the tablehopper | 10:53 am | March 18, 2009 | Foodie 411, Potrero Hill | Add a comment
Due to open Wednesday March 18th is PizzaNostra from Jocelyn Bulow (of the Chez Papa and Maman restaurant family). It’s opening in the former Cafe Couleur space in Potrero Hill, next to Sally’s. The chef is Giovanni Aginolfi, who has been a pizza chef in France for the past four-plus years. The menu includes a variety of nine Neapolitan pizzas ranging from $12–$17, like a capricciosa (tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms, artichokes, and egg—and I hope some ham makes its way on there) and the pied-noir (tomato, mozzarella, Merguez lamb sausage, egg). There will also be some focaccia (more like pizza bianca, really), including a focaccia di Recco, and one with dolce gorgonzola, fingerling potatoes, radicchio, and rosemary. Also slated to appear on the menu: tronchetto (like a calzone) and three dessert pizzas. The pizzeria will be open for lunch and dinner from 11:30am–10pm daily.
Also part of the project is the Osteria, run by chef de cuisine Chad Huck, currently the lead lunch cook at Chez Papa Resto. The pan-Italian menu includes a variety of antipasti for $7–$12 (arancini, burrata, grilled octopus, meatballs, bone marrow), salumi, panini, bruschetta, and pasta dishes for either $9 or $16 (gnocchi, linguine with clams). Hours will be 11:30am–2:30pm and 5:30pm–10pm, with weekend brunch from 10:30am–4pm. There are 35–40 seats outside, sure to be popular as it gets warmer out.
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