This landmark restaurant which opened more than 14 years ago, with windows overlooking the avenue-has become well known for authentic Italian cuisine. For primi, one can always get fresh house-made pasta; gnocchi; and sometimes a risotto or lasagne. Fine, naturally raised meats and poultry are wood-fired on the grill or unique rotisserie or long-braised in the traditional way.
Press Reviews
"..one of the two greatest working chefs in the United States..Paul Bertolli, of Oliveto, in Oakland, California" -New York Times
"If Paul Bertolli's cooking at Chez Panisse was four-star(which it was), then what he's doing at Oliveto is in the galaxies. Not only is he producing the best Italian food in the Bay Area, I'd put up his cooking up against that of anyone in the United States or Italy, for that matter." -S.F. Chronicle
"The Best 50 Restaurants" - San Francisco Magazine
