Little Italy
The old tuna-fleet quarter turned best food neighborhood downtown.
13The old tuna-fleet neighborhood kept its name, its church, and a few of its red-sauce institutions, then quietly became downtown’s best place to eat. The Saturday Mercato is the finest farmers market in the county, the piazza runs free film nights all summer, and the restaurant density per block is unmatched anywhere in the city.
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Born & Raised is the full steakhouse production: dry-aged beef, tableside service, a rooftop, and a dining room built to make dinner feel consequential.
Ironside's room is theatrical, but the ranking rests on the seafood: a serious raw-bar selection, confident shellfish cooking, and a kitchen equipped to carry dinner beyond a dozen oysters.
Mona Lisa is the old-guard answer on a list full of designed dining rooms.
M Winehouse makes the list by solving a problem the specialists do not: a civilized wine night after most bottle shops have closed.
Amici is five small neighborhood uses sharing one block: two bocce courts, an enclosed dog run, a stepped amphitheater, lawn, and Nina Karavasiles' mosaic-table installation A Recipe for Friendship.