Il Borgo

If you have to have a neighborhood restaurant you couldn't do much better than this authentic Italian trattoria, owned and operated by an Italian family from Milan. The wall murals create a sense of place and that place is an Italian village, hence the name Il Borgo. The table cloths are stereotypical red and white checked like my grandmother, and most likely every other Italian grandmother in this country, used to use on her kitchen table. I feel at home in Il Borgo, with the exception of the laundry hanging in the corner; a clever way to allow patrons to see and retrieve lost clothing, usually scarves, from their last visit. The murals alone are worth a trip to this restaurant.
Ordering pizza at Il borgo is a good bet because it is made in the classic Neapolitan style with a thin crispy crust, and not too much cheese or tomato sauce. We shared this one, but the size is perfect for a single entree serving if you like to just eat pizza for dinner. There are no soggy spots in these pizzas.

The pizza menu is not long, but the pizza is good, so settle on something they have like this sausage and mushroom pizza. It was excellent.

The Lasagnette is a rolled lasagna filled with cheese and prosciutto with an aurora sauce that provides beautiful color was well as fine taste. Of all the pastas, the Carbonara is another favorite of ours. The Veal Scaloppini with Marsala sauce was very tender and plentiful, but the Veal Saltimboca is even better. It's difficult to go wrong in this restaurant since the chef is using family recipes.

http://www.themenupage.com/ilborgomenu.html

500 Fell @ Laguna

San Francisco CA

415-255-9108