5 editor picks in Downtown, San Luis Obispo.
5 italian spots in Downtown, editor-picked by TableJourney. All of Downtown's food · All italian in San Luis Obispo.
Flour House bakes Pizza Napoletana and rolls fresh pasta in downtown San Luis Obispo, and 50 Top Pizza has ranked it among the top 50 pizzerias in the USA.
OrderA blistered Neapolitan pizza from the copper-clad oven, then a house-made pasta.
TipMeter Monday puts a metre-long pizza on the table; bring three friends and split it.
Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica serves farm-driven Italian cooking in San Luis Obispo's 1876 Sinsheimer building, with produce grown on its own Edna Valley farm.
OrderThe cioppino, loaded with Central Coast seafood.
TipSince 1988 the kitchen has grown heirloom produce on the family farm; ask which vegetables came in that morning.
La Locanda keeps an open kitchen on Garden Street in San Luis Obispo, rolling Northern Italian pasta by hand and shopping the farmers' market every week.
OrderWhichever handmade pasta special came off the market run that week.
TipCorkage is $22, so bring an Edna Valley bottle from an afternoon of tasting.
Mama's Meatball cooks gnocchi alla Sorrentina and tableside fettuccine Alfredo in the Creamery, one of San Luis Obispo's most reliable red-sauce rooms.
OrderFettuccine Alfredo finished tableside, then the tiramisu.
TipA separate gluten-free menu covers most of the pasta list; reservations run through OpenTable.
Buona Tavola has plated Northern Italian dinners beside the Fremont Theater since 1992, a white-tablecloth stalwart of Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo.
OrderFresh pasta with a Northern Italian white; the lunch prix-fixe is the value play.
TipWeekday lunch runs 11:30-14:00 and is far easier to book than dinner.
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