good. Not much cheese on this pizza.  Note: We took the got the pizza to go and ate it 2 minutes after we got it.

Pans:
None

The pizza came in about 15 minutes, pretty quick. Service was good. If we were in the area and wanted pizza, especially margherita pizza, we’d come back. We wouldn’t drive all the way out here just for the pizza.
Compared to our favorites, we’d rank this place below San Francisco’s top places including Gialina, A16, and Paulines. Reasonable wine prices with glasses from $6.

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One Market Restaurant opened in 1993, and was a big event marking star chef Bradley Ogden’s return to the City. We have not been back in probably 10 years, so it was time to try it again. It recently got awarded a Michelin star.
We visted One Market for Lunch and sat in the bar area.

Decor, Vibe - Modern corporate business-like wood panel decor. Fairly crowded with lots of business people on their power lunch.

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Picks:

Roasted Pear Salad ($12) pt. reyes blue, frisée, candied walnuts was a really good salad and looked great but was pretty tiny. The greens were fresh, walnuts were tasty, and the blue cheese was strong.

Roasted All-natural Half Chicken ($16.25) with braised cipollinis, chicken jus was a pretty healthy sized portion. Chicken was very tender and the chicken just was perfect. It is hard to get excited about chicken, but this was pretty good. The chicken came with nothing else but a small onion.

Olive Oil Poached Local Black Cod ($26.50) with summer beans, cherry tomato, basil, olive oil emulsion looked beautiful and melted in ones mouth.

OK:

Roasted Summer Squash ($7.75) wild fennel pollen had decent quantity but could have been cheaper. It was cooked well and had a little more butter than I would prefer.

Pans:
None

Service was above average but not overly attentive. Prices are pretty high for lunch, making dinner an even more expensive proposition. Quality of the food was surprisingly good. It is time to give an old timer like One Market Restaurant more consideration when choosing where to dine.

Since 1998, Delfina, a bustling neighborhood Italian trattoria has been packing them in. The menu changes daily and they use organic produce and sustainably-raised meats and fish whenever possible. It is a popular place that requires advanced booking for a reservation or showing up at 530pm for a table at the counter or bar.

Pizza is only available next door, where you usually have to wait because there are no reservations.

Decor, Vibe - Stylish modern decor, cramped seating area for parties of 2. Nice patio area in the back, for when the weather allows.  Most of the crowd was couples or small parties of people in their 30’s and 40’s.

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Menu changes daily.

Drink Menu

Dessert Menu

Picks:

Grilled fresh calamari ($9.25) with warm white bean salad was a great dish that tastes as good as it looks.

The only down side is a little burn scaring on the octopus. The beans were delicious and tender.

Wolfe Ranch quail ($25) with fennel sausage, polenta and vin santo was very good even though it looks like a mess. Quantities are not high with this delicate bird, but the flavor is great. The sausage makes the polenta a great combination. A little salty but very tasty.

Grilled Swordfish ($25) with warm lentil salad, fennel crusted fennel and anchovy aioli.  Tender meaty fish that was cooked just right.  A little on salty side.  This dish really did not need the aioli.

Risotto nero ($18) with sepia inzimino or squid ink was extremely delicious.  One of the best risotto’s around.  It came out steaming hot and had a bold complex flavor to it.

Leg of Lamb Special ($25) was tender slices of roast lamb leg bathed in gravy with lacopi butter beans.  Slightly gamey but very tender meat. Good combination with the soft butter beans.

Fresh San Joaquin Valley Snails ($12) and celery formatino had only 5 small snails that tasted like butter along with the tasty and smooth flan.  Tasty but way too few snails.

Heirloom Tomato Salad ($11) with pane bucato, Bellwether crescenza, olives, and salt packed anchovies was in season and tasted great. Very light dressing, reasonable quantity.

Buttermilk panna cotta ($9) with golden and red raspberries was smooth as silk. Perfect balance of sweetness to cream. Could have used more berries.

Warm Scharffen Berger chocolate torta ($9) with olive oil gelato and maldon sea salt sounds like a weird combination but it works.  Torta was very chocolaty, a little nutty and bitter, and very good.  The olive oil gelato took getting used to, but then became delicious.

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Roasted Fulton Valley chicken ($18) with Yukon Gold mashed potatoes and royal trumpet mushrooms was
a good dish and prepared well but not as spectacular as say the chick at Zuni Cafe. Huge portion of mashed potatoes.

Anson Mills Polenta with fontina Val d’Aosta Cheese ($7.75) was a huge steaming hot pile of polenta.  Not very buttery, but full of corn meal texture.

Spaghetti ($11 large) with plum tomatoes, garlic, extra virgin olive oil and peperoncini came al dente and full of their tomato sauce mixed in.  Decent dish, but other items were far better.

Pans:
None

Service was very good, as you could see the waiter circulate repeatedly. They do sit some tables for 2 way too close together. Parking is not fun in this neighborhood. $1.25 per person charge for health plan wasn’t fun but probably worthwhile. Delfina has high wine markup.

Update: We returned in early October and added items to our lists of food recommendations.

Do not forget to save some space for nearby delicious Bi-Rite ice cream that is across the street and down the block.

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