21. GRAFFIATO
Washington, DC
22. FLOATAWAY CAFE
Atlanta, GA
23. BAR CRUDO
San Francisco, CA
24. OSTERIA
Philadelphia, PA
25. SOTTO
Century City, CA

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Sotto
Century City, CA

9575 W PICO BLVD
310-277-0210
WWW.SOTTORESTAURANT.COM

Los Angeles denizens who are in the mood for a San Francisco-style Cal-Ital experience, know to visit Steve Samson and Zach Pollack’s restaurant located on the edge of Beverly Hills. The duo offer small plates like tomato braised octopus with chickpeas, preserved lemon, chard and bottarga and pastas such as a chicken liver ragu with maitake mushrooms and podda, and a Devil’s Gulch fennel crusted pork porterhouse that they serve with a Sicilian salad. But the main draw are the pizzas like the one they call Guanciale, topped with house-cured pork cheek, ricotta, scallions and fennel pollen. Reviewers talk about, “dishes that faithfully capture the soulful charm of Southern Italian cuisine.”